| Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1987 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 40103 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 64 F Humidty: 97% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Floyd Dixon 28 pass from Scott Campbell (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Robert Moore 20 opponents fumble recovery (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Roger Ruzek 44 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Herschel Walker 1 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Scott Campbell 1 run (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 21 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 30 | 119 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| ATL | Scott Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| ATL | Floyd Dixon | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| DAL | Herschel Walker | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 11 | 1 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 8 | 0 |
| DAL | Steve Pelluer | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Kelvin Edwards | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| ATL | Scott Campbell | 30 | 17 | 56.7 | 2 | 253 | 8.4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.8 |
| DAL | Steve Pelluer | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 0 | 203 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 77.8 |
| DAL | Danny White | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 1 | 83 | 6.9 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Floyd Dixon | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 28t | 1 |
| ATL | Aubrey Matthews | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| ATL | John Settle | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 36 | 0 |
| ATL | Charlie Brown | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 |
| ATL | Larry Emery | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | Gerald Riggs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DAL | Kelvin Edwards | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 22 | 0 |
| DAL | Herschel Walker | 7 | 62 | 8.9 | 22 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Renfro | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 22 | 0 |
| DAL | Kelvin Martin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DAL | Rod Barksdale | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | James Britt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DAL | Michael Downs | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| ATL | Rick Donnelly | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 49 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Saxon | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Billy Johnson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| DAL | Kelvin Martin | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| ATL | Larry Emery | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 |
| DAL | Kelvin Martin | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 |
| DAL | Darryl Clack | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| ATL | Greg Brown | 1.0 |
| ATL | Tony Casillas | 1.0 |
| ATL | Dennis Harrison | 1.0 |
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