1988 Dallas Cowboys Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (3-13)
Location: Dallas, Texas

1988 Dallas Cowboys Roster
1988 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1988 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

Dallas chalked up 265 points, while the leaky defense allowed 381. Steve Pelluer threw for 3,139 yards. Ray Alexander hauled in 54 passes for 788 yards. Herschel Walker, Michael Irvin and Kelvin Martin each were targeted regularly as well.

Herschel Walker ran for a team-best 1,514 yards for the Cowboys.

Robert Williams, Michael Downs and Everson Walls each seized 2 opponent throws. Garry Cobb and Danny Noonan each sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times, topping a defense credited with 46 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	435	245	56.3	3139	7.2	17	3.9	19	4.4	61	21	112	73.9
Kevin Sweeney	78	33	42.3	314	4.0	3	3.8	5	6.4	28	9	80	40.2
Danny White	42	29	69.0	274	6.5	1	2.4	3	7.1	24	5	47	65.0
Totals	555	307	55.3	3727	6.7	21	3.8	27	4.9	61	35	239

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Herschel Walker	361	1514	4.2	38	5
Steve Pelluer	51	314	6.2	27	2
Timmy Newsome	32	75	2.3	8	3
Darryl Clack	11	54	4.9	17	0
Kevin Sweeney	6	34	5.7	10	0
Todd Fowler	3	6	2.0	4	0
Michael Irvin	1	2	2.0	2	0
Kelvin Martin	4	-4	-1.0	11	0
Totals	469	1995	4.3	38	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ray Alexander	54	788	14.6	50	6
Herschel Walker	53	505	9.5	50	2
Kelvin Martin	49	622	12.7	35	3
Michael Irvin	32	654	20.4	61	5
Timmy Newsome	30	236	7.9	32	0
Thornton Chandler	18	186	10.3	29	1
Darryl Clack	17	126	7.4	18	1
Everett Gay	15	205	13.7	25	1
Doug Cosbie	12	112	9.3	21	0
Todd Fowler	10	64	6.4	13	0
Steve Folsom	9	84	9.3	20	2
Kelvin Edwards	5	93	18.6	27	0
Cornell Burbage	2	50	25.0	41	0
Nate Newton	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	307	3727	12.1	61	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Roger Ruzek	27	27	100.0	22	12	54.5	63
Luis Zendejas	5	5	100.0	3	1	33.3	8
Totals	32	32	100.0	25	13	52.0	71

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Saxon	80	3271	40.9	55
Totals	80	3271	40.9	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Kelvin Martin	44	360	8.2	21
Everson Walls	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	45	360	8.0	21

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Darryl Clack	32	690	21.6	40
Cornell Burbage	20	448	22.4	53
Kelvin Martin	12	210	17.5	31
Mark Higgs	2	31	15.5	17
Daryle Smith	2	24	12.0	13
Bob White	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	69	1410	20.4	53

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Robert Williams	2	18	9.0	12	0
Michael Downs	2	3	1.5	3	0
Everson Walls	2	0	0.0	0	0
Ron Francis	1	29	29.0	29	0
Danny Noonan	1	17	17.0	17	1
Bill Bates	1	0	0.0	0	0
Manny Hendrix	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	10	67	6.7	29	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Garry Cobb	7.5
Danny Noonan	7.5
Too Jones	7.0
Jim Jeffcoat	6.5
Kevin Brooks	5.0
Mark Walen	4.0
Vince Albritton	2.0
Ron Burton	2.0
Randy White	1.5
Billy Owens	1.0
Everson Walls	1.0
Bill Bates	0.5
Michael Downs	0.5
Totals	46.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Bill Bates	124	124	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	80	80	0		0	0	0	0	4
Steve DeOssie	23	23	0
Garth Jax	13	13	0		0	1	0	0	0
Herschel Walker					6	3	0		0
Steve Pelluer					6	2	-18		0
Too Jones					0	2	0	0	0
Ken Norton					0	1	0	0	0
Everson Walls				0	1	1	4	0	0
Michael Downs				0	0	1	11	0	0
Dave Widell					0	1	0	0	0
Ron Burton					0	1	0	0	0
Timmy Newsome					1	1	0		0
Robert Williams				0	0	1	0	0	0
Kelvin Edwards					1	1	0	0	0
Garry Cobb					0	1	0	0	0
Cornell Burbage					1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Sweeney					3	0	0	0	0
Everett Gay					1	0	0		0
Kelvin Martin					2	0	0		0
Totals	240	240	0	0	22	18	-3	0	4

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Roger Ruzek									12	27	0			63
Herschel Walker	5	2							0	0	0			42
Ray Alexander		6							0	0	0			36
Michael Irvin	0	5							0	0	0			30
Timmy Newsome	3	0							0	0	0			18
Kelvin Martin	0	3	0	0					0	0	0			18
Steve Folsom		2							0	0	0			12
Steve Pelluer	2								0	0	0			12
Luis Zendejas									1	5	0			8
Danny Noonan						1			0	0	0		1	8
Darryl Clack	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Everett Gay		1							0	0	0			6
Thornton Chandler		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	10	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	32	0	0	1	265