NFC Wildcard Game 12-29-2009 Memorial Stadium Temp:52 Wind:Calm None Line:Dallas by 1 MVP:Garcia 2008 Birmingham (10-7) 7 17 14 0 38 2008 Dallas (9-8) 17 0 0 14 31 1 11:47 Dallas TD Romo 8 pass to Owens (Bironas) (6-31-2:15) 0-7 1 9:06 Dallas FG Bironas 53 (3--2-0:51) 0-10 1 6:35 Birmingham TD Garcia 13 pass to Hedgecock (Carney) (4-80-2:24) 7-10 1 2:49 Dallas TD Romo 24 pass to Owens (Bironas) (8-62-3:46) 7-17 2 12:03 Birmingham TD Garcia 5 pass to Boss (Carney) (10-74-5:46) 14-17 2 8:49 Birmingham TD Garcia 57 pass to Jackson (Carney) (2-57-0:19) 21-17 2 0:26 Birmingham FG Carney 50 (6-19-1:10) 24-17 3 8:21 Birmingham TD Garcia 19 pass to Portis (Carney) (12-83-6:09) 31-17 3 0:27 Birmingham TD Williams 51 run (Carney) (4-69-2:23) 38-17 4 11:50 Dallas TD Romo 30 pass to Owens (Bironas) (8-74-3:37) 38-24 4 1:24 Dallas TD Tolbert 2 run (Bironas) (16-65-4:24) 38-31 BM Dal First Downs 22 21 Rushes 33-163 27-140 Passes 26-19-293 46-26-286 Sacked 1-6 1-8 Fumble 3 1 Penalties 3-15 3-25 Turnovers 3 1 Time 29:34 30:26 Third Down 2-9 6-15 Fourth Down 1-2 4-8 Red Att/Td/Fg 3/3/0 3/2/0 Net Offense 450 418 Injuries: Thomas,A(Dal-5), Saturday(Dal-3), Alama-Fran(Dal-0) < Birmingham > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Garcia 26 19 293 1 2 1 4 133.5 Romo 46 26 286 1 2 0 3 96.8 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Portis 20 72 3.6 3 2 16 0 Gore 22 132 6.0 5 1 46 0 Williams 8 60 7.5 1 1 51 1 Jackson 3 10 3.3 2 0 8 0 Jackson 1 21 21.0 1 1 21 0 Tolbert 1 2 2.0 1 0 2 1 Garcia 4 10 2.5 1 0 7 0 Cribbs 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Boss 7 0 56 8.0 5 0 13 1 Owens 9 1 109 12.1 4 1 30 3 Jackson 5 0 158 31.6 5 2 57 1 Gore 8 0 60 7.5 3 0 9 0 Ginn Jr. 4 0 42 10.5 3 0 16 0 Ward 4 1 39 9.8 1 0 12 0 Hedgecock 2 1 18 9.0 1 0 13 1 Jackson 2 0 52 26.0 1 1 43 0 Portis 1 0 19 19.0 1 0 19 1 Tolbert 2 1 17 8.5 2 0 11 0 Fasano 1 2 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Portis 1 0 0 Gore 1 0 0 Williams 1 0 0 Holliday 0 1 0 Ginn Jr. 1 0 0 Pryce 0 1 0 Scott 0 1 0 Carey 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Ginn Jr. 2 35 17.5 26 0 Cribbs 7 171 24.4 31 0 Slater 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Jackson 2 0 31 15.5 17 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Carney 1-1 50 5-5 8 Bironas 1-2 53 4-4 7 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Frost 2 82 41.0 0 0 0 47 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Farrior 10 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Kearse 7 1 0 2 3 0 0-0 Mitchell 9 0 1 0 1 0 0-0 Thomas 6 0 0 3 0 0 0-0 Castillo 5 0 0 1 3 0 0-0 Reeves 5 0 1 0 0 2 0-0 Henry 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Bullitt 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Vilma 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Hovan 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Scott 4 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Holliday 4 0 0 2 1 0 0-0 Washington 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thomas 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Howard 2 1 0 0 2 0 0-0 Milloy 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Johnson 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Suggs 3 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 Johnson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Buchanon 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Piscitelli 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 McAlister 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Weaver 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dobbins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gregory 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Diles 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Babineaux 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ngata 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Pryce 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Hope 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Foster 0 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play KO 15:00 BM kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 15:00 BM Pen5(Carey) Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 15 own15 14:54 BM Garcia-Jackson X Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 15 own15 14:13 BM Portis 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 10 own20 14:02 BM Garcia-INT-Bullitt 4WR M-Slant/SG 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 opp31 13:58 Dal Romo-Owens X Bas Screen/sec 3-4 M Basic 2 10 opp31 13:50 Dal Romo-Tolbert X Bas Screen 3-4 M Run-Gore 3 10 opp31 13:09 Dal Gore 9 Bas Draw 3-3 sZ Pass 4 1 opp22 12:31 Dal Gore 1 Bas Overtop 4-3 tM Run/Bz2 1 10 opp21 11:50 Dal Gore 8 Bas Draw/PA/RO 3-4 M Key-Gore 2 2 opp13 11:50 Dal Pen5(Castillo) Bas Screen 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Bz1 1 8 opp8 11:47 Dal Romo-Owens 8/TD Bas S-Out 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 0-7 KO 11:40 BM Ginn Jr. ret of 9 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 11:00 BM Portis 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own20 10:51 BM Portis 3 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own28 10:47 BM Garcia-Boss X Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own28 10:06 BM Portis 6 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 4 own34 9:57 BM Portis 0/F Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Run-Portis 1 10 opp34 9:17 Dal Gore -2 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Run-Gore 2 12 opp36 9:10 Dal Romo-Tolbert X Bas Screen 3-4 Z Basic 3 12 opp36 9:06 Dal Romo-Fasano X Bas S-Out 4-2 sZ Pass 4 12 opp36 8:59 Dal FG Bironas 53/G --- FG --- Block 0-10 KO 8:59 BM kick downed --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 8:07 BM Garcia-Jackson 54 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp26 7:27 BM Garcia-Boss 5 Bas L-Out/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 5 opp21 6:49 BM Garcia-Boss 8 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp13 6:35 BM Garcia-Hedgecoc 13/T Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 tM Goalline 7-10 KO 6:22 Dal Cribbs ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 6:15 Dal Romo-Ward X Bas M-Out 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 2 10 own38 5:39 Dal Romo-Owens 9 Bas S-Out/sec 3-4 Z Pass 3 1 own47 5:02 Dal Romo-Gore 9 Bas Screen 4-3 sZ Pass 1 10 opp44 4:25 Dal Romo-Gore 7 Bas S-Out/sec 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 2 3 opp37 4:18 Dal Romo-Fasano X Bas M-Fly 3-4 Z Pass/Bz3 3 3 opp37 3:41 Dal Gore 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic/Bz2 1 10 opp33 3:01 Dal Romo-Gore 9 Bas Screen 4-3 M Run-Gore 2 1 opp24 2:49 Dal Romo-Owens 24/TD Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Run-Gore 7-17 KO 2:33 BM Ginn Jr. ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 1:53 BM Portis 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Pass 2 8 own28 1:14 BM Garcia-Jackson 13 Bas S-Slant 4-3 M Key-Garcia/Bz1 1 10 own41 0:33 BM Garcia-Boss 11 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp48 0:00 BM Portis -3 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic 2nd Quarter 2 13 own49 14:21 BM Garcia-Jackson 14 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp37 13:39 BM Portis 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Basic 2 4 opp31 12:56 BM Garcia 5 Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp26 12:15 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. 16 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 1 10 opp10 12:08 BM Dal Pen5(Hovan) Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Goalline 1 5 opp5 12:03 BM Garcia-Boss 5/TD Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 M Key-Garcia/A 14-17 KO 11:51 Dal Cribbs ret of 30 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own38 11:14 Dal Romo-Ward 8 Bas L-Cross/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 2 2 own46 10:37 Dal Jackson 3 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 M Basic 1 10 own49 10:02 Dal Romo-Gore 5 Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 M Basic/Bz2 2 5 opp46 9:59 Dal Romo-Fasano X Bas S-Out 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 3 5 opp46 9:17 Dal Gore 4 Bas Draw 3-4 M Run-Gore 4 1 opp42 9:08 Dal Jackson -1 Bas Dive 6-2 tM iRun/Bz2 1 10 own43 9:05 BM Garcia-Hedgecoc X Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 10 own43 8:49 BM Garcia-Jackson 57/TD Bas L-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 21-17 KO 8:43 Dal Cribbs ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 8:03 Dal Gore 3 Bas Draw 3-4 M Run-Gore 2 7 own35 7:22 Dal Gore 7 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 10 own42 6:38 Dal Romo-Jackson 43 Bas Screen 3-4 M Pass 1 10 opp15 6:01 Dal Romo-Gore 9 Bas Screen 3-4 M Pass-Owens/Bz2 2 1 opp6 5:20 Dal Gore 4 Bas Dive 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 2 opp2 5:14 Dal Romo-Ward X Bas S-Out/sec 4-3 tM iGoalline 2 2 opp2 4:34 Dal Gore 1 Bas Overtop 4-3 tM Goalline 3 1 opp1 4:29 Dal Romo-Owens X Bas S-Out 4-3 tM iGoalline/Li/A 4 1 opp1 4:24 Dal Romo-Fasano X 2T1 S-Out/sec 4-3 tM iGoalline/Li/A 1 10 own1 3:43 BM Garcia-Jackson 20 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Basic/Bz3/A 1 10 own21 3:05 BM Portis 2 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Pass 2 8 own23 2:26 BM Sk-Kearse -6 Bas L-Slant 4-1 M Pass 3 14 own17 2:18 BM Williams 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-1 M Pass 4 9 own22 2:07 BM Frost 47,Jackson 14 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own45 2:00 Dal Romo-Fasano X Bas L-Hitch/sec 3-2 dZ Prevent 2 10 own45 1:52 Dal Romo-Owens X Bas S-Out/sec 3-2 Z Pass 3 10 own45 1:42 Dal Gore 7 Bas Sweep-L 3-2 Z Pass/Bz1 4 3 opp48 1:36 Dal Romo-Gore X Bas Screen 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 own48 1:26 BM Portis 0 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Goalline 2 10 own48 1:17 BM Portis 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-1 M Pass 3 5 opp47 1:14 BM Garcia-Boss 9 Bas S-Flat/sec 4-1 M Pass 1 10 opp38 1:03 BM Garcia-Williams X 4WR S-Out/HO/sec 4-1 M Pass 2 10 opp38 0:35 BM Portis 6 4WR OffTkl-R/HO 4-1 M Pass 3 4 opp32 0:26 BM Portis -1 4WR Trap-R/HO 4-1 M Basic/Bz3 4 5 opp33 0:19 BM FG Carney 50/G --- FG --- Block 24-17 KO 0:13 Dal Cribbs ret of 19 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 0:02 Dal Romo-Owens 8 4WR L-Out/sec 5-1 dZ Prevent 2 2 own37 0:00 Dal Sk-Howard -8 5WR Hail 5-1 dZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 14:44 Dal Cribbs ret of 22 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own37 14:30 Dal Gore 46/F 3W1 Draw 3-4 M Run-Gore 1 10 own17 14:23 BM Garcia-Jackson X Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Pass 2 10 own17 13:55 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own27 13:50 BM Garcia-Jackson X Bas Flicker 4-3 M Pass 2 10 own27 13:02 BM Jackson 21 Bas EndAround 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 own48 12:27 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. 5 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 2 5 opp47 12:01 BM Garcia-Boss 5 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 3 0 opp42 11:17 BM Williams -2 3RB Trap-L 6-3 M Run-Portis 4 2 opp44 10:34 BM Garcia-Boss 13 3RB S-Out 6-3 M Run-Portis 1 10 opp31 9:54 BM Garcia-Hedgecoc 5 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 5 opp26 9:13 BM Portis 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic 3 2 opp23 8:33 BM Portis 4 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp19 8:21 BM Garcia-Portis 19/TD Bas Screen 4-3 tM Goalline 31-17 KO 8:10 Dal Cribbs ret of 31 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own42 7:28 Dal Romo-Owens 8 Bas M-Out/sec 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 2 2 50 7:17 Dal Dal Pen10(Fasano) Bas S-Flat/sec 3-4 M Pass 2 12 own40 6:38 Dal Romo-Owens 3 Bas S-Cross 3-4 M Pass 3 9 own43 5:54 Dal Gore 4 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 Z Pass 4 5 own47 5:10 Dal Jackson 8 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 sZ Basic 1 10 opp45 5:00 Dal BM Pen5(Castillo) Bas Dive 4-2 Z Basic 1 5 opp40 4:22 Dal Romo-Gore 8 Bas Screen 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp32 4:15 Dal Romo-Owens X Bas M-Out/sec 3-3 Z Basic/Bz2 2 10 opp32 3:35 Dal Gore 6 Bas Draw 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 3 4 opp26 2:55 Dal Gore 2 Bas Draw 3-4 Z Pass 4 2 opp24 2:50 Dal FG Bironas 41/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own31 2:11 BM Portis -1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 tM Goalline 2 11 own30 1:26 BM Portis 16 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own46 0:41 BM Williams 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Goalline 2 7 own49 0:27 BM Williams 51/TD Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run-Williams,R 38-17 KO 0:12 Dal Cribbs ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 0:00 Dal Gore 5 Bas Draw 5-1 dZ Prevent 4th Quarter 2 5 own31 14:49 Dal Romo-Ward X Bas L-Slant 5-1 Z Pass/Bz1 3 5 own31 14:11 Dal Gore 2 Bas Draw 5-1 sZ Pass 4 3 own33 13:31 Dal Romo-Gore 7 Bas Screen 3-4 M Basic 1 10 own40 13:21 Dal Romo-Ward 11 Bas M-Out 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 10 opp49 12:41 Dal Romo-Ward 8 Bas M-Out 3-3 M Pass 2 2 opp41 12:03 Dal Romo-Tolbert 11 Bas S-Quick/sec 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 10 opp30 11:50 Dal Romo-Owens 30/TD Bas L-Fly 3-3 M Pass 38-24 KO 11:50 BM kick downed --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own20 11:12 BM Garcia-Ginn Jr. 11/F Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Portis 1 10 own31 10:24 BM Portis 15 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic/A 1 10 own46 9:42 BM Portis -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 11 own45 8:58 BM Portis 0 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Run 3 11 own45 8:21 BM Garcia 7 4WR M-Slant 4-1 Z Pass/Bz1 4 4 opp48 8:12 BM Frost 35,Jackson 17 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own30 8:05 Dal Romo-Jackson X 3W2 S-Out/sec 4-2 Z Pass 2 10 own30 7:24 Dal Cribbs -4 3W2 EndAround 4-2 Z Pass 3 14 own26 6:47 Dal Romo-Jackson 9 3W2 Screen 3-3 M Pass 4 5 own35 6:38 Dal Romo-Gore X 2T1 Screen 3-4 tM Pass 1 10 opp35 5:54 BM Williams 0 3RB OffTkl-R 4-3 M Run-Portis 2 10 opp35 5:48 BM Williams 0/F 3RB OffTkl-R 4-3 M Run-Portis 1 10 own35 5:48 BM BM Loses Challenge 1 10 own35 5:36 Dal Dal Pen10(Procter) Bas L-Slant 4-2 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 20 own25 4:55 Dal Gore 3 Bas Dive 4-2 dZ Pass 2 17 own28 4:15 Dal Romo-Gore 6 Bas Screen 4-2 Z Pass 3 11 own34 4:05 Dal Romo-Owens 11 Bas S-Out/sec 4-2 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 own45 4:05 Dal Dal Wins Challenge 1 10 own45 3:51 Dal Romo-Owens 8 Bas M-Out/sec 4-2 M Pass-Ward/Bz1 2 2 opp47 3:40 Dal Romo-Owens X Bas L-Cross 4-2 dZ Prevent 3 2 opp47 3:31 Dal Romo-Ward 12 Bas S-Out 4-2 dZ Prevent 1 10 opp35 3:28 Dal Romo-Fasano X Bas S-Out 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 2 10 opp35 2:46 Dal Gore 6 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 3 4 opp29 2:39 Dal Gore 3 Bas Dive 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 4 1 opp26 2:33 Dal Romo-Tolbert 6 Bas Screen 3-3 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 10 opp20 2:29 Dal Romo-Fasano 9 Bas S-Out/sec 5-1 tM Pass 2 1 opp11 2:25 Dal Romo-Ward X Bas S-Out 4-2 M Pass-Ward/Owens 3 1 opp11 2:00 Dal Gore 7 Bas Draw 4-2 M Pass-Ward/Owens 1 4 opp4 1:33 Dal Gore 2 Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 2 2 opp2 1:24 Dal Tolbert 2/TD Bas Draw 3-4 M Pass-Ward/Owens 38-31 KO 1:19 BM Slater ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp42 0:41 BM Williams 1 3RB OffTkl-R 4-3 M Run-Portis 2 9 opp41 0:36 BM Garcia -1 3RB QbKneel 4-3 M Run-Portis 3 10 opp42 0:04 BM Garcia -1 3RB QbKneel 4-3 M Run-Portis