
1986 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (7-9)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1986 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Cowboys racked up 346 points, while the defense conceded 337. Steve Pelluer threw for 2,727 yards. Herschel Walker hauled in 76 passes for 837 yards. Mike Sherrard and Tony Hill provided receiving help also.
Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 748 yards for Dallas, and Herschel Walker additionally aided the ground game.
Michael Downs intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Jim Jeffcoat topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 53 sacks.
Tom Landry coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Pelluer | 378 | 215 | 56.9 | 2727 | 7.2 | 8 | 2.1 | 17 | 4.5 | 84 | 47 | 362 | 67.9 |
Danny White | 153 | 95 | 62.1 | 1157 | 7.6 | 12 | 7.8 | 5 | 3.3 | 63 | 10 | 98 | 97.9 |
Reggie Collier | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 96 | 6.4 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | 13.3 | 27 | 3 | 38 | 55.8 |
Mike Renfro | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Totals | 547 | 319 | 58.3 | 4003 | 7.3 | 21 | 3.8 | 24 | 4.4 | 84 | 60 | 498 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Dorsett | 184 | 748 | 4.1 | 33 | 5 |
Herschel Walker | 151 | 737 | 4.9 | 84 | 12 |
Steve Pelluer | 41 | 255 | 6.2 | 21 | 1 |
Timmy Newsome | 34 | 110 | 3.2 | 13 | 2 |
Reggie Collier | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 21 | 0 |
Darryl Clack | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
Danny White | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 |
Mike Sherrard | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Robert Lavette | 10 | 6 | 0.6 | 5 | 0 |
Todd Fowler | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 447 | 1969 | 4.4 | 84 | 21 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herschel Walker | 76 | 837 | 11.0 | 84 | 2 |
Tony Hill | 49 | 770 | 15.7 | 63 | 3 |
Timmy Newsome | 48 | 421 | 8.8 | 30 | 3 |
Mike Sherrard | 41 | 744 | 18.1 | 68 | 5 |
Doug Cosbie | 28 | 312 | 11.1 | 22 | 1 |
Tony Dorsett | 25 | 267 | 10.7 | 36 | 1 |
Mike Renfro | 22 | 325 | 14.8 | 30 | 3 |
Gordon Banks | 17 | 202 | 11.9 | 23 | 0 |
Thornton Chandler | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 15 | 2 |
Robert Lavette | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 9 | 1 |
Todd Fowler | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Darryl Clack | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Totals | 319 | 4003 | 12.5 | 84 | 21 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 88 |
Totals | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 88 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Saxon | 86 | 3498 | 40.7 | 58 |
Totals | 86 | 3498 | 40.7 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gordon Banks | 27 | 160 | 5.9 | 20 | 0 |
Robert Lavette | 18 | 92 | 5.1 | 28 | 0 |
Johnny Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 252 | 5.5 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Lavette | 36 | 699 | 19.4 | 37 | 0 |
Darryl Clack | 19 | 421 | 22.2 | 51 | 0 |
Gordon Banks | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
Mark Tuinei | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 59 | 1208 | 20.5 | 56 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Downs | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 31 | 0 |
Ron Fellows | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 34 | 1 |
Everson Walls | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 |
Victor Scott | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
Eugene Lockhart | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Johnny Holloway | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 183 | 10.8 | 34 | 1 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Jim Jeffcoat | 14.0 | 0.0 | |
Randy White | 6.5 | 0.0 | |
Too Jones | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Eugene Lockhart | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
John Dutton | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Don Smerek | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
Bill Bates | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Jesse Penn | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Kevin Brooks | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Rohrer | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Mike Hegman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Jesse Baker | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Michael Downs | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 53.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Bates | 87 | 87 | 0 | ||||||
Jim Jeffcoat | 65 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
Steve DeOssie | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
Garth Jax | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Robert Lavette | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jesse Penn | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Too Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mark Tuinei | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steve Pelluer | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Gordon Banks | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Herschel Walker | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Randy White | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vince Albritton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tony Dorsett | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Howard Richards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ron Fellows | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Danny White | 6 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||
Glen Titensor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jeff Rohrer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Rafferty | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michael Downs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
Todd Fowler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Manny Hendrix | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eugene Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Darryl Clack | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Johnny Holloway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Reggie Collier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Thornton Chandler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 160 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 41 | 37 | 0 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Rafael Septien | 15 | 43 | 0 | 88 | ||||||||||
Herschel Walker | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | ||||||||
Tony Dorsett | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Mike Sherrard | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Tony Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Mike Renfro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Thornton Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Doug Cosbie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Steve Pelluer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Robert Lavette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ron Fellows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 346 |