1986 Dallas Cowboys Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (7-9)
Location: Dallas, Texas

1986 Dallas Cowboys Roster
1986 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

Dallas racked up 346 points, while the defense conceded 337. Steve Pelluer threw for 2,727 yards. Herschel Walker hauled in 76 passes for 837 yards. Mike Sherrard and Tony Hill were targeted regularly also.

Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 748 yards for the Cowboys, and Herschel Walker additionally aided the ground game.

Michael Downs intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Jim Jeffcoat topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 53 sacks.

Tom Landry coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Steve Pelluer	378	215	56.9	2727	7.2	8	2.1	17	4.5	84	47	362	67.9
Danny White	153	95	62.1	1157	7.6	12	7.8	5	3.3	63	10	98	97.9
Reggie Collier	15	8	53.3	96	6.4	1	6.7	2	13.3	27	3	38	55.8
Mike Renfro	1	1	100.0	23	23.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	0	0	118.8
Totals	547	319	58.3	4003	7.3	21	3.8	24	4.4	84	60	498

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Tony Dorsett	184	748	4.1	33	5
Herschel Walker	151	737	4.9	84	12
Steve Pelluer	41	255	6.2	21	1
Timmy Newsome	34	110	3.2	13	2
Reggie Collier	6	53	8.8	21	0
Darryl Clack	4	19	4.8	8	0
Danny White	8	16	2.0	10	1
Mike Sherrard	2	11	5.5	8	0
Doug Cosbie	1	9	9.0	9	0
Robert Lavette	10	6	0.6	5	0
Todd Fowler	6	5	0.8	2	0
Totals	447	1969	4.4	84	21

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Herschel Walker	76	837	11.0	84	2
Tony Hill	49	770	15.7	63	3
Timmy Newsome	48	421	8.8	30	3
Mike Sherrard	41	744	18.1	68	5
Doug Cosbie	28	312	11.1	22	1
Tony Dorsett	25	267	10.7	36	1
Mike Renfro	22	325	14.8	30	3
Gordon Banks	17	202	11.9	23	0
Thornton Chandler	6	57	9.5	15	2
Robert Lavette	5	31	6.2	9	1
Todd Fowler	1	19	19.0	19	0
Darryl Clack	1	18	18.0	18	0
Totals	319	4003	12.5	84	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rafael Septien	43	43	100.0	21	15	71.4	88
Totals	43	43	100.0	21	15	71.4	88

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Saxon	86	3498	40.7	58
Totals	86	3498	40.7	58

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Gordon Banks	27	160	5.9	20
Robert Lavette	18	92	5.1	28
Johnny Holloway	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	46	252	5.5	28

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Robert Lavette	36	699	19.4	37
Darryl Clack	19	421	22.2	51
Gordon Banks	1	56	56.0	56
Timmy Newsome	2	32	16.0	18
Mark Tuinei	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	59	1208	20.5	56

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Michael Downs	6	54	9.0	31	0
Ron Fellows	5	46	9.2	34	1
Everson Walls	3	46	15.3	24	0
Victor Scott	1	31	31.0	31	0
Eugene Lockhart	1	5	5.0	5	0
Johnny Holloway	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	17	183	10.8	34	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jim Jeffcoat	14.0
Randy White	6.5
Too Jones	5.5
Eugene Lockhart	5.0
John Dutton	5.0
Don Smerek	4.5
Bill Bates	2.5
Jesse Penn	2.5
Kevin Brooks	2.5
Jeff Rohrer	2.0
Mike Hegman	1.0
Jesse Baker	1.0
Michael Downs	1.0
Totals	53.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Bill Bates	87	87	0
Jim Jeffcoat	65	65	0		0	2	8	0	1
Steve DeOssie	7	7	0
Garth Jax	1	1	0
Robert Lavette					3	3	0		0
Jesse Penn					0	3	12	0	0
Too Jones					0	3	0	0	0
Mark Tuinei					1	3	0	0	0
Steve Pelluer					9	3	0		0
Gordon Banks					4	3	0	0	0
Herschel Walker					5	2	0		0
Randy White					0	2	0	0	0
Vince Albritton					0	2	0	0	0
Tony Dorsett					5	2	0		0
Howard Richards					0	2	0	0	0
Ron Fellows				0	0	2	2		0
Danny White					6	1	-2		0
Glen Titensor					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Rohrer					0	1	0	0	0
Tom Rafferty					0	1	0	0	0
Michael Downs				0	0	1	17	0	0
Todd Fowler					1	1	0	0	0
Timmy Newsome					2	1	0		0
Manny Hendrix					0	1	0	0	0
Eugene Lockhart				0	0	1	0	0	0
Darryl Clack					3	0	0	0	0
Johnny Holloway				0	1	0	0	0	0
Reggie Collier					2	0	0	0	0
Thornton Chandler					1	0	0		0
Tony Hill					1	0	0		0
Totals	160	160	0	0	44	41	37	0	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rafael Septien									15	43	0			88
Herschel Walker	12	2							0	0	0			84
Tony Dorsett	5	1							0	0	0			36
Timmy Newsome	2	3		0					0	0	0			30
Mike Sherrard	0	5							0	0	0			30
Tony Hill		3							0	0	0			18
Mike Renfro		3							0	0	0			18
Thornton Chandler		2							0	0	0			12
Doug Cosbie	0	1							0	0	0			6
Steve Pelluer	1								0	0	0			6
Robert Lavette	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Danny White	1								0	0	0			6
Ron Fellows						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	21	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	43	0	0	0	346