| Dallas Cowboys at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1988 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 64759 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 61 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dennis McKinnon 4 run (Kevin Butler kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Kevin Butler 21 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Ron Morris 39 pass from Jim McMahon (Kevin Butler kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Everett Gay 13 pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ray Alexander |
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 89 | TE | Thornton Chandler |
| 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 |
| 54 | RDE | Randy White |
| 55 | LLB | Steve DeOssie |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 59 | RLB | Garry Cobb |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 23 | RCB | Robert Williams |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Dennis Gentry |
| 85 | WR | Dennis McKinnon |
| 73 | LOT | John Wojciechowski |
| 65 | LOG | Mark Bortz |
| 63 | C | Jay Hilgenberg |
| 57 | ROG | Tom Thayer |
| 78 | ROT | Keith Van Horne |
| 80 | TE | James Thornton |
| 9 | QB | Jim McMahon |
| 35 | RB | Neal Anderson |
| 26 | FB | Matt Suhey |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Al Harris |
| 76 | LDT | Steve McMichael |
| 99 | RDT | Dan Hampton |
| 95 | RDE | Richard Dent |
| 59 | LLB | Ron Rivera |
| 50 | MLB | Mike Singletary |
| 53 | RLB | Dante' Jones |
| 27 | LCB | Mike Richardson |
| 49 | SS | David Tate |
| 37 | FS | Maurice Douglass |
| 24 | RCB | Vestee Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 21 | 88 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Pelluer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Neal Anderson | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Jim McMahon | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Brad Muster | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Thomas Sanders | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Dennis Gentry | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 35 | 24 | 68.6 | 2 | 242 | 6.9 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 73.8 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Jim McMahon | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 0 | 284 | 7.3 | 39t | 1 | 3 | 23 | 88.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Kelvin Martin | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Everett Gay | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Herschel Walker | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Alexander | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Neal Anderson | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Morris | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 39t | 1 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Brad Muster | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Matt Suhey | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dennis Gentry | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Wendell Davis | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| David Tate | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bryan Wagner | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mark Higgs | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Dennis Gentry | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Garry Cobb | 1.0 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |
| Steve McMichael | 3.0 |
| Dan Hampton | 2.0 |
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