2001 · Week 5
Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys
Oct 15, 2001 · Texas Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
Dallas Cowboys escaped with a 9–7 win over Washington Commanders. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Cowboys (57%). Cowboys improve to 1-4; Commanders fall to 0-5. Emmitt Smith was the story of the game with 107 rushing yards; 5 catches for 45 yards. Cowboys out-gained the opponent 388–235 in total yards.
Team stats
| WAS | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 20 |
| 235 | Total yards | 388 |
| 132 | Passing yards | 177 |
| 103 | Rushing yards | 211 |
| 10/18 | Comp / Att | 15/28 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
WAS
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Banks | 10/18 | 132 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Banks | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Stephen Davis | 23 | 99 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnell Bennett | 3 | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Rod Gardner | 3 | 8 | 36 | 0 |
| Michael Westbrook | 1 | 3 | 31 | 1 |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 3 | 3 | 26 | 0 |
| Walter Rasby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Wright | 15/28 | 177 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Wright | 8 | 32 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 25 | 107 | 0 |
| Troy Hambrick | 9 | 68 | 0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Darrin Chiaverini | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Thomas | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 5 | 7 | 45 | 0 |
| Joey Galloway | 4 | 7 | 51 | 0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 3 | 5 | 50 | 0 |
| Darrin Chiaverini | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Robert Thomas | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jackie Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |