| Dallas Cowboys at Phoenix Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1988 Location: Tempe, AZ |
| Venue: Sun Devil Stadium Attendance: 67139 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 97 F Humidty: 17% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Phoenix CardinalsPHX | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PHX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Luis Zendejas 47 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Earl Ferrell 16 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 3 run (Luis Zendejas kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Steve Pelluer 1 run (Luis Zendejas kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Jay Novacek 23 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 16 | QB | Steve Pelluer |
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Kevin Brooks |
| 73 | RDT | Danny Noonan |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 57 | LLB | Ron Burton |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 53 | RLB | Garth Jax |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 23 | RCB | Robert Williams |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 84 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 64 | LOG | Todd Peat |
| 70 | C | Derek Kennard |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Rob Awalt |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 30 | RB | Stump Mitchell |
| 31 | FB | Earl Ferrell |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Clasby |
| 60 | RDT | Steve Alvord |
| 72 | RDE | Rod Saddler |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 57 | MLB | Niko Noga |
| 54 | RLB | E.J. Junior |
| 41 | LCB | Carl Carter |
| 45 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 45 | FS | Tim McDonald |
| 43 | RCB | Lonnie Young |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 29 | 149 | 5.1 | 26 | 1 |
| Steve Pelluer | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Earl Ferrell | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Jordan | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Al Del Greco | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 162 | 6.8 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.5 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 0 | 266 | 7.8 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 103.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Kelvin Martin | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 27 | 1 |
| Earl Ferrell | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 18 | 1 |
| J.T. Smith | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rob Awalt | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tony Jordan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Tim McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 51 | 0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Horne | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 21 | 0 | |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Kevin Brooks | 2.0 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Danny Noonan | 1.0 |
| Phoenix Cardinals | |
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