1990 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (7-9)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1990 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (7-9)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1990 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1990 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
Dallas stumbled, scoring only 244 points, while the defense conceded 308. Troy Aikman threw for 2,579 yards. Kelvin Martin paced the receiving corps, hauling in 64 passes for 732 yards. Jay Novacek was targeted regularly, too.
Emmitt Smith ran for a team-best 937 yards for the Cowboys.
Issiac Holt and James Washington each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Danny Stubbs and Jimmie Jones each sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times.
Jimmy Johnson coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Tommie Agee | FB | February 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 225 | Auburn | Chilton, AL USA | 16 | 11 |
| 8 | Troy Aikman | QB | November 21, 1966 | 6'4" | 219 | Oklahoma | West Covina, CA USA | 15 | 15 |
| 36 | Vince Albritton | SS | July 23, 1962 | 6'2" | 215 | Washington | Oakland, CA USA | 8 | 8 |
| 89 | Robert Awalt | TE | April 9, 1964 | 6'5" | 258 | Nevada-Reno | Landsthul, Germany | 13 | 1 |
| 40 | Bill Bates | S | June 6, 1961 | 6'1" | 204 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN USA | 16 | 0 |
| 63 | Lester Brinkley | DE | May 13, 1965 | 6'6" | 270 | Mississippi | Ruleville, MS USA | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | Michael Brooks | CB | March 12, 1967 | 6'0" | 195 | North Carolina St. | Greensboro, NC USA | 3 | 0 |
| 79 | Willie Broughton | DT | September 9, 1964 | 6'5" | 285 | Miami (FL) | Fort Pierce, FL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 72 | Louis Cheek | OT | October 6, 1964 | 6'6" | 295 | Texas A&M | Galveston, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | Willis Crockett | LB | August 25, 1966 | 6'3" | 234 | Georgia Tech | Douglas, GA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 55 | Jack Del Rio | LLB | April 4, 1963 | 6'4" | 246 | USC | Castro Valley, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 86 | James Dixon | KR | February 2, 1967 | 5'9" | 181 | Houston | Vernon, TX USA | 15 | 1 |
| 85 | Steve Folsom | TE | March 21, 1958 | 6'5" | 235 | Long Beach St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Ron Francis | CB | April 7, 1964 | 5'9" | 201 | Baylor | La Marque, TX USA | 15 | 0 |
| 29 | Kenneth Gant | CB | April 18, 1967 | 5'11" | 195 | Albany State (GA) | Bartow, FL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 67 | John Gesek | RG | February 18, 1963 | 6'5" | 282 | Sacramento St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 15 | 12 |
| 66 | Kevin Gogan | G | November 2, 1964 | 6'7" | 317 | Washington | Pacifica, CA USA | 16 | 4 |
| 78 | Dean Hamel | LDT | July 7, 1961 | 6'3" | 279 | Tulsa | Detroit, MI USA | 12 | 11 |
| 50 | Dave Harper | LB | May 5, 1966 | 6'1" | 220 | Humboldt St. | Eureka, CA USA | 6 | 0 |
| 80 | Rod Harris | WR | November 14, 1966 | 5'10" | 183 | Texas A&M | Dallas, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 62 | Dale Hellestrae | OG-C | July 11, 1962 | 6'5" | 282 | SMU | Phoenix, AZ USA | 16 | 0 |
| 45 | Manny Hendrix | RCB | October 20, 1964 | 5'10" | 180 | Utah | Phoenix, AZ USA | 16 | 11 |
| 32 | Alonzo Highsmith | FB | February 26, 1965 | 6'1" | 234 | Miami (FL) | Bartow, FL USA | 7 | 5 |
| 30 | Issiac Holt | LCB | October 4, 1962 | 6'2" | 200 | Alcorn St. | Birmingham, AL USA | 15 | 15 |
| 20 | Ray Horton | FS | April 12, 1960 | 5'10" | 189 | Washington | Tacoma, WA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 99 | David Howard | LB | December 8, 1961 | 6'2" | 232 | Oregon St. | Enterprise, AL USA | 16 | 0 |
| 88 | Michael Irvin | WR | March 5, 1966 | 6'2" | 207 | Miami (FL) | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 12 | 7 |
| 77 | Jim Jeffcoat | RDE | April 1, 1961 | 6'5" | 274 | Arizona St. | Long Branch, NJ USA | 16 | 13 |
| 48 | Daryl Johnston | RB | February 10, 1966 | 6'2" | 238 | Syracuse | Youngstown, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 97 | Jimmie Jones | LDT | January 9, 1966 | 6'4" | 285 | Miami (FL) | Lakeland, FL USA | 16 | 6 |
| 68 | Crawford Ker | LG | May 5, 1962 | 6'3" | 288 | Florida | Philadelphia, PA USA | 15 | 15 |
| 15 | Babe Laufenberg | QB | December 5, 1959 | 6'2" | 198 | Stanford | Burbank, CA USA | 4 | 1 |
| 56 | Eugene Lockhart | MLB | March 8, 1961 | 6'2" | 234 | Houston | Crockett, TX USA | 16 | 16 |
| 83 | Kelvin Martin | WR | May 14, 1965 | 5'9" | 163 | Boston Col. | San Diego, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 85 | Dennis McKinnon | WR | August 22, 1961 | 6'1" | 185 | Florida St. | Quitman, GA USA | 9 | 7 |
| 61 | Nate Newton | RT | December 20, 1961 | 6'3" | 318 | Florida A&M | Orlando, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 73 | Danny Noonan | RDT | July 14, 1965 | 6'4" | 270 | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE USA | 16 | 15 |
| 51 | Ken Norton | RLB | September 29, 1966 | 6'2" | 254 | UCLA | Lincoln, IL USA | 15 | 15 |
| 84 | Jay Novacek | TE | October 24, 1962 | 6'4" | 234 | Wyoming | Martin, SD USA | 16 | 15 |
| 4 | Mike Saxon | P | July 10, 1962 | 6'3" | 205 | San Diego St. | Whittier, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 53 | Randy Shannon | LB | February 24, 1966 | 6'0" | 221 | Miami (FL) | Miami, FL USA | 1 | 0 |
| 87 | Derrick Shepard | PR | January 22, 1964 | 5'10" | 186 | Oklahoma | Odessa, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 65 | Tony Slaton | C | April 12, 1961 | 6'3" | 265 | USC | Merced, CA USA | 6 | 4 |
| 42 | Stan Smagala | CB-S | April 6, 1968 | 5'10" | 184 | Notre Dame | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Emmitt Smith | RB | May 15, 1969 | 5'9" | 210 | Florida | Pensacola, FL USA | 16 | 15 |
| 33 | Timmy Smith | RB | January 24, 1964 | 5'11" | 216 | Texas Tech | Hobbs, NM USA | 1 | 1 |
| 57 | Vinson Smith | LB | July 3, 1965 | 6'2" | 243 | East Carolina | Statesville, NC USA | 16 | 1 |
| 54 | Jesse Solomon | LB | November 4, 1963 | 6'0" | 240 | Florida St. | Madison, FL USA | 9 | 0 |
| 53 | Mark Stepnoski | C | January 20, 1967 | 6'2" | 269 | Pittsburgh | Erie, PA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 96 | Danny Stubbs | LDE | January 3, 1965 | 6'4" | 265 | Miami (FL) | Long Branch, NJ USA | 16 | 15 |
| 92 | Tony Tolbert | DE | December 29, 1967 | 6'6" | 268 | Texas-El Paso | Tuskegee, AL USA | 16 | 4 |
| 71 | Mark Tuinei | LT | March 31, 1960 | 6'5" | 302 | UCLA | Nanakuli, HI USA | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Steve Walsh | QB | December 1, 1966 | 6'3" | 207 | Miami (FL) | St. Paul, MN USA | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | James Washington | SS | January 10, 1965 | 6'1" | 209 | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA USA | 15 | 10 |
| 23 | Robert Williams | RCB | October 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 190 | Baylor | Galveston, TX USA | 16 | 6 |
| 98 | Mitch Willis | DT | March 16, 1962 | 6'8" | 278 | SMU | Dallas, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 1 | Ken Willis | K | October 6, 1966 | 5'11" | 190 | Kentucky | Owensboro, KY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 81 | Alexander Wright | WR | July 19, 1967 | 6'0" | 195 | Auburn | Albany, GA USA | 15 | 1 |
| 76 | Jeff Zimmerman | OG | January 10, 1963 | 6'3" | 320 | Florida | Enid, OK USA | 6 | 0 |
