1989 Dallas Cowboys Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 1-15
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (1-15)
Location: Dallas, Texas

1989 Dallas Cowboys Roster
1989 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1989 season with a record of 1 wins and 15 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cowboys scored only 204 points, worst in the league, and the defensive squad surrendered 393. Troy Aikman threw for 1,749 yards, and Steve Walsh threw the ball, too. Kelvin Martin paced pass catchers, hauling in 46 passes for 644 yards.

Paul Palmer ran for a team-best 446 yards for Dallas.

Eugene Lockhart intercepted 2 opponent throws. Jim Jeffcoat topped pass rushers with 11.5 quarterback sacks.

Jimmy Johnson coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Troy Aikman	293	155	52.9	1749	6.0	9	3.1	18	6.1	75	19	155	55.7
Steve Walsh	219	110	50.2	1371	6.3	5	2.3	9	4.1	46	11	84	60.5
Mike Saxon	1	1	100.0	4	4.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0	0	83.3
Totals	513	266	51.9	3124	6.1	14	2.7	27	5.3	75	30	239

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Paul Palmer	112	446	4.0	63	2
Troy Aikman	38	302	7.9	25	0
Herschel Walker	81	246	3.0	20	2
Daryl Johnston	67	212	3.2	13	0
Broderick Sargent	20	87	4.4	43	1
Darryl Clack	14	40	2.9	17	2
James Dixon	3	30	10.0	13	0
Steve Walsh	6	16	2.7	14	0
Junior Tautalatasi	6	15	2.5	6	0
Derrick Shepard	3	12	4.0	12	0
Michael Irvin	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mike Saxon	1	1	1.0	1	0
Bill Bates	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kevin Scott	2	-4	-2.0	-1	0
Totals	355	1409	4.0	63	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kelvin Martin	46	644	14.0	46	2
Steve Folsom	28	265	9.5	26	2
Michael Irvin	26	378	14.5	65	2
James Dixon	24	477	19.9	75	2
Herschel Walker	22	261	11.9	52	1
Derrick Shepard	18	268	14.9	37	1
Junior Tautalatasi	17	157	9.2	23	0
Cornell Burbage	17	134	7.9	15	0
Paul Palmer	17	93	5.5	13	0
Daryl Johnston	16	133	8.3	28	3
Kevin Scott	9	63	7.0	12	0
Bernard Ford	7	78	11.1	21	1
Broderick Sargent	6	50	8.3	21	0
Keith Jennings	6	47	7.8	14	0
Darryl Clack	4	69	17.2	44	0
Ray Alexander	1	16	16.0	16	0
Roger Ruzek	1	4	4.0	4	0
Troy Aikman	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Totals	266	3124	11.7	75	14

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Roger Ruzek	15	14	93.3	11	5	45.5	29
Luis Zendejas	10	10	100.0	9	5	55.6	25
Totals	25	24	96.0	20	10	50.0	54

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Saxon	79	3233	40.9	56
Roger Ruzek	1	28	28.0	28
Totals	80	3261	40.8	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Derrick Shepard	24	160	6.7	17
Kelvin Martin	4	32	8.0	12
Cornell Burbage	3	5	1.7	5
Totals	31	197	6.4	17

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Dixon	47	1181	25.1	97	1
Derrick Shepard	19	394	20.7	32	0
Darryl Clack	3	56	18.7	24	0
Cornell Burbage	3	55	18.3	22	0
Junior Tautalatasi	1	9	9.0	9	0
Thornton Chandler	1	8	8.0	8	0
Scott Ankrom	2	6	3.0	5	0
Broderick Sargent	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	77	1709	22.2	97	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eugene Lockhart	2	14	7.0	12
Bill Bates	1	18	18.0	18
Vince Albritton	1	3	3.0	3
Ron Francis	1	2	2.0	2
Ron Burton	1	0	0.0	0
Ray Horton	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	7	37	5.3	18

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jim Jeffcoat	11.5
Dean Hamel	3.5
Willie Broughton	3.0
Ken Norton	2.5
Eugene Lockhart	2.0
Tony Tolbert	2.0
Ray Horton	1.0
Too Jones	1.0
Danny Noonan	1.0
Manny Hendrix	0.5
Totals	28.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jim Jeffcoat	100	100	0		0	3	77	1	0
Willie Broughton	92	92	0
Ken Norton	87	87	0		0	0	0	0	1
Jack Del Rio	58	58	0		0	2	57	1	0
Tony Tolbert	52	52	0
Jesse Solomon	43	43	0
Bill Bates	34	34	0	0
Ken Tippins	6	6	0
Troy Aikman					6	3	0	0	0
Mark Stepnoski					0	3	0	0	0
Junior Tautalatasi					3	2	1	0	0
Steve Walsh					3	2	-14	0	0
Eugene Lockhart				0	0	2	40	1	0
Manny Hendrix					0	1	0	0	0
James Dixon					4	1	0		0
Scott Ankrom					1	1	0	0	0
Michael Irvin					0	1	0		0
Vince Albritton				0	0	1	0	0	0
Roger Ruzek					0	1	0		0
Darryl Clack					1	1	0		0
Broderick Sargent					1	0	0		0
Derrick Shepard					1	0	0		0
Paul Palmer					3	0	0		0
Bob White					1	0	0	0	0
Daryl Johnston					3	0	0		0
Herschel Walker					2	0	0		0
Totals	472	472	0	0	29	24	161	3	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Roger Ruzek		0							5	14	0			29
Luis Zendejas									5	10	0			25
James Dixon	0	2		1					0	0	0			18
Herschel Walker	2	1							0	0	0			18
Daryl Johnston	0	3							0	0	0			18
Steve Folsom		2							0	0	0			12
Darryl Clack	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Kelvin Martin		2	0						0	0	0			12
Michael Irvin	0	2							0	0	0			12
Paul Palmer	2	0							0	0	0			12
Derrick Shepard	0	1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Bernard Ford		1							0	0	0			6
Eugene Lockhart						0	1		0	0	0			6
Jim Jeffcoat							1		0	0	0			6
Broderick Sargent	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Jack Del Rio							1		0	0	0			6
Totals	7	14	0	1	0	0	3	0	10	24	0	0	0	204