1988 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 265 points (16.6/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 381 points (23.8/g), 25th.
Differential of -116 points (-7.2/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 4.8-11.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -21 (-1.3/g), 27th.

Coached by Tom Landry (3-13-0)

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1988 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 4	box	L	0-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	24	25	414	280	134	3	17	356	214	142
2	Mon	September 12	box	W	1-1	@	Phoenix Cardinals	17	14	18	352	162	190	1	22	367	237	130	1
3	Sun	September 18	box	L	1-2		New York Giants	10	12	22	366	275	91	2	21	278	150	128	2
4	Sun	September 25	box	W	2-2		Atlanta Falcons	26	20	17	323	210	113	1	15	314	207	107	2
5	Mon	October 3	box	L	2-3	@	New Orleans Saints	17	20	28	457	271	186	3	17	333	268	65	1
6	Sun	October 9	box	L	2-4		Washington Redskins	17	35	18	361	301	60	5	19	350	170	180	1
7	Sun	October 16	box	L	2-5	@	Chicago Bears	7	17	18	291	195	96	2	24	385	261	124	1
8	Sun	October 23	box	L	2-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	23	24	25	437	332	105	1	23	339	274	65	2
9	Sun	October 30	box	L	2-7		Phoenix Cardinals	10	16	11	228	103	125	2	15	295	135	160
10	Sun	November 6	box	L	2-8	@	New York Giants	21	29	21	365	262	103	3	15	262	151	111	1
11	Sun	November 13	box	L	2-9		Minnesota Vikings	3	43	12	159	49	110	7	18	325	222	103	1
12	Sun	November 20	box	L	2-10		Cincinnati Bengals	24	38	23	355	176	179	2	23	410	196	214	1
13	Thu	November 24	box	L	2-11		Houston Oilers	17	25	17	282	203	79	2	19	355	210	145
14	Sun	December 4	box	L	2-12	@	Cleveland Browns	21	24	22	410	247	163	1	16	302	275	27	1
15	Sun	December 11	box	W	3-12	@	Washington Redskins	24	17	21	444	320	124	2	15	372	348	24	5
16	Sun	December 18	box	L	3-13		Philadelphia Eagles	7	23	13	239	102	137	3	18	371	238	133

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	265	5483	1059	5.2	311	307	555	3488	21	27	5.9	175	469	1995	10	4.3	112	40	13	24
Team Defense	381	5414	1023	5.3	501	264	523	3556	30	10	6.2	180	454	1858	13	4.1	297	19	9	24
Lg Rank Offense	21	9			12		7	7	10	26	14		18	16	23	5		25	10
Lg Rank Defense	25	20			19		19	24	27	28	18		9	13	8	16		28	26

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Steve Pelluer	26	QB	16	14	245	435	56.3	3139	17	3.9	19	4.4	61	7.2	5.6	12.8	196.2	73.9	21	112	6.6	5.1	4.6
Kevin Sweeney	25		3	2	33	78	42.3	314	3	3.8	5	6.4	28	4.0	1.5	9.5	104.7	40.2	9	80	2.7	0.4	10.3
Danny White	36		3	0	29	42	69.0	274	1	2.4	3	7.1	24	6.5	3.5	9.4	91.3	65.0	5	47	4.8	2.2	10.6
Team Total	26.3		16		307	555	55.3	3727	21	3.8	27	4.9	61	6.7	4.9	12.1	232.9	68.5	35	239	5.9	4.2	5.9
Opp Total			16		264	523	50.5	3556	30	5.7	10	1.9		6.8	6.5	13.5	222.3	83.6	46	327	6.2	5.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Herschel Walker*	26	RB	16	16	361	1514	5	38	4.2	94.6	22.6	53	505	9.5	2	50	3.3	31.6	2019	7	6
Steve Pelluer	26	QB	16	14	51	314	2	27	6.2	19.6	3.2								314	2	6
Timmy Newsome	30	FB	9	8	32	75	3	8	2.3	8.3	3.6	30	236	7.9	0	32	3.3	26.2	311	3	1
Darryl Clack	25	RET	15	0	11	54	0	17	4.9	3.6	0.7	17	126	7.4	1	18	1.1	8.4	180	1	0
Kevin Sweeney	25		3	2	6	34	0	10	5.7	11.3	2.0								34	0	3
Kelvin Martin	23	wr	16	7	4	-4	0	11	-1.0	-0.3	0.3	49	622	12.7	3	35	3.1	38.9	618	3	2
Todd Fowler	26	te	16	6	3	6	0	4	2.0	0.4	0.2	10	64	6.4	0	13	0.6	4.0	70	0	0
Michael Irvin	22	WR	14	10	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	32	654	20.4	5	61	2.3	46.7	656	5	0
Ray Alexander	26	WR	16	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	54	788	14.6	6	50	3.4	49.3	788	6	0
Thornton Chandler	25	TE	16	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	18	186	10.3	1	29	1.1	11.6	186	1	0
Everett Gay	24		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	15	205	13.7	1	25	0.9	12.8	205	1	1
Doug Cosbie	32		11	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	12	112	9.3	0	21	1.1	10.2	112	0	0
Steve Folsom	30		16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	84	9.3	2	20	0.6	5.3	84	2	0
Kelvin Edwards	24		8	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	93	18.6	0	27	0.6	11.6	93	0	1
Cornell Burbage	23		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	50	25.0	0	41	0.2	5.0	50	0	1
Nate Newton	27	LG	15	15	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.1	0.1	2	0	0
Team Total	26.3		16		469	1995	10	38	4.3	124.7	29.3	307	3727	12.1	21	61	19.2	232.9	5722	31	22
Opp Total			16		454	1858	13		4.1	116.1	28.4	264	3556	13.5	30		16.5	222.3	5414	43	24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Kelvin Martin	23	wr	16	7	44	360	0	21	8.2	12	210	0	31	17.5	1188
Darryl Clack	25	RET	15	0						32	690	0	40	21.6	870
Cornell Burbage	23		10	0						20	448	0	53	22.4	498
Mark Higgs	22		5	0						2	31	0	17	15.5	31
Daryle Smith	24		14	4						2	24	0	13	12.0	24
Everson Walls	29	LCB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
Bob White	25		12	3						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
Team Total	26.3		16		45	360	0	21	8.0	69	1410	0	53	20.4	7492
Opp Total			16		37		0			56	1060	0		18.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Mike Saxon	26	P	16	0																	80	3271	55	0	40.9
Roger Ruzek	28	K	14	0			5	4	7	4	7	3	3	1	22	12	54.5%	27	27	100.0%
Luis Zendejas	27		2	0							3	1			3	1	33.3%	5	5	100.0%
Team Total	26.3		16				5	4	7	4	10	4	3	1	25	13	52.0%	32	32	100.0%	80	3271	55	0	40.9
Opp Total			16												29	24	82.8%	44	41	93.2%	86	3578			41.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Too Tall Jones	37	LDE	16	16	7.0							0	2	0	0
Herschel Walker*	26	RB	16	16								6	3	0	0
Garry Cobb	31	RLB	16	14	7.5							0	1	0	0
Danny Noonan	23	RDT	16	16	7.5	1	17	1	17									1
Steve Pelluer	26	QB	16	14								6	2	-18	0
Jim Jeffcoat	27	RDE	16	15	6.5						4	0	0	0	0	80
Kevin Brooks	25	LDT	15	14	5.0
Everson Walls	29	LCB	16	16	1.0	2	0	0	0			1	1	4	0
Mark Walen	25		15	2	4.0
Michael Downs	29	FS	16	16	0.5	2	3	0	3			0	1	11	0
Ron Burton	24	LLB	16	15	2.0							0	1	0	0
Kevin Sweeney	25		3	2								3	0	0	0
Robert Williams	26	RCB	16	14		2	18	0	12			0	1	0	0
Bill Bates	27	SS	16	16	0.5	1	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	124
Vince Albritton	26		6	0	2.0
Kelvin Edwards	24		8	2								1	1	0	0
Kelvin Martin	23	wr	16	7								2	0	0	0
Timmy Newsome	30	FB	9	8								1	1	0	0
Randy White	35		16	1	1.5
Cornell Burbage	23		10	0								1	0	0	0
Ron Francis	24		13	2		1	29	0	29
Everett Gay	24		16	0								1	0	0	0
Manny Hendrix	24		16	0		1	0	0	0
Garth Jax	25		16	2							0	0	1	0	0	13
Ken Norton	22		3	0							0	0	1	0	0
Billy Owens	23		16	0	1.0
Dave Widell	23	LT	14	9								0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.3		16		46.0	10	67	1	29		4	22	18	-3	0	240		1
Opp Total			16		35							24	15					2

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
Roger Ruzek	28	K	14	0				27	12		63
Herschel Walker*	26	RB	16	16	5	2					42
Ray Alexander	26	WR	16	11		6					36
Michael Irvin	22	WR	14	10		5					30
Kelvin Martin	23	wr	16	7		3					18
Timmy Newsome	30	FB	9	8	3						18
Steve Folsom	30		16	4		2					12
Steve Pelluer	26	QB	16	14	2						12
Danny Noonan	23	RDT	16	16			1			1	8
Luis Zendejas	27		2	0				5	1		8
Thornton Chandler	25	TE	16	12		1					6
Darryl Clack	25	RET	15	0		1					6
Everett Gay	24		16	0		1					6
Team Total	26.3		16		10	21	1	32	13	1	265
Opp Total			16		13	30		41	24	2	381

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