1990 Dallas Cowboys Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jimmy Johnson (7-9)
Location: Dallas, Texas

1990 Dallas Cowboys Roster
1990 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1990 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

The Cowboys stumbled, scoring only 244 points, and the defense conceded 308. Troy Aikman threw for 2,579 yards. Kelvin Martin paced the receiving corps, hauling in 64 passes for 732 yards. Jay Novacek provided receiving help, too.

Emmitt Smith ran for a team-best 937 yards for Dallas.

James Washington and Issiac Holt each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition. Jimmie Jones and Danny Stubbs each sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times.

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	399	226	56.6	2579	6.5	11	2.8	18	4.5	61	39	288	66.6
Babe Laufenberg	67	24	35.8	279	4.2	1	1.5	6	9.0	27	4	29	16.9
Steve Walsh	9	4	44.4	40	4.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	20	0	0	57.6
Totals	475	254	53.5	2898	6.1	12	2.5	24	5.1	61	43	317

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Emmitt Smith	241	937	3.9	48	11
Tommie Agee	53	213	4.0	28	0
Troy Aikman	40	172	4.3	20	1
Alonzo Highsmith	19	48	2.5	7	0
James Dixon	11	43	3.9	18	0
Daryl Johnston	10	35	3.5	8	1
Alexander Wright	3	26	8.7	14	0
Mike Saxon	1	20	20.0	20	0
Babe Laufenberg	2	6	3.0	5	0
Timmy Smith	6	6	1.0	3	0
Bill Bates	1	4	4.0	4	0
Steve Walsh	1	0	0.0	0	0
Kelvin Martin	4	-2	-0.5	3	0
Dennis McKinnon	1	-8	-8.0	-8	0
Totals	393	1500	3.8	48	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Kelvin Martin	64	732	11.4	45	0
Jay Novacek	59	657	11.1	41	4
Tommie Agee	30	272	9.1	30	1
Emmitt Smith	24	228	9.5	57	0
Michael Irvin	20	413	20.6	61	5
Dennis McKinnon	14	172	12.3	28	1
Daryl Johnston	14	148	10.6	26	1
Robert Awalt	13	133	10.2	25	0
Alexander Wright	11	104	9.5	20	0
Alonzo Highsmith	3	13	4.3	7	0
James Dixon	2	26	13.0	21	0
Totals	254	2898	11.4	61	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ken Willis	26	26	100.0	25	18	72.0	80
Totals	26	26	100.0	25	18	72.0	80

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mike Saxon	79	3413	43.2	62
Totals	79	3413	43.2	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Derrick Shepard	20	121	6.0	13
Rod Harris	12	63	5.2	12
Kelvin Martin	5	46	9.2	17
Dennis McKinnon	2	20	10.0	20
Totals	39	250	6.4	20

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
James Dixon	36	736	20.4	47	0
Alexander Wright	12	276	23.0	90	1
Derrick Shepard	4	75	18.8	22	0
Mark Stepnoski	1	15	15.0	15	0
Rod Harris	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	54	1102	20.4	90	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Issiac Holt	3	72	24.0	64	1
James Washington	3	24	8.0	13	0
Kenneth Gant	1	26	26.0	26	0
Bill Bates	1	4	4.0	4	0
Manny Hendrix	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ray Horton	1	0	0.0	0	0
Robert Williams	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	11	126	11.5	64	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jimmie Jones	7.5
Danny Stubbs	7.5
Tony Tolbert	6.0
Danny Noonan	4.5
Jim Jeffcoat	3.5
Ken Norton	2.5
Jack Del Rio	1.5
Eugene Lockhart	1.0
Jesse Solomon	1.0
Dean Hamel	1.0
Totals	36.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Ken Norton	119	119	0		0	2	0	0	3
Jack Del Rio	104	104	0		0	0	0	0	1
James Washington	70	70	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Jim Jeffcoat	65	65	0		0	1	28	0	1
Jimmie Jones	60	60	0
Danny Stubbs	59	59	0		0	2	0	0	2
Tony Tolbert	55	55	0
Bill Bates	51	51	0	0
Vinson Smith	23	23	0		0	2	0	0	1
Jesse Solomon	13	13	0
Kenneth Gant	9	9	0	0
Ray Horton				0	0	4	11	0	0
Vince Albritton					0	2	0	0	0
Ron Francis					0	2	0	0	0
John Gesek					0	2	0	0	0
Nate Newton					0	2	0	0	0
Crawford Ker					0	1	0	0	0
Eugene Lockhart					0	1	0	0	0
Daryl Johnston					1	1	0		0
Alexander Wright					1	1	0		0
Troy Aikman					5	1	0		0
Manny Hendrix				0	0	1	0	0	0
Derrick Shepard					1	1	0	0	0
Kelvin Martin					2	1	0	0	0
Kevin Gogan					0	1	0	0	0
Babe Laufenberg					1	1	0	0	0
Dean Hamel					0	1	0	0	0
James Dixon					2	0	0	0	0
Robert Awalt					1	0	0	0	0
Jay Novacek					1	0	0		0
Dennis McKinnon					1	0	0		0
Alonzo Highsmith					1	0	0	0	0
Rod Harris					2	0	0	0	0
Steve Walsh					1	0	0	0	0
Emmitt Smith					7	0	0		0
Totals	628	628	0	0	27	33	39	0	8

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ken Willis									18	26	0			80
Emmitt Smith	11	0							0	0	0			66
Michael Irvin		5							0	0	0			30
Jay Novacek		4							0	0	0			24
Daryl Johnston	1	1							0	0	0			12
Troy Aikman	1								0	0	0			6
Alexander Wright	0	0		1					0	0	0			6
Tommie Agee	0	1							0	0	0			6
Dennis McKinnon	0	1	0						0	0	0			6
Issiac Holt						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	13	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	26	0	0	0	242