1996 NFL NFC East standings

Name: 1996 NFL NFC East standings
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The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles finished tied atop the 1996 NFL NFC East division race, both at 10-6. The Dallas Cowboys won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 1996 playoffs, game by game

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NFC East standings, 1996

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Dallas Cowboys (DAL) y	10	6	.625	-	7-3	L1
Philadelphia Eagles (PHI) x	10	6	.625	-	6-4	W2
Washington Redskins (WAS)	9	7	.563	1	4-6	W1
Arizona Cardinals (ARI)	7	9	.438	3	5-5	L1
New York Giants (NYG)	6	10	.375	4	4-6	L2

Final standings.

Clinch key

x: clinched a playoff place
y: clinched the division

Turning points

The lead changed hands twice.
The Dallas Cowboys trailed by as many as 2 games in Week 4.
The Washington Redskins won 7 games in a row from Week 2 to Week 9, the longest run of the race.
The Philadelphia Eagles led by 1 game as late as Week 1.
The Dallas Cowboys went 6-2 from Week 7 to Week 15, turning a deficit of 2 games into a lead of 1 game.
Three teams held first place.
The Dallas Cowboys spent 5 of the season's 17 charted weeks in first place.