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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys - December 6th, 1987
Atlanta Falcons 21 at Dallas Cowboys 10
Sunday, December 6, 1987
Atlanta Falcons 21, Dallas Cowboys 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (3-9-0) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Dallas Cowboys (5-7-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Scoring
| ATL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Floyd Dixon 28 yard pass from Scott Campbell (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Robert Moore 20 yard fumble return (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| DAL | Roger Ruzek 44 yard field goal | 14 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Herschel Walker 1 yard rush (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3rd | ATL | Scott Campbell 1 yard rush (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 21 | 10 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-111-1 | 27-91-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-30-253-1-2 | 26-43-286-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-23 |
| Net pass yards | 253 | 263 |
| Total yards | 364 | 354 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-68 | 3-42 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Scott Campbell | ATL | 17 | 30 | 253 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Gerald Riggs | ATL | 30 | 119 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Floyd Dixon | ATL | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | 7 | 80 | 1 | 28 | ||||||
| John Settle | ATL | 2 | 62 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Aubrey Matthews | ATL | 3 | 45 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Brown | ATL | 2 | 43 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Larry Emery | ATL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Pelluer | DAL | 18 | 31 | 203 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 15 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Kelvin Edwards | DAL | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 88 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | DAL | 6 | 68 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 3 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 8 | 12 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 7 | 33 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Rod Barksdale | DAL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| James Britt | ATL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Greg Brown | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Casillas | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Emery | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Harrison | ATL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Johnson | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 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 | |||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Michael Downs | DAL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||