2000 · Week 8
Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys
Oct 22, 2000 · Texas Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
Dallas Cowboys routed Arizona Cardinals 48–7. ScoutIndex had favored Cowboys (67%) going in. Cowboys improve to 3-4; Cardinals fall to 2-5. Emmitt Smith led the way with 112 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Cardinals turned it over 3 times to Cowboys's 0.
Team stats
| ARI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | First downs | 21 |
| 289 | Total yards | 354 |
| 180 | Passing yards | 154 |
| 109 | Rushing yards | 200 |
| 20/31 | Comp / Att | 9/15 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ARI
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 20/31 | 180 | 0 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Plummer | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Thomas Jones | 11 | 50 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 9 | 21 | 1 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Jones | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| David Boston | 3 | 6 | 50 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 7 | 8 | 24 | 0 |
| Mac Cody | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| Chris Gedney | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| MarTay Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Sanders | 2 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Joel Makovicka | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Hardy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Aikman | 9/15 | 154 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 24 | 112 | 1 |
| Chris Warren | 10 | 64 | 2 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Thomas | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Randall Cunningham | 2 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McKnight | 3 | 4 | 75 | 0 |
| Chris Warren | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 2 | 5 | 46 | 1 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Jackie Harris | 1 | 3 | 13 | 0 |