| Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1987 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 12370 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 50 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Ragusa 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Cornell Burbage 13 pass from Kevin Sweeney (Luis Zendejas kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Luis Zendejas 33 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | David Adams 27 run (Luis Zendejas kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Kelvin Edwards 33 pass from Kevin Sweeney (Luis Zendejas kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Jamie Kurisko 41 pass from David Norrie (Pat Ragusa kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | John Chirico 3 run (Pat Ragusa kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Alvin Blount 1 run (Luis Zendejas kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Kelvin Edwards 35 pass from Kevin Sweeney (Luis Zendejas kick) | 38 | 17 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Michael Harper 78 punt return (Pat Ragusa kick) | 38 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Cornell Burbage |
| 80 | WR | Sebron Spivey |
| 75 | LOT | Daryle Smith |
| 79 | LOG | Sal Cesario |
| 72 | C | Mike Zentic |
| 70 | ROG | Bob White |
| 77 | ROT | Steve Cisowski |
| 84 | TE | Rich Borresen |
| 19 | QB | Kevin Sweeney |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Blount |
| 37 | FB | Gerald White |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Don Smerek |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Dwyer |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 92 | RDE | Ray Perkins |
| 51 | LLB | Dale Jones |
| 57 | MLB | Russ Swan |
| 52 | RLB | Chris Duliban |
| 10 | LCB | Jimmy Armstrong |
| 27 | SS | Tommy Haynes |
| 29 | FS | Alex Green |
| 23 | RCB | Robert Williams |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Michael Harper |
| 80 | WR | Scott Holman |
| 76 | LOT | John Thomas |
| 69 | LOG | Tom Humphrey |
| 62 | C | Eric Coss |
| 71 | ROG | Pete McCartney |
| 72 | ROT | Ken Jones |
| 82 | TE | Jamie Kurisko |
| 88 | TE | Tony Sweet |
| 17 | QB | David Norrie |
| 45 | RB | Eddie Hunter |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 94 | NT | Scott Mersereau |
| 93 | RDE | Marty Lyons |
| 92 | LOLB | Ken Rose |
| 51 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 90 | RILB | Jay Brophy |
| 91 | ROLB | Ladell Wills |
| 49 | LCB | Larry Robinson |
| 44 | LS | Trent Collins |
| 25 | RS | George Radachowsky |
| 40 | RCB | Marc Hogan |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Alvin Blount | 28 | 72 | 2.6 | 15 | 1 |
| David Adams | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 27t | 1 |
| Kevin Sweeney | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Gerald White | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Eddie Hunter | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| John Chirico | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 3t | 1 |
| Derrick Foster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| David Norrie | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Walter Briggs | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Kevin Sweeney | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 1 | 139 | 9.9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 |
| Loren Snyder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| David Norrie | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 1 | 213 | 6.5 | 41t | 1 | 11 | 54 | 71.9 |
| Walter Briggs | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cornell Burbage | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Kelvin Edwards | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 35t | 2 |
| Sebron Spivey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Michael Harper | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Scott Holman | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Chirico | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Jamie Kurisko | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Derrick Foster | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Hunter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Alex Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Haynes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| George Radachowsky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Buzz Sawyer | 6 | 255 | 42.5 | 49 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Tom O'Connor | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cornell Burbage | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bruce Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Michael Harper | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 78t | 1 | |
| Trent Collins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Sebron Spivey | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| David Adams | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Rich Borresen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Michael Harper | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hunter | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Chris Duliban | 2.0 |
| Tommy Haynes | 2.0 |
| Ed Jones | 2.0 |
| Ray Perkins | 2.0 |
| Mike Dwyer | 1.0 |
| Walter Johnson | 1.0 |
| Jeff Rohrer | 1.0 |
| Randy Watts | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Jay Brophy | 1.0 |
| Ken Rose | 1.0 |
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