Sunday, September 14, 1986
Dallas Cowboys 31, Detroit Lions 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0) | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Detroit Lions (1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| DAL | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DAL | Tony Dorsett 5 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome 15 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 27 yard field goal | 17 | 0 | |
| 4th | DAL | Danny White 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | Herschel Walker 7 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 31 | 0 | |
| DET | James R. Jones 1 yard rush (Eddie Murray kick) | 31 | 7 |
| DAL | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-197-3 | 23-80-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-32-202-1-2 | 14-28-123-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-11 | 2-19 |
| Net pass yards | 191 | 104 |
| Total yards | 388 | 184 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-35 | 8-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 23 | 117 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 20 | 31 | 184 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 6 | 51 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 6 | 66 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Gordon Banks | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 2 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | DAL | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| James R. Jones | DET | 14 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 3 | 55 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Eric Hipple | DET | 10 | 16 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Garry James | DET | 8 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carl Bland | DET | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| David Lewis | DET | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | DET | 4 | 12 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mike Black | DET | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Jeffcoat | DAL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Lavette | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Carl Bland | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leon Evans | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Ferguson | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Herman Hunter | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eric Williams | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Williams | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||