Week 12, 2015

played in Dallas, TX

53 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	7	21	0	0	-	28
Dallas Cowboys	7	7	3	9	-	26

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:11 DAL - Lucky Whitehead 7 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
1Q: 03:52 CAR - Greg Olsen 7 pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 11:48 CAR - Cameron Artis-Payne 2 run (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 08:40 DAL - Dez Bryant 26 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
2Q: 04:21 CAR - Scott Simonson 10 pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 02:54 CAR - Bene' Benwikere 66 interception return (Graham Gano extra point)
3Q: 05:58 DAL - Dan Bailey 24 field goal
4Q: 09:04 DAL - Dan Bailey 26 field goal
4Q: 01:24 DAL - Jason Witten 19 pass from Tony Romo (Darren McFadden run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:11 DAL - Lucky Whitehead 7 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
1Q: 03:52 CAR - Greg Olsen 7 pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 11:48 CAR - Cameron Artis-Payne 2 run (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 08:40 DAL - Dez Bryant 26 pass from Tony Romo (Dan Bailey extra point)
2Q: 04:21 CAR - Scott Simonson 10 pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 02:54 CAR - Bene' Benwikere 66 interception return (Graham Gano extra point)
3Q: 05:58 DAL - Dan Bailey 24 field goal
4Q: 09:04 DAL - Dan Bailey 26 field goal
4Q: 01:24 DAL - Jason Witten 19 pass from Tony Romo (Darren McFadden run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics CAR DAL
Record 6-5 7-4
First Downs 18 18
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 13 15
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 361 452
- Offensive Plays 64 64
- Yards per Play 5.64 7.06
Net Rushing Yards 132 73
- Rushing Attempts 35 18
- Yards per Rush 3.77 4.06
Net Passing Yards 229 379
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 18 - 0 45 - 25 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 240 382
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 7.90 8.24
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/33 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/8 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 4/102
Interception Ret./Yards 2/66 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 30
Time of Possession 31:48 28:12

Team Statistics	CAR	DAL
Record	6-5	7-4
First Downs	18	18
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	13	15
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	361	452
- Offensive Plays	64	64
- Yards per Play	5.64	7.06
Net Rushing Yards	132	73
- Rushing Attempts	35	18
- Yards per Rush	3.77	4.06
Net Passing Yards	229	379
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 18 - 0	45 - 25 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	240	382
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	7.90	8.24
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/33	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/8	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	4/102
Interception Ret./Yards	2/66	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 30
Time of Possession	31:48	28:12

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:04	7:23	OWN 20	15	80	Touchdown
1	1:56	5:16	OWN 27	11	73	Touchdown
2	8:30	1:26	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	5:34	1:21	OWN 20	4	80	Touchdown
2	1:46	1:02	OWN 44	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	1:00	OWN 30	2	5	Fumble
3	13:29	2:34	OWN 20	5	35	Punt
3	5:51	2:57	OWN 20	7	34	Punt
3	1:03	2:37	OWN 43	5	23	Missed FG
4	8:58	1:56	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
4	4:58	2:22	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	0:32	0:32	OWN 45	3	-4	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:56	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown
1	3:41	1:45	OWN 34	3	6	Punt
2	11:40	3:10	OWN 29	6	71	Touchdown
2	7:04	1:30	OWN 36	4	27	Punt
2	4:13	1:27	OWN 35	3	-3	Interception
2	2:46	1:00	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	0:44	0:44	OWN 11	2	18	Half
3	14:00	0:31	OPP 35	3	-5	Punt
3	10:55	5:04	OWN 1	9	92	Field Goal
3	2:54	1:51	OWN 1	3	0	Punt
4	13:26	4:28	OWN 41	8	50	Field Goal
4	7:02	2:04	OWN 39	5	36	Interception
4	2:36	1:22	OWN 37	5	63	Touchdown
4	1:07	0:35	OWN 46	4	9	Downs

Game MVP: Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jonathan Stewart	20	59	2.95	11	1	0
Oliver Doyle	6	34	5.67	14	1	0
Cam Newton	4	3	0.75	7	0	0
Cameron Artis-Payne	4	32	8.00	22	1	1
Mike Tolbert	1	4	4.00	4	0	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Darren McFadden	13	40	3.08	13	1
Ronnie Hillman	3	24	8.00	21	1
Tony Romo	2	9	4.50	5	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	27	18	240	2/11	2	36	0	119.3

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Romo	45	25	382	1/3	3	49	2	87.4

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Greg Olsen	4	5	38	9.50	3	19	1
WR Anquan Boldin	3	4	53	17.67	33	34	0
WR Teddy Williams	3	5	69	23.00	60	36	0
WR Ted Ginn	2	4	25	12.50	2	16	0
RB Jonathan Stewart	2	5	18	9.00	13	16	0
FB Mike Tolbert	2	2	28	14.00	22	16	0
TE Scott Simonson	2	2	9	4.50	1	10	1

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dez Bryant	8	14	152	19.00	49	37	1
TE Jason Witten	5	8	107	21.40	51	49	1
WR Dorial Green-Beckham	4	9	45	11.25	22	25	0
RB Darren McFadden	3	4	33	11.00	13	18	0
WR Brice Butler	2	5	42	21.00	25	34	0
FB Tyler Clutts	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
RB Ronnie Hillman	1	1	-3	-3.00	0	-3	0
WR Lucky Whitehead	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	1

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Charles Tillman	1	0	0.00	0
CB Bene' Benwikere	1	66	66.00	1

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov
Jonathan Stewart	1	0
Cam Newton	1	0
Oliver Doyle	1	0
Amini Silatolu	0	1
Cameron Artis-Payne	0	1

Dallas	Recov	Force
Ezekiel Toefield	1	0
Dez Bryant	0	1
Greg Hardy	0	1
Devonte Tobar	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brad Nortman	6	248	41.3	39.5	47	3

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Chris Jones	5	193	38.6	29.0	46	0

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Graham Gano	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	4/4

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Bailey	2/2	0/0	0/0	26	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Anquan Boldin	2	8	4.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Josh Thomas	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Oliver Doyle	2	37	18.5	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lucky Whitehead	3	72	24.0	0
Brandon Carr	1	30	30.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Charles Tillman	10	1	0.0	18	46
CB Bene' Benwikere	6	0	0.0	18	46
ILB Luke Kuechly	5	2	0.0	18	46
OLB Thomas Davis	4	0	0.0	12	31
S Roman Harper	3	1	0.0	18	46
CB Josh Norman	3	1	0.0	14	39
DE Jared Allen	2	1	1.0	14	28
DT Star Lotulelei	2	1	0.0	13	35
DT Dwan Edwards	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Charles Johnson	1	0	0.0	16	37
S Colin Jones	1	0	0.0	7	11
OLB A.J. Klein	1	0	0.0	4	13
DE Kony Ealy	1	0	0.0	2	9
DE Ryan Delaire	1	0	0.0	4	18
OLB K.C. Gardner	0	1	0.0	6	15
CB Winston Mitchell	0	1	0.0	13	32

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Byron Jones	8	3	0.0	35	28
DT Nick Hayden	8	0	0.0	21	14
ILB Rolando McClain	6	0	0.0	34	29
S J.J. Wilcox	4	2	0.0	34	29
DT Tyrone Crawford	3	4	0.0	29	24
DT Mel Sinclair	3	1	0.0	14	10
OLB Devonte Tobar	3	0	0.0	21	12
DE Greg Hardy	2	1	1.0	26	21
CB Brandon Carr	2	2	0.0	35	29
OLB Anthony Hitchens	2	1	0.0	16	16
S Sam Keeney	2	1	0.0	3	7
CB Desmond Sumter	2	0	0.0	29	26
DT Ezekiel Toefield	1	0	1.0	17	10
OLB Spencer Paysinger	1	2	0.0	20	14
CB Ray Bates	1	1	0.0	13	15
QB Tony Romo	1	0	---	---	---
CB Josh Thomas	1	0	0.0	6	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jared Allen	1.0	1	1	0	28
DE Charles Johnson	0.0	1	2	0	37
DT Star Lotulelei	0.0	1	1	0	35
DT Kawann Short	0.0	1	0	1	31
OLB Thomas Davis	0.0	0	1	0	31
ILB Luke Kuechly	0.0	0	0	1	46

Dallas	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Greg Hardy	1.0	1	1	21
DT Ezekiel Toefield	1.0	0	0	10
DE Demarcus Lawrence	0.0	1	1	11
DE Randy Gregory	0.0	1	0	19
DT Mel Sinclair	0.0	1	0	10

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Charles Tillman	6	1	1	46
CB Josh Norman	5	2	0	39
CB Bene' Benwikere	5	1	1	46
OLB Thomas Davis	3	0	0	31
S Roman Harper	2	1	0	46
S Colin Jones	1	0	0	11
ILB Luke Kuechly	1	0	0	46
OLB A.J. Klein	1	0	0	13
DE Kony Ealy	1	0	0	9

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Rolando McClain	4	0	29
CB Brandon Carr	2	2	29
OLB Anthony Hitchens	2	1	16
S J.J. Wilcox	2	0	29
CB Desmond Sumter	1	1	26
OLB Spencer Paysinger	1	0	14
DT Tyrone Crawford	1	0	24
S Byron Jones	1	0	28
DT Mel Sinclair	1	0	10
OLB Devonte Tobar	1	0	12
CB Ray Bates	1	0	15
S Sam Keeney	1	0	7

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Scott	3	7	0	35	2	29
Amini Silatolu	3	6	1	35	0	29
Ryan Kalil	1	6	0	35	0	29
Noah McConnell	1	5	0	35	0	29
Nolan Schroeder	1	4	0	35	0	29
Mike Tolbert	1	3	1	26	0	21

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Doug Free	2	4	0	18	0	46
Travis Frederick	1	5	0	18	0	46
Zack Martin	1	4	1	18	0	46
Tyron Smith	1	1	0	17	0	34
Mackenzy Bernadeau	0	1	0	11	1	26
Tyler Clutts	0	1	0	11	0	29

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Ed Dickson	1	18
Oliver Doyle	1	17
Bene' Benwikere	1	13
Teddy Williams	1	10
Anquan Boldin	1	7

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Brett Witt	1	18
Dez Bryant	1	17
Chaz Green	1	7
Dorial Green-Beckham	1	6

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bene' Benwikere	---	---	18	46	13	77
Chris Scott	35	29	---	---	7	71
Charles Tillman	---	---	18	46	2	66
Roman Harper	---	---	18	46	2	66
Luke Kuechly	---	---	18	46	2	66
Greg Olsen	33	27	---	---	5	65
Ryan Kalil	35	29	---	---	---	64
Cam Newton	35	29	---	---	---	64
Amini Silatolu	35	29	---	---	---	64
Nolan Schroeder	35	29	---	---	---	64
Noah McConnell	35	29	---	---	---	64
Charles Johnson	---	---	16	37	3	56
Josh Norman	---	---	14	39	3	56
Mike Tolbert	26	21	---	---	7	54
Anquan Boldin	22	21	---	---	7	50
Star Lotulelei	---	---	13	35	2	50
Jared Allen	---	---	14	28	4	46
Ted Ginn	26	18	---	---	2	46
Winston Mitchell	---	---	13	32	1	46
Thomas Davis	---	---	12	31	2	45
Jonathan Stewart	25	18	---	---	---	43
Teddy Williams	17	15	---	---	10	42
Kawann Short	---	---	6	31	3	40
Oliver Doyle	6	11	---	---	17	34
Nicolas Jones	---	---	5	8	20	33
K.C. Gardner	---	---	6	15	9	30
A.J. Klein	---	---	4	13	12	29
Cameron Artis-Payne	6	0	---	---	23	29
Ryan Delaire	---	---	4	18	7	29
Corey Brown	5	7	---	---	14	26
Scott Simonson	9	6	---	---	11	26
Colin Jones	---	---	7	11	7	25
Ed Dickson	0	1	---	---	18	19
Mario Addison	---	---	5	11	---	16
Kony Ealy	---	---	2	9	4	15
Tre Boston	---	---	0	0	11	11
Dwan Edwards	---	---	5	4	---	9
Fernando Velasco	0	0	---	---	7	7
Brad Nortman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Andrew Norwell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ross Wilt	0	0	---	---	7	7
Wade Reynolds	0	0	---	---	7	7
Graham Gano	0	0	---	---	6	6
David Mayo	---	---	0	0	6	6
Chase Daniel	0	0	---	---	---	0
Derek Krieg	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dez Bryant	15	43	---	---	17	75
Brandon Carr	---	---	35	29	8	72
Doug Free	18	46	---	---	7	71
Rolando McClain	---	---	34	29	3	66
J.J. Wilcox	---	---	34	29	3	66
Tony Romo	18	46	---	---	---	64
Travis Frederick	18	46	---	---	---	64
Zack Martin	18	46	---	---	---	64
Byron Jones	---	---	35	28	1	64
Jason Witten	16	39	---	---	6	61
Dorial Green-Beckham	15	38	---	---	6	59
Tyler Clutts	11	29	---	---	17	57
Desmond Sumter	---	---	29	26	1	56
Tyrone Crawford	---	---	29	24	2	55
Tyron Smith	17	34	---	---	3	54
Anthony Hitchens	---	---	16	16	22	54
Greg Hardy	---	---	26	21	2	49
Darren McFadden	15	29	---	---	1	45
Mackenzy Bernadeau	11	26	---	---	4	41
Nick Hayden	---	---	21	14	3	38
Josh Thomas	---	---	6	5	27	38
Randy Gregory	---	---	18	19	1	38
Spencer Paysinger	---	---	20	14	1	35
Ronald Leary	7	20	---	---	7	34
Devonte Tobar	---	---	21	12	1	34
Ezekiel Toefield	---	---	17	10	6	33
Ronnie Hillman	6	17	---	---	7	30
Sam Keeney	---	---	3	7	20	30
Lucky Whitehead	3	8	---	---	18	29
Ray Bates	---	---	13	15	---	28
Brice Butler	6	16	---	---	5	27
Demarcus Lawrence	---	---	13	11	1	25
Mel Sinclair	---	---	14	10	1	25
Chaz Green	1	12	---	---	7	20
Brett Witt	0	1	---	---	18	19
Lance Dunbar	0	1	---	---	17	18
James Hanna	3	7	---	---	6	16
Dan Bailey	0	0	---	---	8	8
L.P. LaDouceur	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chris Jones	0	0	---	---	5	5
Shane Reeves	---	---	1	0	4	5
Bernard Pierce	0	2	---	---	---	2
Jameill Showers	0	0	---	---	2	2
Matt Cassel	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	64	6.4
Middle	20	64	3.2
Right	2	8	4.0
None	3	-4	-1.3

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	36	7.2
Middle	12	30	2.5
Right	1	7	7.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	27	18	3	1	0	4	4	2	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Romo	45	25	8	1	3	5	5	2	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	5	75	10.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	92	8.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	73	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	54	9.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	11	138	7.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	102	10.2
Long (19+ Yds)	10	4	88	8.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Greg Olsen	5	4	38	0	27
RB Jonathan Stewart	5	2	18	0	18
WR Teddy Williams	5	3	69	2	15
WR Anquan Boldin	4	3	53	1	21
WR Ted Ginn	4	2	25	0	18
FB Mike Tolbert	2	2	28	0	21
TE Scott Simonson	2	2	9	0	6

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dez Bryant	14	8	0	152	4	43
WR Dorial Green-Beckham	9	4	1	45	1	38
TE Jason Witten	8	5	0	107	2	39
WR Brice Butler	5	2	1	42	1	16
RB Darren McFadden	4	3	0	33	0	29
FB Tyler Clutts	2	1	1	-1	0	29
WR Lucky Whitehead	2	1	0	7	0	8
RB Ronnie Hillman	1	1	0	-3	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jonathan Stewart	5	9	1.80	2.95
Cameron Artis-Payne	1	2	2.00	8.00

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Darren McFadden	3	-2	-0.67	3.08
Tony Romo	1	4	4.00	4.50
Ronnie Hillman	1	2	2.00	8.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	5	3	25	5.00	8.89

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Romo	6	4	38	6.33	8.49

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Greg Olsen	2	2	15	7.50	7.60
WR Ted Ginn	1	0	0	0.00	6.25
RB Jonathan Stewart	1	0	0	0.00	3.60
TE Scott Simonson	1	1	10	10.00	4.50

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dorial Green-Beckham	2	1	5	2.50	5.00
WR Lucky Whitehead	2	1	7	3.50	3.50
TE Jason Witten	1	1	19	19.00	13.38
WR Dez Bryant	1	1	7	7.00	10.86

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Jonathan Stewart	3	0
Cameron Artis-Payne	3	3
Cam Newton	2	0
Oliver Doyle	1	1

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	6	5	3

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Romo	12	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Greg Olsen	5	4	3
RB Jonathan Stewart	1	1	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dorial Green-Beckham	6	2	2
WR Brice Butler	2	1	1
RB Darren McFadden	1	0	0
WR Dez Bryant	1	0	0
RB Ronnie Hillman	1	1	0
WR Lucky Whitehead	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 23,100 (23,100)
End Zone 16,600 (16,600)
Mezzanine 9,600 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 14,700 (14,700)
Club Seats 10,000 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,000 (6,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	23,100 (23,100)
End Zone	16,600 (16,600)
Mezzanine	9,600 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	14,700 (14,700)
Club Seats	10,000 (10,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,000 (6,000)