| Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: November 15, 1987 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Sullivan Stadium Attendance: 60567 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 44 F Humidty: % Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Francis 18 interception return (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Steve Grogan 2 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 3 pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Tony Franklin 41 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Stanley Morgan 5 pass from Tom Ramsey (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 20 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 5 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 60 run | 23 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Kelvin Edwards |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Kevin Brooks |
| 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 |
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Irving Fryar |
| 86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
| 73 | LOT | Danny Villa |
| 62 | LOG | Sean Farrell |
| 75 | C | Guy Morriss |
| 61 | ROG | Ron Wooten |
| 78 | ROT | Bruce Armstrong |
| 87 | TE | Lin Dawson |
| 14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
| 33 | RB | Tony Collins |
| 30 | FB | Mosi Tatupu |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Kenneth Sims |
| 90 | NT | Toby Williams |
| 60 | RDE | Garin Veris |
| 56 | LOLB | Andre Tippett |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Larry McGrew |
| 54 | ROLB | Ed Williams |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lippett |
| 38 | SS | Roland James |
| 31 | FS | Fred Marion |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Clayborn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 28 | 173 | 6.2 | 60t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tony Collins | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Ramsey | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Perryman | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Reggie Dupard | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Grogan | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 44 | 25 | 56.8 | 2 | 286 | 6.5 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 65.2 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Ramsey | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 136 | 8.5 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 100.0 |
| Steve Grogan | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 73 | 6.1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 34.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Timmy Newsome | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Rod Barksdale | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Kelvin Edwards | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Irving Fryar | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Stephen Starring | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Lin Dawson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mosi Tatupu | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Perryman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Collins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Francis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ed Williams | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Roland James | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 7 | 282 | 40.3 | 44 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Rich Camarillo | 6 | 211 | 35.2 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 27 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Reggie Dupard | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 2.0 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| New England Patriots | |
| Andre Tippett | 3.0 |
| Johnny Rembert | 1.0 |
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