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Box Score: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys

Posted: Tues September 16, 1997 at 1:15 a.m EDT

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

PHILADELPHIA 10 7 0 3 20 DALLAS 3 3 3 12 21 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 49 YD, 5:21. Drive: 5 plays, 13 yards in 2:00. Key plays: Farmer recovery of Aikman fumble at Dallas 49; Watters 15-yard run to Dallas 30. PHILADELPHIA 3-0 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 46 YD, 9:45. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards in 1:30. Key plays: Farmer 15-yard fair catch interference penalty to Philadelphia 47; Aikman 12-yard pass to Irvin to Philadelphia 35. PHILADELPHIA 3, DALLAS 3 PHI - TD, WILLIAM THOMAS 37 YD FUMBLE RETURN (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 11:52. PHILADELPHIA 10-3 2ND QUARTER: PHI - TD, CHAD LEWIS 12 YD PASS FROM TY DETMER (CHRIS BONIOL KICK), 5:29. Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards in 5:59. Key plays: Detmer 3-yard pass to Turner on 3rd-and-2 to Philadelphia 42; Detmer 11-yard pass to Timpson to Dallas 46; Watters 7 carries 39 yards. PHILADELPHIA 17-3 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 48 YD, 14:58. Drive: 6 plays, 34 yards in 1:04. Key plays: Aikman 18-yard pass to Miller to Philadelphia 31. PHILADELPHIA 17-6 3RD QUARTER: DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 25 YD, 3:15. Drive: 7 plays, 38 yards in 3:15. Key plays: Walker 45-yard kickoff return to Philadelphia 45; Aikman 22-yard pass to Irvin to Philadelphia 11. PHILADELPHIA 17-9 4TH QUARTER: PHI - FG, CHRIS BONIOL 44 YD, 0:05. Drive: 10 plays, 30 yards in 5:13. Key plays: Gowin 37-yard punt to Philadelphia 44; Watters 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 32; Aikman 13-yard pass to Fryar to Dallas 19. PHILADELPHIA 20-9 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 29 YD, 2:08. Drive: 5 plays, 35 yards in 2:03. Key plays: Marion 49-yard kickoff return to Philadelphia 41; Aikman 27-yard pass to Irvin to Philadelphia 14. PHILADELPHIA 20-12 DAL - FG, RICHIE CUNNINGHAM 22 YD, 9:35. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards in 5:23. Key plays: Aikman 14-yard pass to Miller to Dallas 48; Aikman 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Philadelphia 42; Aikman 18-yard pass to St. Williams to Philadelphia 24; Aikman 18-yard pass to Bjornson to Philadelphia 10. PHILADELPHIA 20-15 DAL - TD, ANTHONY MILLER 14 YD PASS FROM TROY AIKMAN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 14:09. Drive: 7 plays, 62 yards in 2:05. Key plays: 13-yard pass interference penalty on Eagles' Dimry on 4th-and-5 to Philadelphia 45; Aikman 24-yard pass to Bjornson to Philadelphia 17. DALLAS 21-20 TEAM STATISTICS PHI DAL
FIRST DOWNS 16 18 Rushing 7 4 Passing 8 11 Penalty 1 3 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4-14 3-14 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 333 279 Total plays 61 66 Average gain 5.5 4.2 NET YARDS RUSHING 157 92 Rushes 29 28 Average per rush 5.4 3.3 NET YARDS PASSING 176 187 Completed-attempted 18-30 17-36 Yards per pass 5.5 4.9 Sacked-yards lost 2-8 2-18 Had intercepted 0 0 PUNTS-AVERAGE 6-41.7 4-38.3 RETURN YARDAGE 129 194 Punts-returns 2-13 3-16 Kickoffs-returns 7-116 5-178 Interceptions-returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 13-107 3-34 FUMBLES-LOST 1-0 2-2 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:43 25:17 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Philadelphia (Chris Boniol 45). Philadelphia rushing: Ricky Watters 20-106, Charlie Garner 7-48, Kevin Turner 1-3, Tom Hutton 1-0. Dallas rushing: Emmitt Smith 27-91, Troy Aikman 1-1. Philadelphia passing: Ty Detmer 18-30 for 184 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. Dallas passing: Troy Aikman 17-36 for 205 yards, 0 INT, 1 TD. Philadelphia receiving: Ricky Watters 5-14, Michael Timpson 3-37, Freddie Solomon 2-72, Chad Lewis 2-19, Kevin Turner 2-15, Irving Fryar 1-13, Mark Seay 1-6, Troy Vincent 1-5, Jason Dunn 1-3. Dallas receiving: Michael Irvin 4-73, Eric Bjornson 4-48, Anthony Miller 3-46, Daryl Johnston 2-10, Emmitt Smith 2-7, Stepfret Williams 1-18, Deion Sanders 1-3. Philadelphia tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): James Willis 6-1-0, William Thomas 5-2-0, Bobby Taylor 5-0-2, Bryan Dawkins 5-0-0, Hollis Thomas 4-0-0, Michael Zordich 4-0-0, Charles Dimry 3-0-0, Mike Mamula 3-0-0, Rhett Hall 2-0-0, Troy Vincent 2-0-0, Darrin Smith 1-1-0, Willie Clark 2-2-0, Richard Dent 1-0-0, Andy Harmon 1-0-0, Greg Jefferson 1-0-0, Tim Watson 1-0-0, Chris Boniol 1-0-0, Ray Farmer 1-0-0, Duce Staley 1-0-0, Derrick Witherspoon 2-0-0. Dallas tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Darren Woodson 9-2-0, Brock Marion 8-1-0, Antonio Anderson 4-3-0, Vinson Smith 4-1-0, Deion Sanders 4-0-0, Dexter Coakley 3-1-0, Kevin Smith 3-1-0, Shante Carver 3-0-1, Omar Stoutmire 2-0-0, Randall Godfrey 1-1-0, Tony Tolbert 1-1-0, Tony Casillas 1-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 1-0-0, Broderick Thomas 1-0-1, Wendell Davis 1-0-0, Billy Davis 1-0-0, Kevin Mathis 3-0-0, Charlie Williams 2-0-0. Interceptions: None. Fumbles lost: Dallas (Troy Aikman 2). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Philadelphia (Ray Farmer, William Thomas). Officials: Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-Bob Wagner, Head linesman-Mark Hittner, Line judge-Charles Stewart, Back judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Ron Liebsack, Field judge-Kirk Dornan. A: 63,942; ; T: 3:18.


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