Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 0:59 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Michael Gallup 1 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Greg Zuerlein Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:54 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Lil'Jordan Humphrey 24 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Brett Maher Kick) |
| 9:04 | Dallas Cowboys field goal. Greg Zuerlein 55 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Dallas Cowboys field goal. Greg Zuerlein 34 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:26 | New Orleans Saints field goal. Brett Maher 42 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:55 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Tony Pollard 58 Yd Run (Greg Zuerlein Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 2:52 | Dallas Cowboys touchdown. Carlos Watkins 29 Yd Interception Return (Greg Zuerlein Kick) |
| 2:32 | New Orleans Saints touchdown. Deonte Harris 70 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Brett Maher Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Total first downs | 17 | 17 |
| First downs from rushing | 5 | 7 |
| First downs from passing | 10 | 10 |
| First downs from penalties | 2 | 0 |
| Third down | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 14 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 15 % | 36 % |
| Fourth down | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 1 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 100 % |
| Offense | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Total yards | 377 | 405 |
| Total rushing yards | 146 | 153 |
| Total passing yards | 231 | 252 |
| Total offensive plays | 65 | 69 |
| Average yards per play | 14 | 14 |
| Time of possession | 28:06 | 31:54 |
| Rushing | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Total rushing plays | 24 | 26 |
| Total rushing yards | 146 | 153 |
| Average yards per rush | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes attempted | 40 | 41 |
| Passes completed | 26 | 19 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 35 | 59 |
| Turnovers | Dallas Cowboys | New Orleans Saints |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 4 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 4 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Tony Pollard | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 1 | 58 | ||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Dak Prescott | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Taysom Hill | 11 | 101 | 9.2 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ty Montgomery | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Deonte Harris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Dak Prescott | 40 | 26 | 65 % | 238 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1-7 | 38.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Taysom Hill | 41 | 19 | 46 % | 264 | 6.4 | 2 | 4 | 2-12 | 28.2 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Dalton Schultz | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Amari Cooper | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Michael Gallup | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Noah Brown | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Malik Turner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Tony Pollard | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ezekiel Elliott | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Deonte Harris | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 1 | 70 | ||||
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Nick Vannett | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 30 | ||||
| Juwan Johnson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Tre'Quan Smith | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Marquez Callaway | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Garrett Griffin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Ty Montgomery | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Kenny Stills | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mark Ingram II | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Garrett Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Carlos Watkins | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||||||
| Damontae Kazee | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Jayron Kearse | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Trevon Diggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Marshon Lattimore | 1 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Anthony Brown | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jayron Kearse | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keanu Neal | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dorance Armstrong | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Micah Parsons | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trevon Diggs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jourdan Lewis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tarell Basham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| DeMarcus Lawrence | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damontae Kazee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Watkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Clement | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malik Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Francis Bernard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quinton Bohanna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Joseph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Kwon Alexander | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| P.J. Williams | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marshon Lattimore | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Demario Davis | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jalyn Holmes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Onyemata | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marcus Williams | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Werner | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.T. Gray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zack Baun | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Albert Huggins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Heath | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bradley Roby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tre'Quan Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paulson Adebo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deonte Harris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameron Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Ringo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ty Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shy Tuttle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Granderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrew Dowell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Josiah Bronson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Tony Pollard | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| CeeDee Lamb | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Trevon Diggs | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Deonte Harris | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Greg Zuerlein | 2/2 | 55 | 3/3 | 9 | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Brett Maher | 1/2 | 42 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryan Anger | 7 | 337 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Blake Gillikin | 6 | 308 | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | 62 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 3:49 AM.