| New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1990 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 60087 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 52 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 43 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rueben Mayes 15 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Emmitt Smith 1 run (Ken Willis kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 50 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Daryl Johnston 5 pass from Troy Aikman (Ken Willis kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ken Willis 47 FG | 13 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 80 | WR | Brett Perriman |
| 74 | LOT | Kevin Haverdink |
| 72 | LOG | Jim Dombrowski |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 4 | QB | Steve Walsh |
| 36 | HB | Rueben Mayes |
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Wayne Martin |
| 91 | NT | Robert Goff |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 40 | LCB | Robert Massey |
| 39 | SS | Brett Maxie |
| 28 | FS | Gene Atkins |
| 41 | RCB | Toi Cook |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 68 | LOG | Crawford Ker |
| 53 | C | Mark Stepnoski |
| 67 | ROG | John Gesek |
| 61 | ROT | Nate Newton |
| 84 | TE | Jay Novacek |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 22 | RB | Emmitt Smith |
| 34 | FB | Tommie Agee |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Danny Stubbs |
| 78 | LDT | Dean Hamel |
| 73 | RDT | Danny Noonan |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 55 | SLB | Jack Del Rio |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 51 | WLB | Ken Norton |
| 30 | LCB | Issiac Holt |
| 37 | SS | James Washington |
| 20 | FS | Ray Horton |
| 45 | RCB | Manny Hendrix |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rueben Mayes | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Craig Heyward | 14 | 54 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 20 | 85 | 4.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Troy Aikman | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Tommie Agee | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Steve Walsh | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 0 | 177 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 85.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 0 | 177 | 8.4 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 112.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Gill Fenerty | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 22 | 0 |
| John Tice | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Brett Perriman | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Floyd Turner | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joel Hilgenberg | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Jay Novacek | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tommie Agee | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | 4 | 145 | 36.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Vince Buck | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Derrick Shepard | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gill Fenerty | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Vince Buck | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Milton Mack | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Gene Atkins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Dixon | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Pat Swilling | 1.0 |
| Renaldo Turnbull | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jimmie Jones | 1.0 |
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