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1989 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 1-15-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 204 points (12.8/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 393 points (24.6/g), 24th.
 Differential of -189 points (-11.8/g), 28th.
 Expected W-L: 2.8-13.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -25 (-1.6/g), 28th.

Coached by Jimmy Johnson (1-15-0)

1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 10 box L 0-1 @ New Orleans Saints 0 28 10 174 154 20 2 26 344 145 199 1
2 Sun September 17 box L 0-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 21 27 18 349 241 108 3 23 333 243 90
3 Sun September 24 box L 0-3 Washington Redskins 7 30 10 190 156 34 4 20 373 208 165 1
4 Sun October 1 box L 0-4 New York Giants 13 30 12 288 201 87 2 20 342 205 137 5
5 Sun October 8 box L 0-5 @ Green Bay Packers 13 31 12 213 168 45 2 28 502 313 189 1
6 Sun October 15 box L 0-6 San Francisco 49ers 14 31 19 330 270 60 3 17 318 172 146 1
7 Sun October 22 box L 0-7 @ Kansas City Chiefs 28 36 14 282 166 116 1 26 423 221 202
8 Sun October 29 box L 0-8 Phoenix Cardinals 10 19 18 309 264 45 3 17 300 142 158
9 Sun November 5 box W 1-8 @ Washington Redskins 13 3 17 262 114 148 20 346 296 50 2
10 Sun November 12 box L 1-9 @ Phoenix Cardinals 20 24 21 444 367 77 4 15 385 316 69
11 Sun November 19 box L 1-10 Miami Dolphins 14 17 28 428 261 167 2 18 303 238 65 1
12 Thu November 23 box L 1-11 Philadelphia Eagles 0 27 10 191 68 123 5 22 381 243 138 1
13 Sun December 3 box L 1-12 Los Angeles Rams 31 35 20 303 165 138 4 20 403 325 78 3
14 Sun December 10 box L 1-13 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 20 14 194 107 87 1 19 280 158 122
15 Sat December 16 box L 1-14 @ New York Giants 0 15 7 108 67 41 1 14 273 133 140
16 Sun December 24 box L 1-15 Green Bay Packers 10 20 16 229 116 113 5 16 250 207 43 1

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 204 4294 898 4.8 246 266 513 2885 14 27 5.3 145 355 1409 7 4.0 78 42 15 23
Team Defense 393 5556 1060 5.2 526 301 488 3565 21 7 6.9 183 543 1991 17 3.7 321 17 10 22
Lg Rank Offense 28 27 27 14 27 24 25 24 27 24 27 15 25 15
Lg Rank Defense 24 20 21 9 20 14 28 25 27 18 21 6 28 26

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Troy Aikman 23 QB 11 11 155 293 52.9 1749 9 3.1 18 6.1 75 6.0 3.5 11.3 159.0 55.7 19 155 5.1 2.8 6.1
Steve Walsh 23 qb 8 5 110 219 50.2 1371 5 2.3 9 4.1 46 6.3 4.6 12.5 171.4 60.5 11 84 5.6 4.1 4.8
Mike Saxon 27 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.3 83.3 0 0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Team Total 26.0 16 266 513 51.9 3124 14 2.7 27 5.3 75 6.1 4.0 11.7 195.3 57.8 30 239 5.3 3.3 5.5
Opp Total 16 301 488 61.7 3565 21 4.3 7 1.4 7.3 7.1 11.8 222.8 92.3 29 183 6.9 6.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Paul Palmer 25 RB 9 8 112 446 2 63 4.0 49.6 12.4 17 93 5.5 0 13 1.9 10.3 539 2 3
Herschel Walker 27 rb 5 5 81 246 2 20 3.0 49.2 16.2 22 261 11.9 1 52 4.4 52.2 507 3 2
Daryl Johnston 23 FB 16 10 67 212 0 13 3.2 13.3 4.2 16 133 8.3 3 28 1.0 8.3 345 3 3
Troy Aikman 23 QB 11 11 38 302 0 25 7.9 27.5 3.5 1 -13 -13.0 0 -13 0.1 -1.2 289 0 6
Broderick Sargent 27 fb 14 5 20 87 1 43 4.4 6.2 1.4 6 50 8.3 0 21 0.4 3.6 137 1 1
Darryl Clack 26 8 1 14 40 2 17 2.9 5.0 1.8 4 69 17.3 0 44 0.5 8.6 109 2 1
Junior Tautalatasi 26 13 0 6 15 0 6 2.5 1.2 0.5 17 157 9.2 0 23 1.3 12.1 172 0 3
Steve Walsh 23 qb 8 5 6 16 0 14 2.7 2.0 0.8 16 0 3
James Dixon 22 wr 16 7 3 30 0 13 10.0 1.9 0.2 24 477 19.9 2 75 1.5 29.8 507 2 4
Derrick Shepard 25 WR 11 8 3 12 0 12 4.0 1.1 0.3 18 268 14.9 1 37 1.6 24.4 280 1 1
Kevin Scott 26 3 1 2 -4 0 -1 -2.0 -1.3 0.7 9 63 7.0 0 12 3.0 21.0 59 0 0
Michael Irvin 23 wr 6 6 1 6 0 6 6.0 1.0 0.2 26 378 14.5 2 65 4.3 63.0 384 2 0
Bill Bates 28 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Mike Saxon 27 P 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Kelvin Martin 24 WR 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 46 644 14.0 2 46 4.2 58.5 644 2 0
Steve Folsom 31 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 265 9.5 2 26 1.8 16.6 265 2 0
Cornell Burbage 24 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 134 7.9 0 15 1.7 13.4 134 0 0
Bernard Ford 23 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 78 11.1 1 21 0.7 7.8 78 1 0
Keith Jennings 23 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 47 7.8 0 14 0.6 4.7 47 0 0
Ray Alexander 27 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.5 8.0 16 0 0
Roger Ruzek 29 K 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.1 0.4 4 0 0
Team Total 26.0 16 355 1409 7 63 4.0 88.1 22.2 266 3124 11.7 14 75 16.6 195.3 4533 21 29
Opp Total 16 543 1991 17 3.7 124.4 33.9 301 3565 11.8 21 18.8 222.8 5556 38 22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
James Dixon 22 wr 16 7 47 1181 1 97 25.1 1688
Derrick Shepard 25 WR 11 8 24 160 0 17 6.7 19 394 0 32 20.7 834
Cornell Burbage 24 10 1 3 5 0 5 1.7 3 55 0 22 18.3 194
Kelvin Martin 24 WR 11 11 4 32 0 12 8.0 676
Darryl Clack 26 8 1 3 56 0 24 18.7 165
Scott Ankrom 23 10 0 2 6 0 5 3.0 6
Thornton Chandler 26 6 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Broderick Sargent 27 fb 14 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 137
Junior Tautalatasi 26 13 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 181
Team Total 26.0 16 31 197 0 17 6.4 77 1709 1 97 22.2 6439
Opp Total 16 38 1 46 853 0 18.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 27 P 16 0 79 3233 56 2 40.9
Roger Ruzek 29 K 9 0 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 11 5 45.5% 15 14 93.3% 1 28 28 0 28.0
Luis Zendejas 28 7 0 1 1 1 1 5 3 2 9 5 55.6% 10 10 100.0%
Team Total 26.0 16 1 1 2 2 5 3 9 4 3 20 10 50.0% 25 24 96.0% 80 3261 56 2 40.8
Opp Total 16 35 28 80.0% 44 43 97.7% 73 2913 39.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jim Jeffcoat 28 RDE 16 16 11.5 0 0 3 77 1 100
Troy Aikman 23 QB 11 11 6 3 0 0
Eugene Lockhart 28 MLB 16 16 2.0 2 14 0 12 0 2 40 1
James Dixon 22 wr 16 7 4 1 0 0
Junior Tautalatasi 26 13 0 3 2 1 0
Steve Walsh 23 qb 8 5 3 2 -14 0
Dean Hamel 28 LDT/rdt 16 13 3.5
Willie Broughton 25 RDT/ldt 16 14 3.0 92
Daryl Johnston 23 FB 16 10 3 0 0 0
Paul Palmer 25 RB 9 8 3 0 0 0
Mark Stepnoski 22 16 4 0 3 0 0
Ken Norton 23 RLB 13 13 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 87
Vince Albritton 27 SS 16 16 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Scott Ankrom 23 10 0 1 1 0 0
Darryl Clack 26 8 1 1 1 0 0
Jack Del Rio 26 LLB 14 12 0 0 2 57 1 58
Ray Horton 29 FS 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0
Tony Tolbert 22 lde 16 5 2.0 52
Herschel Walker 27 rb 5 5 2 0 0 0
Manny Hendrix 25 16 3 0.5 0 1 0 0
Bill Bates 28 16 0 1 18 0 18 34
Ron Burton 25 6 3 1 0 0 0
Ron Francis 25 15 4 1 2 0 2
Michael Irvin 23 wr 6 6 0 1 0 0
Too Tall Jones 38 LDE 16 10 1.0
Danny Noonan 24 lde 7 5 1.0
Roger Ruzek 29 K 9 0 0 1 0 0
Broderick Sargent 27 fb 14 5 1 0 0 0
Derrick Shepard 25 WR 11 8 1 0 0 0
Bob White 26 8 4 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.0 16 28.0 7 37 0 18 1 29 24 161 3 472
Opp Total 16 30 22 12 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Roger Ruzek 29 K 9 0 14 5 29
Luis Zendejas 28 7 0 10 5 25
James Dixon 22 wr 16 7 2 1 18
Daryl Johnston 23 FB 16 10 3 18
Herschel Walker 27 rb 5 5 2 1 18
Darryl Clack 26 8 1 2 12
Steve Folsom 31 TE 16 16 2 12
Michael Irvin 23 wr 6 6 2 12
Kelvin Martin 24 WR 11 11 2 12
Paul Palmer 25 RB 9 8 2 12
Jack Del Rio 26 LLB 14 12 1 6
Bernard Ford 23 10 1 1 6
Jim Jeffcoat 28 RDE 16 16 1 6
Eugene Lockhart 28 MLB 16 16 1 6
Broderick Sargent 27 fb 14 5 1 6
Derrick Shepard 25 WR 11 8 1 6
Team Total 26.0 16 7 14 1 3 24 10 204
Opp Total 16 17 21 1 43 28 1 393