1987 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (7-8)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1987 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 7-8
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (7-8)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1987 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 7 wins and 8 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cowboys scored 340 points, but the defense conceded 348. Danny White threw for 2,617 yards. Herschel Walker paced the receiving corps, hauling in 60 passes for 715 yards. Mike Renfro provided receiving help, too.
Herschel Walker ran for a team-best 891 yards for Dallas.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 43 turnovers. Everson Walls intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition. Too Jones topped the defensive unit with 10 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 50 sacks.
Tom Landry coached the team.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | David Adams | RB | June 24, 1964 | 5'6" | 168 | Arizona | Tucson, AZ USA | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Vince Albritton | DB | July 23, 1962 | 6'2" | 215 | Washington | Oakland, CA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | Jimmy Armstrong | DB | June 18, 1962 | 5'8" | 166 | Appalachian St. | Guilford County, NC USA | 2 | 2 |
| 62 | Brian Baldinger | G-T-C | January 7, 1960 | 6'4" | 278 | Duke | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 87 | Gordon Banks | WR | March 12, 1958 | 5'10" | 175 | Stanford | Los Angeles, CA USA | 5 | 4 |
| 80 | Rod Barksdale | WR | September 8, 1962 | 6'1" | 189 | Arizona | Los Angeles, CA USA | 12 | 1 |
| 40 | Bill Bates | SS | June 6, 1961 | 6'1" | 204 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN USA | 12 | 11 |
| 28 | Alvin Blount | RB | February 12, 1965 | 5'9" | 197 | Maryland | Washington, DC USA | 2 | 2 |
| 84 | Rich Borresen | TE | March 16, 1964 | 6'5" | 252 | Northwestern | Queens, NY USA | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Kerry Brady | K | August 27, 1963 | 6'1" | 205 | Hawaii | Vancouver, WA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | Kevin Brooks | LDT | February 9, 1963 | 6'6" | 277 | Michigan | Detroit, MI USA | 13 | 12 |
| 15 | Cornell Burbage | WR | February 22, 1965 | 5'10" | 186 | Kentucky | Lexington, KY USA | 3 | 2 |
| 73 | Dave Burnette | T | March 24, 1961 | 6'6" | 278 | Central Arkansas | Parkin, AR USA | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | Ron Burton | LB | May 2, 1964 | 6'1" | 250 | North Carolina | Richmond, VA USA | 12 | 2 |
| 79 | Sal Cesario | T | July 4, 1963 | 6'4" | 255 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | Stockton, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 89 | Thornton Chandler | TE | November 27, 1963 | 6'5" | 243 | Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL USA | 12 | 1 |
| 77 | Steve Cisowski | T | January 16, 1963 | 6'5" | 275 | Santa Clara | Campbell, CA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | Darryl Clack | KR | October 29, 1963 | 5'10" | 219 | Arizona St. | San Antonio, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Anthony Coleman | DB | August 20, 1964 | 6'0" | 185 | Baylor | Henderson, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Doug Cosbie | TE | March 27, 1956 | 6'6" | 236 | Holy Cross | Palo Alto, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Vince Courville | WR | December 5, 1959 | 5'9" | 170 | Texas Southern | Galveston, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Steve DeOssie | LB | November 22, 1962 | 6'2" | 248 | Boston Col. | Tacoma, WA USA | 11 | 2 |
| 33 | Tony Dorsett | RB | April 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 192 | Pittsburgh | Rochester, PA USA | 12 | 6 |
| 26 | Michael Downs | FS | June 9, 1959 | 6'3" | 205 | Rice | Dallas, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 52 | Chris Duliban | LB | January 9, 1963 | 6'2" | 216 | Texas | Champaign, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 78 | John Dutton | DT | February 6, 1951 | 6'6" | 266 | Nebraska | Rapid City, SD USA | 4 | 1 |
| 71 | Mike Dwyer | DT | June 13, 1963 | 6'3" | 280 | Rhode Island | Boston, MA USA | 3 | 3 |
| 81 | Kelvin Edwards | WR | July 19, 1964 | 6'2" | 202 | Liberty | Birmingham, AL USA | 13 | 9 |
| 55 | Harry Flaherty | LB | December 25, 1961 | 6'1" | 232 | Holy Cross | Red Bank, NJ | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Steve Folsom | TE | March 21, 1958 | 6'5" | 235 | Long Beach St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 46 | Todd Fowler | TE | June 9, 1962 | 6'3" | 221 | S.F. Austin | Van, TX USA | 12 | 1 |
| 38 | Ron Francis | RCB | April 7, 1964 | 5'9" | 201 | Baylor | La Marque, TX USA | 11 | 11 |
| 66 | Kevin Gogan | RT | November 2, 1964 | 6'7" | 317 | Washington | Pacifica, CA USA | 11 | 10 |
| 29 | Alex Green | DB | November 3, 1965 | 6'1" | 194 | Indiana | 3 | 3 | |
| 27 | Tommy Haynes | DB | February 6, 1963 | 6'0" | 190 | USC | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 58 | Mike Hegman | LLB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 227 | Alabama A&M | Memphis, TN USA | 10 | 10 |
| 45 | Manny Hendrix | DB | October 20, 1964 | 5'10" | 180 | Utah | Phoenix, AZ USA | 12 | 1 |
| 85 | Tim Hendrix | TE | February 24, 1965 | 6'5" | 241 | Tennessee | De Soto, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Bill Hill | DB | April 21, 1959 | 5'9" | 172 | Rutgers | Neptune, NJ USA | 3 | 1 |
| 52 | Jeff Hurd | LB | May 25, 1964 | 6'2" | 245 | Kansas St. | Monroe, LA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 53 | Garth Jax | LB | September 16, 1963 | 6'2" | 250 | Florida St. | Houston, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Jim Jeffcoat | RDE | April 1, 1961 | 6'5" | 274 | Arizona St. | Long Branch, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 91 | Walt Johnson | DT | September 13, 1965 | 6'1" | 250 | Pittsburgh | Pahokee, FL | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | E.J. Jones | RB | February 1, 1962 | 5'11" | 216 | Kansas | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 72 | Too Jones | LDE | February 23, 1951 | 6'9" | 271 | Tennessee St. | Jackson, TN USA | 15 | 14 |
| 51 | Dale Jones | LB | March 8, 1963 | 6'1" | 234 | Tennessee | Cleveland, TN USA | 3 | 3 |
| 68 | Crawford Ker | RG | May 5, 1962 | 6'3" | 288 | Florida | Philadelphia, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 29 | Robert Lavette | RB | September 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 190 | Georgia Tech | Cartersville, GA USA | 4 | 0 |
| 64 | George Lilja | G-C-T | March 3, 1958 | 6'4" | 264 | Michigan | Evergreen Park, IL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | Bruce Livingston | DB | August 7, 1963 | 5'10" | 169 | Arkansas Tech | 3 | 0 | |
| 56 | Eugene Lockhart | MLB | March 8, 1961 | 6'2" | 234 | Houston | Crockett, TX USA | 9 | 9 |
| 83 | Kelvin Martin | PR | May 14, 1965 | 5'9" | 163 | Boston Col. | San Diego, CA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | Timmy Newsome | FB | May 17, 1958 | 6'1" | 232 | Winston-Salem St. | Ahoskie, NC USA | 11 | 8 |
| 61 | Nate Newton | LG | December 20, 1961 | 6'3" | 318 | Florida A&M | Orlando, FL USA | 11 | 11 |
| 73 | Danny Noonan | DT-DE | July 14, 1965 | 6'4" | 270 | Nebraska | Lincoln, NE USA | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Steve Pelluer | QB | July 29, 1962 | 6'4" | 209 | Washington | Yakima, WA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 59 | Jesse Penn | LB | September 6, 1962 | 6'3" | 220 | Virginia Tech | Martinsville, VA USA | 11 | 1 |
| 92 | Ray Perkins | DE | September 25, 1964 | 6'5" | 242 | Virginia | Richmond, VA USA | 2 | 1 |
| 75 | Phil Pozderac | T | December 19, 1959 | 6'9" | 277 | Notre Dame | Cleveland, OH USA | 2 | 2 |
| 64 | Tom Rafferty | C | August 2, 1954 | 6'3" | 256 | Penn St. | Syracuse, NY USA | 12 | 12 |
| 82 | Mike Renfro | WR | June 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 184 | TCU | Fort Worth, TX USA | 14 | 11 |
| 50 | Jeff Rohrer | RLB | December 25, 1958 | 6'3" | 228 | Yale | Inglewood, CA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Roger Ruzek | K | December 17, 1960 | 6'1" | 195 | Weber St. | San Francisco, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | Buzz Sawyer | P | November 18, 1962 | 6'1" | 201 | Texas A&M | Waxahachie, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | Mike Saxon | P | July 10, 1962 | 6'3" | 205 | San Diego St. | Whittier, CA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 47 | Chuck Scott | WR | May 24, 1963 | 6'2" | 198 | Vanderbilt | Jacksonville, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Victor Scott | DB | June 1, 1962 | 6'0" | 200 | Colorado | East St. Louis, IL USA | 6 | 0 |
| 67 | Joe Shearin | G-C | April 16, 1960 | 6'4" | 254 | Texas | Dallas, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Jon Shields | G | April 30, 1964 | 6'5" | 293 | Portland St. | 1 | 0 | |
| 53 | Victor Simmons | LB | May 9, 1964 | 6'2" | 230 | Central State (OH) | Chicago, IL USA | 3 | 0 |
| 60 | Don Smerek | DT | December 20, 1957 | 6'7" | 255 | Nevada-Reno | Waterford, MI USA | 8 | 3 |
| 79 | Daryle Smith | LT | January 18, 1964 | 6'5" | 277 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN USA | 9 | 7 |
| 18 | Loren Snyder | QB | November 28, 1963 | 6'4" | 207 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 0 | |
| 80 | Sebron Spivey | WR | August 2, 1964 | 5'11" | 180 | Southern Illinois | 2 | 1 | |
| 51 | Russ Swan | LB | March 30, 1963 | 6'4" | 223 | Virginia | Fairview Park, OH USA | 5 | 3 |
| 19 | Kevin Sweeney | QB | November 16, 1963 | 6'0" | 191 | Fresno St. | Bozeman, MT USA | 3 | 2 |
| 59 | Kirk Timmer | LB | December 18, 1963 | 6'3" | 242 | Montana St. | Butte, MT USA | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Mark Tuinei | LT | March 31, 1960 | 6'5" | 302 | UCLA | Nanakuli, HI USA | 8 | 8 |
| 95 | Mark Walen | DT-DE | March 10, 1963 | 6'5" | 265 | UCLA | San Francisco, CA USA | 9 | 0 |
| 67 | Gary Walker | C | December 15, 1963 | 6'3" | 283 | Boston Univ. | Hassfurt, Germany | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Herschel Walker | RB | March 3, 1962 | 6'1" | 225 | Georgia | Wrightsville, GA USA | 12 | 11 |
| 24 | Everson Walls | LCB | December 28, 1959 | 6'1" | 194 | Grambling St. | Dallas, TX USA | 12 | 12 |
| 94 | Randy Watts | DE-DT | June 22, 1963 | 6'6" | 275 | East Carolina | Sandersville, GA USA | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | Gerald White | RB | December 9, 1964 | 5'11" | 223 | Michigan | Titusville, FL USA | 3 | 3 |
| 54 | Randy White | RDT | January 15, 1953 | 6'4" | 257 | Maryland | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 15 | 14 |
| 70 | Bob White | C | April 9, 1963 | 6'5" | 272 | Rhode Island | Fitchburg, MA USA | 4 | 3 |
| 11 | Danny White | QB | February 9, 1952 | 6'2" | 193 | Arizona St. | Mesa, AZ USA | 11 | 9 |
| 23 | Robert Williams | DB | October 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 190 | Baylor | Galveston, TX USA | 11 | 3 |
| 6 | Luis Zendejas | K | October 22, 1961 | 5'9" | 175 | Arizona St. | Mexico City, Mexico | 2 | 0 |
| 62 | Mike Zentic | C | November 22, 1963 | 6'3" | 255 | NW Missouri St. | 3 | 3 | |
| 76 | Jeff Zimmerman | G | January 10, 1963 | 6'3" | 320 | Florida | Enid, OK USA | 11 | 1 |
