1987 Dallas Cowboys Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (7-8)
Location: Dallas, Texas

1987 Dallas Cowboys Roster
1987 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cowboys scored 340 points, but the defense conceded 348. Danny White threw for 2,617 yards. Herschel Walker paced the receiving corps, hauling in 60 passes for 715 yards. Mike Renfro provided receiving help, too.

Herschel Walker ran for a team-best 891 yards for Dallas.

The opportunistic defense led the way with 43 turnovers. Everson Walls intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Too Jones topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 50 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
Danny White	362	215	59.4	2617	7.2	12	3.3	17	4.7	43	44	353	73.2
Steve Pelluer	101	55	54.5	642	6.4	3	3.0	2	2.0	44	5	35	75.6
Kevin Sweeney	28	14	50.0	291	10.4	4	14.3	1	3.6	77	3	15	111.8
Loren Snyder	9	4	44.4	44	4.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	0	0	59.5
Totals	500	288	57.6	3594	7.2	19	3.8	20	4.0	77	52	403

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Herschel Walker	209	891	4.3	60	7
Tony Dorsett	130	456	3.5	24	1
Steve Pelluer	25	142	5.7	21	1
Alvin Blount	46	125	2.7	15	3
Timmy Newsome	25	121	4.8	24	2
Kelvin Edwards	2	61	30.5	62	1
David Adams	7	49	7.0	27	1
Danny White	10	14	1.4	8	1
Kevin Sweeney	5	8	1.6	5	0
E.J. Jones	2	7	3.5	5	0
Loren Snyder	2	0	0.0	0	0
Gerald White	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Doug Cosbie	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Totals	465	1865	4.0	62	17

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Herschel Walker	60	715	11.9	44	1
Mike Renfro	46	662	14.4	43	4
Doug Cosbie	36	421	11.7	30	3
Kelvin Edwards	34	521	15.3	38	3
Timmy Newsome	34	274	8.1	30	2
Tony Dorsett	19	177	9.3	33	1
Gordon Banks	15	231	15.4	34	1
Rod Barksdale	12	165	13.8	22	1
Cornell Burbage	7	168	24.0	77	2
Kelvin Martin	5	103	20.6	33	0
Gerald White	5	46	9.2	14	0
Thornton Chandler	5	25	5.0	9	1
E.J. Jones	3	16	5.3	10	0
Sebron Spivey	2	34	17.0	25	0
Chuck Scott	1	11	11.0	11	0
David Adams	1	8	8.0	8	0
Todd Fowler	1	6	6.0	6	0
Robert Lavette	1	6	6.0	6	0
Alvin Blount	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	288	3594	12.5	77	19

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Roger Ruzek	26	26	100.0	25	22	88.0	92
Luis Zendejas	10	10	100.0	4	3	75.0	19
Kerry Brady	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	37	37	100.0	29	25	86.2	112

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Saxon	68	2685	39.5	63
Buzz Sawyer	16	639	39.9	54
Totals	84	3324	39.6	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kelvin Martin	22	216	9.8	38
Kelvin Edwards	8	75	9.4	13
Gordon Banks	5	33	6.6	12
Cornell Burbage	5	29	5.8	13
Bruce Livingston	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	41	353	8.6	38

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Darryl Clack	29	635	21.9	48
Kelvin Martin	12	237	19.8	38
Kelvin Edwards	7	155	22.1	32
David Adams	6	113	18.8	27
Robert Lavette	4	72	18.0	22
Sebron Spivey	2	49	24.5	29
Timmy Newsome	2	22	11.0	12
Thornton Chandler	1	7	7.0	7
Rich Borresen	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	64	1295	20.2	48

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Everson Walls	5	38	7.6	30	0
Michael Downs	4	56	14.0	27	0
Bill Bates	3	28	9.3	28	0
Tommy Haynes	3	7	2.3	7	0
Ron Francis	2	18	9.0	18	1
Jim Jeffcoat	1	26	26.0	26	1
Jesse Penn	1	21	21.0	21	0
Eugene Lockhart	1	13	13.0	13	0
Victor Scott	1	1	1.0	1	0
Alex Green	1	0	0.0	0	0
Randy White	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	23	208	9.0	30	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Too Jones	10.0
Randy White	6.0
Jim Jeffcoat	5.0
Jeff Rohrer	4.0
Mike Hegman	3.0
Randy Watts	3.0
Tommy Haynes	3.0
Kevin Brooks	3.0
Bill Bates	3.0
Ray Perkins	2.0
Eugene Lockhart	2.0
Chris Duliban	2.0
Danny Noonan	1.0
Mark Walen	1.0
Mike Dwyer	1.0
Walt Johnson	1.0
Totals	50.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Bill Bates	81	81	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	44	44	0	0	0	2	8	1
Steve DeOssie	26	26	0
Danny White					9	3	-7	0
Mike Dwyer					0	2	0	0
Jeff Rohrer					0	2	0	0
Dale Jones					0	2	26	0
Eugene Lockhart				0	0	1	0	0
Kevin Brooks					0	1	0	0
Too Jones					0	1	0	0
David Adams					2	1	0	0
Herschel Walker					4	1	0	0
Robert Williams					0	1	0	0
Tom Rafferty					0	1	0	0
Manny Hendrix					0	1	0	0
Ron Francis				0	0	1	2	0
Victor Scott				0	0	1	3	0
Mike Hegman					0	1	0	0
Kevin Sweeney					0	1	0	0
Gordon Banks					1	1	0	0
Michael Downs				0	0	1	0	0
Jesse Penn				0	0	1	0	0
Mark Tuinei					0	1	0	0
Randy Watts					0	1	0	0
Kevin Gogan					0	1	0	0
Ron Burton					0	1	0	0
Loren Snyder					1	0	0	0
Bruce Livingston					1	0	0	0
Timmy Newsome					1	0	0	0
Alvin Blount					1	0	0	0
Mike Renfro					1	0	0	0
George Lilja					1	0	0	0
Kelvin Edwards					1	0	0	0
Kelvin Martin					1	0	0	0
Tony Dorsett					3	0	0	0
Darryl Clack					1	0	0	0
Bob White					2	0	0	0
Totals	151	151	0	0	30	30	32	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Roger Ruzek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	26	0			92
Herschel Walker	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Timmy Newsome	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Kelvin Edwards	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Mike Renfro	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Luis Zendejas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	0			19
Alvin Blount	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Doug Cosbie	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Cornell Burbage	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Tony Dorsett	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jim Jeffcoat	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Thornton Chandler	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Rod Barksdale	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Steve Pelluer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ron Francis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
David Adams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Danny White	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gordon Banks	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Kerry Brady	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	17	19	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	37	0	0	0	340