NFC Conference Championship * Playoff * 01-31-2012 Texas Stadium Temp:45 Wind:15-25 None Line:Dallas by 3 MVP:Smit 1 2 3 4 Tot 1992 New Orleans (0-1) 0 0 6 10 16 1992 Dallas (2-0) 0 21 0 7 28 2 7:56 Dallas TD Aikman 10 pass to Irvin (Elliott) (10-96-6:33) 0-7 2 5:52 Dallas TD Smith 3 run (Elliott) (4-23-1:57) 0-14 2 0:08 Dallas TD Aikman 5 pass to Novacek (Elliott) (9-69-2:18) 0-21 3 8:42 New Orleans FG Andersen 25 (13-72-6:14) 3-21 3 5:32 New Orleans FG Andersen 28 (4-8-1:32) 6-21 4 11:36 Dallas TD Smith 6 run (Elliott) (6-54-3:05) 6-28 4 2:07 New Orleans FG Andersen 30 (17-67-9:23) 9-28 4 0:16 New Orleans TD Hebert 17 pass to Martin (Andersen) (7-52-1:45) 16-28 Drive Summary 1 Dallas Dal 28 3 plays 7 yards 2:04 Punt 1 New Orleans NO 25 3 plays 10 yards 1:58 Punt 1 Dallas Dal 22 9 plays 48 yards 5:24 Turnover on downs 1 New Orleans NO 30 5 plays 19 yards 3:16 Punt 1 Dallas Dal 12 3 plays 23 yards 1:38 Fumble 1 New Orleans Dal 35 3 plays -1 yards 0:24 Punt 2 Dallas Dal 4 10 plays 96 yards 6:33 Touchdown, NO 0 Dal 7 2 New Orleans NO 20 1 plays 0 yards 0:07 Interception 2 Dallas NO 23 4 plays 23 yards 1:57 Touchdown, NO 0 Dal 14 2 New Orleans NO 20 5 plays 17 yards 3:16 Punt 2 Dallas Dal 31 9 plays 69 yards 2:18 Touchdown, NO 0 Dal 21 2 New Orleans NO 20 1 plays 2 yards 0:08 End of half. 3 New Orleans NO 20 13 plays 72 yards 6:14 Field Goal, NO 3 Dal 21 3 Dallas Dal 16 3 plays 18 yards 1:26 Interception 3 New Orleans Dal 19 4 plays 8 yards 1:32 Field Goal, NO 6 Dal 21 3 Dallas Dal 23 3 plays 9 yards 2:06 Punt 3 New Orleans NO 37 8 plays 17 yards 3:28 Turnover on downs 4 Dallas Dal 46 6 plays 54 yards 3:05 Touchdown, NO 6 Dal 28 4 New Orleans NO 20 17 plays 67 yards 9:23 Field Goal, NO 9 Dal 28 4 New Orleans NO 48 7 plays 52 yards 1:45 Touchdown, NO 16 Dal 28 4 Dallas NO 48 1 plays -1 yards 0:10 End of game. NO Dal First Downs 14 21 Rushes 34-132 30-175 Passes 27-14-136 21-18-191 Sacked 2-11 0-0 Fumble 0 1 Penalties 1-5 3-31 Turnovers 1 2 Time 32:22 27:38 Third Down 4-16 3-6 Fourth Down 3-4 0-1 Red Att/Td/Fg 4/1/3 4/4/0 Net Offense 257 366 Injuries: Brenner(NO-0), Maxie(NO-5), Everett(Dal-1), Holmes(Dal-0) 4th-Tuinei(Dal-1), *M Not Available Due To Injury: NO: Brenner, Maxie Dal: Everett, Holmes < New Orleans > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Hebert 27 14 136 2 0 1 1 63.2 Aikman 21 18 191 0 1 1 2 116.5 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Heyward 12 48 4.0 2 1 12 0 Smith,E 27 152 5.6 7 6 16 2 Hilliard 12 45 3.8 3 1 13 0 Richards 1 12 12.0 0 1 12 0 Dunbar 10 39 3.9 2 1 22 0 Aikman 2 11 5.5 1 1 12 0 Receiving No Dp Att Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Att Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Early 3 0 4 17 5.7 0 0 7 0 Smith,E 6 0 6 82 13.7 5 1 25 0 Hilliard 3 1 7 29 9.7 1 0 23 0 Irvin 4 0 6 54 13.5 4 0 16 1 Heyward 2 0 4 16 8.0 1 0 10 0 Novacek 4 0 5 28 7.0 1 0 10 1 Martin,E 2 0 6 27 13.5 2 0 17 1 Johnston 3 0 3 16 5.3 2 0 13 0 Wainright 2 0 3 20 10.0 1 0 13 0 Harper 1 0 1 11 11.0 1 0 11 0 Small 1 1 2 18 18.0 1 0 18 0 Dunbar 1 0 1 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Mills 0 1 0 Richards 1 0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Martin 3 70 23.3 28 0 Smith,E 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Newman 2 0 19 9.5 14 0 Martin 2 0 25 12.5 16 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Andersen 3-3 30 1-1 10 Elliott 0-0 0 4-4 4 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Barnhardt 4 171 42.8 0 2 0 52 Saxon 2 90 45.0 0 0 0 45 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Martin,W 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith,K 9 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mills 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Tolbert 5 1 0 1 2 0 0-0 Warren 6 0 0 1 2 0 0-0 Jones,J 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones 6 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Gant 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Atkins 6 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Myles 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-12 Cook 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-25 Maryland 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Taylor 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Casillas 4 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 Johnson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Washington 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mack 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Wilks 1 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Smith,V 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Spencer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Norton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Goff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones,R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jeffcoat 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Lumpkin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Swilling 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Holt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Haley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hennings 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 1 10 own28 14:41 Dal Smith 5 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass 2 5 own33 13:57 Dal Smith 2 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 tM Run-Smith,E/Bz2 3 3 own35 13:14 Dal Smith 0 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 tM Run-Smith,E/Bz2 4 3 own35 12:36 Dal Saxon 45,Newman 5 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 12:28 NO Heyward 5 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own30 11:53 NO Heyward 3 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 tM Key-Hilliard 3 2 own33 11:14 NO Heyward 2 Bas Dive/A 4-3 tM Key-Hilliard/Li 4 0 own35 10:28 NO Barnhardt 52,Martin --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 10:23 Dal Smith 4 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 2 6 own26 9:40 Dal Smith 5 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 3 1 own31 8:58 Dal Aikman-Harper 11 Bas S-Slant/sec 3-4 M Pass-Smith/Irvin 1 10 own42 8:19 Dal Smith 3 Bas Draw 3-4 M Basic/Bz2 2 7 own45 7:37 Dal Smith 16 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 1 10 opp39 6:56 Dal Aikman-Johnston -3 Bas Screen 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 2 13 opp42 6:17 Dal Smith 8 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 3 5 opp34 5:42 Dal Smith 0 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2/Li 4 5 opp34 5:04 Dal Aikman-Novacek 4 Bas S-Cross 3-4 tM Basic/Li 1 10 own30 4:56 NO Hebert-Dunbar 9 Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 1 own39 4:19 NO Dunbar 4 Bas Dive/A 4-3 M Key-Hilliard/Bz2/Li 1 10 own43 3:43 NO Dunbar 3 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 M Basic/Li 2 7 own46 3:02 NO Hilliard 3 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Pass/Li 3 4 own49 2:25 NO Heyward 0 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 tM Basic 4 4 own49 1:41 NO Barnhardt 39, OB --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own12 1:33 Dal Smith 5 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 2 5 own17 0:49 Dal Aikman-Johnston 6 Bas Screen 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 1 10 own23 0:03 Dal Richards 12/F Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp35 0:00 NO Hilliard -1 Bas Off Tackle-L 4-3 M Basic 2nd Quarter 2 11 opp36 14:49 NO Hebert-Early X Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Li 3 11 opp36 14:42 NO Hebert-Hilliard X Bas M-Out 4-2 M Pass-Martin/Li 4 11 opp36 14:29 NO Barnhardt 32, dead --- Pt-pooch --- LetRoll 1 10 own4 14:24 Dal Smith 2 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2/Li 2 8 own6 13:42 Dal Smith 15 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 1 10 own21 13:03 Dal Dal Pen10(Newton) Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 1 20 own11 12:55 Dal Smith 10 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 2 10 own21 12:12 Dal Aikman-Smith 25 Bas S-Slant/sec 3-4 M Pass/Bz1/Li 1 10 own46 11:39 Dal Smith 2 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz1 2 8 own48 10:54 Dal Aikman-Smith 10 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run/Bz1 1 10 opp42 10:11 Dal Aikman-Novacek 9 Bas S-Cross 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 2 1 opp33 9:25 Dal Smith 8 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 1 10 opp25 8:37 Dal Aikman-Irvin 15 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 1 10 opp10 7:56 Dal Aikman-Irvin 10/TD Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 0-7 KO 7:56 NO Kick Downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 7:49 NO Hebert-INT-Myles Bas L-Slant/PBK/sec 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp23 7:44 Dal Smith 4 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 2 6 opp19 7:04 Dal Aikman-Smith 4 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 3 2 opp15 6:27 Dal Aikman 12 Bas S-Cross 3-4 M Pass/Bz3/Li 1 3 opp3 5:52 Dal Smith 3/TD Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 0-14 KO 5:52 NO Kick Downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 5:47 NO Hilliard -1 Bas Off Tackle-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1/Li 2 11 own19 4:55 NO Heyward 12 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 M Pass/Li 1 10 own31 4:17 NO Hilliard 3 Bas Off Tackle-L 4-3 M Basic 2 7 own34 3:38 NO Hilliard 1 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 3 6 own35 2:57 NO Heyward 2 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 tM Pass 4 4 own37 2:26 NO Barnhardt 48,Martin --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 2:21 Dal Smith 2 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 MoRun-Smith,E/Bz2/Lo 2 8 own33 2:00 Dal Two Minute Warning No Play 2 8 own33 1:46 Dal Aikman-Johnston 13 Bas Screen 3-4 MoRun-Smith,E/Bz2/Lo 1 10 own46 1:17 Dal Smith 12 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp42 1:17 Dal Dal Timeout 1 10 opp42 1:07 Dal Aikman-Smith 16 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 1 10 opp26 1:07 Dal Dal Timeout 1 10 opp26 0:53 Dal Aikman-Irvin X Bas M-Hitch 3-4 M Pass-Smith/Irvin 2 10 opp26 0:42 Dal Smith 11 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass-Smith/Irvin/Li 1 10 opp15 0:42 Dal Dal Timeout 1 10 opp15 0:37 Dal Aikman-Irvin X Bas S-Cross/sec 3-4 M Pass-Smith/Irvin/Li 2 10 opp15 0:29 Dal Aikman-Novacek 10 Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Pass-Irvin/Novacek/ 3 0 opp5 0:08 Dal Aikman-Novacek 5/TD Bas S-Cross 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 0-21 KO 0:08 NO Kick Downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 0:03 NO Dunbar 2 4WR Dive 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 8 own22 0:00 NO End Quarter 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 NO Kick Downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 14:54 NO Dunbar -1 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 M Pass 2 11 own19 14:09 NO Sk-Tolbert -6 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Li 3 17 own13 13:21 NO Hebert-Hilliard 23 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-1 M Pass-Martin/Early/L 1 10 own36 12:38 NO Dunbar 2 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 M Pass/Li 2 8 own38 11:52 NO Dunbar 22 Bas Dive 4-3 M Pass/Li 1 10 opp40 11:11 NO Hilliard 4 Bas Off Tackle-L 4-3 M Basic 2 6 opp36 10:31 NO Hebert-Hilliard X Bas S-Out 4-3 tM Basic 3 6 opp36 10:24 NO Dal Pen11(Smith) Bas M-Out 4-3 tM Pass/Li 1 10 opp25 10:14 NO Hebert-Wainrigh 13 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp12 9:38 NO Hebert-Early 4 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Pass/Li 2 6 opp8 8:53 NO Hebert-Martin X Bas S-Slant 4-3 tMiBasic 3 6 opp8 8:46 NO Hebert-Martin X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 tMiPass/Li 4 6 opp8 8:42 NO FG Andersen 25/G --- FG --- Block 3-21 KO 8:34 Dal Martin ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 8:26 Dal Smith 7 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 2 3 own23 7:46 Dal Aikman-Smith 11 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 1 10 own34 7:08 Dal Aikman-INT-Cook Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 1 10 opp19 6:59 NO Hebert-Wainrigh X Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 M Basic/Li 2 10 opp19 6:52 NO Hebert-Early 7 Bas M-Slant/PBK 4-3 M Pass/Li 3 3 opp12 6:12 NO Heyward 1 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 tM Basic 4 2 opp11 5:32 NO FG Andersen 28/G --- FG --- Block 6-21 KO 5:24 Dal Martin ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 5:20 Dal Smith -1 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 2 11 own22 4:40 Dal Dal Pen10(Tuinei) Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 2 21 own12 4:31 Dal Smith 6 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass/Bz2 3 15 own18 3:51 Dal Smith 14 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Li 4 1 own32 3:09 Dal Saxon 45,Newman 14 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own37 3:00 NO Dunbar 5 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-3 M Pass/Li 2 5 own42 2:18 NO Hilliard 4 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-Hilliard 3 1 own46 1:36 NO Dunbar -1 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Key-Dunbar/Bz2/Li 4 2 own45 0:59 NO Heyward 3 3W2 Off Tackle-R 4-3 tMiPass/Li 1 10 own48 0:25 NO Hebert-Small X 3W2 M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass/Li 2 10 own48 0:17 NO Heyward 6 3W2 Off Tackle-R 4-2 M Basic/Li 3 4 opp46 0:00 NO End Quarter 4th Quarter 3 4 opp46 14:51 NO Hebert-Heyward X 3W2 M-Out 4-3 tM Basic 4 4 opp46 14:41 NO Hebert-Hilliard X 3W2 M-Hitch 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 own46 14:30 Dal Aikman-Irvin 13 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 1 10 opp41 14:25 Dal Smith 2 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz2 2 8 opp39 13:41 Dal Aikman-Irvin 16 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz1 1 10 opp23 12:58 Dal Aikman-Smith 16 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz1 1 7 opp7 12:19 Dal Smith 1 Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz1 2 6 opp6 11:36 Dal Smith 6/TD Bas Off Tackle-L 3-4 M Run-Smith,E/Bz1 6-28 KO 11:36 NO Kick Downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 11:28 NO Hilliard 6 Bas Dive 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 4 own26 10:49 NO Hilliard 3 Bas Dive 4-1 dZ Prevent 3 1 own29 10:04 NO Hilliard 13 Bas Dive 4-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 own42 9:21 NO Dunbar 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 8 own44 8:42 NO Dunbar 1 Bas Off Tackle-R 4-1 dZ Prevent 3 7 own45 7:57 NO Hebert-Early 6 Bas S-Slant 4-1 dZ Prevent 4 1 opp49 7:13 NO Hilliard 5 Bas Dive 4-1 Z Basic 1 10 opp44 6:30 NO Hebert-Martin X Bas S-Slant 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 10 opp44 6:18 NO Hebert-Wainrigh 7 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-1 dZ Prevent 3 3 opp37 5:38 NO Heyward 1 3W2 Off Tackle-R 4-1 dZ Prevent 4 2 opp36 4:49 NO Hilliard 5 3W2 Dive 4-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp31 4:07 NO Heyward 9 3W2 Off Tackle-R 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 1 opp22 3:30 NO Hebert-Martin 10 3W2 S-Slant/sec 4-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp12 2:47 NO Hebert-Martin X 3W2 S-Slant 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 10 opp12 2:43 NO Heyward 4 3W2 Off Tackle-R 4-1 Z Pass 3 6 opp8 2:13 NO Hebert-Heyward X 3W2 S-Hitch 4-1 Z Pass 4 6 opp8 2:13 NO Pen5(Dombrowski) 3W2 S-Slant 4-1 Z Pass 4 11 opp13 2:07 NO FG Andersen 30/G --- FG --- watchfakes 9-28 KO 2:01 NO Legette ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Return 1 10 own48 1:56 NO Hebert-Hilliard 2 4WR S-Flat 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 8 50 1:53 NO Hebert-Hilliard 4 4WR S-Hitch 4-1 dZ Prevent 3 4 opp46 1:17 NO Hebert-Small 18 4WR S-Slant 4-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp28 0:43 NO Hebert-Heyward 6 4WR S-Hitch 4-1 dZ Prevent 2 4 opp22 0:43 NO NO Timeout 2 4 opp22 0:36 NO Sk-Jones -5 4WR S-Slant 4-1 dZ Prevent 3 9 opp27 0:36 NO NO Timeout 3 9 opp27 0:25 NO Hebert-Heyward 10 4WR Screen 4-1 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp17 0:25 NO NO Timeout 1 10 opp17 0:16 NO Hebert-Martin 17/TD 4WR M-Slant 4-1 Z Pass 16-28 KO 0:10 Dal Smith ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp48 0:00 Dal Aikman -1 Bas QbKneel 3-4 M Run