1989 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 1-15
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (1-15)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1989 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 1 wins and 15 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
Jimmy Johnson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Troy Aikman | 293 | 155 | 52.9 | 1749 | 6.0 | 9 | 3.1 | 18 | 6.1 | 75 | 19 | 155 | 55.7 | Steve Walsh | 219 | 110 | 50.2 | 1371 | 6.3 | 5 | 2.3 | 9 | 4.1 | 46 | 11 | 84 | 60.5 | Mike Saxon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 513 | 266 | 51.9 | 3124 | 6.1 | 14 | 2.7 | 27 | 5.3 | 75 | 30 | 239 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Palmer | 112 | 446 | 4.0 | 63 | 2 | Troy Aikman | 38 | 302 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 | Herschel Walker | 81 | 246 | 3.0 | 20 | 2 | Daryl Johnston | 67 | 212 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 43 | 1 | Darryl Clack | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 17 | 2 | James Dixon | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 | Steve Walsh | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 | Junior Tautalatasi | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 | Derrick Shepard | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 | Michael Irvin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Mike Saxon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Bill Bates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Scott | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 355 | 1409 | 4.0 | 63 | 7 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kelvin Martin | 46 | 644 | 14.0 | 46 | 2 | Steve Folsom | 28 | 265 | 9.5 | 26 | 2 | Michael Irvin | 26 | 378 | 14.5 | 65 | 2 | James Dixon | 24 | 477 | 19.9 | 75 | 2 | Herschel Walker | 22 | 261 | 11.9 | 52 | 1 | Derrick Shepard | 18 | 268 | 14.9 | 37 | 1 | Junior Tautalatasi | 17 | 157 | 9.2 | 23 | 0 | Cornell Burbage | 17 | 134 | 7.9 | 15 | 0 | Paul Palmer | 17 | 93 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | Daryl Johnston | 16 | 133 | 8.3 | 28 | 3 | Kevin Scott | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 | Bernard Ford | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 21 | 1 | Broderick Sargent | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 | Keith Jennings | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 | Darryl Clack | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 44 | 0 | Ray Alexander | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Roger Ruzek | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Troy Aikman | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 266 | 3124 | 11.7 | 75 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Roger Ruzek | 15 | 14 | 93.3 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 29 | Luis Zendejas | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 24 | 96.0 | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 54 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Saxon | 79 | 3233 | 40.9 | 56 | Roger Ruzek | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 80 | 3261 | 40.8 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Derrick Shepard | 24 | 160 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 | Kelvin Martin | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 | Cornell Burbage | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 197 | 6.4 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | James Dixon | 47 | 1181 | 25.1 | 97 | 1 | Derrick Shepard | 19 | 394 | 20.7 | 32 | 0 | Darryl Clack | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | Cornell Burbage | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 | Junior Tautalatasi | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Thornton Chandler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Scott Ankrom | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 77 | 1709 | 22.2 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eugene Lockhart | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 | Bill Bates | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Vince Albritton | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Ron Francis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | Ron Burton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Horton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Jim Jeffcoat | 11.5 | 0.0 | Dean Hamel | 3.5 | 0.0 | Willie Broughton | 3.0 | 0.0 | Ken Norton | 2.5 | 0.0 | Eugene Lockhart | 2.0 | 0.0 | Tony Tolbert | 2.0 | 0.0 | Ray Horton | 1.0 | 0.0 | Too Jones | 1.0 | 0.0 | Danny Noonan | 1.0 | 0.0 | Manny Hendrix | 0.5 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 28.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jim Jeffcoat | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 1 | 0 | Willie Broughton | 92 | 92 | 0 | 0 | Ken Norton | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Jack Del Rio | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 0 | Tony Tolbert | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | Jesse Solomon | 43 | 43 | 0 | 0 | Bill Bates | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Tippins | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Troy Aikman | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Stepnoski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Junior Tautalatasi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Steve Walsh | 3 | 2 | -14 | 0 | 0 | Eugene Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | Manny Hendrix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | James Dixon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Ankrom | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Irvin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Albritton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roger Ruzek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darryl Clack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Broderick Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Derrick Shepard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Palmer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Daryl Johnston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Herschel Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 472 | 472 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 161 | 3 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 29 | Luis Zendejas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 25 | James Dixon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Herschel Walker | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Daryl Johnston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Steve Folsom | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Darryl Clack | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Kelvin Martin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Michael Irvin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Paul Palmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Derrick Shepard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bernard Ford | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Eugene Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Jeffcoat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Broderick Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jack Del Rio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
