1996 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Barry Switzer (10-6)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1996 Dallas Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Barry Switzer (10-6)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1996 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Cowboys racked up 286 points, and the solid defense allowed 250. Troy Aikman threw for 3,126 yards. Michael Irvin hauled in 64 passes for 962 yards. Eric Bjornson contributed to the receiving game, too.
Emmitt Smith ran for a team-best 1,204 yards for Dallas.
Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson each picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Tony Tolbert topped the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 37 sacks.
Barry Switzer coached the team. The 1996 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Troy Aikman | 465 | 296 | 63.7 | 3126 | 6.7 | 12 | 2.6 | 13 | 2.8 | 61 | 18 | 120 | 80.1 | Wade Wilson | 18 | 8 | 44.4 | 79 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 34.3 | Jason Garrett | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Sherman Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 487 | 307 | 63.0 | 3249 | 6.7 | 12 | 2.5 | 14 | 2.9 | 61 | 19 | 127 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Emmitt Smith | 327 | 1204 | 3.7 | 42 | 12 | Sherman Williams | 69 | 269 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 | Herschel Walker | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 39 | 1 | Daryl Johnston | 22 | 48 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 | Troy Aikman | 35 | 42 | 1.2 | 10 | 1 | Kevin Williams | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 | Wade Wilson | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 8 | 0 | Deion Sanders | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 | John Jett | 1 | -23 | -23.0 | -23 | 0 |
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| Totals | 475 | 1641 | 3.5 | 42 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Michael Irvin | 64 | 962 | 15.0 | 61 | 2 | Eric Bjornson | 48 | 388 | 8.1 | 25 | 3 | Emmitt Smith | 47 | 249 | 5.3 | 21 | 3 | Daryl Johnston | 43 | 278 | 6.5 | 23 | 1 | Deion Sanders | 36 | 475 | 13.2 | 41 | 1 | Kevin Williams | 27 | 323 | 12.0 | 31 | 1 | Kelvin Martin | 25 | 380 | 15.2 | 60 | 1 | Herschel Walker | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 24 | 0 | Sherman Williams | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 13 | 0 | Tyji Armstrong | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | Stepfret Williams | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | Johnny Mitchell | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Derek Ware | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 307 | 3249 | 10.6 | 61 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kelvin Martin | 41 | 373 | 9.1 | 22 | 0 | Kevin Williams | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 | Deion Sanders | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 394 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Herschel Walker | 27 | 779 | 28.9 | 89 | 0 | Kevin Williams | 21 | 471 | 22.4 | 39 | 0 | Brock Marion | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 37 | 0 | Charlie Williams | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 1339 | 25.3 | 89 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kevin Smith | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 | Darren Woodson | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 21 | 0 | George Teague | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 22 | 0 | Roger Harper | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Deion Sanders | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | Fred Strickland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 19 | 168 | 8.8 | 24 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Tony Tolbert | 12.0 | 0.0 | Broderick Thomas | 4.5 | 0.0 | Chad Hennings | 4.5 | 0.0 | Leon Lett | 3.5 | 0.0 | Shante Carver | 3.0 | 0.0 | Darren Woodson | 3.0 | 0.0 | Hurvin McCormack | 2.5 | 0.0 | Fred Strickland | 1.0 | 0.0 | Ray Childress | 1.0 | 0.0 | Charles Haley | 1.0 | 0.0 | Darrin Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Fred Strickland | 91 | 79 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Darren Woodson | 70 | 62 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Darrin Smith | 67.5 | 54 | 27 | 0 | Kevin Smith | 49.5 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | George Teague | 52 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Tony Tolbert | 53 | 45 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Broderick Thomas | 48 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | Brock Marion | 46 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | Chad Hennings | 36.5 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Deion Sanders | 32 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | Leon Lett | 32 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Randall Godfrey | 26.5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shante Carver | 20 | 17 | 6 | 0 | Roger Harper | 17.5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jim Schwantz | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | Tony Casillas | 14 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Alundis Brice | 11.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | Godfrey Myles | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | Hurvin McCormack | 12.5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Wendell Davis | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bates | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Charles Haley | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Charlie Williams | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Childress | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Mike Ulufale | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Kavika Pittman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Alan Campos | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Troy Aikman | 6 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | Herschel Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emmitt Smith | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Daryl Johnston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Donaldson | 2 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Sherman Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Bjornson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kelvin Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Irvin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 738 | 653 | 170 | 0 | 24 | 19 | 72 | 1 | 16 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Chris Boniol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 120 | Emmitt Smith | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | Eric Bjornson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | Michael Irvin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Deion Sanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Kelvin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Daryl Johnston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Troy Aikman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kevin Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Herschel Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 286 |
