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Head Coach : Tom Landry 1988 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1988 Team Roster

36 Vince Albritton LB
87 Ray Alexander WR
40 Bill Bates DB
99 Kevin Brooks DT
62 Bob Brotzki T
15 Cornell Burbage WR
57 Ron Burton LB
89 Thornton Chandler TE
42 Daryl Clack RB
59 Garry Cobb LB
84 Doug Cosbie TE
55 Steve DeOssie LB
26 Michael Downs DB
81 Kelvin Edwards WR
85 Steve Folsom TE
46 Todd Fowler FB
38 Ron Francis DB
80 Everett Gay WR
66 Kevin Gogan T
45 Manny Hendrix DB
21 Mark Higgs RB
88 Michael Irvin WR
53 Garth Jax LB
77 Jim Jeffcoat DE
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones DE
68 Crawford Ker G
56 Eugene Lockhart LB
83 Kelvin Martin WR
30 Timmy Newsome FB
61 Nate Newton G
73 Danny Noonan DT
51 Ken Norton Jr. LB
62 Paul Oswald G
31 Billy Owens DB
16 Steve Pelluer QB
64 Tom Rafferty C
9 Roger Ruzek K
4 Mike Saxon P
52 Sean Scott LB
22 Victor Scott DB
79 Daryle Smith T
19 Kevin Sweeney QB
63 Glen Titensor G
71 Mark Tuinei T
95 Mark Walen DT
34 Herschel Walker AP PB HB
24 Everson Walls DB
54 Randy White DT
56 Bob White T
11 Danny White QB
78 Dave Widell T
23 Robert Williams DB
41 Charles Wright DB
6 Luis Zendejas K
76 Jeff Zimmerman G
*starters - all pro - probowl

1988 Draft

1 Michael Irvin WR Miami
2 Ken Norton Jr. LB UCLA
3 Mark Hutson G Oklahoma
4 Dave Widell T Boston College
5 to Phoenix
6 Scott Secules QB Virginia
7 Owen Hooven T Oregon State
8 Mark Higgs RB Kentucky
9 Brian Bedford WR California
10 Billy Owens DB Pittsburgh
11 Chad Hennings DT Air Force
12 Ben Hummel LB UCLA


1988 Schedule

Sept. 4 at Pittsburgh 24-21
Sept. 12 at Phoenix 17-14
Sept. 18

NY GIANTS

12-10
Sept. 29 ATLANTA 26-20
Oct. 3 at New Orleans 20-17
Oct. 9 WASHINGTON 35-17
Oct. 16 at Chicago 17-7
Oct. 23 at Philadelphia 24-23
Oct. 30 PHOENIX 16-10
Nov. 6 at NY Giants 29-21
Nov. 13

MINNESOTA

43-3
Nov. 20 CINCINNATI 38-24
Nov. 24 HOUSTON 25-17
Dec. 4 at Cleveland 24-21
Dec. 11 at Washington 24-17
Dec. 18 PHILADELPHIA 23-7

1988 NFC East Standings

PHI 10 6 0 .625
NYG 10 6 0 .625
WAS 7 9 0 .438
PHO 7 9 0 .438
DAL 3 13 0 .188

1988 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 555 307 55.3 3727 6.7 21 27
OPP 523 264 50.5 3883 7.4 30 10
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 469 1995 4.3 10 265 16.6
OPP 454 1858 4.1 13 381 23.8

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Ruzek

12/22 32/32 63

Zendejas

1/3 5/5 8
DAL 13/25 32/32 71
OPP 24/29 41/44 113

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Clack 32 690 21.6 40 0
Burbage 20 448 22.4 53 0
Martin 12 210 17.5 31 0
Higgs 2 31 15.5 17 0
Smith 2 24 12.0 13 0
B.White 1 7 7.0 7 0
DAL 69 1410 20.2 53 0
OPP 56 1060 18.9 44 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Saxon 80 3271 40.9 15 24 55 0 34.2
OPP 86 3574 41.6 6 19 70 0 36.0

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Martin 44 15 360 8.2 21 0
Walls 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 45 15 360 8.0 21 0
OPP 27 15 239 6.5 18 0
Passing
  Att Comp Yds % Avg TD Int Rtg
Pelluer 435 245 3139 56.3 7.22 17 19 73.9
Sweeney 78 33 314 42.3 4.02 3 5 40.2
D.White 42 29 274 69.1 6.52 1 3 65.0
DAL 555 307 3727 55.3 6.72 21 27 68.5
OPP 523 264 3883 50.5 7.42 30 10 86.2

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walker 361 1514 4.2 38 5
Pelluer 51 314 6.2 27 2
Newsome 32 75 2.3 8 3
Clack 11 54 4.9 17 0
Sweeney 6 34 5.7 10 0
Fowler 3 6 2.0 4 0
Irvin 1 2 2.0 2 0
Martin 4 -4 -1.0 11 0
DAL 469 1995 4.3 38 10
OPP 454 1858 3.1 51t 13

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Alexander 54 788 14.6 50t 6
Walker 53 505 9.5 50 2
Martin 49 622 12.7 35t 3
Irvin 32 654 20.4 61t 5
Newsome 30 236 7.9 32 0
Chandler 18 186 10.3 29 1
Clack 17 126 7.4 18 1
Gay 15 205 13.7 25 1
Cosbie 12 112 9.3 21 0
Fowler 10 64 6.4 13 0
Folsom 9 84 9.3 20 2
Edwards 5 93 18.6 27 0
Burbage 2 50 25.0 41 0
Newton 1 2 2.0 2 0
DAL 307 3727 12.1 61t 21
OPP 264 3883 14.7 73t 30

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Williams 2 18 9.0 12 0
Downs 2 3 1.5 3 0
Walls 2 0 0.0 0 0
Francis 1 29 29.0 29 0
Noonan 1 17 17.0 17t 1
Bates 1 0 0.0 0 0
Hendrix 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 10 67 6.7 29 1
OPP 27 314 11.6 66 0