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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons - September 17th, 1989
Dallas Cowboys 21 at Atlanta Falcons 27
Sunday, September 17, 1989
Dallas Cowboys 21, Atlanta Falcons 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (0-2-0) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-1-0) | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
Scoring
| DAL | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Michael Irvin 65 yard pass from Troy Aikman (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 0 |
| ATL | Bobby Butler 29 yard fumble return (Paul McFadden kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| DAL | Herschel Walker 4 yard rush (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | ATL | Paul McFadden 28 yard field goal | 14 | 10 |
| DAL | Herschel Walker 20 yard rush (Roger Ruzek kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Paul McFadden 38 yard field goal | 21 | 13 |
| ATL | Kenny Flowers 1 yard rush (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 20 | |
| 4th | ATL | John Settle 4 yard rush (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 27 |
Team Stats
| DAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-108-2 | 30-90-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-23-241-1-2 | 21-29-255-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-12 |
| Net pass yards | 241 | 243 |
| Total yards | 349 | 333 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-85 | 3-17 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 23 | 85 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 52 | ||||||
| Troy Aikman | DAL | 13 | 23 | 241 | 1 | 2 | 65 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Irvin | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 115 | 1 | 65 | ||||||
| Steve Folsom | DAL | 2 | 26 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Scott | DAL | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Broderick Sargent | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Daryl Johnston | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chris Miller | ATL | 21 | 29 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Shawn Collins | ATL | 5 | 95 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| John Settle | ATL | 23 | 82 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Michael Haynes | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Ron Heller | ATL | 5 | 51 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Gene Lang | ATL | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Brad Beckman | ATL | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Flowers | ATL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Scott Ankrom | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| James Dixon | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Norton | DAL | 2.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Scott Case | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith L. Jones | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Deion Sanders | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||