2016 Week 16 · Mon, Dec 26, 2016 · AT&T Stadium
Detroit Lions
21
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Dallas CowboysWinner
42
DAL -6.5 ✓O 47 ✓Dome
Dallas Cowboys 42–21 — never really in doubt late.
Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018
Who moved the needle
Top performers
Passing · DET
26/46, 260 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT
-3.0 expected points added · -7.0% completion over expected
Passing · DAL
15/20, 212 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT
16.6 expected points added · +10.4% completion over expected
Full stat lines
Box score
Detroit Lions
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Stafford | 26/46 | 260 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -3.0 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Zenner | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 2 | 3.9 |
| Dwayne Washington | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | -1.3 |
| Matthew Stafford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.6 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Ebron | 8 | 12 | 93 | 0 | 27% | 6.7 |
| Golden Tate | 6 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 13% | 5.8 |
| Anquan Boldin | 5 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 16% | 2.0 |
| Zach Zenner | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 7% | 1.8 |
| Marvin Jones | 1 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 16% | -1.2 |
| Andre Roberts | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2% | 1.1 |
| T.J. Jones | 1 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 13% | -6.6 |
| Matthew Mulligan | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2% | 0.5 |
| Dwayne Washington | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4% | -1.3 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavon Wilson | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ezekiel Ansah | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnson Bademosi | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tahir Whitehead | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Bynes | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nevin Lawson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glover Quin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Levy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haloti Ngata | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dak Prescott | 15/20 | 212 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16.6 |
| Dez Bryant | 1/1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel Elliott | 12 | 80 | 6.7 | 2 | 3.1 |
| Darren McFadden | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 0 | -0.8 |
| Dak Prescott | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 1.3 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dez Bryant | 4 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 24% | 8.4 |
| Terrance Williams | 4 | 4 | 61 | 0 | 19% | 4.3 |
| Jason Witten | 2 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 19% | 2.3 |
| Cole Beasley | 4 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 24% | 1.9 |
| Brice Butler | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 5% | 3.8 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 5% | 0.8 |
| Darren McFadden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5% | -1.0 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Church | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Hitchens | 4 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Jones | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Lee | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Crawford | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Carr | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Scandrick | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeff Heath | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| J.J. Wilcox | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| David Irving | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- DAL -6.5
- Closing total
- 47
- DET moneyline
- +248
- DAL moneyline
- -280
Cowboys closed -6.5 and covered, winning by 21.
Total closed 47; the game landed 63 — over by 16.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- AT&T Stadium
- Roof / surface
- closed · matrixturf
- Kickoff weather
- Indoors — weather neutralized
- Referee
- John Hussey
- Rest
- DET 8 days · DAL 8 days
- Coaches
- Jim Caldwell vs Jason Garrett