1999 · Week 1

Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders

Sep 12, 1999 · Jack Kent Cooke Stadium · outdoors · grass

Final

Pregame win probability

DAL 42%proj. WAS by 2.258% WAS

Recap

Dallas Cowboys defeated Washington Commanders 41–35. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Cowboys had just a 42% chance going in. Cowboys improve to 1-0; Commanders fall to 0-1. Troy Aikman paced the offense with 362 passing yards and 5 TDs; 4 rushing yards.

Team stats

DAL		WAS
28	First downs	22
548	Total yards	517
362	Passing yards	382
186	Rushing yards	135
28/49	Comp / Att	20/34
3	Turnovers	1
1	Sacks taken	2

Scoring & key plays

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Box score

DAL

Passing

Player	C/A	Yds	TD	INT
Troy Aikman	28/49	362	5	3

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	TD
Troy Aikman	2	4	0
Raghib Ismail	1	15	0
Emmitt Smith	23	109	1
Chris Warren	8	58	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD
Raghib Ismail	8	14	149	1
Michael Irvin	5	11	122	2
Emmitt Smith	4	4	-3	0
Chris Warren	1	2	4	0
David LaFleur	4	7	41	2
Ernie Mills	3	4	24	0
Eric Bjornson	1	1	13	0
Jeff Ogden	1	2	8	0
Daryl Johnston	1	2	4	0
Wane McGarity	0	2	0	0

WAS

Passing

Player	C/A	Yds	TD	INT
Brad Johnson	20/33	382	2	0
Brett Conway	0/1	0	0	0

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	TD
Albert Connell	1	8	0
Stephen Davis	24	109	2
Larry Centers	1	2	0
Brian Mitchell	3	12	0
Skip Hicks	1	4	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD
Michael Westbrook	5	7	159	1
Albert Connell	4	5	137	1
Stephen Davis	1	2	5	0
Larry Centers	6	12	42	0
Irving Fryar	3	4	34	0
Brian Mitchell	0	1	0	0
Stephen Alexander	1	1	5	0
James Jenkins	0	1	0	0

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