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Head Coach : Jimmy Johnson 1989 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1989 Team Roster
8 Troy Aikman QB
36 Vince Albritton LB
87 Ray Alexander WR
81 Scott Ankrom WR
40 Bill Bates DB
79 Willie Broughton DT
33 Eric Brown DB
82 Cornell Burbage WR
57 Ron Burton LB
75 Jon Carter DT
89 Thornton Chandler TE
42 Daryl Clack RB
59 Garry Cobb LB
55 Jack DelRio LB
86 James Dixon WR
53 Onzy Elam LB
85 Steve Folsom TE
80 Bernard Ford WR
38 Ron Francis DB
66 Kevin Gogan T
60 Dean Hamel DT
58 Steve Hendrickson LB
45 Manny Hendrix DB
30 Issiac Holt DB
20 Ray Horton DB
99 David Howard LB
88 Michael Irvin WR
32 Tim Jackson DB
77 Jim Jeffcoat DE
84 Keith Jennings TE
48 Daryl Johnston FB
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones DE
68 Crawford Ker G
15 Babe Laufenberg QB
97 Kevin Lilly DT
56 Eugene Lockhart AP LB
83 Kelvin Martin WR
61 Nate Newton G
73 Danny Noonan DT
51 Ken Norton Jr. LB
26 Paul Palmer HB
64 Tom Rafferty C
9 Roger Ruzek K
39 Broderick Sargent FB
4 Mike Saxon P
35 Kevin Scott HB
94 Randy Shannon LB
87 Derrick Shepard WR
67 Sean Smith DT
54 Jesse Solomon LB
53 Mark Stepnoski C
28 Curtis Stewart HB
25 Junior Tautalatasi HB
98 Ken Tippens LB
92 Tony Tolbert DE
71 Mark Tuinei T
34 Herschel Walker HB
24 Everson Walls DB
3 Steve Walsh QB
65 Bob White G
78 Dave Widell T
23 Robert Williams DB
6 Luis Zendejas K
76 Jeff Zimmerman G
*starters - all pro - probowl

1989 Draft

1 Troy Aikman QB UCLA
2 Steve Wisniewski G Penn State
2 Daryl Johnston FB Syracuse
3 Mark Stepnoski C Pittsburgh
3 Rhondy Weston DE Florida
4 Tony Tolbert DE Texas-El Paso
5 Keith Jennings TE Clemson
5 Willis Crockett LB Georgia Tech
5 Jeff Roth DT Florida
6 to LA Raiders
7 Kevin Peterson LB Northwestern
8 Charvez Foger RB Nevada-Reno
9 Tim Jackson DB Nebraska
10 Rod Carter LB Miami
11 Randy Shannon LB Miami
12 Scott Ankrom WR Texas Christian

1990 Supplemental Draft
1 Steve Walsh QB Miami

1989 Schedule
Sept. 10 at New Orleans 28-0
Sept. 17 at Atlanta 27-21
Sept. 24

WASHINGTON

 30-7
Oct. 1 NY GIANTS 30-13
Oct. 8 at Green Bay 31-13
Oct. 15 SAN FRANCISCO 31-14
Oct. 22 at Kansas City 36-28
Oct. 29 PHOENIX 19-10
Nov. 5 at Washington 13-3
Nov. 12 at Phoenix 24-20
Nov. 19

MIAMI

 17-14
Nov. 23 PHILADELPHIA 27-0
Dec. 3 LA RAMS 35-31
Dec. 10 at Philadelphia 20-10
Dec. 16 at NY Giants 15-0
Dec. 24 GREEN BAY 20-10

1989 NFC East Standings
NYG 12 4 0 .750
*PHI 11 5 0 .688
WAS 10 6 0 .625
PHO 5 11 0 .313
DAL 1 15 0 .063
*Wild Card

1989 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 513 266 51.9 3134 6.1 14 27
OPP 488 301 61.7 3748 7.7 21 7
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 355 1409 4.0 7 204 12.8
OPP 543 1991 3.7 17 393 24.6

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Ruzek

 5/11 14/15 29

Zendejas

 5/9 10/10 25
DAL 10/20 24/25 54
OPP 28/35 43/44 127

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dixon 47 1181 25.1 97t 1
Shepard 19 394 20.7 32 0
Clack 3 56 18.7 24 0
Burbage 3 55 18.3 22 0
Ankrom 2 6 3.0 5 0
Tautalatasi 1 9 9.0 9 0
Chandler 1 8 8.0 8 0
Sargent 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 77 1709 22.2 97t 1
OPP 46 853 18.5 34 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Saxon 81 3233 40.9 6 19 56 2 34.3
Ruzek 1 28 28.0 0 0 28 0 28.0
DAL 82 3261 39.8 6 19 56 2 34.2
OPP 73 2911 39.9 7 28 58 0 35.3

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Shepard 24 1 160 6.7 17 0
Martin 4 5 32 8.0 12 0
Burbage 3 5 5 1.7 5 0
DAL 31 11 197 6.4 17 0
OPP 38 17 334 8.8 56t 1




Passing
  Att Comp Yds % Avg TD Int Rtg
Aikman 293 155 1749 52.9 5.97 9 18 55.7
Walsh 219 110 1371 50.2 6.26 5 9 60.5
Saxon 1 1 4 100.0 4.00 0 0 40.2
DAL 513 266 3124 51.9 6.09 14 27 57.8
OPP 488 301 3748 61.7 7.68 21 7 93.9

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Palmer 112 446 4.0 63t 2
Aikman 38 302 7.9 25 0
Walker 81 246 3.0 20t 2
Johnston 67 212 3.2 13 0
Sargent 20 87 4.4 43 1
Clack 14 40 2.9 17 2
Dixon 3 30 10.0 13 0
Walsh 6 16 2.7 14 0
Tautalatasi 6 15 2.5 6 0
Shepard 3 12 4.0 12 0
Irvin 1 6 6.0 6 0
Saxon 1 1 1.0 1 0
Bates 1 0 0.0 0 0
Scott 2 -4 -2.0 -1 0
DAL 355 1409 4.0 63t 7
OPP 543 1991 3.7 25 17

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Martin 46 644 14.0 46 2
Folsom 28 265 9.5 26 2
Irvin 26 378 14.5 65t 2
Dixon 24 477 19.9 75t 2
Walker 22 261 11.9 52 1
Shepard 18 268 14.9 37t 1
Tautalatasi 17 157 9.2 23 0
Burbage 17 134 7.9 15 0
Palmer 17 93 5.5 13 0
Johnston 16 133 8.3 28 3
Scott 9 63 7.0 12 0
Ford 7 78 11.1 21 1
Sargent 6 50 8.3 21 0
Jennings 6 47 7.8 14 0
Clack 4 69 17.3 44 0
Alexander 1 16 16.0 16 0
Ruzek 1 4 4.0 4 0
Aikman 1 -13 -13.0 -13 0
DAL 266 3124 11.7 75t 14
OPP 301 3748 12.5 79t 21

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Lockhart 2 14 7.0 12 0
Bates 1 18 18.0 18 0
Albritton 1 3 3.0 3 0
Fracis 1 2 2.0 2 0
Burton 1 0 0.0 0 0
Horton 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 7 37 5.3 18 0
OPP 27 396 14.7 53t 3