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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)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Day 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

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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 5.3 297 264 523 3556 30 10 6.2 180 454 1858 13 4.1 93 19 9 24
Lg Rank Offense 21 9 12 7 7 10 26 16 18 16 23 5 25 10
Lg Rank Defense 25 20 11 19 24 27 28 19 9 13 8 16 28 26

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
16 Steve Pelluer 26 QB 16 14 3-11-0 245 435 56.3 3139 17 3.9 19 4.4 61 7.2 6.0 12.8 196.2 73.9 21 112 6.6 5.5 4.6
19 Kevin Sweeney 25 3 2 0-2-0 33 78 42.3 314 3 3.8 5 6.4 28 4.0 1.9 9.5 104.7 40.2 9 80 2.7 0.8 10.3
11 Danny White 36 3 0 29 42 69.0 274 1 2.4 3 7.1 24 6.5 3.8 9.4 91.3 65.0 5 47 4.8 2.4 10.6
Team Total 26.3 16 3-13-0 307 555 55.3 3727 21 3.8 27 4.9 61 6.7 5.3 12.1 232.9 68.5 35 239 5.9 4.6 5.9
Opp Total 16 264 523 50.5 3883 30 5.7 10 1.9 7.4 7.7 14.7 242.7 86.2 46 327 6.2 6.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
34 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
16 Steve Pelluer 26 QB 16 14 51 314 2 27 6.2 19.6 3.2 314 2 6
30 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
42 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
19 Kevin Sweeney 25 3 2 6 34 0 10 5.7 11.3 2.0 34 0 3
83 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
46 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
88 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
87 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
89 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
80 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
84 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
85 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
81 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
82 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
61 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(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
83 Kelvin Martin 23 wr 16 7 44 360 0 21 8.2 12 210 0 31 17.5 1188
42 Darryl Clack 25 RET 15 0 32 690 0 40 21.6 870
82 Cornell Burbage 23 10 0 20 448 0 53 22.4 498
21 Mark Higgs 22 5 0 2 31 0 17 15.5 31
79 Daryle Smith 24 14 4 2 24 0 13 12.0 24
24 Everson Walls 29 LCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
65 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(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
4 Mike Saxon 26 P 16 0 80 3271 55 0 40.9
9 Roger Ruzek 28 K 14 0 5 4 7 4 7 3 3 1 22 12 54.5% 27 27 100.0%
6 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(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
40 Bill Bates 27 SS 16 16 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 124
77 Jim Jeffcoat 27 RDE 16 15 6.5 4 0 0 0 0 80
55 Steve DeOssie 26 16 1 23
53 Garth Jax 25 16 2 0 0 1 0 0 13
72 Too Tall Jones 37 LDE 16 16 7.0 0 2 0 0
34 Herschel Walker* 26 RB 16 16 6 3 0 0
59 Garry Cobb 31 RLB 16 14 7.5 0 1 0 0
73 Danny Noonan 23 RDT 16 16 7.5 1 17 1 17 1
16 Steve Pelluer 26 QB 16 14 6 2 -18 0
99 Kevin Brooks 25 LDT 15 14 5.0
24 Everson Walls 29 LCB 16 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
95 Mark Walen 25 15 2 4.0
26 Michael Downs 29 FS 16 16 0.5 2 3 0 3 0 1 11 0
57 Ron Burton 24 LLB 16 15 2.0 0 1 0 0
19 Kevin Sweeney 25 3 2 3 0 0 0
23 Robert Williams 26 RCB 16 14 2 18 0 12 0 1 0 0
36 Vince Albritton 26 6 0 2.0
81 Kelvin Edwards 24 8 2 1 1 0 0
83 Kelvin Martin 23 wr 16 7 2 0 0 0
30 Timmy Newsome 30 FB 9 8 1 1 0 0
54 Randy White 35 16 1 1.5
82 Cornell Burbage 23 10 0 1 0 0 0
38 Ron Francis 24 13 2 1 29 0 29
80 Everett Gay 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
45 Manny Hendrix 24 16 0 1 0 0 0
51 Ken Norton 22 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 Billy Owens 23 16 0 1.0
78 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(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
9 Roger Ruzek 28 K 14 0 27 12 63
34 Herschel Walker* 26 RB 16 16 5 2 7 42
87 Ray Alexander 26 WR 16 11 6 6 36
88 Michael Irvin 22 WR 14 10 5 5 30
83 Kelvin Martin 23 wr 16 7 3 3 18
30 Timmy Newsome 30 FB 9 8 3 3 18
85 Steve Folsom 30 16 4 2 2 12
16 Steve Pelluer 26 QB 16 14 2 2 12
73 Danny Noonan 23 RDT 16 16 1 1 1 8
6 Luis Zendejas 27 2 0 5 1 8
89 Thornton Chandler 25 TE 16 12 1 1 6
42 Darryl Clack 25 RET 15 0 1 1 6
80 Everett Gay 24 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.3 16 10 21 1 32 32 13 1 265
Opp Total 16 13 30 41 24 2 381