Week 16, 2015

played in Buffalo, NY

30 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

Dallas Cowboys	3	10	14	7	-	34
Buffalo Bills	0	0	0	10	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:19 DAL - Dan Bailey 46 field goal
2Q: 04:33 DAL - Dan Bailey 45 field goal
2Q: 01:52 DAL - Dez Bryant 16 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
3Q: 07:27 DAL - Terrance Williams 27 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
3Q: 01:20 DAL - Marshawn Lynch 12 run (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 13:08 DAL - Ed Newman 13 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 12:59 BUF - Mario Butler 88 kickoff return (Dan Carpenter extra point)
4Q: 02:00 BUF - Dan Carpenter 52 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:19 DAL - Dan Bailey 46 field goal
2Q: 04:33 DAL - Dan Bailey 45 field goal
2Q: 01:52 DAL - Dez Bryant 16 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
3Q: 07:27 DAL - Terrance Williams 27 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
3Q: 01:20 DAL - Marshawn Lynch 12 run (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 13:08 DAL - Ed Newman 13 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
4Q: 12:59 BUF - Mario Butler 88 kickoff return (Dan Carpenter extra point)
4Q: 02:00 BUF - Dan Carpenter 52 field goal

Team Statistics DAL BUF
Record 9-6 3-12
First Downs 23 6
- by Rushing 8 4
- by Passing 15 1
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 437 94
- Offensive Plays 72 47
- Yards per Play 6.07 2.00
Net Rushing Yards 131 73
- Rushing Attempts 38 41
- Yards per Rush 3.45 1.78
Net Passing Yards 306 21
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 22 - 0 6 - 3 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 311 21
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 9.00 3.50
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.2 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/46 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/21 1/2
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 2/115
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 23
Time of Possession 34:14 25:46

Team Statistics	DAL	BUF
Record	9-6	3-12
First Downs	23	6
- by Rushing	8	4
- by Passing	15	1
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	437	94
- Offensive Plays	72	47
- Yards per Play	6.07	2.00
Net Rushing Yards	131	73
- Rushing Attempts	38	41
- Yards per Rush	3.45	1.78
Net Passing Yards	306	21
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 22 - 0	6 - 3 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	311	21
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	9.00	3.50
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.2	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/46	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/21	1/2
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	2/115
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 23
Time of Possession	34:14	25:46

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:56	1:45	OWN 42	4	29	Field Goal
1	5:55	2:46	OWN 12	4	16	Punt
1	1:06	4:47	OWN 31	9	61	Missed FG
2	9:13	4:48	OWN 32	11	40	Field Goal
2	2:35	0:54	OWN 45	5	55	Touchdown
2	0:33	0:31	OWN 37	3	-5	Punt
3	15:00	5:23	OWN 31	9	21	Punt
3	7:54	0:38	OWN 44	2	56	Touchdown
3	5:18	4:06	OWN 43	7	57	Touchdown
3	0:20	2:21	OPP 29	5	29	Touchdown
4	12:44	3:27	OWN 20	7	48	Downs
4	7:40	2:30	OWN 9	3	6	Punt
4	1:52	0:40	OWN 20	3	9	Punt

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:04	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	11:11	5:16	OWN 20	9	25	Punt
1	3:09	2:03	OWN 24	3	5	Punt
2	11:19	2:06	OWN 19	4	7	Punt
2	4:25	1:50	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
2	1:41	1:08	OWN 28	3	2	Punt
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 24	1	-1	Half
3	9:37	1:43	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	7:16	1:58	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
3	1:12	0:52	OWN 20	2	-9	Interception
4	9:17	1:37	OWN 32	3	7	Punt
4	5:10	3:18	OWN 43	7	22	Field Goal
4	1:12	1:12	OWN 18	3	13	Game

Game MVP: Tony Romo, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marshawn Lynch	20	86	4.30	20	3	1
Giovanni Clayton	10	29	2.90	6	0	0
Patrick Singleton	7	20	2.86	6	0	0
Terrance Williams	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
LeSean McCoy	25	29	1.16	10	1
Karlos Williams	13	29	2.23	9	0
Tyrod Taylor	3	15	5.00	10	1

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Romo	33	22	311	1/5	3	29	0	127.2

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bruce Gradkowski	3	2	13	0/0	0	8	0	75.7
Tyrod Taylor	3	1	8	0/0	0	8	1	2.8

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dez Bryant	7	10	147	21.00	65	29	1
WR Terrance Williams	5	8	90	18.00	31	28	1
WR Ed Newman	4	6	44	11.00	16	13	1
TE James Hanna	2	3	11	5.50	0	8	0
TE Gavin Escobar	2	2	6	3.00	2	3	0
RB Marshawn Lynch	1	2	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
FB Tyler Clutts	1	1	17	17.00	7	17	0
WR Jamie Hines	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	LG
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	8	8.00	8
WR Jermaine Kearse	1	2	5	5.00	5
WR Leland Bell	1	1	8	8.00	8
WR Percy Harvin	0	1	0	0.00	0
WR Marcus Easley	0	1	0	0.00	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Sedrick Albriktsen	1	0	0.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Jones	5	227	45.4	41.0	50	0

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brenden Scribner	9	357	39.7	37.3	52	2

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Bailey	2/3	2/2	0/0	46	4/4

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Carpenter	1/1	1/1	1/1	52	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.J. Wilcox	2	21	10.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lucky Whitehead	1	2	2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.J. Wilcox	1	25	25.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mario Butler	2	115	57.5	1

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
S Byron Jones	6	3	29	4
ILB Kyle Wilber	5	2	23	1
CB Brandon Carr	4	2	39	3
CB Orlando Scandrick	4	0	31	6
S Barry Church	3	2	21	6
S J.J. Wilcox	3	2	34	6
DT J.T. Schulz	3	1	26	0
CB Sedrick Albriktsen	3	1	16	5
DT Earl Mitchell	3	0	22	2
ILB Sean Lee	2	4	29	1
DE Demarcus Lawrence	2	1	32	4
CB Morris Claiborne	2	0	41	6
DT Darren Hutton	1	1	19	4
DE Nick Hayden	1	0	25	2
OLB Chad Honeycutt	1	0	18	5
DE Tyrone Crawford	0	1	25	6

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Nigel Bradham	9	2	0.0	34	29
ILB Giovanni Kafka	7	1	0.0	16	14
CB Josh Norman	6	1	0.0	18	21
OLB Randell Johnson	5	0	0.5	22	19
CB Nickell Robey	5	0	0.0	29	31
ILB Luke Kuechly	3	5	0.5	37	32
S Corey Graham	3	4	0.0	30	33
OLB Jeffrey McCauley	3	2	0.0	17	13
CB Drake Butterfield	2	1	0.0	31	28
OLB Preston Brown	2	0	0.0	4	6
S Mario Butler	2	0	0.0	18	17
DT Dan McCullers	2	0	0.0	26	26
OLB Jerry Briggs	2	0	0.0	20	7
S Aaron Williams	1	2	0.0	20	19
DE Mario Williams	1	1	0.0	19	29
DE Alex Carrington	1	1	0.0	18	27
ILB Ray Tolliver	1	1	0.0	13	3
WR Jermaine Kearse	1	0	---	---	---
S Kelcie McCray	1	0	0.0	15	7
DT Corbin Bryant	1	0	0.0	19	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
ILB Luke Kuechly	0.5	0	0	32
OLB Randell Johnson	0.5	0	0	19
OLB Nigel Bradham	0.0	1	0	29
DE Mario Williams	0.0	0	1	29
OLB Preston Brown	0.0	0	1	6
DT Rick Blake	0.0	0	1	8

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Sedrick Albriktsen	1	0	1	5
S Barry Church	1	0	0	6
CB Morris Claiborne	1	0	0	6
CB Orlando Scandrick	0	1	0	6

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Nickell Robey	5	1	31
CB Josh Norman	3	0	21
ILB Luke Kuechly	2	1	32
ILB Giovanni Kafka	2	1	14
S Corey Graham	2	0	33
OLB Randell Johnson	2	0	19
OLB Jeffrey McCauley	2	0	13
OLB Nigel Bradham	1	1	29
OLB Preston Brown	1	0	6
S Mario Butler	1	0	17
CB Drake Butterfield	1	0	28
S Aaron Williams	0	1	19

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Free	3	8	37	0	34
Mackenzy Bernadeau	2	6	11	0	10
Travis Frederick	2	6	30	0	33
Tyron Smith	1	10	38	1	34
Tyler Clutts	1	4	18	0	12
Zack Martin	1	2	33	0	32
Miguel Brewster	0	2	27	0	24

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Cordy Glenn	2	9	37	4
Reginald Branch	2	3	35	4
John Miller	0	8	34	5
Horace Wilder	0	7	35	5
Richie Incognito	0	6	37	4
Seantrel Henderson	0	2	10	3
Chris Gragg	0	1	30	2
Richie Whalen	0	1	36	4
Ray Keck	0	1	7	2

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Giovanni Clayton	1	17
Jamie Hines	1	13

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Josh Norman	3	32

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Free	37	34	---	---	8	79
Tyron Smith	38	34	---	---	5	77
Tony Romo	38	34	---	---	---	72
Zack Martin	33	32	---	---	---	65
James Hanna	33	13	---	---	17	63
Travis Frederick	30	33	---	---	---	63
Terrance Williams	20	25	---	---	16	61
Miguel Brewster	27	24	---	---	8	59
Morris Claiborne	---	---	41	6	8	55
J.J. Wilcox	---	---	34	6	14	54
Brandon Carr	---	---	39	3	8	50
Dez Bryant	20	27	---	---	3	50
Gavin Escobar	18	20	---	---	12	50
Sedrick Albriktsen	---	---	16	5	28	49
Marshawn Lynch	24	19	---	---	5	48
Barry Church	---	---	21	6	16	43
Demarcus Lawrence	---	---	32	4	6	42
Ed Newman	18	21	---	---	---	39
Jamie Hines	12	14	---	---	13	39
Orlando Scandrick	---	---	31	6	1	38
Tyler Clutts	18	12	---	---	7	37
Chad Honeycutt	---	---	18	5	12	35
Tyrone Crawford	---	---	25	6	3	34
Byron Jones	---	---	29	4	1	34
J.T. Schulz	---	---	26	0	7	33
Patrick Singleton	7	9	---	---	16	32
Sean Lee	---	---	29	1	1	31
Vince Mayle	10	8	---	---	13	31
Earl Mitchell	---	---	22	2	6	30
Nick Hayden	---	---	25	2	2	29
Giovanni Clayton	10	2	---	---	17	29
Charles Leno	14	3	---	---	8	25
Darren Hutton	---	---	19	4	2	25
Mackenzy Bernadeau	11	10	---	---	3	24
Kyle Wilber	---	---	23	1	---	24
Xavier DeMeester	---	---	12	5	4	21
Jon Ogden	---	---	6	0	9	15
Dan Bailey	0	0	---	---	10	10
Thurman Adams	0	0	---	---	8	8
Chris Jones	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tre Nugent	0	0	---	---	3	3
Don Capodaglio	---	---	0	0	2	2
Josh Poock	---	---	2	0	---	2
Greg Hardy	---	---	1	0	---	1
Lenny Morton	---	---	0	0	1	1
Ernie Fielder	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Luke Kuechly	---	---	37	32	3	72
Josh Norman	---	---	18	21	32	71
Corey Graham	---	---	30	33	5	68
Nigel Bradham	---	---	34	29	4	67
Nickell Robey	---	---	29	31	6	66
Randell Johnson	---	---	22	19	21	62
Aaron Williams	---	---	20	19	22	61
Drake Butterfield	---	---	31	28	2	61
Dan McCullers	---	---	26	26	4	56
LeSean McCoy	33	3	---	---	18	54
Mario Williams	---	---	19	29	2	50
Alex Carrington	---	---	18	27	5	50
John Miller	34	5	---	---	9	48
Karlos Williams	25	4	---	---	19	48
Richie Whalen	36	4	---	---	6	46
Chris Gragg	30	2	---	---	11	43
Nick O'Leary	21	3	---	---	19	43
Richie Incognito	37	4	---	---	1	42
Mario Butler	---	---	18	17	7	42
Cordy Glenn	37	4	---	---	---	41
Horace Wilder	35	5	---	---	---	40
Percy Harvin	23	1	---	---	15	39
Reginald Branch	35	4	---	---	---	39
Tyrod Taylor	34	3	---	---	---	37
Jerry Briggs	---	---	20	7	5	32
Giovanni Kafka	---	---	16	14	2	32
Jeffrey McCauley	---	---	17	13	1	31
Corbin Bryant	---	---	19	5	1	25
Kelcie McCray	---	---	15	7	1	23
Seantrel Henderson	10	3	---	---	10	23
Jackie Ramirez	10	3	---	---	10	23
Rick Blake	---	---	12	8	2	22
Marcus Easley	10	4	---	---	7	21
Dan Herron	17	1	---	---	---	18
Preston Brown	---	---	4	6	7	17
Ray Tolliver	---	---	13	3	1	17
Leland Bell	2	2	---	---	11	15
Lucky Whitehead	6	3	---	---	5	14
Bruce Gradkowski	7	3	---	---	1	11
Ray Keck	7	2	---	---	2	11
Garrison Sanborn	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brenden Scribner	0	0	---	---	9	9
Eric Wood	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jermaine Kearse	2	3	---	---	---	5
Dan Carpenter	0	0	---	---	4	4
Josh Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	15	1.7
Middle	17	71	4.2
Right	12	45	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	22	1.6
Middle	13	28	2.2
Right	13	24	1.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Romo	33	22	7	1	1	5	3	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bruce Gradkowski	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tyrod Taylor	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	-4	-4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	14	178	10.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	4	63	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	3	3	74	24.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	0	0	0	0.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	21	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dez Bryant	10	7	0	147	5	27
WR Terrance Williams	8	5	0	90	2	25
WR Ed Newman	6	4	0	44	0	21
TE James Hanna	3	2	0	11	0	13
RB Marshawn Lynch	2	1	0	-4	0	19
TE Gavin Escobar	2	2	0	6	0	20
FB Tyler Clutts	1	1	0	17	0	12
WR Jamie Hines	1	0	1	0	0	14

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Jermaine Kearse	2	1	0	5	3
WR Percy Harvin	1	0	0	0	1
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	0	8	3
WR Marcus Easley	1	0	1	0	4
WR Leland Bell	1	1	0	8	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marshawn Lynch	5	30	6.00	4.30
Patrick Singleton	2	4	2.00	2.86
Giovanni Clayton	1	5	5.00	2.90

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Romo	4	2	29	7.25	9.42

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dez Bryant	2	1	16	8.00	14.70
RB Marshawn Lynch	1	0	0	0.00	-2.00
WR Ed Newman	1	1	13	13.00	7.33

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Giovanni Clayton	3	0
Marshawn Lynch	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
LeSean McCoy	6	2
Karlos Williams	3	1
Tyrod Taylor	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Romo	11	6	5

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tyrod Taylor	2	1	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terrance Williams	3	2	2
WR Ed Newman	3	1	1
WR Dez Bryant	2	2	2
RB Marshawn Lynch	1	0	0
TE Gavin Escobar	1	1	0
WR Jamie Hines	1	0	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Percy Harvin	1	0	0
RB LeSean McCoy	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,000 (21,400)
End Zone 12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,000 (21,400)
End Zone	12,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,300)