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Head Coach : Tom Landry 1987 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1987 Team Roster
21 David Adams HB
36 Vince Albritton LB
35 Jimmy Armstrong DB
62 Brian Baldinger T
87 Gordon Banks WR
80 Rod Barksdale WR
40 Bill Bates DB
28 Alvin Blount RB
84 Rich Borresen TE
1 Kerry Brady K
99 Kevin Brooks DT
15 Cornell Burbage WR
73 Dave Burnette T
57 Ron Burton LB
79 Sal Cesario G
85 Thornton Chandler TE
77 Steve Cisowski T
42 Daryl Clack RB
41 Anthony Coleman DB
84 Doug Cosbie TE
81 Vince Courville WR
55 Steve DeOssie LB
33 Tony Dorsett RB
26 Michael Downs DB
52 Chris Duliban LB
78 John Dutton DE
71 Mike Dwyer DT
81 Kelvin Edwards WR
55 Harry Flaherty LB
85 Steve Folsom TE
46 Todd Fowler FB
38 Ron Francis DB
66 Kevin Gogan T
48 Alex Green DB
27 Tommy Haynes DB
58 Mike Hegman LB
45 Manny Hendrix DB
85 Tim Hendrix TE
31 Bill Hill DB
58 Jeff Hurd LB
53 Garth Jax LB
77 Jim Jeffcoat DE
91 Walt Johnson DT
39 E.J. Jones HB
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones DE
51 Dale Jones LB
68 Crawford Ker G
29 Robert Lavette RB
67 George Lilja C
20 Bruce Livingston DB
56 Eugene Lockhart LB
83 Kelvin Martin WR
30 Timmy Newsome FB
61 Nate Newton G
73 Danny Noonan DT
16 Steve Pelluer QB
59 Jesse Penn LB
92 Ray Perkins DE
75 Phil Pozderac T
64 Tom Rafferty C
82 Mike Renfro WR
50 Jeff Roher LB
9 Roger Ruzek AP K
8 Buzz Sawyer P
4 Mike Saxon P
47 Chuck Scott WR
22 Victor Scott DB
67 Joe Shearin C
63 Jon Shields OL
53 Victor Simmons LB
60 Don Smerek DT
79 Daryle Smith T
18 Loren Snyder QB
80 Sebron Spivey WR
51 Russ Swan LB
19 Kevin Sweeney QB
59 Kirk Timmer LB
71 Mark Tuinei T
95 Mark Walen DT
67 Gary Walker OL
34 Herschel Walker AP PB HB
24 Everson Walls DB
94 Randy Watts DE
37 Gerald White HB
54 Randy White DT
70 Bob White OL
11 Danny White QB
23 Robert Williams DB
6 Luis Zendejas K
62 Mike Zentic C
76 Jeff Zimmerman G
*starters - all pro - probowl

1987 Draft

1 Danny Noonan DT Nebraska
2 Ron Francis DB Baylor
3 Jeff Zimmerman G Florida
4 Kelvin Martin WR Boston College
5 Everett Gay WR Texas
6 Joe Onosai G Hawaii
7 Kevin Sweeney QB Fresno State
8 Kevin Gogan T Washington
9 Alvin Blount RB Maryland
10 Dale Jones LB Tennessee
11 Jeff Ward K Texas
12 Scott Armstrong LB Florida

1987 Schedule
Sept. 13 at St. Louis 24-13
Sept. 20 at NY Giants 16-14

PLAYERS STRIKE

Replacement Players For Next 3 Weeks
Oct. 4 at NY Jets 38-24
Oct. 11 PHILADELPHIA 41-22
Oct. 19 WASHINGTON 13-7
Oct. 25 at Philadelphia 37-20
Nov. 2 NY GIANTS 33-24
Nov. 8 at Detroit 27-17
Nov. 15 at New England 23-17ot
Nov. 22

MIAMI

 20-14
Nov. 26 MINNESOTA 44-38ot
Dec. 6 ATLANTA 21-10
Dec. 13 at Washington 24-20
Dec. 21 at LA Rams 29-21
Dec. 27 ST. LOUIS 21-16

1987 NFC East Standings
WAS 11 4 0 .733
DAL 7 8 0 .467
StL 7 8 0 .467
PHI 7 8 0 .467
NYG 6 9 0 .400

1987 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 500 288 57.6 3594 7.2 19 20
OPP 502 269 53.6 3781 7.5 21 23
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 465 1865 4.0 17 340 22.7
OPP 459 1617 3.5 19 348 23.2

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Ruzek

 22/25 26/26 92

Zendejas

 3/4 10/10 19
DAL 25/29 37/37 111
OPP 19/29 39/41 96

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Clack 29 635 21.9 48 0
Martin 12 237 19.8 38 0
Edwards 7 155 22.1 32 0
Adams 6 113 18.8 27 0
Lavette 4 72 18.0 22 0
Spivey 2 49 24.5 29 0
Newsome 2 22 11.0 12 0
Chandler 1 7 7.0 7 0
Borresen 1 5 5.0 5 0
DAL 64 1295 20.2 48 0
OPP 65 1281 19.7 45 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Saxon 68 2685 39.5 5 20 63 0 34.2
Sawyer 16 639 39.9 1 3 54 0 31.4
DAL 84 3324 39.6 6 23 63 0 33.7
OPP 75 3042 40.6 7 14 64 1 34.0

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Martin 22 2 216 9.8 38 0
Edwards 8 1 75 9.4 13 0
Banks 5 1 33 6.6 12 0
Burbage 5 1 29 5.8 13 0
Livingston 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 41 5 353 8.6 38 0
OPP 45 17 376 8.4 78t 1























Passing
  Att Comp Yds % Avg TD Int Rtg
D.White 362 215 2617 59.4 7.23 12 17 73.2
Pelluer 101 55 642 54.5 6.36 3 2 75.6
Sweeney 28 14 291 50.0 10.39 4 1 111.8
Snyder 9 4 44 44.4 4.89 0 0 59.5
DAL 500 288 3594 57.6 7.19 19 20 76.0
OPP 502 269 3781 53.6 7.53 21 23 73.0

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walker 209 891 4.3 60t 7
Dorsett 130 456 3.5 24 1
Pelluer 25 142 5.7 21 1
Blount 46 125 2.7 15 3
Newsome 25 121 4.8 24t 2
Edwards 2 61 30.5 62t 1
Adams 7 49 7.0 27t 1
D.White 10 14 1.4 8 1
Sweeney 5 8 1.6 5 0
E.J.Jones 2 7 3.5 5 0
Snyder 2 0 0.0 0 0
G.White 1 -4 -4.0 -4 0
Cosbie 1 -5 -5.0 -5 0
DAL 465 1865 4.0 62t 17
OPP 459 1617 3.5 52t 19

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walker 60 715 11.9 44 1
Renfro 46 662 14.4 43 4
Cosbie 36 421 11.7 30 3
Edwards 34 521 15.3 38t 3
Newsome 34 274 8.1 30 2
Dorsett 19 177 9.3 33 1
Banks 15 231 15.4 34 1
Barksdale 12 165 13.8 22 1
Burbage 7 168 24.0 77t 2
Martin 5 103 20.6 33 0
G.White 5 46 9.2 14 0
Chandler 5 25 5.0 9 1
E.J.Jones 3 16 5.3 10 0
Spivey 2 34 17.0 25 0
C.Scott 1 11 11.0 11 0
Adams 1 8 8.0 8 0
Fowler 1 6 6.0 6 0
Lavette 1 6 6.0 6 0
Blount 1 5 5.0 5 0
DAL 288 3594 12.5 77t 19
OPP 269 3781 14.1 62t 21

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walls 5 38 7.6 30 0
Downs 4 56 14.0 27 0
Bates 3 28 9.3 28 0
Haynes 3 7 2.3 7 0
Francis 2 18 9.0 18t 1
Jeffcoat 1 26 26.0 26t 1
Penn 1 21 21.0 21 0
Lockhart 1 13 13.0 13 0
Scott 1 1 1.0 1 0
Green 1 0 0.0 0 0
R.White 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 23 208 9.0 30 2
OPP 20 279 14.0 69 0