Regular Season Week 16: Rangers at Cowboys
December 22, 1996 70° San Antonio Super Dome
Attendance: 66,004 (88%)
Rangers 3 3 0 0 - 6
Cowboys 0 6 10 6 - 22
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Rangers: 4-9-S.A 29 (5:14) 9-Steven Perkins 46 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 0 DAL 3
(Qtr 2) Cowboys: 1-10-DAL 13 (2:47) 8-Jerry Bryant pass complete to 87-Alan Rogers for 13 yards. TOUCHDOWN!
(Qtr 2) Rangers: 4-4-S.A 33 (1:36) 9-Steven Perkins 50 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 6 DAL 6
(Qtr 3) Cowboys: 1-3-DAL 3 (10:45) 41-Frederick Marshall ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 14-Don Lambert. S.A 13 DAL 6
(Qtr 3) Cowboys: 4-8-DAL 17 (9:12) 14-Don Lambert 35 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 16 DAL 6
(Qtr 4) Cowboys: 4-3-DAL 19 (14:19) 14-Don Lambert 36 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 19 DAL 6
(Qtr 4) Cowboys: 4-4-DAL 7 (2:00) 14-Don Lambert 24 yard field goal is GOOD. S.A 22 DAL 6
Team Statistics
Cowboys Rangers
First Downs 18 12
- Rushing 7 1
- Passing 9 8
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 298 185
- Offensive Plays 74 54
- Yards Per Play 4.03 3.43
Net Rushing Yards 136 19
- Rushing Attempts 45 12
- Yards Per Rush 3.02 1.58
Net Passing Yards 162 166
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 18 / 0 40 / 25 / 4
- Gross Passing Yards 166 184
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1 / 4 2 / 18
- Yards Per Pass Play 5.59 3.95
- Yards Per Completion 9.22 7.36
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 17 3 / 11
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.0 6.2
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 7 / 69 2 / 12
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 3 2 / 23
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 25 1 / 21
Int Returns/Yards 4 / 37 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 3 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 23
Time of Possession 39:04 20:56
Drive Charts
Cowboys
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:30 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
1 13:10 2:50 OWN 5 4 21 Punt
1 5:10 1:26 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 2:11 2:08 OWN 23 3 8 Punt
2 12:12 9:30 OWN 8 16 92 Touchdown
2 1:32 1:32 OWN 23 7 32 Punt
3 13:31 2:07 OWN 29 4 7 Punt
3 11:23 0:40 OPP 13 3 13 Touchdown
3 10:39 1:30 OPP 32 4 15 Field Goal
3 7:03 7:48 OWN 21 13 60 Field Goal
4 10:56 1:29 OPP 14 3 2 Fumble
4 7:34 3:42 OWN 40 5 19 Punt
4 3:23 1:25 OPP 14 3 6 Field Goal
4 1:42 1:27 OWN 49 3 7 Punt
Rangers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:30 0:21 OWN 41 3 0 Punt
1 10:20 5:09 OWN 30 11 41 Field Goal
1 3:45 1:34 OWN 34 3 9 Punt
1 0:03 2:51 OWN 25 5 30 Punt
2 2:42 1:11 OWN 18 7 49 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:29 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
3 11:24 0:01 OWN 13 1 0 Fumble
3 10:43 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 9:09 2:06 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
4 14:15 3:19 OWN 25 6 22 Interception
4 9:27 1:53 OWN 10 3 7 Punt
4 3:52 0:29 OWN 4 2 9 Interception
4 1:58 0:16 OWN 25 3 22 Interception
4 0:14 0:14 OWN 20 4 36 Game
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Cowboys
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 Randall Pickett 31 68 2.19 8 0 0
#41 Frederick Marshall 11 56 5.09 14 3 1
#31 Roy Nathan 3 12 4.00 8 0 0
Rangers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#37 Raymond Ross 10 19 1.90 10 1 0
#23 Nathan Regis 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
#32 Raymond Coulter 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0 0
Passing Stats
Cowboys
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#8 Jerry Bryant 28 18 166 1 / 4 1 18 0 92.26
Rangers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#12 Josef Smith 40 25 184 2 / 18 0 26 4 33.75
Receiving Stats
Cowboys
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#80 Tony Otte 6 62 10.33 18 0
#87 Alan Rogers 2 22 11.00 13 1
#84 Alan Martin 2 20 10.00 10 0
#33 Randall Pickett 2 14 7.00 10 0
#14 Oscar Spradlin 2 14 7.00 7 0
#89 Daniel Longino 2 14 7.00 12 0
#31 Roy Nathan 1 11 11.00 11 0
#88 Kelly Gonzalez 1 9 9.00 9 0
Rangers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#19 David Noble 3 45 15.00 26 0
#12 Elmer Pineda 5 44 8.80 12 0
#37 Raymond Ross 5 24 4.80 8 0
#15 Stephen Perry 3 19 6.33 9 0
#10 Nathan Palmer 1 13 13.00 13 0
#23 Nathan Regis 2 10 5.00 8 0
#32 Raymond Coulter 2 9 4.50 7 0
#80 William Alexander 2 8 4.00 6 0
#16 Donald Bassett 1 7 7.00 7 0
#88 Sidney Wright 1 5 5.00 5 0
Blocking Stats
Cowboys
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#76 Robert Baxter 34 54 1 3
#69 Joseph Wyatt 29 49 0 1
#75 Clifton Davis 29 45 0 3
#31 Roy Nathan 6 36 0 0
#80 Tony Otte 3 38 0 2
#73 Paul Hughes 34 54 0 7
#60 Stephen Mapp 40 46 0 0
#87 Alan Rogers 0 14 0 0
#14 Oscar Spradlin 0 13 0 0
#84 Alan Martin 0 16 0 1
#79 Vincent Fitzpatrick 13 0 0 0
#71 Byron McVeigh 9 0 0 0
#68 Tyrone Bradford 13 0 0 0
#67 James Frazier 13 0 0 0
#56 Raymond Deane 13 1 0 0
#67 Thomas Spahn 13 1 0 0
#42 Thomas Wade 5 5 0 0
#33 Randall Pickett 11 6 0 0
#89 Daniel Longino 0 22 0 0
#41 Frederick Marshall 5 1 0 1
#43 Zackary George 0 2 0 1
#20 Ray Davenport 0 2 0 1
#93 Norman Uribe 0 4 0 0
#63 Jordan Sandoval 0 3 0 1
#23 Walter Ryan 0 5 0 0
#52 Norman Walker 0 3 0 1
#94 Ernest Crawford 0 3 0 0
#30 Bruce Hall 0 3 0 0
#88 Kelly Gonzalez 0 2 0 0
#96 Tyler Francis 0 3 0 0
#64 Marvin Young 2 2 0 0
#57 Damion Stephens 0 1 0 0
#92 Jorge Perez 0 1 0 0
Rangers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#63 Justin Easterday 42 20 1 2
#69 Alexander Gonzalez 50 22 1 2
#50 Daniel Bunyard 0 2 0 0
#36 Barry Yazzie 0 2 0 0
#93 William Brooks 0 2 0 0
#70 Eldridge Long 8 5 0 2
#91 Dexter Rosario 0 2 0 0
#96 Andrew Lavelle 0 2 0 0
#31 Merrill Smith 0 2 0 0
#61 Arnold King 49 20 0 1
#78 Steve Corral 50 20 0 2
#74 Francis Smotherman 42 20 0 1
#80 William Alexander 5 15 0 0
#32 Raymond Coulter 10 11 0 2
#73 Jack Troia 8 0 0 0
#56 Aaron Pawlak 8 0 0 0
#24 Russell Russell 1 4 0 1
#88 Sidney Wright 0 7 0 0
#37 Raymond Ross 19 3 0 0
#12 Elmer Pineda 0 7 0 0
#23 Nathan Regis 2 1 0 0
#15 Stephen Perry 0 6 0 0
#10 Nathan Palmer 0 1 0 1
#19 David Noble 0 7 0 0
#84 Gil Allen 5 0 0 0
#66 William Adamson 4 2 0 0
#97 Reuben Ruiz 2 0 0 0
#52 Joe Tatum 0 1 0 0
#79 Robert Westbrook 0 1 0 1
#16 Donald Bassett 0 1 0 0
#98 Joseph Lawler 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Cowboys
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#23 Walter Ryan 1 36 36.00 0
#43 Zackary George 2 1 0.50 0
#94 Ernest Crawford 1 0 0.00 0
Rangers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Fumble Stats
Cowboys
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#33 Randall Pickett 1 0 0 0
#62 Charles Davis 0 1 0 0
Rangers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#12 Josef Smith 1 0 0 0
#70 Eldridge Long 0 0 1 0
#31 Merrill Smith 0 1 0 0
Punting
Cowboys
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#16 William Graddy 8 342 42.75 37.50 50 3
Rangers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#18 Sylvester Brown 6 208 34.67 43.17 48 2
Kicking
Cowboys
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#14 Don Lambert 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 1 / 2
Rangers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#9 Steven Perkins 2 / 2 2 / 2 1 / 1 50 0 / 0
Punt Return
Cowboys
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#25 Ernest German 1 3 3.0 3 0
Rangers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#12 Elmer Pineda 2 23 11.5 17 0
Kick Return
Cowboys
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#25 Ernest German 1 25 25.0 0
Rangers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#80 William Alexander 1 21 21.0 0
Defensive Stats
Cowboys
Name Tackles Sacks
#94 Ernest Crawford 11 0
#20 Ray Davenport 5 0
#42 Thomas Wade 4 0
#23 Walter Ryan 4 0
#52 Norman Walker 4 0
#43 Zackary George 2 0
#40 Timothy Lewis 2 0
#63 Jordan Sandoval 2 1
#96 Tyler Francis 2 0
#93 Norman Uribe 2 1
#79 Vincent Fitzpatrick 1 0
#51 John White 1 0
#80 Tony Otte 1 0
#35 Jeffery Matthews 1 0
Rangers
Name Tackles Sacks
#50 Daniel Bunyard 9 0
#31 Merrill Smith 9 0
#26 Randall Villarreal 8 0
#66 William Adamson 8 0
#46 Robert Volkman 6 0
#91 Dexter Rosario 5 0
#98 Joseph Lawler 3 0
#48 Christopher Morgan 3 0
#37 Karl Dubose 3 0
#96 Andrew Lavelle 3 0
#70 Eldridge Long 2 0
#76 Charles Beall 2 1
#12 Elmer Pineda 2 0
#77 Thomas Lafferty 1 0
#74 Francis Smotherman 1 0
#37 Raymond Ross 1 0