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  FINAL
New Orleans 31, Dallas 24
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Dallas 0 7 17 0 24
New Orleans 10 0 7 14 31

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 32 YD, 10:35. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards in 6:12. Key plays: Williams 5-yard run to New Orleans 30; Delhomme 19-yard pass to Wilcox to New Orleans 48; Delhomme 32-yard pass to Kennison on 3rd-and-7 to Dallas 17. NEW ORLEANS 3-0
NOR   TD   KEITH POOLE 8 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:22. Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Weary 22-yard interception return to Dallas 23; Delhomme 18-yard pass to Poole on 3rd-and-10 to Dallas 5. NEW ORLEANS 10-0
2ND QUARTER
DAL   TD   EMMITT SMITH 1 YD RUN (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 4:24. Drive: 3 plays, 36 yards in 1:11. Key plays: Barnhardt 27-yard punt to New Orleans 36; Aikman 18-yard pass to Tucker to New Orleans 18; Smith 15-yard run to New Orleans 3; 2-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Saints' Clarke to New Orleans 1. NEW ORLEANS 10-7
3RD QUARTER
DAL   TD   JASON TUCKER 20 YD PASS FROM TROY AIKMAN (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 4:26. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards in 4:26. Key plays: Eikman 7-yard pass to Sanders on 3rd-and-5 to New Orleans 49; Thomas 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 35; Aikman 10-yard pass to Thomas to New Orleans 20. DALLAS 14-10
DAL   FG   EDDIE MURRAY 33 YD, 9:04. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 2:09. Key plays: Lett recovery of Delhomme fumble at New Orleans 21; Aikman 14-yard pass to Ismail to New Orleans 16. DALLAS 17-10
NOR   TD   EDDIE KENNISON 51 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 9:50. Drive: 2 plays, 65 yards in 0:46. Key plays: Delhomme 14-yard pass to Williams to New Orleans 49. DALLAS 17, NEW ORLEANS 17
DAL   TD   DAVID LAFLEUR 3 YD PASS FROM TROY AIKMAN (EDDIE MURRAY KICK), 14:44. Drive: 10 plays, 28 yards in 4:54. Key plays: Tucker 50-yard kickoff to New Orleans 48; Smith 11-yard run to New Orleans 37; 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Saints' Ambrose on 3rd-and-10 gives Dallas a first down at New Orleans 16; Smith 8-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 16. DALLAS 24-17
4TH QUARTER
NOR   TD   JAKE DELHOMME 4 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 3:44. Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards in 4:00. Key plays: Delhomme 14-yard pass to Poole to New Orleans 38; Delhomme 50-yard pass to Poole to New Orleans 12. DALLAS 24, NEW ORLEANS 24
NOR   TD   FRED WEARY 58 YD FUMBLE RETURN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:01. NEW ORLEANS 31-24

TEAM STATISTICS
  DAL NOR
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
24
12
8-14
0-0
368
65
5.7
122
26
4.7
246
23-39
6.3
0-0
5-42.6
208
1-0
6-203
1-5
11-86
1-1
30:27
18
11
3-10
0-0
310
60
5.2
61
29
2.1
249
16-28
8.0
3-29
5-42.0
140
2-7
5-111
2-22
6-32
2-1
29:33

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Dallas rushing
Emmitt Smith 23-110, Robert Thomas 3-12.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 23-61, Aaron Craver 3-6, Jake Delhomme 3-minus 6.
Dallas passing
Troy Aikman 23-39 for 246 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans passing
Jake Delhomme 16-27 for 278 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD, Ricky Williams 0-1 for 0 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Dallas receiving
Jason Tucker 7-128, David Lafleur 4-30, Raghib Ismail 3-28, Emmitt Smith 3-3, Eric Bjornson 2-22, Deion Sanders 2-10, Chris Brazzell 1-21, Robert Thomas 1-4.
New Orleans receiving
Keith Poole 4-90, Eddie Kennison 3-95, Ricky Williams 3-31, Josh Wilcox 3-28, Andre Hastings 1-24, Pj Franklin 1-5, Cameron Cleeland 1-5.
A: 47,835.

 


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