| Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1989 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 55825 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Michael Irvin 65 pass from Troy Aikman (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Bobby Butler 29 opponents fumble recovery (Paul McFadden kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Herschel Walker 4 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Paul McFadden 28 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Herschel Walker 20 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Paul McFadden 38 FG | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Kenny Flowers 1 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 20 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | John Settle 4 run (Paul McFadden kick) | 21 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 23 | 85 | 3.7 | 20t | 2 |
| Troy Aikman | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Broderick Sargent | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John Settle | 23 | 82 | 3.6 | 15 | 1 |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Kenny Flowers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Michael Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Miller | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 2 | 241 | 10.5 | 65t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.1 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Chris Miller | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 0 | 255 | 8.8 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 99.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Irvin | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Herschel Walker | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Steve Folsom | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Kevin Scott | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Shawn Collins | 5 | 95 | 19.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Michael Haynes | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Ron Heller | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Gene Lang | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brad Beckman | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| John Settle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Case | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Deion Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Fulhage | 4 | 138 | 34.5 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Deion Sanders | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Dixon | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Scott Ankrom | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Keith Jones | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ken Norton | 2.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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