| Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 21, 1987 Location: Anaheim, CA Venue: Anaheim Stadium Attendance: 60700 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 10 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 29 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 1 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Charles White 8 run (Mike Lansford kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 24 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 42 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 44 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 47 FG | 19 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 27 pass from Steve Pelluer (Roger Ruzek kick) | 26 | 7 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jim Everett 1 run (Mike Lansford kick) | 26 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 37 FG | 29 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Kevin House 15 pass from Steve Dils (Mike Lansford kick) | 29 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Kelvin Edwards |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 75 | LOT | Daryle Smith |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 16 | QB | Steve Pelluer |
| 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 |
| 59 | LLB | Jesse Penn |
| 55 | MLB | Steve DeOssie |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Brown |
| 80 | WR | Henry Ellard |
| 75 | LOT | Irv Pankey |
| 66 | LOG | Tom Newberry |
| 56 | C | Doug Smith |
| 67 | ROG | Duval Love |
| 78 | ROT | Jackie Slater |
| 81 | TE | David Hill |
| 86 | TE | Damone Johnson |
| 11 | QB | Jim Everett |
| 33 | RB | Charles White |
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Doug Reed |
| 69 | NT | Greg Meisner |
| 71 | RDE | Reggie Doss |
| 58 | LOLB | Mel Owens |
| 55 | LILB | Carl Ekern |
| 50 | RILB | Jim Collins |
| 54 | ROLB | Mike Wilcher |
| 25 | LCB | Jerry Gray |
| 23 | SS | Michael Stewart |
| 21 | FS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 47 | RCB | LeRoy Irvin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Pelluer | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Charles White | 26 | 66 | 2.5 | 8t | 1 |
| Jim Everett | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 1 |
| Steve Dils | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 0 | 183 | 6.1 | 27t | 1 | 2 | 12 | 80.3 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Jim Everett | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 189 | 7.9 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 41.8 |
| Steve Dils | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 1 | 73 | 4.9 | 15t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 27t | 1 |
| Kelvin Martin | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Henry Ellard | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Guman | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Ron Brown | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Damone Johnson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Charles White | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Tim Tyrrell | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Downs | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jesse Penn | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dale Hatcher | 5 | 222 | 44.4 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Henry Ellard | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Ron Brown | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 45 | 0 | |
| Tim Tyrrell | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Richard Brown | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Kevin Greene | 1.0 |
| Doug Reed | 1.0 |
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