1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 7-9-0 .438

Head Coach: Tom Landry

Neill Armstrong	Research and Development
Paul Hackett	Pass Offense Coordinator
Al Lavan	Running Backs
Alan Lowry	Special Teams
Jim Myers	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
Dick Nolan	Defensive Backs
Jim Shofner	Offensive Coordinator
Ernie Stautner	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Jerry Tubbs	Linebackers
Bob Ward	Conditioning

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	8/3/1986	N	Chicago Bears	6-17	L	London, England	Wembley Stadium	82699
Sat	8/9/1986	A	San Diego Chargers	0-20	L	San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	47744
Sat	8/16/1986	A	Los Angeles Raiders	19-24	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	52153
Fri	8/22/1986	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	28-41	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	54299
Sat	8/30/1986	H	Houston Oilers	14-17	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62239
Mon	9/8/1986	H	New York Giants	31-28	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	59804
Sun	9/14/1986	A	Detroit Lions	31-7	W	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	73812
Sun	9/21/1986	H	Atlanta Falcons	35-37	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62880
Mon	9/29/1986	A	St. Louis Cardinals	31-7	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	49077
Sun	10/5/1986	A	Denver Broncos	14-29	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	76082
Sun	10/12/1986	H	Washington Redskins	30-6	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	63264
Sun	10/19/1986	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-14	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	68572
Sun	10/26/1986	H	St. Louis Cardinals	37-6	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	60756
Sun	11/2/1986	A	New York Giants	14-17	L	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	74871
Sun	11/9/1986	H	Los Angeles Raiders	13-17	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	61706
Sun	11/16/1986	A	San Diego Chargers	24-21	W	San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	55622
Sun	11/23/1986	A	Washington Redskins	14-41	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	55642
Thu	11/27/1986	H	Seattle Seahawks	14-31	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	58023
Sun	12/7/1986	A	Los Angeles Rams	10-29	L	Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	67839
Sun	12/14/1986	H	Philadelphia Eagles	21-23	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	46117
Sun	12/21/1986	H	Chicago Bears	10-24	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	57256

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
36	Vince Albritton	SS	6-2	212	24	Washington	16	1
66	Jesse Baker	DE	6-5	271	29	Jacksonville State	3	0
62	Brian Baldinger	OG	6-4	275	26	Nassau CC; Duke	16	0
87	Gordon Banks	WR	5-10	173	28	Stanford	16	5
40	Bill Bates	SS	6-1	207	25	Tennessee	15	15
99	Kevin Brooks	DE	6-6	273	23	Michigan	9	0
85	Thornton Chandler	TE	6-5	242	23	Florida A&M; Alabama	15	1
42	Darryl Clack	RB	5-10	219	23	Arizona State	16	0
10	Reggie Collier	QB	6-3	207	25	Southern Mississippi	4	1
61	Jim Cooper	ROT	6-5	265	31	Temple	12	9
84	Doug Cosbie	TE	6-6	238	30	Holy Cross; DeAnza JC; Santa Clara	16	15
55	Steve DeOssie	LB	6-2	249	24	Boston College	16	0
33	Tony Dorsett	RB	5-11	189	32	Pittsburgh	13	12
26	Michael Downs	FS	6-3	200	27	Rice	16	16
78	John Dutton	LDT	6-7	261	35	Nebraska	16	16
27	Ron Fellows	RCB	6-0	173	28	Butler CC; Missouri	16	16
46	Todd Fowler	RB	6-3	221	24	Trinity Valley CC; Stephen F. Austin State	16	0
44	Cornell Gowdy	CB-S	6-1	195	23	Morgan State	3	0
58	Mike Hegman	LLB	6-1	227	33	Alabama A&M; Tennessee State	16	16
45	Manny Hendrix	CB	5-10	180	22	Utah	13	0
80	Tony Hill	WR	6-2	203	30	Stanford	16	16
23	Johnny Holloway	CB	5-11	182	23	Northwestern; Butler CC; Kansas	16	0
53	Garth Jax	LB	6-2	229	23	Florida State	16	0
77	Jim Jeffcoat	RDE	6-5	277	25	Arizona State	16	16
72	Ed Jones	LDE	6-9	277	35	Tennessee State	16	16
68	Crawford Ker	ROG	6-3	285	24	Arizona Western JC; Florida	16	16
29	Robert Lavette	RB	5-11	190	23	Georgia Tech	16	0
56	Eugene Lockhart	MLB	6-2	234	25	Houston	16	16
14	Paul McDonald	QB	6-2	185	28	Southern California	1	0
30	Timmy Newsome	FB	6-1	236	28	Winston-Salem State	16	12
67	Nate Newton	OG	6-2	325	25	Florida A&M	11	0
76	Bob Otto	DT-DE	6-6	251	24	Idaho State	4	0
16	Steve Pelluer	QB	6-4	210	24	Washington	16	9
59	Jesse Penn	LB	6-3	218	24	Virginia Tech	15	0
73	Kurt Ploeger	DE	6-5	259	24	Gustavus Adolphus	3	0
81	Karl Powe	WR	6-2	178	24	Alabama State	1	0
75	Phil Pozderac	ROT-LOT	6-9	283	27	Notre Dame	16	10
64	Tom Rafferty	C	6-3	262	32	Penn State	16	16
82	Mike Renfro	WR	6-0	189	31	Texas Christian	12	6
70	Howard Richards	LOT	6-6	265	27	Missouri	9	2
50	Jeff Rohrer	RLB	6-3	227	28	Yale	16	16
4	Mike Saxon	P	6-3	193	24	Pasadena CC; San Diego State	16	0
22	Victor Scott	CB-S	6-0	203	24	Colorado	5	0
1	Rafael Septien	K	5-9	171	33	Louisiana-Lafayette	16	0
86	Mike Sherrard	WR	6-2	187	23	UCLA	16	4
60	Don Smerek	DT	6-7	256	29	Nevada-Reno	11	0
63	Glen Titensor	LOG	6-4	270	28	UCLA; Brigham Young	16	16
71	Mark Tuinei	LOT	6-5	299	26	UCLA; Hawaii	16	11
34	Herschel Walker	RB-FB	6-1	225	24	Georgia	16	9
24	Everson Walls	LCB	6-1	193	27	Grambling State	16	16
11	Danny White	QB	6-3	195	34	Arizona State	7	6
54	Randy White	RDT	6-4	260	33	Maryland	16	16

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	18	Mike Sherrard	WR	UCLA
2	33	Darryl Clack	RB	Arizona State
3	74	Mark Walen	DT	UCLA
4	100	Max Zendejas	K	Arizona
6	140	Thornton Chandler	TE	Alabama
6	150	Stan Gelbaugh	QB	Maryland
6	158	Lloyd Yancey	G	Temple
7	185	Johnny Holloway	WR	Kansas
8	212	Topper Clemons	RB	Wake Forest
9	242	John Ionata	G	Florida State
10	269	Bryan Chester	G	Texas
11	296	Garth Jax	LB	Florida State
12	307	Chris Duliban	LB	Texas
12	322	Tony Flack	DB	Georgia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	61	105	62	118
Opponents Totals	44	136	74	83

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:14	325	98	199	28	80/213 37.6%	6/14 42.9%	112	936
Opponents Totals	28:46	286	118	148	20	89/226 39.4%	4/7 57.1%	91	822

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Rafael Septien	0	43	43	100.0	15	21	71.4	0	88
Herschel Walker	14	0	0		0	0		0	84
Tony Dorsett	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Timmy Newsome	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mike Sherrard	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Tony Hill	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mike Renfro	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Thornton Chandler	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Doug Cosbie	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Fellows	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robert Lavette	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Steve Pelluer	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Danny White	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	43	43	43	100.0	15	21	71.4	0	346
Opponents Totals	41	39	41	95.1	16	30	53.3	2	337

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rafael Septien	15	21	71.4	0/0	4/5	6/7	4/7	1/2
Team Totals	15	21	71.4	0/0	4/5	6/7	4/7	1/2
Opponents Totals	16	30	53.3	1/1	4/5	5/8	5/7	1/9

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Dorsett	184	748	4.1	33	5
Herschel Walker	151	737	4.9	84t	12
Steve Pelluer	41	255	6.2	21	1
Timmy Newsome	34	110	3.2	13	2
Reggie Collier	6	53	8.8	21	0
Darryl Clack	4	19	4.8	8	0
Danny White	8	16	2.0	10	1
Mike Sherrard	2	11	5.5	8	0
Doug Cosbie	1	9	9.0	9	0
Robert Lavette	10	6	0.6	5	0
Todd Fowler	6	5	0.8	2	0
Team Totals	447	1969	4.4	84t	21
Opponents Totals	500	2200	4.4	50	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Steve Pelluer	378	215	56.9	146	2727	7.2	12.7	84t	8	2.1	17	4.5	47	362	2365	67.9
Danny White	153	95	62.1	53	1157	7.6	12.2	63	12	7.8	5	3.3	10	98	1059	97.9
Reggie Collier	15	8	53.3	5	96	6.4	12.0	27	1	6.7	2	13.3	3	38	58	55.8
Mike Renfro	1	1	100.0	0	23	23.0	23.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	23	118.8
Team Totals	547	319	58.3	204	4003	7.3	12.5	84t	21	3.8	24	4.4	60	498	3505	75.7
Opponents Totals	464	226	48.7	221	3149	6.8	13.9	71t	21	4.5	17	3.7	53	364	2785	70.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herschel Walker	76	837	11.0	84t	2
Tony Hill	49	770	15.7	63	3
Timmy Newsome	48	421	8.8	30	3
Mike Sherrard	41	744	18.1	68t	5
Doug Cosbie	28	312	11.1	22t	1
Tony Dorsett	25	267	10.7	36t	1
Mike Renfro	22	325	14.8	30t	3
Gordon Banks	17	202	11.9	23	0
Thornton Chandler	6	57	9.5	15	2
Robert Lavette	5	31	6.2	9	1
Todd Fowler	1	19	19.0	19	0
Darryl Clack	1	18	18.0	18	0
Team Totals	319	4003	12.5	84t	21
Opponents Totals	226	3149	13.9	71t	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Michael Downs	6	54	9.0	31	0
Ron Fellows	5	46	9.2	34t	1
Everson Walls	3	46	15.3	24	0
Victor Scott	1	31	31.0	31	0
Eugene Lockhart	1	5	5.0	5	0
Johnny Holloway	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	17	183	10.8	34t	1
Opponents Totals	24	331	13.8	56	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Saxon	86	3498	40.7	58	1	10	28	301	2997	34.4
Team Totals	87	3498	40.2	58	1	10	28	301	2997	34.5
Opponents Totals	87	3620	41.6	62	1	9	18	252	3188	36.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Gordon Banks	27	14	160	5.9	20
Robert Lavette	18	3	92	5.1	28
Johnny Holloway	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	46	17	252	5.5	28
Opponents Totals	41	15	301	7.3	26

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Robert Lavette	36	699	19.4	37
Darryl Clack	19	421	22.2	51
Timmy Newsome	2	32	16.0	18
Gordon Banks	1	56	56.0	56
Mark Tuinei	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	59	1208	20.5	56
Opponents Totals	66	1358	20.6	38

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jim Jeffcoat	14.0
Randy White	6.5
Ed Jones	5.5
John Dutton	5.0
Eugene Lockhart	5.0
Don Smerek	4.5
Bill Bates	2.5
Kevin Brooks	2.5
Jesse Penn	2.5
Jeff Rohrer	2.0
Jesse Baker	1.0
Michael Downs	1.0
Mike Hegman	1.0
Team Totals	53.0	364.0
Opponents Totals	60.0	498.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Vince Albritton	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gordon Banks	4		3	0	3	0	0
Thornton Chandler	1		0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Clack	3		0	0	0	0	0
Reggie Collier	2		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Dorsett	5		2	0	2	0	0
Michael Downs	0	0	0	1	1	17	0
Ron Fellows	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Todd Fowler	1		0	1	1	0	0
Manny Hendrix	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Hill	1		0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Holloway	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Ed Jones	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Robert Lavette	3		3	0	3	0	0
Eugene Lockhart	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Timmy Newsome	2		1	0	1	0	0
Steve Pelluer	9		3	0	3	0	0
Jesse Penn	0	0	1	2	3	12	0
Tom Rafferty	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Howard Richards	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Jeff Rohrer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Glen Titensor	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Tuinei	1		3	0	3	0	0
Herschel Walker	5		2	0	2	0	0
Danny White	6		1	0	1	-2	0
Randy White	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	44	21	23	18	41	37	0
Opponents Totals	29	18	11	17	28		1