Week 16, 2026

played in Houston, TX

63 degrees, fair, calm

Dallas Cowboys	7	14	10	3	-	34
Houston Texans	7	0	0	3	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:55 DAL - J.B. Barrere 12 pass from Glen Netter (Albert McElroy extra point)
1Q: 02:17 HOU - LeSean McCoy 3 run (Bruce Darche extra point)
2Q: 09:13 DAL - Dana Brock 1 run (Albert McElroy extra point)
2Q: 02:21 DAL - Gerald Clark 4 run (Albert McElroy extra point)
3Q: 09:39 DAL - Albert McElroy 26 field goal
3Q: 05:43 DAL - Deji Karim 5 run (Albert McElroy extra point)
4Q: 11:38 HOU - Bruce Darche 25 field goal
4Q: 05:51 DAL - Albert McElroy 37 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:55 DAL - J.B. Barrere 12 pass from Glen Netter (Albert McElroy extra point)
1Q: 02:17 HOU - LeSean McCoy 3 run (Bruce Darche extra point)
2Q: 09:13 DAL - Dana Brock 1 run (Albert McElroy extra point)
2Q: 02:21 DAL - Gerald Clark 4 run (Albert McElroy extra point)
3Q: 09:39 DAL - Albert McElroy 26 field goal
3Q: 05:43 DAL - Deji Karim 5 run (Albert McElroy extra point)
4Q: 11:38 HOU - Bruce Darche 25 field goal
4Q: 05:51 DAL - Albert McElroy 37 field goal

Team Statistics DAL HOU
Record 6-9 8-7
First Downs 30 12
- by Rushing 14 1
- by Passing 15 11
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 384 306
- Offensive Plays 71 50
- Yards per Play 5.41 6.12
Net Rushing Yards 203 42
- Rushing Attempts 46 13
- Yards per Rush 4.41 3.23
Net Passing Yards 181 264
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 18 - 0 35 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 181 276
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 7.24 7.14
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/14 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.5 8.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/4
Penalties/Yards 1/10 3/32
Punt Returns/Yards 1/3 2/6
Kick Returns/Yards 3/69 5/75
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 4/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 20
Time of Possession 38:07 21:53

Team Statistics	DAL	HOU
Record	6-9	8-7
First Downs	30	12
- by Rushing	14	1
- by Passing	15	11
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	384	306
- Offensive Plays	71	50
- Yards per Play	5.41	6.12
Net Rushing Yards	203	42
- Rushing Attempts	46	13
- Yards per Rush	4.41	3.23
Net Passing Yards	181	264
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 18 - 0	35 - 17 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	181	276
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	7.24	7.14
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/14	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.5	8.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/4
Penalties/Yards	1/10	3/32
Punt Returns/Yards	1/3	2/6
Kick Returns/Yards	3/69	5/75
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	4/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 20
Time of Possession	38:07	21:53

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:12	6:25	OWN 28	11	72	Touchdown
1	2:08	8:01	OWN 31	14	69	Touchdown
2	7:19	5:04	OWN 32	10	68	Touchdown
2	0:51	0:51	OWN 1	3	20	Half
3	15:00	5:29	OWN 34	11	57	Field Goal
3	8:03	2:27	OPP 38	5	38	Touchdown
3	3:16	3:30	OWN 20	7	33	Punt
4	11:33	2:26	OWN 26	4	15	Punt
4	7:59	2:15	OPP 34	6	14	Field Goal
4	0:32	0:32	OWN 11	1	0	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:48	OWN 30	3	2	Punt
1	6:47	4:39	OWN 21	8	79	Touchdown
2	9:07	1:48	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	2:15	1:24	OWN 34	3	6	Punt
3	9:31	1:28	OWN 19	3	-7	Punt
3	5:36	2:20	OWN 20	4	34	Punt
4	14:46	3:13	OWN 11	6	81	Field Goal
4	9:07	1:08	OWN 13	6	21	Downs
4	5:44	5:12	OWN 17	14	72	Downs

Game MVP: Glen Netter, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Deji Karim	31	141	4.55	22	4	1
Gerald Clark	10	32	3.20	10	1	1
Dana Brock	3	5	1.67	3	0	1
Glen Netter	1	15	15.00	15	1	0
Jeremy Breeze	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	TD
C.J. Spiller	7	17	2.43	6	0
LeSean McCoy	3	14	4.67	8	1
Gene Chandler	3	11	3.67	5	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Glen Netter	23	18	181	0/0	1	22	0	113.9
Ricky Turner	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	39.6

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gene Chandler	35	17	276	2/12	0	50	0	75.4

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bobby Eddy	4	6	42	10.50	11	15	0
WR Russell Lucas	3	3	30	10.00	7	13	0
TE Cedric Vonnegut	3	5	48	16.00	16	22	0
TE Joseph Sweeney	3	3	18	6.00	1	8	0
WR J.B. Barrere	2	2	24	12.00	8	12	1
WR Jeremy Breeze	2	4	14	7.00	0	10	0
RB Kent Cichanski	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Dana Brock	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jamal Gardner	6	11	98	16.33	38	28
FB Darrell Erickson	3	4	5	1.67	0	3
WR Preston Beadnell	2	5	68	34.00	51	50
WR Dean Rivers	2	4	67	33.50	29	45
RB LeSean McCoy	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
RB C.J. Spiller	1	4	4	4.00	0	4
TE Frank Fortune	1	4	13	13.00	12	13
WR Spencer Hanson	1	1	18	18.00	12	18

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Gerald Clark	1	0	0	0
Glen Netter	0	1	0	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Levon Jacobs	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Steve Watanabe	2	88	44.0	41.0	49	2

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ralph Flannery	5	214	42.8	38.2	59	1

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Albert McElroy	2/2	0/0	0/0	37	4/4

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bruce Darche	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.B. Barrere	1	3	3.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
C.J. Spiller	2	6	3.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dana Brock	3	69	23.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg
C.J. Spiller	3	41	13.7
LeSean McCoy	1	21	21.0
Dean Rivers	1	13	13.0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Albert Markwald	5	1	0.0	12	31
S Roosevelt Webster	4	2	0.0	11	29
OLB Phil Seibert	4	0	0.0	13	36
DE Brett Allen	3	1	1.0	12	24
DT Earnest May	2	1	1.0	10	33
CB Malcolm Hardy	2	2	0.0	9	28
DE Dwayne Compton	2	0	0.0	12	26
S Xavier Gardner	2	0	0.0	4	8
CB Max Weber	2	0	0.0	6	23
S Alfred Jefferson	1	1	0.0	10	23
CB Patrick Robinson	1	1	0.0	7	33
DE Emmitt Brady	1	0	0.0	7	29
OLB Gene Slatken	1	0	0.0	0	1
OLB Justin Wilkins	1	0	0.0	4	6

Houston	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Herb Hampton	8	0	38	19
ILB Bob Hutton	7	0	46	25
S Perry Coffin	6	2	33	17
S Brock Cochrane	5	3	32	18
S Clarence Mankey	5	1	37	17
CB Grady Paine	4	2	25	16
CB Lawrence Abbey	4	1	36	20
DE Carlos Dunlap	4	0	38	21
OLB Ralph Livanis	3	5	36	22
ILB Lawrence Fisk	3	2	16	7
DE Kendrick Hussey	3	1	34	23
CB Tyrell Johnson	3	0	31	15
CB Nolan Miller	2	1	15	9
DT Levon Jacobs	2	0	32	20
ILB Stephen Harvey	1	0	8	4
DT Butch Ena	0	3	23	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Brett Allen	1.0	0	3	1	24
DT Earnest May	1.0	0	2	0	33
DE Emmitt Brady	0.0	1	2	0	29
DE Dwayne Compton	0.0	0	1	0	26
DE Edgar Cole	0.0	0	1	0	8

Houston	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kendrick Hussey	1	0	0	23
DE Carlos Dunlap	0	2	1	21
ILB Stephen Harvey	0	1	0	4

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Phil Seibert	4	2	36
S Roosevelt Webster	3	0	29
ILB Albert Markwald	2	0	31
CB Malcolm Hardy	1	1	28
OLB Justin Wilkins	1	1	6
OLB Gene Slatken	1	0	1
S Alfred Jefferson	1	0	23
CB Patrick Robinson	1	0	33
S Xavier Gardner	1	0	8
DT Earnest May	1	0	33
CB Max Weber	1	0	23
ILB Wendell Sellers	0	1	6

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Herb Hampton	3	0	19
CB Lawrence Abbey	3	0	20
S Brock Cochrane	3	0	18
CB Tyrell Johnson	2	1	15
CB Nolan Miller	2	0	9
S Perry Coffin	2	0	17
ILB Bob Hutton	1	0	25
S Clarence Mankey	1	0	17
CB Grady Paine	1	0	16

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Martin Baxter	6	11	39	23
Luther Panos	4	13	46	25
Harold Cortez	3	7	43	21
Dennis Hannam	2	4	25	10
Timothy Floyd	2	4	38	20
Kenyon Richardson	0	2	29	20
Dan Benson	0	2	21	12
Josh Sitton	0	1	10	6
Cedric Vonnegut	0	1	27	17

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Gosder Cherilus	2	3	12	0	27
Antoine Caldwell	1	1	11	1	29
Darrell Erickson	0	1	6	0	14
Leonard Gillespie	0	1	11	0	34
Mitch Petrus	0	1	4	0	13
Nolan Brooks	0	1	6	0	11
Frank Fortune	0	1	12	0	31
Alonzo Hansen	0	1	13	0	37
Ethan Bowens	0	0	12	1	37

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Gene Slatken	2	22
Roosevelt Webster	2	10
Cedric Vonnegut	1	13
Justin Wilkins	1	9
Xavier Gardner	1	9

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
C.J. Spiller	1	15
Brock Cochrane	1	11
Spencer Hanson	1	11
Allen Dawson	1	9

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Luther Panos	46	25	---	---	4	75
Harold Cortez	43	21	---	---	4	68
Glen Netter	44	23	---	---	---	67
Martin Baxter	39	23	---	---	4	66
Timothy Floyd	38	20	---	---	4	62
Cedric Vonnegut	27	17	---	---	13	57
Kenyon Richardson	29	20	---	---	4	53
Roosevelt Webster	---	---	11	29	10	50
Phil Seibert	---	---	13	36	1	50
Malcolm Hardy	---	---	9	28	11	48
Jeremy Breeze	23	19	---	---	4	46
Russell Lucas	30	14	---	---	1	45
Alfred Jefferson	---	---	10	23	11	44
Albert Markwald	---	---	12	31	1	44
Earnest May	---	---	10	33	1	44
Deji Karim	32	10	---	---	1	43
Joseph Sweeney	28	9	---	---	5	42
Patrick Robinson	---	---	7	33	1	41
Claude Coglan	---	---	11	29	1	41
Dan Benson	21	12	---	---	8	41
J.B. Barrere	14	10	---	---	15	39
Dwayne Compton	---	---	12	26	1	39
Dana Brock	17	4	---	---	17	38
Emmitt Brady	---	---	7	29	1	37
Brett Allen	---	---	12	24	1	37
Dennis Hannam	25	10	---	---	---	35
Bobby Eddy	17	15	---	---	1	33
Max Weber	---	---	6	23	4	33
C.J. Breeding	---	---	4	17	4	25
Gene Slatken	---	---	0	1	22	23
Kyle Williams	8	2	---	---	12	22
Xavier Gardner	---	---	4	8	9	21
Gerald Clark	11	8	---	---	---	19
Justin Wilkins	---	---	4	6	9	19
Edgar Cole	---	---	6	8	5	19
Kent Cichanski	2	5	---	---	10	17
Josh Sitton	10	6	---	---	---	16
Drew Baines	---	---	1	11	1	13
Wendell Sellers	---	---	1	6	5	12
Anthony Hawkins	---	---	3	6	1	10
Albert McElroy	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ricky Turner	2	2	---	---	---	4
Steve Watanabe	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kim Westbrook	0	0	---	---	---	0
Keith Bitkowski	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bob Hutton	---	---	46	25	2	73
Ralph Livanis	---	---	36	22	13	71
Herb Hampton	---	---	38	19	4	61
Brock Cochrane	---	---	32	18	11	61
Carlos Dunlap	---	---	38	21	2	61
Lawrence Abbey	---	---	36	20	4	60
Kendrick Hussey	---	---	34	23	1	58
Clarence Mankey	---	---	37	17	2	56
Frank Fortune	12	31	---	---	12	55
Levon Jacobs	---	---	32	20	2	54
Alonzo Hansen	13	37	---	---	4	54
C.J. Spiller	11	27	---	---	15	53
Ethan Bowens	12	37	---	---	4	53
Perry Coffin	---	---	33	17	2	52
Gene Chandler	13	37	---	---	---	50
Tyrell Johnson	---	---	31	15	2	48
Jamal Gardner	11	33	---	---	2	46
Leonard Gillespie	11	34	---	---	---	45
Grady Paine	---	---	25	16	2	43
Antoine Caldwell	11	29	---	---	2	42
Dean Rivers	6	24	---	---	12	42
Gosder Cherilus	12	27	---	---	2	41
Lawrence Fisk	---	---	16	7	15	38
Darrell Erickson	6	14	---	---	14	34
Preston Beadnell	7	26	---	---	---	33
Butch Ena	---	---	23	7	3	33
LeSean McCoy	5	15	---	---	7	27
Allen Dawson	---	---	10	7	9	26
Nolan Miller	---	---	15	9	---	24
Mitch Petrus	4	13	---	---	6	23
Stephen Harvey	---	---	8	4	9	21
Alonzo Conrady	---	---	12	8	---	20
Nolan Brooks	6	11	---	---	2	19
Sammy Farrington	0	2	---	---	16	18
Damon Connell	2	8	---	---	6	16
Spencer Hanson	1	2	---	---	11	14
Ralph Flannery	0	0	---	---	6	6
Walter Jelinek	0	0	---	---	6	6
Bruce Darche	0	0	---	---	4	4
Bert Klepfer	---	---	4	0	---	4
Calvin Green	---	---	0	0	2	2
Wayne Snyder	---	---	0	0	2	2
Leonard Westbrook	---	---	0	0	2	2
Jessie Johannsen	0	0	---	---	---	0
Hugh Cooper	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dwayne Hogenmiller	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	15	74	4.9
Middle	19	100	5.3
Right	12	29	2.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	7	1.8
Middle	7	26	3.7
Right	2	9	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Glen Netter	23	18	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Ricky Turner	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gene Chandler	35	17	4	2	1	5	9	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	13	123	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	5	58	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	6	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	8	130	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	99	7.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	41	10.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bobby Eddy	6	4	0	42	0	15
TE Cedric Vonnegut	5	3	1	48	1	17
WR Jeremy Breeze	4	2	0	14	0	19
WR Russell Lucas	3	3	0	30	0	14
TE Joseph Sweeney	3	3	0	18	0	9
WR J.B. Barrere	2	2	0	24	0	10
RB Dana Brock	1	0	0	0	0	4
RB Kent Cichanski	1	1	0	5	0	5

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jamal Gardner	11	6	0	98	1	33
WR Preston Beadnell	5	2	0	68	1	26
WR Dean Rivers	4	2	0	67	2	24
FB Darrell Erickson	4	3	0	5	0	14
RB C.J. Spiller	4	1	1	4	0	27
TE Frank Fortune	4	1	0	13	0	31
RB LeSean McCoy	2	1	0	3	0	15
WR Spencer Hanson	1	1	0	18	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Deji Karim	5	9	1.80	4.55
Gerald Clark	2	8	4.00	3.20
Dana Brock	1	1	1.00	1.67

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
C.J. Spiller	2	7	3.50	2.43
LeSean McCoy	1	3	3.00	4.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Glen Netter	6	4	37	6.17	7.87
Ricky Turner	2	0	0	0.00	0.00

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gene Chandler	5	0	0	0.00	7.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Bobby Eddy	2	1	15	7.50	7.00
WR Jeremy Breeze	2	0	0	0.00	3.50
TE Joseph Sweeney	2	2	10	5.00	6.00
WR J.B. Barrere	1	1	12	12.00	12.00
TE Cedric Vonnegut	1	0	0	0.00	9.60

Houston	Target	Overall Avg
RB C.J. Spiller	2	1.00
WR Dean Rivers	1	16.75
WR Jamal Gardner	1	8.91
TE Frank Fortune	1	3.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Dana Brock	3	3
Deji Karim	2	2

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
LeSean McCoy	1	0
Gene Chandler	1	0
C.J. Spiller	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Glen Netter	8	5	5
Ricky Turner	1	0	0

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gene Chandler	9	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jeremy Breeze	3	1	1
TE Cedric Vonnegut	2	1	1
WR Russell Lucas	1	1	1
RB Dana Brock	1	0	0
WR Bobby Eddy	1	1	1
RB Kent Cichanski	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB C.J. Spiller	3	1	0
WR Jamal Gardner	2	1	1
TE Frank Fortune	2	0	0
WR Preston Beadnell	1	0	0
WR Dean Rivers	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,300 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,100)
End Zone 12,000 (15,200)
Mezzanine 6,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 10,500 (13,400)
Club Seats 5,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,800 (4,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,300 (69,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,100)
End Zone	12,000 (15,200)
Mezzanine	6,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	10,500 (13,400)
Club Seats	5,600 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,800 (4,000)