| 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 Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Detroit Lions | 10 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Rob Rubick 20 pass from Chuck Long (Eddie Murray kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 1 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Roger Ruzek 38 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Garry James 2 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 24 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Garry James 4 run (Eddie Murray kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 19 FG | 17 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Herschel Walker | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 14 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 24t | 2 |
| DAL | Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| DET | Garry James | 18 | 32 | 1.8 | 5 | 2 |
| DET | Chuck Long | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Danny White | 38 | 17 | 44.7 | 4 | 193 | 5.1 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 20.9 |
| DET | Chuck Long | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 2 | 217 | 7.8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Herschel Walker | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Renfro | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 27 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Cosbie | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 0 |
| DAL | Kelvin Edwards | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 32 | 0 |
| DET | Jeff Chadwick | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 36 | 0 |
| DET | Rob Rubick | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 1 |
| DET | James Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Garry James | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Michael Downs | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | Bill Bates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | James Griffin | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 29 | 0 |
| DET | Dennis Gibson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | Duane Galloway | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Mike Saxon | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 54 | 0 |
| DET | Jim Arnold | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Kelvin Edwards | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 | |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 54 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Darryl Clack | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 29 | 0 |
| DAL | Kelvin Edwards | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| DET | Gary Lee | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Butch Woolfolk | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Mike Cofer | 2.0 |
| DET | Dan Saleaumua | 1.0 |
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