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Head Coach : Tom Landry 1986 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1986 Team Roster
36 Vince Albritton LB
66 Jesse Baker DE
62 Brian Baldinger DT
87 Gordon Banks WR
40 Bill Bates DB
99 Kevin Brooks DE
85 Thornton Chandler TE
42 Darryl Clack HB
10 Reggie Collier QB
61 Jim Cooper T
84 Doug Cosbie TE
55 Steve DeOssie LB
33 Tony Dorsett RB
26 Michael Downs DB
78 John Dutton DE
27 Ron Fellows DB
46 Todd Fowler FB
44 Cornell Gowdy DB
58 Mike Hegman LB
45 Manny Hendrix DB
80 Tony Hill   WR
23 Johnny Holloway DB
53 Garth Jax LB
77 Jim Jeffcoat DE
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones DE
68 Crawford Ker G
29 Robert Lavette RB
56 Eugene Lockhart LB
14 Paul McDonald QB
30 Timmy Newsome FB
61 Nate Newton G
76 Bob Otto DT
16 Steve Pelluer QB
59 Jesse Penn LB
81 Karl Powe WR
75 Phil Pozderac T
64 Tom Rafferty C
82 Mike Renfro WR
70 Howard Richards T
50 Jeff Roher LB
4 Mike Saxon P
22 Victor Scott DB
1 Rafael Septien K
86 Mike Sherrard WR
60 Don Smerek DT
63 Glen Titensor G
71 Mark Tuinei T
34 Herschel Walker HB
24 Everson Walls   DB
54 Randy White   DT
11 Danny White QB
*starters - all pro - probowl

1986 Draft

1 Mike Sherrard WR UCLA
2 Darryl Clack RB Arizona State
3 Mark Walen DT UCLA
4 Max Zendajas K Arizona
5 to San Francisco
6 Thornton Chandler TE Alabama
6 Stan Gelbaugh QB Maryland
6 Lloyd Yancy G Temple
7 Johnny Holloway WR Kansas
8 Topper Clemons RB Wake Forest
9 John Ionata G Florida State
10 Bryan Chester G Texas
11 Garth Jax LB Florida State
12 Chris Duliban LB Texas
12 Tony Flack DB Georgia




1986 Schedule
Sept. 8 NY GIANTS 31-28
Sept. 14 at Detroit 31-7
Sept. 21

ATLANTA

 35-37
Sept. 29 at St. Louis 31-7
Oct. 5 at Denver 14-29
Oct. 12 WASHINGTON 30-6
Oct. 19 at Philadelphia 17-14
Oct. 26 ST. LOUIS 37-6
Nov. 2 at NY Giants 14-17
Nov. 9 LA RAIDERS 13-17
Nov. 16

at San Diego

 24-21
Nov. 23 at Washington 14-41
Nov. 27 SEATTLE 14-31
Dec. 7 at LA RAMS 10-29
Dec. 14 PHILADELPHIA 21-23
Dec. 21 CHICAGO 10-24

1986 NFC East Standings
NYG 14 2 0 .875
*WAS 12 4 0 .750
DAL 7 9 0 .438
PHI 5 11 0 .344
StL 4 12 0 .281
*Wild Card

1986 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 547 319 58.3 4003 7.3 21 24
OPP 464 226 48.7 3149 6.8 21 17
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 447 1969 4.4 21 346 21.6
OPP 500 2200 4.4 17 337 21.0

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 15/21 43/43 88
OPP 16/30 39/41 87

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Lavette 36 699 19.4 37 0
Clack 19 421 51 25 0
Newsome 2 32 16.0 18 0
Banks 1 56 56.0 56 0
Tuinei 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 59 1208 20.5 56 0
OPP 66 1358 20.6 38 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Saxon 87 3498 40.2 10 28 58 1 34.5
OPP 87 3620 41.6 9 17 62 1 36.6

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Banks 27 14 160 5.9 20 0
Lavette 18 3 92 5.1 28 0
Holloway 3 0 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 46 17 252 5.5 28 0
OPP 41 14 301 7.3 26 0

Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
Pelluer 378 215 56.9 2727 7.21 8 17 67.9
D.White 153 95 62.1 1157 7.56 12 5 97.9
Collier 15 8 53.3 96 6.40 1 2 55.8
Renfro 1 1 100.0 23 23.00 0 0 118.8
DAL 547 319 58.3 4003 7.32 21 24 75.7
OPP 464 226 48.7 3149 6.79 21 17 70.8

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 184 748 4.1 33 5
Walker 151 737 4.9 84t 12
Pelluer 41 255 6.2 21 1
Newsome 34 110 3.2 13 2
Collier 6 53 8.8 21 0
Clack 4 19 4.8 8 0
D.White 8 16 2.0 10 1
Sherrard 2 11 5.5 8 0
Cosbie 1 9 9.0 9 0
Lavette 10 6 0.6 5 0
Fowler 6 5 0.8 2 0
DAL 447 1969 4.4 84t 21
OPP 500 2200 4.4 50 17

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walker 76 837 11.0 84t 2
Hill 49 770 15.7 63 3
Newsome 48 421 8.8 30 3
Sherrard 41 744 18.2 68t 5
Cosbie 28 312 11.1 22t 1
Dorsett 25 267 10.7 36t 1
Renfro 22 325 14.8 30t 3
Banks 17 202 11.9 23 0
Chandler 6 57 9.5 15 2
Lavette 5 31 6.2 9 1
Fowler 1 19 19.0 19 0
Clack 1 18 18.0 18 0
DAL 319 4003 12.6 84t 21
OPP 232 3149 13.6 71t 21

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Downs 6 54 9.0 31 0
Fellows 5 46 9.2 34t 1
Walls 3 46 15.3 24 0
Scott 1 31 31.0 31 0
Lockhart 1 5 5.0 5 0
Holloway 1 1 1.0 1 0
DAL 17 183 10.8 34t 1
OPP 24 331 13.8 56 2