Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints

December 24, 1999

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Dallas Cowboys	0	7	17	0	24
New Orleans Saints	10	0	7	14	31

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
10:35	NO	FG	FG Doug Brien 32	NO 3, Dal 0
13:22	NO	TD	Keith Poole 8 pass from Jake Delhomme (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 10, Dal 0
2nd Quarter
4:24	Dal	TD	Emmitt Smith 1 run (Eddie Murray Kick)	NO 10, Dal 7
3rd Quarter
4:26	Dal	TD	Jason Tucker 20 pass from Troy Aikman (Eddie Murray Kick)	Dal 14, NO 10
9:04	Dal	FG	FG Eddie Murray 33	Dal 17, NO 10
9:50	NO	TD	Eddie Kennison 51 pass from Jake Delhomme (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 17, Dal 17
14:44	Dal	TD	David LaFleur 3 pass from Troy Aikman (Eddie Murray Kick)	Dal 24, NO 17
4th Quarter
3:44	NO	TD	Jake Delhomme 4 run (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 24, Dal 24
5:01	NO	TD	Fred Weary 58 fumble return (Doug Brien Kick)	NO 31, Dal 24

Missed Field Goals: None

Attendance: 47,835

Team Statistics

Dallas Cowboys New Orleans Saints

First downs 24 18

Rushes - yards 26 - 122 29 - 61

Passing 246 249

Punt returns 1 - 0 2 - 7

Kickoff returns 6 - 203 5 - 111

Interception returns 1 - 5 2 - 22

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 23 - 39 - 2 16 - 28 - 1

Sacked - yards lost 0 - 0 3 - 29

Punts 5 - 42.6 5 - 44.0

Fumbles - lost 1 - 1 2 - 1

Penalties - yards 11 - 86 6 - 32

Time of possession 30:27 29:33

Passing

Dallas Cowboys Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Troy Aikman 39 23 246 6.31 2 2 31 0 0 73.2

New Orleans Saints Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Jake Delhomme 27 16 278 10.30 2 1 51t 3 29 103.6

Ricky Williams 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 39.6

Rushing

Dallas Cowboys Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Emmitt Smith 23 110 4.8 15 1

Robert Thomas 3 12 4.0 5 0

New Orleans Saints Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Ricky Williams 23 61 2.7 17 0

Aaron Craver 3 6 2.0 2 0

Jake Delhomme 3 -6 -2.0 4t 1

Receiving

Dallas Cowboys Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Jason Tucker 7 128 18.3 31 1

David LaFleur 4 30 7.5 22 1

Raghib Ismail 3 28 9.3 14 0

Emmitt Smith 3 3 1.0 6 0

Eric Bjornson 2 22 11.0 16 0

Deion Sanders 2 10 5.0 7 0

Chris Brazzell 1 21 21.0 21 0

Robert Thomas 1 4 4.0 4 0

New Orleans Saints Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Keith Poole 4 90 22.5 50 1

Eddie Kennison 3 95 31.7 51t 1

Ricky Williams 3 31 10.3 14 0

Josh Wilcox 3 28 9.3 19 0

Andre Hastings 1 24 24.0 24 0

Cameron Cleeland 1 5 5.0 5 0

P.J. Franklin 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kickoff Returns

Dallas Cowboys Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Jason Tucker 6 203 33.8 0 50 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Dino Philyaw 5 111 22.2 0 29 0

Punt Returns

Dallas Cowboys Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Deion Sanders 1 0 0.0 0 0 0

New Orleans Saints Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Eddie Kennison 2 7 3.5 1 4 0

Punting

Dallas Cowboys Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Toby Gowin 5 213 42.6 49 2 2 0 33.2 2 7

New Orleans Saints Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Tommy Barnhardt 5 220 44.0 50 2 1 0 36.0 1 0

Defense

Dallas Cowboys Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Darren Woodson 1 5 5.0 5 0 0.0 0.0

Ebenezer Ekuban 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 5.0

Randall Godfrey 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 16.0

Darren Hambrick 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 8.0

New Orleans Saints Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Fred Weary 1 22 22.0 22 0 0.0 0.0

Mark Fields 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

1999 NFL Scoreboard
Week 16

Fri, Dec 24, 1999

Dallas
New Orleans 24
31 Final

Sat, Dec 25, 1999

Denver
Detroit 17
7 Final

Sun, Dec 26, 1999

Minnesota
NY Giants 34
17 Final

Jacksonville
Tennessee 14
41 Final

Arizona
Atlanta 14
37 Final

Cincinnati
Baltimore 0
22 Final

Buffalo
New England 13
10 F/OT

Carolina
Pittsburgh 20
30 Final

Chicago
St. Louis 12
34 Final

Indianapolis
Cleveland 29
28 Final

Green Bay
Tampa Bay 10
29 Final

Oakland
San Diego 20
23 Final

Kansas City
Seattle 14
23 Final

Washington
San Francisco 26
20 F/OT

Mon, Dec 27, 1999

NY Jets
Miami 38
31 Final

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