| Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 8, 1987 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 45325 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Rob Rubick 20 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 1 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 38 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Garry James 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 24 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Garry James 4 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 19 FG | 17 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Kelvin Edwards |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 34 | WR | Herschel Walker |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 61 | LOG | Scott Barrows |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 53 | ROG | Kevin Glover |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 84 | TE | Rob Rubick |
| 16 | QB | Chuck Long |
| 32 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 59 | LOLB | Jimmy Williams |
| 51 | LILB | Shelton Robinson |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 40 | LCB | Duane Galloway |
| 34 | SS | James Griffin |
| 45 | FS | Raphel Cherry |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 24t | 2 |
| Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Jones | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Garry James | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 5 | 2 |
| Chuck Long | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 38 | 17 | 44.7 | 4 | 193 | 5.1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20.9 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Chuck Long | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 2 | 217 | 7.8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Kelvin Edwards | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Pete Mandley | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Rob Rubick | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 1 |
| James Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Garry James | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Downs | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bill Bates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Griffin | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dennis Gibson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Duane Galloway | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 54 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Edwards | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 54 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Edwards | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Gary Lee | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Mike Cofer | 2.0 |
| Dan Saleaumua | 1.0 |
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