| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1989 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 72141 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 27 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bjorn Nittmo 33 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bjorn Nittmo 22 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bjorn Nittmo 26 FG | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ottis Anderson 1 run (Bjorn Nittmo kick blocked) | 0 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | James Dixon |
| 87 | WR | Derrick Shepard |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 76 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 70 | C | Mark Stepnoski |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 76 | ROT | Jeff Zimmerman |
| 85 | TE | Steve Folsom |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 26 | RB | Paul Palmer |
| 48 | FB | Daryl Johnston |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Danny Noonan |
| 60 | LDT | Dean Hamel |
| 79 | RDT | Willie Broughton |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 55 | SLB | Jack Del Rio |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 51 | WLB | Ken Norton |
| 45 | LCB | Manny Hendrix |
| 36 | SS | Vince Albritton |
| 20 | FS | Ray Horton |
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Stephen Baker |
| 86 | WR | Lionel Manuel |
| 60 | LOT | Eric Moore |
| 66 | LOG | Bill Roberts |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 59 | ROG | Brian Williams |
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 84 | TE | Zeke Mowatt |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 24 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Maurice Carthon |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | John Washington |
| 74 | NT | Erik Howard |
| 70 | RDE | Leonard Marshall |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 55 | LILB | Gary Reasons |
| 98 | RILB | Johnie Cooks |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 25 | LCB | Mark Collins |
| 29 | SS | Myron Guyton |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 23 | RCB | Perry Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Daryl Johnston | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Troy Aikman | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Palmer | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Bates | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Broderick Sargent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 25 | 91 | 3.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Lewis Tillman | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Maurice Carthon | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 84 | 3.8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 40.7 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 139 | 7.3 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 72.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Junior Tautalatasi | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cornell Burbage | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Palmer | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Keith Jennings | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Folsom | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bernard Ford | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Stacy Robinson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Stephen Baker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Lionel Manuel | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 46 | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 5 | 190 | 38.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cornell Burbage | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Dixon | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Derrick Shepard | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Dean Hamel | 1.0 |
| Willie Broughton | 0.5 |
| Ken Norton | 0.5 |
| New York Giants | |
| Erik Howard | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 |
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