1987 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 7-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 340 points (22.7/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 348 points (23.2/g), 18th.
Differential of -8 points (-0.5/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 7.3-7.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 13th.

Coached by Tom Landry (7-8-0)

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1987 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 13	box	L	0-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	13	24	19	322	197	125	1	20	360	252	108
2	Sun	September 20	box	W	1-1	@	New York Giants	16	14	21	356	242	114	4	14	265	205	60	5
3	Sun	October 4	box	W	2-1	@	New York Jets	38	24	14	246	132	114	4	22	241	159	82	5
4	Sun	October 11	box	W	3-1		Philadelphia Eagles	41	22	19	400	240	160	2	24	434	362	72	3
5	Mon	October 19	box	L	3-2		Washington Redskins	7	13	18	316	223	93	3	19	339	153	186	3
6	Sun	October 25	box	L	3-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	20	37	18	294	197	97	3	18	237	96	141	1
7	Mon	November 2	box	W	4-3		New York Giants	33	24	15	240	214	26	2	16	297	242	55	5
8	Sun	November 8	box	L	4-4	@	Detroit Lions	17	27	20	290	167	123	5	20	293	217	76	4
9	Sun	November 15	box	W	5-4	@	New England Patriots	23	17	24	438	257	181	3	15	265	177	88	2
10	Sun	November 22	box	L	5-5		Miami Dolphins	14	20	16	319	134	185	3	21	440	258	182	1
11	Thu	November 26	box	L	5-6		Minnesota Vikings	38	44	23	403	291	112	5	27	476	288	188	2
12	Sun	December 6	box	L	5-7		Atlanta Falcons	10	21	24	354	263	91	3	18	364	253	111	4
13	Sun	December 13	box	L	5-8	@	Washington Redskins	20	24	25	428	341	87	2	15	317	249	68	2
14	Mon	December 21	box	W	6-8	@	Los Angeles Rams	29	21	20	365	171	194		19	311	237	74	4
15	Sun	December 27	box	W	7-8		St. Louis Cardinals	21	16	17	285	122	163		26	422	296	126	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	340	5056	1017	5.0	293	288	500	3191	19	20	5.8	176	465	1865	17	4.0	93	40	20	24
Team Defense	348	5061	1012	5.0	503	269	502	3444	21	23	6.2	175	459	1617	19	3.5	294	43	20	34
Lg Rank Offense	11	11			14		12	11	17	17	18		17	16	5	14		22	23
Lg Rank Defense	18	20			22		22	27	12	6	19		13	6	27	3		6	6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Danny White	35	QB	11	9	3-6-0	215	362	59.4	2617	12	3.3	17	4.7	43	7.2	5.4	12.2	237.9	73.2	44	353	5.6	4.0	10.8
Steve Pelluer	25		12	4	2-2-0	55	101	54.5	642	3	3.0	2	2.0	44	6.4	5.8	11.7	53.5	75.6	5	35	5.7	5.2	4.7
Kevin Sweeney	24		3	2	2-0-0	14	28	50.0	291	4	14.3	1	3.6	77	10.4	10.2	20.8	97.0	111.8	3	15	8.9	8.7	9.7
Loren Snyder	24		2	0		4	9	44.4	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	4.9	4.9	11.0	22.0	59.5	0	0	4.9	4.9	0.0
Team Total	25.6		15		7-8-0	288	500	57.6	3594	19	3.8	20	4.0	77	7.2	5.8	12.5	239.6	76.0	52	403	5.8	4.5	9.4
Opp Total			15			269	502	53.6	3444	21	4.2	23	4.6		6.9	5.2	12.8	229.6	70.2	51	337	6.2	4.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Herschel Walker*	25	RB	12	11	209	891	7	60	4.3	74.3	17.4	60	715	11.9	1	44	5.0	59.6	1606	8	4
Tony Dorsett	33	rb	12	6	130	456	1	24	3.5	38.0	10.8	19	177	9.3	1	33	1.6	14.8	633	2	3
Alvin Blount	22		2	2	46	125	3	15	2.7	62.5	23.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.5	2.5	130	3	1
Timmy Newsome	29	FB	11	8	25	121	2	24	4.8	11.0	2.3	34	274	8.1	2	30	3.1	24.9	395	4	1
Steve Pelluer	25		12	4	25	142	1	21	5.7	11.8	2.1								142	1	0
Danny White	35	QB	11	9	10	14	1	8	1.4	1.3	0.9								14	1	9
David Adams	23		3	0	7	49	1	27	7.0	16.3	2.3	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.3	2.7	57	1	2
Kevin Sweeney	24		3	2	5	8	0	5	1.6	2.7	1.7								8	0	0
Kelvin Edwards	23	WR	13	9	2	61	1	62	30.5	4.7	0.2	34	521	15.3	3	38	2.6	40.1	582	4	1
E.J. Jones	25		3	0	2	7	0	5	3.5	2.3	0.7	3	16	5.3	0	10	1.0	5.3	23	0	0
Loren Snyder	24		2	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1.0								0	0	1
Doug Cosbie	31	TE	12	12	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.4	0.1	36	421	11.7	3	30	3.0	35.1	416	3	0
Gerald White	23		3	3	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-1.3	0.3	5	46	9.2	0	14	1.7	15.3	42	0	0
Mike Renfro	32	WR	14	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	46	662	14.4	4	43	3.3	47.3	662	4	1
Gordon Banks	29		5	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	231	15.4	1	34	3.0	46.2	231	1	1
Rod Barksdale	25		12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	165	13.8	1	22	1.0	13.8	165	1	0
Cornell Burbage	22		3	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	168	24.0	2	77	2.3	56.0	168	2	0
Thornton Chandler	24		12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	25	5.0	1	9	0.4	2.1	25	1	0
Kelvin Martin	22	RET	7	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	103	20.6	0	33	0.7	14.7	103	0	1
Sebron Spivey	23		2	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	34	17.0	0	25	1.0	17.0	34	0	0
Todd Fowler	25		12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.5	6	0	0
Robert Lavette	24		4	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.3	1.5	6	0	0
Chuck Scott	24		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.5	5.5	11	0	0
Team Total	25.6		15		465	1865	17	62	4.0	124.3	31.0	288	3594	12.5	19	77	19.2	239.6	5459	36	30
Opp Total			15		459	1617	19		3.5	107.8	30.6	269	3444	12.8	21		17.9	229.6	5061	40	29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Kelvin Martin	22	RET	7	0	22	216	0	38	9.8	12	237	0	38	19.8	556
Darryl Clack	24	RET	12	0						29	635	0	48	21.9	635
Kelvin Edwards	23	WR	13	9	8	75	0	13	9.4	7	155	0	32	22.1	812
David Adams	23		3	0						6	113	0	27	18.8	170
Gordon Banks	29		5	4	5	33	0	12	6.6						264
Cornell Burbage	22		3	2	5	29	0	13	5.8						197
Robert Lavette	24		4	0						4	72	0	22	18.0	78
Timmy Newsome	29	FB	11	8						2	22	0	12	11.0	417
Sebron Spivey	23		2	1						2	49	0	29	24.5	83
Rich Borresen	23		3	3						1	5	0	5	5.0	5
Thornton Chandler	24		12	1						1	7	0	7	7.0	32
Bruce Livingston	24		3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Team Total	25.6		15		41	353	0	38	8.6	64	1295	0	48	20.2	7107
Opp Total			15		45		1			65	1281	0		19.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Mike Saxon	25	P	12	0																	68	2685	63	0	39.5
Roger Ruzek	27	K	12	0			8	8	7	6	10	8			25	22	88.0%	26	26	100.0%
Buzz Sawyer	25		3	0																	16	639	54	0	39.9
Luis Zendejas	26		2	0					1	1	2	1	1	1	4	3	75.0%	10	10	100.0%
Kerry Brady	24		1	0														1	1	100.0%
Team Total	25.6		15				8	8	8	7	12	9	1	1	29	25	86.2%	37	37	100.0%	84	3324	63	0	39.6
Opp Total			15												29	19	65.5%	41	39	95.1%	75	3045			40.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Danny White	35	QB	11	9								9	3	-7	0
Too Tall Jones	36	LDE	15	14	10.0							0	1	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	26	RDE	12	12	5.0	1	26	1	26		1	0	2	8	0	44
Randy White	34	RDT	15	14	6.0	1	0	0	0
Bill Bates	26	SS	12	11	3.0	3	28	0	28							81
Tommy Haynes	24		3	3	3.0	3	7	0	7
Jeff Rohrer	29	RLB	12	12	4.0							0	2	0	0
Michael Downs	28	FS	12	12		4	56	0	27			0	1	0	0
Herschel Walker*	25	RB	12	11								4	1	0	0
Everson Walls	28	LCB	12	12		5	38	0	30
Kevin Brooks	24	LDT	13	12	3.0							0	1	0	0
Mike Hegman	34	LLB	10	10	3.0							0	1	0	0
Eugene Lockhart	26	MLB	9	9	2.0	1	13	0	13			0	1	0	0
Randy Watts	24		5	0	3.0							0	1	0	0
David Adams	23		3	0								2	1	0	0
Tony Dorsett	33	rb	12	6								3	0	0	0
Mike Dwyer	24		3	3	1.0							0	2	0	0
Ron Francis	23	RCB	11	11		2	18	1	18			0	1	2	0
Gordon Banks	29		5	4								1	1	0	0
Chris Duliban	24		3	3	2.0
Dale Jones	24		3	3								0	2	26	0
Jesse Penn	25		11	1		1	21	0	21			0	1	0	0
Ray Perkins	23		2	1	2.0
Victor Scott	25		6	0		1	1	0	1			0	1	3	0
Bob White	24		4	3								2	0	0	0
Alvin Blount	22		2	2								1	0	0	0
Ron Burton	23		12	2								0	1	0	0
Darryl Clack	24	RET	12	0								1	0	0	0
Kelvin Edwards	23	WR	13	9								1	0	0	0
Kevin Gogan	23	RT	11	10								0	1	0	0
Alex Green	22		3	3		1	0	0	0
Manny Hendrix	23		12	1								0	1	0	0
Walt Johnson	22		1	0	1.0
George Lilja	29		5	0								1	0	0	0
Bruce Livingston	24		3	0								1	0	0	0
Kelvin Martin	22	RET	7	0								1	0	0	0
Timmy Newsome	29	FB	11	8								1	0	0	0
Danny Noonan	22		11	0	1.0
Tom Rafferty	33	C	12	12								0	1	0	0
Mike Renfro	32	WR	14	11								1	0	0	0
Loren Snyder	24		2	0								1	0	0	0
Kevin Sweeney	24		3	2								0	1	0	0
Mark Tuinei	27	LT	8	8								0	1	0	0
Mark Walen	24		9	0	1.0
Robert Williams	25		11	3								0	1	0	0
Team Total	25.6		15		50.0	23	208	2	30		1	30	30	32	0	151
Opp Total			15		52							29	9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Roger Ruzek	27	K	12	0					26	22	92
Herschel Walker*	25	RB	12	11	7	1					48
Kelvin Edwards	23	WR	13	9	1	3					24
Timmy Newsome	29	FB	11	8	2	2					24
Mike Renfro	32	WR	14	11		4					24
Luis Zendejas	26		2	0					10	3	19
Alvin Blount	22		2	2	3						18
Doug Cosbie	31	TE	12	12		3					18
Cornell Burbage	22		3	2		2					12
Tony Dorsett	33	rb	12	6	1	1					12
David Adams	23		3	0	1						6
Gordon Banks	29		5	4		1					6
Rod Barksdale	25		12	1		1					6
Thornton Chandler	24		12	1		1					6
Ron Francis	23	RCB	11	11				1			6
Jim Jeffcoat	26	RDE	12	12				1			6
Steve Pelluer	25		12	4	1						6
Danny White	35	QB	11	9	1						6
Kerry Brady	24		1	0					1		1
Team Total	25.6		15		17	19		2	37	25	340
Opp Total			15		19	21	1		39	19	348

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