| Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 10, 1989 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 66977 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 4 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Craig Heyward 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Derrick Shepard 56 punt return (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Paul Frazier 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 76 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 85 | TE | Steve Folsom |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 35 | RB | Kevin Scott |
| 34 | FB | Herschel Walker |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 79 | LDT | Willie Broughton |
| 73 | RDT | Danny Noonan |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 57 | SLB | Ron Burton |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 51 | WLB | Ken Norton |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 36 | SS | Vince Albritton |
| 20 | FS | Ray Horton |
| 23 | RCB | Robert Williams |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Trapilo |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 83 | TE | Greg Scales |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 21 | HB | Dalton Hilliard |
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Frank Warren |
| 94 | NT | Jim Wilks |
| 97 | RDE | Jumpy Geathers |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 92 | ROLB | James Haynes |
| 40 | LCB | Robert Massey |
| 27 | SS | Antonio Gibson |
| 44 | FS | Dave Waymer |
| 24 | RCB | Milton Mack |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Troy Aikman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Scott | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 22 | 83 | 3.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Paul Frazier | 12 | 83 | 6.9 | 21 | 1 |
| Craig Heyward | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Bobby Hebert | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Buford Jordan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 35 | 17 | 48.6 | 2 | 180 | 5.1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 40.2 |
| Mike Saxon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 19 | 16 | 84.2 | 0 | 153 | 8.1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 100.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Irvin | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Herschel Walker | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Kevin Scott | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Folsom | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Roger Ruzek | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Lonzell Hill | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Floyd Turner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Derrick Shepard | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hoby Brenner | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Greg Scales | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brett Maxie | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Waymer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 49 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Winslow | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Derrick Shepard | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 56t | 1 | |
| Lonzell Hill | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cornell Burbage | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Paul Frazier | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Toi Cook | 1.0 |
| Wayne Martin | 1.0 |
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