| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 8, 1986 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 59804 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 81 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 17 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 36 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Johnson 13 pass from Phil Simms (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Stacy Robinson 3 pass from Phil Simms (Bob Thomas kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 35 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morris 2 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Thornton Chandler 1 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 24 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Johnson 44 pass from Phil Simms (Bob Thomas kick) | 28 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 10 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 28 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 81 | WR | Stacy Robinson |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 61 | ROG | Chris Godfrey |
| 63 | ROT | Karl Nelson |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 20 | RB | Joe Morris |
| 44 | FB | Maurice Carthon |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 34 | LCB | Elvis Patterson |
| 48 | SS | Kenny Hill |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gordon Banks |
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 75 | LOT | Phil Pozderac |
| 63 | LOG | Glen Titensor |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Fellows |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Joe Morris | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 34 | 1 |
| Phil Simms | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 10 | 64 | 6.4 | 13 | 2 |
| Tony Dorsett | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Robert Lavette | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 45 | 22 | 48.9 | 1 | 300 | 6.7 | 44t | 3 | 4 | 39 | 83.6 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 39 | 23 | 59.0 | 0 | 279 | 7.2 | 36t | 2 | 2 | 14 | 98.1 |
| Steve Pelluer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Johnson | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 44t | 2 |
| Mark Bavaro | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Stacy Robinson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Lionel Manuel | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Solomon Miller | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Gordon Banks | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Mike Sherrard | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 7 | 320 | 45.7 | 54 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 8 | 348 | 43.5 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Lionel Manuel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Mark Collins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Mark Collins | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Solomon Miller | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Lavette | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Darryl Clack | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.5 |
| Leonard Marshall | 0.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| John Dutton | 1.0 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Eugene Lockhart | 1.0 |
| Jeff Rohrer | 1.0 |
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