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1990 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 244 points (15.2/g), 26th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 308 points (19.2/g), 15th.
 Differential of -64 points (-4.0/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 5.8-10.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 16th.

Coached by Jimmy Johnson (7-9-0)

1990 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 9 box W 1-0 San Diego Chargers 17 14 14 249 161 88 1 12 212 127 85 2
2 Sun September 16 box L 1-1 New York Giants 7 28 9 156 136 20 4 23 369 208 161 3
3 Sun September 23 box L 1-2 @ Washington Redskins 15 19 19 234 143 91 3 11 214 135 79 1
4 Sun September 30 box L 1-3 @ New York Giants 17 31 20 284 233 51 2 21 334 198 136
5 Sun October 7 box W 2-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 10 19 304 149 155 1 12 271 164 107 1
6 Sun October 14 box L 2-4 @ Phoenix Cardinals 3 20 9 100 34 66 3 23 414 191 223 2
7 Sun October 21 box W 3-4 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 13 14 223 145 78 1 22 331 241 90 5
8 Sun October 28 box L 3-5 Philadelphia Eagles 20 21 23 345 215 130 1 23 304 160 144 1
9 Sun November 4 box L 3-6 @ New York Jets 9 24 18 321 226 95 2 15 187 71 116
10 Sun November 11 box L 3-7 San Francisco 49ers 6 24 9 158 80 78 2 25 388 281 107 2
11 Sun November 18 box W 4-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 21 17 359 295 64 1 18 292 124 168 1
12 Thu November 22 box W 5-7 Washington Redskins 27 17 18 370 208 162 2 20 297 261 36 1
13 Sun December 2 box W 6-7 New Orleans Saints 17 13 17 274 161 113 1 14 283 170 113 1
14 Bye Week
15 Sun December 16 box W 7-7 Phoenix Cardinals 41 10 25 354 166 188 3 9 200 151 49 4
16 Sun December 23 box L 7-8 @ Philadelphia Eagles 3 17 11 199 125 74 4 17 276 98 178 3
17 Sun December 30 box L 7-9 @ Atlanta Falcons 7 26 8 151 104 47 2 15 243 59 184 3

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 244 4081 911 4.5 250 254 475 2581 12 24 5.0 135 393 1500 13 3.8 88 33 9 27
Team Defense 308 4615 988 4.7 451 271 470 2639 12 11 5.2 153 482 1976 18 4.1 280 30 19 18
Lg Rank Offense 26 28 25 14 27 28 26 27 22 23 14 22 17 2
Lg Rank Defense 15 10 10 11 2 2 25 2 20 18 23 15 16 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Troy Aikman 24 QB 15 15 7-8-0 226 399 56.6 2579 11 2.8 18 4.5 61 6.5 4.7 11.4 171.9 66.6 39 288 5.2 3.6 8.9
Babe Laufenberg 31 4 1 0-1-0 24 67 35.8 279 1 1.5 6 9.0 27 4.2 0.3 11.6 69.8 16.9 4 29 3.5 -0.1 5.6
Steve Walsh 24 1 0 4 9 44.4 40 0 0.0 0 0.0 20 4.4 4.4 10.0 40.0 57.6 0 0 4.4 4.4 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 7-9-0 254 475 53.5 2898 12 2.5 24 5.1 61 6.1 4.1 11.4 181.1 59.4 43 317 5.0 3.1 8.3
Opp Total 16 271 470 57.7 2639 12 2.6 11 2.3 5.6 4.8 9.7 164.9 72.3 36 292 5.2 3.9

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
Emmitt Smith* 21 RB 16 15 241 937 11 48 3.9 58.6 15.1 24 228 9.5 0 57 1.5 14.3 1165 11 7
Tommie Agee 26 FB 16 11 53 213 0 28 4.0 13.3 3.3 30 272 9.1 1 30 1.9 17.0 485 1 0
Troy Aikman 24 QB 15 15 40 172 1 20 4.3 11.5 2.7 172 1 5
Alonzo Highsmith 25 fb 7 5 19 48 0 7 2.5 6.9 2.7 3 13 4.3 0 7 0.4 1.9 61 0 1
James Dixon 23 RET 15 1 11 43 0 18 3.9 2.9 0.7 2 26 13.0 0 21 0.1 1.7 69 0 2
Daryl Johnston 24 16 0 10 35 1 8 3.5 2.2 0.6 14 148 10.6 1 26 0.9 9.3 183 2 1
Timmy Smith 26 1 1 6 6 0 3 1.0 6.0 6.0 6 0 0
Kelvin Martin 25 WR 16 16 4 -2 0 3 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 64 732 11.4 0 45 4.0 45.8 730 0 2
Alexander Wright 23 15 1 3 26 0 14 8.7 1.7 0.2 11 104 9.5 0 20 0.7 6.9 130 0 1
Babe Laufenberg 31 4 1 2 6 0 5 3.0 1.5 0.5 6 0 1
Dennis McKinnon 29 wr 9 7 1 -8 0 -8 -8.0 -0.9 0.1 14 172 12.3 1 28 1.6 19.1 164 1 1
Bill Bates 29 16 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 4 0 0
Mike Saxon 28 P 16 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 1.3 0.1 20 0 0
Steve Walsh 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 1
Jay Novacek 28 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 59 657 11.1 4 41 3.7 41.1 657 4 1
Michael Irvin 24 WR 12 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 413 20.7 5 61 1.7 34.4 413 5 0
Robert Awalt 26 13 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 133 10.2 0 25 1.0 10.2 133 0 1
Team Total 26.1 16 393 1500 13 48 3.8 93.8 24.6 254 2898 11.4 12 61 15.9 181.1 4398 25 27
Opp Total 16 482 1976 18 4.1 123.5 30.1 271 2639 9.7 12 16.9 164.9 4615 30 32

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 23 RET 15 1 36 736 0 47 20.4 805
Derrick Shepard 26 RET 8 0 20 121 0 13 6.1 4 75 0 22 18.8 196
Rod Harris 24 7 0 12 63 0 12 5.3 1 0 0 0 0.0 63
Alexander Wright 23 15 1 12 276 1 90 23.0 406
Kelvin Martin 25 WR 16 16 5 46 0 17 9.2 776
Dennis McKinnon 29 wr 9 7 2 20 0 20 10.0 184
Mark Stepnoski 23 C 16 16 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 26.1 16 39 250 0 20 6.4 54 1102 1 90 20.4 5750
Opp Total 16 43 1 55 1136 1 20.7

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 28 P 16 0 79 3413 62 0 43.2
Ken Willis 24 K 16 0 4 4 9 7 8 7 4 25 18 72.0% 26 26 100.0%
Team Total 26.1 16 4 4 9 7 8 7 4 25 18 72.0% 26 26 100.0% 79 3413 62 0 43.2
Opp Total 16 26 18 69.2% 36 36 100.0% 70 2863 40.9

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
Danny Stubbs 25 LDE 16 15 7.5 2 0 2 0 0 59
Jimmie Jones 24 ldt 16 6 7.5 60
Emmitt Smith* 21 RB 16 15 7 0 0 0
Troy Aikman 24 QB 15 15 5 1 0 0
Tony Tolbert 23 16 4 6.0 55
James Washington 25 SS 15 10 3 24 0 13 0 0 3 0 0 70
Ray Horton 30 FS 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 4 11 0
Jim Jeffcoat 29 RDE 16 13 3.5 1 0 1 28 0 65
Danny Noonan 25 RDT 16 15 4.5
Ken Norton 24 RLB 15 15 2.5 3 0 2 0 0 119
Issiac Holt 28 LCB 15 15 3 72 1 64
Kelvin Martin 25 WR 16 16 2 1 0 0
Vince Albritton 28 ss 8 8 0 2 0 0
James Dixon 23 RET 15 1 2 0 0 0
Ron Francis 26 15 0 0 2 0 0
John Gesek 27 RG 15 12 0 2 0 0
Dean Hamel 29 LDT 12 11 1.0 0 1 0 0
Rod Harris 24 7 0 2 0 0 0
Manny Hendrix 26 RCB 16 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Daryl Johnston 24 16 0 1 1 0 0
Babe Laufenberg 31 4 1 1 1 0 0
Eugene Lockhart 29 MLB 16 16 1.0 0 1 0 0
Nate Newton 29 RT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Derrick Shepard 26 RET 8 0 1 1 0 0
Vinson Smith 25 16 1 1 0 2 0 0 23
Alexander Wright 23 15 1 1 1 0 0
Jack Del Rio 27 LLB 16 16 1.5 1 0 0 0 0 104
Robert Awalt 26 13 1 1 0 0 0
Bill Bates 29 16 0 1 4 0 4 51
Kenneth Gant 23 12 0 1 26 0 26 9
Kevin Gogan 26 16 4 0 1 0 0
Alonzo Highsmith 25 fb 7 5 1 0 0 0
Crawford Ker 28 LG 15 15 0 1 0 0
Dennis McKinnon 29 wr 9 7 1 0 0 0
Jay Novacek 28 TE 16 15 1 0 0 0
Jesse Solomon 27 9 0 1.0 13
Steve Walsh 24 1 0 1 0 0 0
Robert Williams 28 rcb 16 6 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 36.0 11 126 1 64 8 27 33 39 0 628
Opp Total 16 43 32 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ken Willis 24 K 16 0 26 18 80
Emmitt Smith* 21 RB 16 15 11 66
Michael Irvin 24 WR 12 7 5 30
Jay Novacek 28 TE 16 15 4 24
Daryl Johnston 24 16 0 1 1 12
Tommie Agee 26 FB 16 11 1 6
Troy Aikman 24 QB 15 15 1 6
Issiac Holt 28 LCB 15 15 1 6
Dennis McKinnon 29 wr 9 7 1 6
Alexander Wright 23 15 1 1 6
Team Total 26.1 16 13 12 1 1 26 18 242
Opp Total 16 18 12 1 1 36 18 1 308