| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 2, 1987 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 55730 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 71 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 33 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 1 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 5 run (Raul Allegre kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Raul Allegre 35 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 2 pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Lionel Manuel 50 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Lionel Manuel 33 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 34 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jim Jeffcoat 26 interception return (Roger Ruzek kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 49 FG | 24 | 27 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 40 FG | 24 | 30 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 35 FG | 24 | 33 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 68 | ROG | Damian Johnson |
| 66 | ROT | Bill Roberts |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 84 | TE | Zeke Mowatt |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 33 | RB | George Adams |
| 22 | RB | Lee Rouson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 52 | LILB | Pepper Johnson |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 25 | LCB | Mark Collins |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gordon Banks |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 89 | TE | Thornton Chandler |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 34 | FB | Herschel Walker |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Kevin Brooks |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 17 | 26 | 1.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Phil Simms | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Adams | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 24 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 14 | 3 | 0.2 | 4 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 2 | 240 | 11.4 | 50t | 2 | 5 | 35 | 101.4 |
| Jeff Rutledge | 6 | 5 | 83.3 | 0 | 50 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 101.4 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 33 | 24 | 72.7 | 1 | 245 | 7.4 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 91.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lionel Manuel | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 50t | 2 |
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mark Bavaro | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
| George Adams | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stephen Baker | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Cosbie | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Herschel Walker | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Gordon Banks | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Kelvin Edwards | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lawrence Taylor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Randy White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 64 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil McConkey | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | |
| Stephen Baker | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Edwards | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Lee Rouson | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| George Adams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Mark Bavaro | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Edwards | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Erik Howard | 1.0 |
| Leonard Marshall | 1.0 |
| George Martin | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 4.0 |
| Mike Hegman | 1.0 |
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