1989 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 1-15-0, 5th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Jimmy Johnson (1-15-0)

Points For: 204 (12.8/g) 28th of 28

Points Against: 393 (24.6/g) 24th of 28

Expected W-L: 2.8-13.2

SRS: -10.40 (28th of 28), SOS: 1.41

Offensive Coordinator: David Shula

Defensive Coordinator: Dave Wannstedt

Other Notable Asst.: Neill Armstrong (Quality Control), Dave Campo (Defensive Assistant), Butch Davis (Defensive Line), Dick Nolan (Defensive Backs), Jerry Rhome (Quarterbacks) and Ernie Stautner (Scout)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Owner/President/General Manager: Jerry Jones (Owner serves as team's de facto General Manager)

Head Coach/Player Personnel: Jimmy Johnson

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +10000; O/U: 7.0

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	204	4294	898	4.8	42	15	246	266	513	2885	14	27	5.3	145	355	1409	7	4.0	78	100	771	23
Opp. Stats	393	5556	1060	5.2	17	10	321	301	488	3565	21	7	6.9	183	543	1991	17	3.7	116	102	723	22
Lg Rank Offense	28	27			25	15	27		14	27	24	25	26		27	24	27	15
Lg Rank Defense	24	20			28	26	21		9	20	14	28	24		27	18	21	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New Orleans Saints	0	28	10	174	154	20	2	26	344	145	199	1	-12.38	-14.45	-0.23
2	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	21	27	18	349	241	108	3	23	333	243	90		3.62	-12.78	4.66
3	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Washington Redskins	7	30	10	190	156	34	4	20	373	208	165	1	-34.18	6.22	1.97
4	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		New York Giants	13	30	12	288	201	87	2	20	342	205	137	5	-10.34	-5.44	-2.40
5	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	Green Bay Packers	13	31	12	213	168	45	2	28	502	313	189	1	-6.78	-13.49	4.87
6	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6		San Francisco 49ers	14	31	19	330	270	60	3	17	318	172	146	1	-0.37	-7.92	-12.49
7	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	28	36	14	282	166	116	1	26	423	221	202		6.43	-21.65	5.09
8	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-8		Phoenix Cardinals	10	19	18	309	264	45	3	17	300	142	158		-11.45	8.92	-6.08
9	Sun	November 5	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-8	@	Washington Redskins	13	3	17	262	114	148		20	346	296	50	2	-1.32	10.35	-1.27
10	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	Phoenix Cardinals	20	24	21	444	367	77	4	15	385	316	69		-5.68	2.96	-5.87
11	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10		Miami Dolphins	14	17	28	428	261	167	2	18	303	238	65	1	7.25	-5.08	-3.44
12	Thu	November 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11		Philadelphia Eagles	0	27	10	191	68	123	5	22	381	243	138	1	-24.71	-8.43	8.17
13	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12		Los Angeles Rams	31	35	20	303	165	138	4	20	403	325	78	3	-3.64	-10.60	14.51
14	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-13	@	Philadelphia Eagles	10	20	14	194	107	87	1	19	280	158	122		-16.39	-0.14	7.47
15	Sat	December 16	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		1-14	@	New York Giants	0	15	7	108	67	41	1	14	273	133	140		-19.53	0.67	3.00
16	Sun	December 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-15		Green Bay Packers	10	20	16	229	116	113	5	16	250	207	43	1	-15.31	5.65	-0.32

Passing

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Troy Aikman	23	QB	11	11	0-11-0	155	293	52.9	1749	9	3.1	18	6.1	82	39.7	75	6.0	3.8	11.3	159.0	55.7	19	155	6.09	5.11	3.1
2	Steve Walsh	23	QB	8	5	1-4-0	110	219	50.2	1371	5	2.3	9	4.1	63	41.3	46	6.3	4.9	12.5	171.4	60.5	11	84	4.78	5.60	4.3
3	Mike Saxon	27	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	0		4	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.3	83.3	0	0	0.00	4.00	4.0
	Team Totals			16	16	1-15-0	266	513	51.9	2885	14	2.7	27	5.3	145	40.3	75	6.1	4.3	11.7	180.3	57.8	30	239	5.52	5.31	3.59

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Kelvin Martin	24	WR	11	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	87	46	644	14.0	2	34	47.1	46	4.2	58.5	52.9	7.4	46	14.0	644	2	0
2	Paul Palmer	25	RB	9	8	112	446	2	19	38.4	63	4.0	49.6	12.4	27	17	93	5.5	0	3	40.7	13	1.9	10.3	63.0	3.4	129	4.2	539	2	3
3	James Dixon	22	WR	16	7	3	30	0	2	100.0	13	10.0	1.9	0.2	52	24	477	19.9	2	16	42.3	75	1.5	29.8	46.2	9.2	27	18.8	507	2	4
4	Herschel Walker	27	RB	5	5	81	246	2	14	38.3	20	3.0	49.2	16.2	33	22	261	11.9	1	11	48.5	52	4.4	52.2	66.7	7.9	103	4.9	507	3	2
5	Michael Irvin	23	WR	6	6	1	6	0	0	100.0	6	6.0	1.0	0.2	45	26	378	14.5	2	17	48.9	65	4.3	63.0	57.8	8.4	27	14.2	384	2	0
6	Daryl Johnston	23	FB	16	10	67	212	0	12	46.3	13	3.2	13.3	4.2	24	16	133	8.3	3	7	50.0	28	1.0	8.3	66.7	5.5	83	4.2	345	3	3
7	Troy Aikman	23	QB	11	11	38	302	0	20	73.7	25	7.9	27.5	3.5	1	1	-13	-13.0	0	0	0.0	-13	0.1	-1.2	100.0	-13.0	39	7.4	289	0	6
8	Derrick Shepard	25	WR	11	8	3	12	0	1	66.7	12	4.0	1.1	0.3	38	18	268	14.9	1	12	44.7	37	1.6	24.4	47.4	7.1	21	13.3	280	1	1
9	Steve Folsom	31	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	53	28	265	9.5	2	13	45.3	26	1.8	16.6	52.8	5.0	28	9.5	265	2	0
10	Junior Tautalatasi	27	RB	13	0	6	15	0	1	33.3	6	2.5	1.2	0.5	25	17	157	9.2	0	7	56.0	23	1.3	12.1	68.0	6.3	23	7.5	172	0	3
11	Broderick Sargent	27	FB	14	5	20	87	1	4	40.0	43	4.4	6.2	1.4	13	6	50	8.3	0	1	23.1	21	0.4	3.6	46.2	3.8	26	5.3	137	1	1
12	Cornell Burbage	24	WR	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	34	17	134	7.9	0	11	41.2	15	1.7	13.4	50.0	3.9	17	7.9	134	0	0
13	Darryl Clack	26	RB	8	1	14	40	2	4	35.7	17	2.9	5.0	1.8	9	4	69	17.3	0	2	33.3	44	0.5	8.6	44.4	7.7	18	6.1	109	2	1
14	Bernard Ford	23	WR	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	21	7	78	11.1	1	5	33.3	21	0.7	7.8	33.3	3.7	7	11.1	78	1	0
15	Kevin Scott	26	RB	3	1	2	-4	0	0	0.0	-1	-2.0	-1.3	0.7	15	9	63	7.0	0	2	40.0	12	3.0	21.0	60.0	4.2	11	5.4	59	0	0
16	Keith Jennings	23	TE	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	6	47	7.8	0	3	54.5	14	0.6	4.7	54.5	4.3	6	7.8	47	0	0
17	Ray Alexander	27	WR	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	16	16.0	0	1	50.0	16	0.5	8.0	50.0	8.0	1	16.0	16	0	0
18	Steve Walsh	23	QB	8	5	6	16	0	1	16.7	14	2.7	2.0	0.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	2.7	16	0	3
19	Roger Ruzek	29	K	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	4	0.1	0.4	100.0	4.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
20	Mike Saxon	27	P	16	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	1.0	1	0	0
21	Scott Ankrom	23	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
22	Bill Bates	28	DB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	0
23	Thornton Chandler	26	TE	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	355	1409	7	78	43.7	63	4.0	88.1	22.2	495	266	3124	11.7	14	145	44.2	75	16.6	195.3	53.7	6.3	621	7.3	4533	21	28

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Vince Albritton	27	SS	16	16	1	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Ray Horton	29	FS	16	16	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Jim Jeffcoat	28	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	77	1	11.5	100	100	0	0
4	Eugene Lockhart	28	MLB	16	16	2	14	0	12	2	0	2	40	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	AP-2
5	Willie Broughton	25	RDT/LDT	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	92	92	0	0
6	Dean Hamel	28	LDT/RDT	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	0	0	0
7	Ken Norton Jr.	23	RLB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	87	87	0	0
8	Jack Del Rio	26	LLB	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	57	1	0.0	58	58	0	0
9	Troy Aikman	23	QB	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Daryl Johnston	23	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Too Tall Jones	38	LDE	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
12	Paul Palmer	25	RB	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Derrick Shepard	25	WR	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	James Dixon	22	WR	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Michael Irvin	23	WR	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Danny Noonan	24	LDE	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
17	Broderick Sargent	27	FB	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Tony Tolbert	22	LDE	16	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	52	52	0	0
19	Herschel Walker	27	RB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Steve Walsh	23	QB	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-14	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Ron Francis	25	DB	15	4	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Mark Stepnoski	22	C	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Bob White	26	C	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Ron Burton	25	LB	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Manny Hendrix	25	DB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0	0	0
26	Darryl Clack	26	RB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Jesse Solomon	26	LB	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	43	43	0	0
28	Scott Ankrom	23	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Bill Bates	28	DB	16	0	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	34	34	0	0
30	Junior Tautalatasi	27	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Ken Tippins	23	LB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	6	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7	37	0	18	8	29	23	161	3	28.0	472	472	0	0

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