Cleveland 19, Dallas 14


Final 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Cleveland 7 3 0 9 19 Dallas 7 0 0 7 14
Scoring Summary 1st Qtr: DAL - TD, Emmitt Smith 7 yd pass from Troy Aikman (Chris Boniol kick), 10:49. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 6:22. Key plays: Aikman 11-yard pass to Irvin to Cleveland on 3rd-and-5 to Cleveland 25; E Smith 8 carries for 53 yards. CLE - TD, Michael Jackson 2 yd pass from Vinny Testaverde (Matt Stover kick), 15:00. Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards in 4:11. Key plays: Pass interference on Brown for first down at Dallas 9. 2nd Qtr: CLE - FG, Matt Stover 34 yd, 3:56. Drive: 8 plays, 36 yards in 3:37. Key plays: Moore recovery of Harper fumble at Cleveland 47; Testaverde 12-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-3 to Dallas 34. 3rd Qtr: None 4th Qtr: CLE - FG, Matt Stover 32 yd, 0:46. Drive: 11 plays, 30 yards in 5:57. Key plays: Hoard 2-yard run on 4th-and-1 to Dallas 34; Hoard 3-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Dallas 22. CLE - FG, Matt Stover 43 yd, 2:16. Drive: 5 plays, 20 yards in 1:14. Key plays: Griffin 2-yard interception return to Dallas 45; Testaverde 16-yard pass to Jackson to Dallas 29. DAL - TD, Emmitt Smith 4 yd run (Chris Boniol kick), 8:39. Drive: 12 plays, 78 yards in 6:23. Key plays: E Smith 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Cleveland 8; E Smith 8 rushes for 39 yards. CLE - FG, Matt Stover 32 yd, 13:11. Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:22. Key plays: Johnson recovery of Aikman fumble at Dallas 16.
Team Statistics CLE DAL First downs 16 19 Rushing 7 8 Passing 7 10 Penalty 2 1 3rd-down efficiency 7-15 9-14 4th-down efficiency 1-1 0-1 Total net yards 244 289 Total plays 64 65 Average gain 3.8 4.4 Net yards rushing 134 112 Rushes 38 27 Average per rush 3.5 4.1 Net yards passing 110 177 Completed-attempted 15-25 21-36 Yards per pass 4.2 4.7 Sacked-yards lost 1-8 2-11 Had intercepted 1 2 Punts-average 3-35.3 4-35.3 Return yardage 88 137 Punts-returns 1-3 1-13 Kickoffs-returns 3-83 5-117 Interceptions-returns 2-2 1-7 Penalties-yards 3-15 4-70 Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2 Time of possession 32:36 27:24
Player Statistics Missed field goals: None. Cleveland rushing: Leroy Hoard 25-99, Eric Metcalf 3-19, Earnest Byner 4-8, Randy Baldwin 4-6, Vinny Testaverde 2-2. Dallas rushing: Emmitt Smith 26-112, Troy Aikman 1-0. Cleveland passing: Vinny Testaverde 15-25 for 118 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD. Dallas passing: Troy Aikman 21-36 for 188 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD. Cleveland receiving: Michael Jackson 6-74, Brian Kinchen 3-13, Eric Metcalf 3-13, Leroy Hoard 1-9, Mark Carrier 1-7, Randy Baldwin 1-2. Dallas receiving: Michael Irvin 8-102, Emmitt Smith 5-22, Daryl Johnston 3-15, Kevin Williams 2-26, Jay Novacek 2-10, Alvin Harper 1-13. Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks: Don Griffin 7-0-1, Antonio Langham 6-0-0, Anthony Pleasant 5-0-1, Mike Caldwell 4-1-0, Pepper Johnson 4-1-0, Eric Turner 4-2-0, Frank Stams 5-0-0, Stevon Moore 3-1-0, Carl Banks 2-2-0, Bill Johnson 2-2-0, James Jones 2-0-0, Rob Burnett 1-0-0, Stacey Hairston 1-0-0, Pio Sagapolutele 1-0-0, Gerald Dixon 1-0-0, Travis Hill 0-1-0, Tim Jacobs 1-0-0, Brian Kinchen 1-0-0, Ed Sutter 1-1-0. Dallas tackles-assists-sacks: Tony Tolbert 9-1-0, Darrin Smith 6-3-0, Charles Haley 6-2-1, James Washington 4-3-0, Leon Lett 3-3-0, Robert Jones 3-2-0, Kevin Smith 3-2-0, Dixon Edwards 2-3-0, Larry Brown 3-0-0, Darren Woodson 4-1-0, Kenneth Gant 2-0-0, Jim Jeffcoat 0-2-0, Chad Hennings 1-0-0, Jim Schwantz 1-0-0, Chris Boniol 1-0-0, Alvin Harper 1-0-0, Michael Irvin 1-0-0, Dave Thomas 1-0-0. Interceptions: Cleveland (Don Griffin 1 for 2 yards, Eric Turner 1 for 0 yards); Dallas (Larry Brown 1 for 7 yards). Fumbles lost: Cleveland (Leroy Hoard); Dallas (Alvin Harper, Mark Stepnoski). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Cleveland (Stevon Moore, Bill Johnson); Dallas (Robert Jones). Officials: Referee-Dick Hantak. Umpire-Bob Wagner. Head linesman-Earnie Frantz. Line judge-Lloyd Mcpeters. Back judge-Scott Steenson. Side judge-Nathan Jones. Field judge-Kirk Dornan.
A: 64,826; No shows: 0; T: 3:03