League Championship Game 02-15-2010 M&T Bank Stadium Temp:36 Wind:5-15 None Line:Baltimore by 4 MVP:Garcia 2008 Dallas (14-4) 3 7 3 0 13 2008 Baltimore (17-1) 0 21 7 7 35 1 7:39 Dallas FG Longwell 37 (15-45-7:21) 3-0 2 11:47 Baltimore TD Garcia 14 pass to Johnson (Stover) (10-79-5:14) 3-7 2 9:47 Baltimore TD Jones 37 yd fumble recovery (Stover) (0-0-0:00) 3-14 2 4:15 Dallas TD Romo 15 pass to Smith (Longwell) (9-69-5:32) 10-14 2 0:14 Baltimore TD Garcia 20 pass to Johnson (Stover) (10-58-4:01) 10-21 3 12:19 Baltimore TD Garcia 17 pass to Johnson (Stover) (5-43-2:41) 10-28 3 7:14 Dallas FG Longwell 34 (7-49-5:05) 13-28 4 1:59 Baltimore TD Addai 4 run (Stover) (5-30-3:55) 13-35 Dal Bal First Downs 13 19 Rushes 23-115 25-124 Passes 30-17-135 24-17-200 Sacked 2-12 0-0 Fumble 2 2 Penalties 6-50 7-44 Turnovers 4 3 Time 30:25 29:35 Third Down 1-9 8-11 Fourth Down 1-3 0-0 Red Att/Td/Fg 7/1/2 4/4/0 Net Offense 238 324 Injuries: none < Dallas > < Baltimore > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Romo 30 17 135 2 0 2 1 51.4 Garcia 23 17 200 0 0 1 3 121.4 Palmer 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Parker 14 76 5.4 3 1 29 0 Ward 14 85 6.1 5 4 19 0 Smith 2 25 12.5 1 1 17 0 McFadden 6 25 4.2 1 1 12 0 Romo 2 12 6.0 0 0 6 0 Addai 3 16 5.3 2 1 10 1 Dunn 3 4 1.3 0 0 4 0 Palmer 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Boldin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Douglas 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Boldin 8 0 65 8.1 4 0 16 0 Johnson 6 0 83 13.8 4 0 20 3 Fasano 3 2 20 6.7 1 0 9 0 Welker 5 0 54 10.8 3 0 14 0 Hixon 2 0 16 8.0 2 0 8 0 Gonzalez 5 0 53 10.6 2 0 16 0 Smith 2 1 25 12.5 2 0 15 1 Ward 1 0 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Dunn 2 1 9 4.5 0 0 5 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Romo 2 0 0 Welker 1 1 0 Grubbs 0 1 0 McFadden 1 0 0 Barber 0 1 0 Jones 0 1 1 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Rossum 5 128 25.6 31 0 Cribbs 3 82 27.3 36 0 Sullivan 1 0 0.0 0 0 Welker 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Rossum 1 0 15 15.0 15 0 Welker 2 0 22 11.0 12 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Longwell 2-2 37 1-1 7 Stover 0-0 0 5-5 5 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Harris 2 80 40.0 0 0 0 43 Smith 2 91 45.5 0 1 0 51 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Newman 6 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Asomugha 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 James 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 4 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 Stroud 5 1 0 0 1 2 0-0 Weddle 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Vanden Bosc 5 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Ware 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Reed 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Rhodes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Reeves 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Tapp 3 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Hall 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-21 Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Abraham 2 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 Dumervil 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tillman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wheeler 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Woodley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1-22 Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Vrabel 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Ratliff 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Barber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jackson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Muhlbach 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lawson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Merling 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hamlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Springs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Robison 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:47 Dal Rossum ret of 31 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own35 14:06 Dal Romo-Boldin 5 3W1 M-Slant/PBK/sec 4-3 tM Key-Dunn 2 5 own40 13:21 Dal Dunn 4 3W1 Pitch-L 4-2 M Pass 3 1 own44 13:16 Dal Romo-Fasano X 2T1 M-Out/PBK 4-3 tMiPass 4 1 own44 12:33 Dal Parker 3 2T1 OffTkl-L 5-3 tM Run-Parker,W/Li 1 10 own47 11:51 Dal Parker 2 2T1 Trap-R 4-3 M Pass 2 8 own49 11:07 Dal Romo-Hixon 8 3W1 S-Out/sec 4-2 M Pass/Lo 1 10 opp43 11:07 Dal Bal Wins Challenge 1 10 opp43 10:22 Dal Romo-Boldin 11 3W1 M-Out 4-3 tM Key-Dunn/Lo 1 10 opp32 9:43 Dal Romo-Boldin 5 3W1 L-Out/PBK/sec 4-2 M Pass 2 5 opp27 9:36 Dal Dal Pen10(Gurode) 3W1 Pitch-L 4-3 tM Key-Dunn/Lo 2 15 opp37 8:42 Dal Smith 17 3W1 EndAround 4-2 M Pass 1 10 opp20 8:38 Dal Dal Pen10(Grubbs) 2T1 S-Out/PBK 4-3 M Pass 1 20 opp30 8:34 Dal Romo-Dunn X 3W1 S-Flat 4-2 M Pass/Lo 2 20 opp30 8:23 Dal Bal Pen5(Vanden Bosc 3W1 Sweep-R 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 2 15 opp25 7:45 Dal Romo-Dunn 5 3W1 S-Slant/SG/PBK/sec 3-2 M Pass/Lo 3 10 opp20 7:39 Dal Romo-Dunn X 3W1 M-Out/SG/sec 3-1 M Pass-Boldin/Smith/H 4 10 opp20 7:33 Dal FG Longwell 37/G --- FG --- Block 3-0 KO 7:25 Bal Cribbs ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 7:11 Bal Garcia-INT-Woodley Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp20 6:28 Dal Romo-Boldin 5 3W1 L-Out/PBK/sec 4-2 M Pass 2 5 opp15 5:50 Dal Romo-Boldin 5 3W1 S-Out/sec 4-3 M Key-Dunn/Lo 1 10 opp10 5:45 Dal Dal Pen10(Gurode) 3W1 M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 20 opp20 5:06 Dal Dunn 0 3W1 Dive 4-2 M Pass/Lo 2 20 opp20 5:00 Dal Romo-INT-Springs 3W1 M-Slant 3-2 M Pass 1 10 own7 4:50 Bal Bal Pen4(Runyan) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 tM Pass 1 14 own3 4:43 Bal Ward 0 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 tM Key-Ward 2 14 own3 4:43 Bal Bal Wins Challenge 2 14 own3 3:59 Bal Garcia-Johnson 11 Bas M-Cross 4-3 tM Pass 3 3 own14 3:47 Bal Garcia-Welker X Bas M-Slant 4-3 tM Pass-Welker/Ll 4 3 own14 3:39 Bal Smith 51,Rossum 15 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 50 2:59 Dal Romo-Fasano 6 2T1 M-Out/sec 4-2 M Pass 2 4 opp44 2:15 Dal Parker 1 2T1 OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Key-Parker 3 3 opp43 2:15 Dal Pen5(Parker) 3W1 S-Slant 4-3 tM Pass 3 8 opp48 2:10 Dal Romo-Fasano X 3W1 M-Slant/PBK/sec 4-2 M Pass-Boldin/Smith 4 8 opp48 2:01 Dal Harris 37,Welker 10 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own21 1:25 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez 6 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 tM Pass 2 4 own27 0:52 Bal Ward 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 own31 0:11 Bal Ward 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Pass 2 8 own33 0:00 Bal Ward 3 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Pass 2nd Quarter 3 5 own36 14:20 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez 16 3W1 M-Slant 4-3 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 opp48 14:12 Bal Garcia-Johnson X Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Lo 2 10 opp48 14:12 Bal Pen5(Adams) Bas M-Cross 4-3 M Pass/Bz1/Lo 2 15 own47 13:30 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez 12 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Lo 3 3 opp41 12:48 Bal Ward 12 Bas Trap-L 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp29 12:00 Bal Ward 15 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass-Welker 1 10 opp14 11:47 Bal Garcia-Johnson 14/TD Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Key-Ward/Bz1/Ll 3-7 KO 11:34 Dal Rossum ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own33 10:51 Dal Parker 4 3W1 Sweep-L 3-2 M Pass 2 6 own37 10:05 Dal Parker 3 3W1 Trap-R 3-2 M Pass/Bz1 3 3 own40 9:55 Dal Dal Pen10(Snyder) 3W1 OffTkl-L 4-2 tM Pass/Lr 3 13 own30 9:47 Dal Romo 6/TD/F 3W1 M-Hitch/SG 3-1 M Pass-Boldin/Smith/H3-14 KO 9:34 Dal Rossum ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 8:50 Dal Romo 6 3W1 L-Out 3-2 M Pass 2 4 own37 8:08 Dal Romo-Hixon 8 3W1 S-Slant 4-2 M Pass 1 10 own45 7:23 Dal Parker 4 3W1 Dive 3-2 M Pass/Bz1/Lo 2 6 own49 6:42 Dal Romo-Boldin 14 3W1 M-Out 3-2 M Pass 1 10 opp37 6:37 Dal Romo-Smith X 3W1 S-Out 4-2 M Pass 2 10 opp37 5:49 Dal Smith 8 3W1 EndAround 3-2 M Pass 3 2 opp29 5:10 Dal Romo-Smith 10 3W1 S-Out/PBK/sec 4-3 tM Key-Parker 1 10 opp19 4:26 Dal Parker 4 3W1 Sweep-L 3-2 MoPass-Rice 2 6 opp15 4:15 Dal Romo-Smith 15/TD 3W1 M-Slant 3-2 M Pass-Smith/Rice 10-14 KO 4:03 Bal Cribbs ret of 36 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own42 3:18 Bal Ward -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Ward 2 11 own41 2:29 Bal Ward 11 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass/Lo 3 0 opp48 2:29 Bal Dal Wins Challenge 3 0 opp48 2:00 Bal Ward 1 Bas Overtop 5-3 tM Run 1 10 opp47 1:56 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez X Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Pass-Gonzalez 2 10 opp47 1:10 Bal Ward 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 5 opp42 1:00 Bal Dal Pen5(Williams) 3W1 M-Slant 4-2 M Pass 1 10 opp37 0:53 Bal Garcia-Wade X 3W1 M-Slant 4-2 M Pass 2 10 opp37 0:29 Bal Garcia-Johnson 9 3W1 M-Slant 4-2 M Pass 3 1 opp28 0:26 Bal Garcia-Welker 8 3W1 S-Out 4-2 M Pass/Bz1/Lo 1 10 opp20 0:14 Bal Garcia-Johnson 20/TD 3W1 M-Slant 4-2 M Pass-Gonzalez 10-21 KO 0:07 Dal Sullivan ret of 0 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own24 0:00 Dal Parker 4 Bas Dive 3-1 lM Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:54 Bal Welker ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp43 14:48 Bal Bal Pen10(Gonzalez) Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Basic 1 20 own47 14:02 Bal Garcia-Welker 13 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass 2 7 opp40 13:21 Bal Ward 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Key-Ward 3 3 opp36 12:31 Bal Ward 19 Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz2 1 10 opp17 12:19 Bal Garcia-Johnson 17/TD Bas M-Hitch 4-3 tM Pass 10-28 KO 12:04 Dal Rossum ret of 24 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 11:21 Dal Parker 6 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-2 M Pass 2 4 own40 10:41 Dal Parker 5 3W1 OffTkl-R 3-2 Z Pass 1 10 own45 10:00 Dal Parker 4 3W1 OffTkl-L 3-2 Z Pass 2 6 own49 9:10 Dal Parker 29 3W1 OffTkl-L 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp22 8:28 Dal Dunn 0 3W1 Pitch-L 4-3 Z Key-Dunn 2 10 opp22 7:53 Dal Romo-Fasano 5 3W1 S-Slant/sec 4-2 Z Pass 3 5 opp17 7:14 Dal Boldin 0 3W1 EndAround 4-2 Z Pass 4 5 opp17 7:11 Dal FG Longwell 34/G --- FG --- Block 13-28 KO 6:57 Bal Cribbs ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own33 6:13 Bal Ward 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Ward 2 6 own37 5:36 Bal Garcia-Ward 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Ward/Li 1 10 own47 5:32 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez X Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass 2 10 own47 4:50 Bal Ward 6 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 4 opp47 4:09 Bal Garcia-Johnson 12 Bas M-Hitch 5-2 Z Run 1 10 opp35 3:59 Bal Palmer-INT-Hall Bas S-Hitch 5-2 M Pass 1 10 own45 3:21 Dal Parker 4 2T1 OffTkl-L 4-2 M Pass 2 6 own49 2:44 Dal Romo-Fasano 9 2T1 S-Slant/sec 4-2 M Pass 1 10 opp42 2:03 Dal Parker 3 2T1 OffTkl-L 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 2 7 opp39 1:26 Dal Romo-Boldin 16 2T1 M-Fly 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp23 1:19 Dal Romo-INT-Reed 3W1 S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own8 1:19 Bal Bal Wins Challenge 1 10 own8 0:33 Bal McFadden 3/F Bas Trap-R 5-2 M Basic 2 7 own11 0:00 Bal Garcia-Welker 14 Bas S-Slant 5-2 M Basic 4th Quarter 1 10 own25 14:20 Bal McFadden 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Run 2 9 own26 13:24 Bal McFadden 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 3 7 own28 12:32 Bal Garcia-Welker 9 3W1 M-Cross/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own37 11:36 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez 11 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own48 11:27 Bal Bal Pen5(Welker) Bas Dive 4-2 M Pass 1 15 own43 10:35 Bal McFadden 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 M Pass 2 10 own48 10:26 Bal Bal Pen10(Pitts) Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-McFadden 2 20 own38 9:31 Bal Garcia-Welker 10 Bas M-Cross 4-3 M Key-McFadden 3 10 own48 8:38 Bal Garcia-Gonzalez 8 3W1 M-Slant 4-2 M Pass/Bz1 4 2 opp44 8:38 Bal Pen5(Mughelli) --- Pt-side --- Block 4 7 opp49 8:24 Bal Smith 40, dead --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own9 8:19 Dal Romo-Smith X 2T1 M-Fly/PBK 3-2 M Pass 2 10 own9 7:42 Dal Romo-Boldin 4 2T1 S-Slant 4-2 M Pass 3 6 own13 7:35 Dal Romo-Schouman X 2T1 M-Out 3-1 Z Pass/Bz1 4 6 own13 7:25 Dal Harris 43,Welker 12 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own44 6:44 Dal Douglas -2 4WR EndAround 4-2 lM Pass/Lo/C 2 12 own42 6:39 Dal Romo-Douglas X 4WR S-Out 3-2 lM Pass 3 12 own42 6:01 Dal Sk-Vanden Bosch -4 3W1 M-Cross 3-1 Z Pass 4 16 own38 5:54 Dal Sk-Stroud -8/F 3W1 L-Out/SG 3-1 lM Pass 1 10 opp30 4:57 Bal McFadden 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-McFadden 2 8 opp28 3:56 Bal McFadden 12 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Basic 1 10 opp16 3:01 Bal Addai 10 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass 1 6 opp6 3:01 Bal Dal Wins Challenge 1 6 opp6 2:08 Bal Addai 2 Bas Dive 5-3 M Run 2 4 opp4 1:52 Bal Addai 4/TD Bas Trap-L 5-3 M Run 13-35 KO 1:41 Dal Rossum ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 1:36 Dal Romo-Boldin X 3W2 S-Slant 3-1 lM Pass 2 10 own29 1:04 Dal Romo-Dunn 4 3W2 Screen 3-1 M Pass 3 6 own33 0:57 Dal Romo-Smith X 3W1 M-Out/SG 3-1 lM Pass 4 6 own33 0:50 Dal Romo-Boldin X 3W1 M-Slant 3-1 M Pass 1 10 opp33 0:17 Bal Palmer -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 tM Goalline 2 11 opp34 0:00 Bal Palmer -1 Bas QbKneel 4-3 tM Goalline