The Dallas Cowboys beat the New Orleans Saints 27-17 on Dec 2, 2021 at Caesars Superdome.
Final · Caesars Superdome
Top performers
- Dak Prescott threw for 238 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Cowboys.
- Tony Pollard ran for 71 yards on 7 carries.
- Taysom Hill threw for 264 yards, 2 touchdowns and 4 interceptions for the Saints.
- Mark Ingram II ran for 28 yards on 10 carries.
Dallas Cowboys box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Pollard | 7 | 71 | 1 | 58 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 13 | 45 | 0 | 10 |
| CeeDee Lamb | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| Dak Prescott | 3 | -3 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 24 | 146 | 1 | 58 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CeeDee Lamb | 7 | 13 | 89 | 0 | 25 |
| Dalton Schultz | 5 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 12 |
| Amari Cooper | 2 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
| Michael Gallup | 5 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 17 |
| Tony Pollard | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 23 | 36 | 214 | 1 | 41 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Brown | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Keanu Neal | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dorance Armstrong | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Parsons | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Damontae Kazee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Malik Hooker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 44 | 32 | 2.0 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
New Orleans Saints box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taysom Hill | 11 | 101 | 0 | 24 |
| Mark Ingram II | 10 | 28 | 0 | 9 |
| Team | 21 | 129 | 0 | 24 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lil'Jordan Humphrey | 2 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 25 |
| Nick Vannett | 3 | 4 | 48 | 0 | 30 |
| Juwan Johnson | 1 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Kenny Stills | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram II | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
| Team | 7 | 14 | 122 | 1 | 30 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwon Alexander | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshon Lattimore | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jenkins | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Demario Davis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Onyemata | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalyn Holmes | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Williams | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Werner | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Baun | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bradley Roby | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Heath | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shy Tuttle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Granderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paulson Adebo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 47 | 29 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Cowboys · 2021 season · Previous Nov 25, 2021: LV 36, DAL 33 · Next Dec 12, 2021: DAL 27, WSH 20
- Saints · 2021 season · Previous Nov 25, 2021: BUF 31, NO 6 · Next Dec 12, 2021: NO 30, NYJ 9