1987 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 7-8-0 .467

Head Coach: Tom Landry

Neill Armstrong	Research and Development
Jim Erkenbeck	Offensive Line
Paul Hackett	Pass Offense Coordinator
Al Lavan	Running Backs
Alan Lowry	Receivers
Dick Nolan	Defensive Backs
Mike Solari	Special Teams
Ernie Stautner	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line
Jerry Tubbs	Linebackers
Bob Ward	Conditioning

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/15/1987	A	San Diego Chargers	0-29	L		San Diego, CA	Jack Murphy Stadium	48020
Sat	8/22/1987	A	San Francisco 49ers	13-3	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	57598
Sun	8/30/1987	H	Los Angeles Raiders	10-34	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	46666
Sat	9/5/1987	H	Houston Oilers	13-18	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	47043
Sun	9/13/1987	A	St. Louis Cardinals	13-24	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Stadium	47241
Sun	9/20/1987	A	New York Giants	16-14	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	73426
Sun	9/27/1987	H	Buffalo Bills		-		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium
Sun	10/4/1987	A	New York Jets	38-24	W		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	12370
Sun	10/11/1987	H	Philadelphia Eagles	41-22	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	40622
Mon	10/19/1987	H	Washington Redskins	7-13	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	60415
Sun	10/25/1987	A	Philadelphia Eagles	20-37	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	61630
Mon	11/2/1987	H	New York Giants	33-24	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	55730
Sun	11/8/1987	A	Detroit Lions	17-27	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	45325
Sun	11/15/1987	A	New England Patriots	23-17	W	OT	Foxborough, MA	Sullivan Stadium	60567
Sun	11/22/1987	H	Miami Dolphins	14-20	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	56519
Thu	11/26/1987	H	Minnesota Vikings	38-44	L	OT	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	54229
Sun	12/6/1987	H	Atlanta Falcons	10-21	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	40103
Sun	12/13/1987	A	Washington Redskins	20-24	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54882
Mon	12/21/1987	A	Los Angeles Rams	29-21	W		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	60700
Sun	12/27/1987	H	St. Louis Cardinals	21-16	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	36788

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

Game Score Notes
9/27/1987	Buffalo Bills	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
21	David Adams	RB	5-6	170	23	Arizona	3	0
36	Vince Albritton	S	6-2	212	25	Washington	11	1
10	Jimmy Armstrong	LCB	5-8	166	25	Appalachian State	2	2
62	Brian Baldinger	OT-OG	6-4	275	27	Nassau CC; Duke	3	0
87	Gordon Banks	WR	5-10	173	29	Stanford	5	4
80	Rod Barksdale	WR	6-0	180	25	Arizona	12	1
40	Bill Bates	SS	6-1	207	26	Tennessee	12	11
28	Alvin Blount	RB	5-9	197	22	Maryland	2	2
84	Rich Borresen	TE	6-5	252	23	Nassau CC; Northwestern	3	3
1	Kerry Brady	K	6-1	205	24	Portland CC; Hawaii	1	0
99	Kevin Brooks	LDT	6-6	273	24	Michigan	13	12
15	Cornell Burbage	WR	5-10	181	22	Kentucky	3	2
73	Dave Burnette	OT	6-6	278	26	Arkansas; Central Arkansas	1	0
57	Ron Burton	MLB	6-1	245	23	North Carolina	12	2
79	Sal Cesario	LOG	6-4	255	24	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	3	3
89	Thornton Chandler	TE	6-5	242	24	Florida A&M; Alabama	12	1
77	Steve Cisowski	ROT	6-5	275	24	Santa Clara	3	3
42	Darryl Clack	RB	5-10	219	24	Arizona State	12	0
41	Anthony Coleman	CB-S	6-0	185	23	Baylor	3	0
84	Doug Cosbie	TE	6-6	238	31	Holy Cross; DeAnza JC; Santa Clara	12	12
81	Vince Courville	WR	5-9	170	28	Ranger JC; Texas Southern; Rice	2	0
55	Steve DeOssie	MLB-LLB	6-2	249	25	Boston College	11	2
33	Tony Dorsett	RB	5-11	189	33	Pittsburgh	12	6
26	Michael Downs	FS	6-3	200	28	Rice	12	12
52	Chris Duliban	RLB	6-2	216	24	Texas	3	3
78	John Dutton	RDT	6-7	261	36	Nebraska	4	1
71	Mike Dwyer	LDT	6-3	280	24	Rhode Island; Massachusetts	3	3
87	Kelvin Edwards	WR	6-2	198	23	Liberty	13	9
55	Harry Flaherty	LB	6-1	232	26	Holy Cross	2	0
85	Steve Folsom	TE	6-4	233	29	Long Beach State; Utah	9	0
46	Todd Fowler	FB	6-3	221	25	Trinity Valley CC; Stephen F. Austin State	12	1
38	Ron Francis	RCB	5-9	201	23	Baylor	11	11
66	Kevin Gogan	ROT	6-7	326	23	Washington	11	10
29	Alex Green	FS	6-1	194	22	Indiana	3	3
27	Tommy Haynes	SS	6-0	190	24	Mount San Antonio JC; Southern California	3	3
58	Mike Hegman	LLB	6-1	227	34	Alabama A&M; Tennessee State	10	10
45	Manny Hendrix	RCB	5-10	180	23	Utah	12	1
85	Tim Hendrix	TE	6-5	241	22	Tennessee	3	0
31	Bill Hill	LCB	5-9	172	28	Rutgers	3	1
58	Jeff Hurd	LB	6-2	245	23	Kansas State	5	0
53	Garth Jax	LB	6-2	229	24	Florida State	3	0
77	Jim Jeffcoat	RDE	6-5	277	26	Arizona State	12	12
91	Walter Johnson	DT-DE	6-1	250	22	Pittsburgh	1	0
51	Dale Jones	LLB	6-1	234	24	Tennessee	3	3
72	Ed Jones	LDE	6-9	277	36	Tennessee State	15	14
39	E.J. Jones	FB	5-11	212	25	Kansas	3	0
68	Crawford Ker	ROG	6-3	285	25	Arizona Western JC; Florida	12	12
29	Robert Lavette	RB	5-11	190	24	Georgia Tech	4	0
67	George Lilja	C	6-4	260	29	Michigan	5	0
20	Bruce Livingston	CB-S	5-10	169	24	Arkansas Tech	3	0
56	Eugene Lockhart	MLB	6-2	234	26	Houston	9	9
83	Kelvin Martin	WR	5-9	162	22	Boston College	7	0
30	Timmy Newsome	FB	6-1	236	29	Winston-Salem State	11	8
61	Nate Newton	LOG	6-2	325	26	Florida A&M	11	11
73	Danny Noonan	DT	6-4	270	22	Nebraska	11	0
16	Steve Pelluer	QB	6-4	210	25	Washington	12	4
59	Jesse Penn	LLB	6-3	218	25	Virginia Tech	11	1
92	Ray Perkins	RDE	6-5	242	22	Virginia	2	1
75	Phil Pozderac	ROT	6-9	283	28	Notre Dame	2	2
64	Tom Rafferty	C	6-3	262	33	Penn State	12	12
82	Mike Renfro	WR	6-0	189	32	Texas Christian	14	11
50	Jeff Rohrer	RLB	6-3	227	29	Yale	12	12
9	Roger Ruzek	K	6-1	195	27	Weber State	12	0
8	Buzz Sawyer	P	6-1	201	25	Texas A&M; Baylor	3	0
4	Mike Saxon	P	6-3	193	25	Pasadena CC; San Diego State	12	0
47	Chuck Scott	WR	6-2	202	24	Vanderbilt	2	0
22	Victor Scott	S	6-0	203	25	Colorado	6	0
67	Joe Shearin	C	6-4	250	27	Texas	1	0
63	Jon Shields	OT-OG	6-5	293	23	Walla Walla CC; Portland State	1	0
53	Victor Simmons	LB	6-2	230	23	Central State (Ohio)	3	0
60	Don Smerek	RDE-LDE	6-7	256	30	Nevada-Reno	8	3
75	Daryle Smith	LOT	6-5	276	23	Tennessee	9	7
18	Loren Snyder	QB	6-4	207	24	Northern Colorado	2	0
80	Sebron Spivey	WR	5-11	180	23	Southern Illinois	2	1
57	Russ Swan	MLB	6-4	225	24	Virginia	5	3
19	Kevin Sweeney	QB	6-0	191	24	Fresno State	3	2
59	Kirk Timmer	LB	6-3	242	24	Montana State	1	0
71	Mark Tuinei	LOT	6-5	299	27	UCLA; Hawaii	8	8
95	Mark Walen	DT	6-5	266	24	UCLA	9	0
67	Gary Walker	OT-OG	6-3	283	24	Boston University	1	0
34	Herschel Walker	FB	6-1	225	25	Georgia	12	11
24	Everson Walls	LCB	6-1	193	28	Grambling State	12	12
94	Randy Watts	DE	6-6	275	24	East Carolina; Catawba	5	0
70	Bob White	ROG	6-5	271	24	Rhode Island	4	3
11	Danny White	QB	6-3	195	35	Arizona State	11	9
37	Gerald White	FB	5-11	223	23	Michigan	3	3
54	Randy White	RDT	6-4	260	34	Maryland	15	14
23	Robert Williams	RCB	5-10	192	25	Baylor	11	3
6	Luis Zendejas	K	5-9	180	26	Arizona State	2	0
72	Mike Zentic	C	6-3	255	24	Northwest Missouri State; Oklahoma State	3	3
76	Jeff Zimmerman	OG	6-3	313	22	Florida	11	1

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Danny Noonan	DT	Nebraska
2	39	Ron Francis	DB	Baylor
3	68	Jeff Zimmerman	G	Florida
4	95	Kelvin Martin	WR	Boston College
5	124	Everett Gay	WR	Texas
6	151	Joe Onosai	G	Hawaii
7	180	Kevin Sweeney	QB	Fresno State
8	206	Kevin Gogan	T	Washington
9	235	Alvin Blount	RB	Maryland
10	262	Dale Jones	LB	Tennessee
11	291	Jeff Ward	K	Texas
12	318	Scott Armstrong	LB	Florida

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	71	108	78	77	6
Opponents Totals	84	68	79	111	6

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:41	293	93	176	24	86/222 38.7%	3/9 33.3%	131	1091
Opponents Totals	29:19	294	85	175	34	96/223 43.0%	6/14 42.9%	100	851

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Roger Ruzek	0	26	26	100.0	22	25	88.0	92
Herschel Walker	8	0	0		0	0		48
Kelvin Edwards	4	0	0		0	0		24
Timmy Newsome	4	0	0		0	0		24
Mike Renfro	4	0	0		0	0		24
Luis Zendejas	0	10	10	100.0	3	4	75.0	19
Alvin Blount	3	0	0		0	0		18
Doug Cosbie	3	0	0		0	0		18
Cornell Burbage	2	0	0		0	0		12
Tony Dorsett	2	0	0		0	0		12
David Adams	1	0	0		0	0		6
Gordon Banks	1	0	0		0	0		6
Rod Barksdale	1	0	0		0	0		6
Thornton Chandler	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ron Francis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Jeffcoat	1	0	0		0	0		6
Steve Pelluer	1	0	0		0	0		6
Danny White	1	0	0		0	0		6
Kerry Brady	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1
Team Totals	38	37	37	100.0	25	29	86.2	340
Opponents Totals	42	39	41	95.1	19	29	65.5	348

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Roger Ruzek	22	25	88.0	0/0	8/8	6/7	8/10	0/0
Luis Zendejas	3	4	75.0	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/2	1/1
Team Totals	25	29	86.2	0/0	8/8	7/8	9/12	1/1
Opponents Totals	19	29	65.5	2/2	5/6	8/10	4/11	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herschel Walker	209	891	4.3	60t	7
Tony Dorsett	130	456	3.5	24	1
Steve Pelluer	25	142	5.7	21	1
Alvin Blount	46	125	2.7	15	3
Timmy Newsome	25	121	4.8	24t	2
Kelvin Edwards	2	61	30.5	62t	1
David Adams	7	49	7.0	27t	1
Danny White	10	14	1.4	8	1
Kevin Sweeney	5	8	1.6	5	0
E.J. Jones	2	7	3.5	5	0
Loren Snyder	2	0	0.0	0	0
Gerald White	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Doug Cosbie	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	465	1865	4.0	62t	17
Opponents Totals	459	1617	3.5	52t	19

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Danny White	362	215	59.4	130	2617	7.2	12.2	43	12	3.3	17	4.7	44	353	2264	73.2
Kevin Sweeney	28	14	50.0	13	291	10.4	20.8	77t	4	14.3	1	3.6	3	15	276	111.8
Steve Pelluer	101	55	54.5	44	642	6.4	11.7	44	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	35	607	75.6
Loren Snyder	9	4	44.4	5	44	4.9	11.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	44	59.5
Team Totals	500	288	57.6	192	3594	7.2	12.5	77t	19	3.8	20	4.0	52	403	3191	76.0
Opponents Totals	502	269	53.6	210	3781	7.5	14.1	62t	21	4.2	23	4.6	51	337	3444	73.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Herschel Walker	60	715	11.9	44	1
Mike Renfro	46	662	14.4	43	4
Doug Cosbie	36	421	11.7	30	3
Kelvin Edwards	34	521	15.3	38t	3
Timmy Newsome	34	274	8.1	30	2
Tony Dorsett	19	177	9.3	33	1
Gordon Banks	15	231	15.4	34	1
Rod Barksdale	12	165	13.8	22	1
Cornell Burbage	7	168	24.0	77t	2
Kelvin Martin	5	103	20.6	33	0
Gerald White	5	46	9.2	14	0
Thornton Chandler	5	25	5.0	9	1
E.J. Jones	3	16	5.3	10	0
Sebron Spivey	2	34	17.0	25	0
Chuck Scott	1	11	11.0	11	0
David Adams	1	8	8.0	8	0
Todd Fowler	1	6	6.0	6	0
Robert Lavette	1	6	6.0	6	0
Alvin Blount	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	288	3594	12.5	77t	19
Opponents Totals	269	3781	14.1	62t	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Everson Walls	5	38	7.6	30	0
Michael Downs	4	56	14.0	27	0
Bill Bates	3	28	9.3	28	0
Tommy Haynes	3	7	2.3	7	0
Ron Francis	2	18	9.0	18t	1
Jim Jeffcoat	1	26	26.0	26t	1
Jesse Penn	1	21	21.0	21	0
Eugene Lockhart	1	13	13.0	13	0
Victor Scott	1	1	1.0	1	0
Alex Green	1	0	0.0	0	0
Randy White	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	208	9.0	30	2
Opponents Totals	20	279	14.0	69	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Saxon	68	2685	39.5	63	0	5	20	260	2325	34.2
Buzz Sawyer	16	639	39.9	54	0	1	1	116	503	31.4
Team Totals	84	3324	39.6	63	0	6	21	376	2828	33.7
Opponents Totals	75	3042	40.6	64	1	7	13	353	2549	34.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Kelvin Martin	22	2	216	9.8	38	0
Kelvin Edwards	8	1	75	9.4	13	0
Gordon Banks	5	1	33	6.6	12	0
Cornell Burbage	5	1	29	5.8	13	0
Bruce Livingston	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Lavette	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	41	6	353	8.6	38	0
Opponents Totals	45	17	376	8.4	78t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Darryl Clack	29	0	635	21.9	48
Kelvin Martin	12	0	237	19.8	38
Kelvin Edwards	7	0	155	22.1	32
David Adams	6	0	113	18.8	27
Robert Lavette	4	0	72	18.0	22
Sebron Spivey	2	0	49	24.5	29
Timmy Newsome	2	0	22	11.0	12
Thornton Chandler	1	0	7	7.0	7
Rich Borresen	1	0	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	64	0	1295	20.2	48
Opponents Totals	65		1281	19.7	45

SACKS	NO	YDS
Ed Jones	10.0
Randy White	6.0
Jim Jeffcoat	5.0
Jeff Rohrer	4.0
Bill Bates	3.0
Kevin Brooks	3.0
Tommy Haynes	3.0
Mike Hegman	3.0
Randy Watts	3.0
Chris Duliban	2.0
Eugene Lockhart	2.0
Ray Perkins	2.0
Mike Dwyer	1.0
Walter Johnson	1.0
Danny Noonan	1.0
Mark Walen	1.0
Team Totals	51.0	337.0
Opponents Totals	52.0	403.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
David Adams	2		1	0	1	0	0
Gordon Banks	1		1	0	1	0	0
Alvin Blount	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Brooks	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Burton	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Darryl Clack	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tony Dorsett	3		0	0	0	0	0
Michael Downs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Dwyer	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Kelvin Edwards	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Francis	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Kevin Gogan	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Hegman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Manny Hendrix	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Dale Jones	0	0	0	2	2	26	0
Ed Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Lilja	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Livingston	1		0	0	0	0	0
Eugene Lockhart	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Kelvin Martin	1		0	0	0	0	0
Timmy Newsome	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Penn	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Rafferty	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Renfro	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Rohrer	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Victor Scott	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Loren Snyder	1		0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Sweeney	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Tuinei	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Herschel Walker	4		1	0	1	0	0
Randy Watts	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob White	2		0	0	0	0	0
Danny White	9		3	0	3	-7	0
Robert Williams	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	30	20	10	20	30	32	0
Opponents Totals	29	20	8	20	28		1