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1986 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 346 points (21.6/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 337 points (21.1/g), 18th.
Differential of 9 points (0.6/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 8.2-7.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 18th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.1, Offense: 3.0, Defense: -0.9, SoS: 1.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Tom Landry (7-9-0)
Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Steve Pelluer | 24 | 2 | 9 | 215 for 378, 2,727 yards, 8 td, 17 int, & 41 rushes for 255 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 113th pick / 1984 |
| RB | Tony Dorsett | 32 | 9 | 12 | 184 rushes for 748 yards, 5 td, & 25 catches for 267 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| FB | Timmy Newsome | 28 | 6 | 12 | 34 rushes for 110 yards, 2 td, & 48 catches for 421 yards and 3 td | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 162nd pick / 1980 |
| WR | Tony Hill | 30 | 9 | 16 | 49 catches for 770 yards, 3 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| wr | Mike Renfro | 31 | 8 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1978 | |
| TE | Doug Cosbie | 30 | 7 | 15 | 28 catches for 312 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 9 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Mark Tuinei | 26 | 3 | 11 | 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LG | Glen Titensor | 28 | 5 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1981 |
| C | Tom Rafferty | 32 | 10 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| RG | Crawford Ker | 24 | 1 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1985 | |
| RT | Phil Pozderac | 27 | 4 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1982 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Too Tall Jones | 35 | 12 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| LDT | John Dutton | 35 | 12 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| RDT | Randy White | 33 | 11 | 16 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Jim Jeffcoat | 25 | 3 | 16 | 14.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 23rd pick / 1983 |
| LLB | Mike Hegman | 33 | 10 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| MLB | Eugene Lockhart | 25 | 2 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 152nd pick / 1984 |
| RLB | Jeff Rohrer | 28 | 4 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1982 |
| LCB | Everson Walls | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Ron Fellows | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| SS | Bill Bates | 25 | 3 | 15 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Michael Downs | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| Rafael Septien | 33 | 9 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 | ||
| Mike Saxon | 24 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 300th pick / 1984 | ||
| pr | Gordon Banks | 28 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Robert Lavette | 23 | 1 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 103rd pick / 1985 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Vince Albritton | 24 | db | 16 | 1 | 215 | 6-2 | Washington | 7/23/1962 | 2 | 2 | |
| 66 | Jesse Baker | 29 | 3 | 0 | 269 | 6-5 | Jacksonville St. | 7/10/1957 | 7 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1979 | |
| 62 | Brian Baldinger | 26 | 16 | 0 | 278 | 6-4 | Duke | 1/7/1960 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 87 | Gordon Banks | 28 | pr | 16 | 5 | 175 | 5-10 | Stanford | 3/12/1958 | 6 | 2 | |
| 40 | Bill Bates | 25 | SS | 15 | 15 | 204 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/6/1961 | 3 | 6 | |
| 99 | Kevin Brooks | 23 | 9 | 0 | 277 | 6-6 | Michigan | 2/9/1963 | 1 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 17th pick / 1985 | |
| 85 | Thornton Chandler | 23 | te | 15 | 1 | 243 | 6-5 | Florida A&M,Alabama | 11/27/1963 | Rook | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 140th pick / 1986 |
| 42 | Darryl Clack | 23 | 16 | 0 | 219 | 5-10 | Arizona St. | 10/29/1963 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1986 | |
| 10 | Reggie Collier | 25 | qb | 4 | 1 | 207 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 5/14/1961 | Rook | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 162nd pick / 1983 |
| 61 | Jim Cooper | 31 | RT | 12 | 9 | 262 | 6-5 | Temple | 9/28/1955 | 9 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
| 84 | Doug Cosbie | 30 | TE | 16 | 15 | 236 | 6-6 | Holy Cross,Santa Clara | 3/27/1956 | 7 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| 55 | Steve DeOssie | 24 | 16 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Boston Col. | 11/22/1962 | 2 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 110th pick / 1984 | |
| 33 | Tony Dorsett | 32 | RB | 13 | 12 | 192 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 4/7/1954 | 9 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| 26 | Michael Downs | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 205 | 6-3 | Rice | 6/9/1959 | 5 | 9 | |
| 78 | John Dutton | 35 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-6 | Nebraska | 2/6/1951 | 12 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| 27 | Ron Fellows | 28 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/7/1958 | 5 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| 46 | Todd Fowler | 24 | 16 | 0 | 221 | 6-3 | S.F. Austin | 6/9/1962 | 1 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1984 Supp | |
| 44 | Cornell Gowdy | 23 | 3 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Morgan St. | 10/2/1963 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 58 | Mike Hegman | 33 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-1 | Alabama A&M,Tennessee St. | 1/17/1953 | 10 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| 45 | Manny Hendrix | 22 | 13 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Utah | 10/20/1964 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 80 | Tony Hill | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 199 | 6-2 | Stanford | 6/23/1956 | 9 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| 23 | Johnny Holloway | 23 | 16 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Northwestern,Kansas | 11/8/1963 | Rook | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 185th pick / 1986 | |
| 53 | Garth Jax | 23 | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Florida St. | 9/16/1963 | Rook | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 296th pick / 1986 | |
| 77 | Jim Jeffcoat | 25 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 274 | 6-5 | Arizona St. | 4/1/1961 | 3 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 23rd pick / 1983 |
| 72 | Too Tall Jones | 35 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-9 | Tennessee St. | 2/23/1951 | 12 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| 68 | Crawford Ker | 24 | RG | 16 | 16 | 288 | 6-3 | Florida | 5/5/1962 | 1 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1985 |
| 29 | Robert Lavette | 23 | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Georgia Tech | 9/8/1963 | 1 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 103rd pick / 1985 | |
| 56 | Eugene Lockhart | 25 | MLB | 16 | 16 | 234 | 6-2 | Houston | 3/8/1961 | 2 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 152nd pick / 1984 |
| 14 | Paul McDonald | 28 | 1 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | USC | 2/23/1958 | 6 | 0 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 109th pick / 1980 | |
| 30 | Timmy Newsome | 28 | FB | 16 | 12 | 232 | 6-1 | Winston-Salem St. | 5/17/1958 | 6 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 162nd pick / 1980 |
| 67 | Nate Newton | 25 | 11 | 0 | 318 | 6-3 | Florida A&M | 12/20/1961 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 76 | Bob Otto | 24 | 4 | 0 | 251 | 6-6 | Idaho St. | 12/16/1962 | Rook | 0 | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 248th pick / 1985 | |
| 16 | Steve Pelluer | 24 | QB | 16 | 9 | 209 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/29/1962 | 2 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 113th pick / 1984 |
| 59 | Jesse Penn | 24 | 15 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Virginia Tech | 9/6/1962 | 1 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 44th pick / 1985 | |
| 73 | Kurt Ploeger | 24 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 6-5 | Gustavus Adolphus | 12/1/1962 | Rook | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 144th pick / 1985 | |
| 81 | Karl Powe | 24 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | Alabama St. | 1/17/1962 | 1 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 178th pick / 1985 | |
| 75 | Phil Pozderac | 27 | RT | 16 | 10 | 277 | 6-9 | Notre Dame | 12/19/1959 | 4 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1982 |
| 64 | Tom Rafferty | 32 | C | 16 | 16 | 256 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 8/2/1954 | 10 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| 82 | Mike Renfro | 31 | wr | 12 | 6 | 184 | 6-0 | TCU | 6/19/1955 | 8 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1978 |
| 70 | Howard Richards | 27 | g | 9 | 2 | 263 | 6-6 | Missouri | 8/7/1959 | 5 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1981 |
| 50 | Jeff Rohrer | 28 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 228 | 6-3 | Yale | 12/25/1958 | 4 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1982 |
| 4 | Mike Saxon | 24 | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | San Diego St. | 7/10/1962 | 1 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 300th pick / 1984 | |
| 22 | Victor Scott | 24 | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Colorado | 6/1/1962 | 2 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 40th pick / 1984 | |
| 1 | Rafael Septien | 33 | 16 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | La-Lafayette | 12/12/1953 | 9 | 0 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 | |
| 86 | Mike Sherrard | 23 | wr | 16 | 4 | 185 | 6-1 | UCLA | 6/21/1963 | Rook | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 1986 |
| 60 | Don Smerek | 29 | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-7 | Nevada-Reno | 12/20/1957 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 63 | Glen Titensor | 28 | LG | 16 | 16 | 263 | 6-4 | UCLA,BYU | 2/21/1958 | 5 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1981 |
| 71 | Mark Tuinei | 26 | LT | 16 | 11 | 302 | 6-5 | UCLA,Hawaii | 3/31/1960 | 3 | 6 | |
| 34 | Herschel Walker | 24 | RB | 16 | 9 | 225 | 6-1 | Georgia | 3/3/1962 | Rook | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 114th pick / 1985 |
| 24 | Everson Walls | 27 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 194 | 6-1 | Grambling St. | 12/28/1959 | 5 | 7 | |
| 11 | Danny White | 34 | qb | 7 | 6 | 193 | 6-2 | Arizona St. | 2/9/1952 | 10 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| 54 | Randy White | 33 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-4 | Maryland | 1/15/1953 | 11 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 228.8 | 6-2.7 | 4.0 |