| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1990 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 61090 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 94 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Phil Simms 4 run (Raul Allegre kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ottis Anderson 1 run (Raul Allegre kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Alexander Wright 90 kickoff return (Ken Willis kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Mark Bavaro 4 pass from Phil Simms (Raul Allegre kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Lawrence Taylor 11 interception return (Raul Allegre kick) | 28 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Mark Ingram |
| 83 | WR | Odessa Turner |
| 76 | LOT | John Elliott |
| 66 | LOG | Bill Roberts |
| 65 | C | Bart Oates |
| 60 | ROG | Eric Moore |
| 72 | ROT | Doug Riesenberg |
| 89 | TE | Mark Bavaro |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 34 | RB | Lewis Tillman |
| 44 | FB | Maurice Carthon |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Eric Dorsey |
| 74 | NT | Erik Howard |
| 73 | RDE | John Washington |
| 58 | LOLB | Carl Banks |
| 99 | LILB | Steve DeOssie |
| 52 | RILB | Pepper Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 21 | LCB | Reyna Thompson |
| 47 | SS | Greg Jackson |
| 29 | FS | Myron Guyton |
| 47 | RCB | Everson Walls |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86/21 | WR | James Dixon |
| 83 | WR | Kelvin Martin |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Tuinei |
| 68 | LOG | Crawford Ker |
| 53 | C | Mark Stepnoski |
| 65 | ROG | Tony Slaton |
| 61 | ROT | Nate Newton |
| 84 | TE | Jay Novacek |
| 8 | QB | Troy Aikman |
| 22 | RB | Emmitt Smith |
| 34 | FB | Tommie Agee |
| Defense | ||
| 96 | LDE | Danny Stubbs |
| 78 | LDT | Dean Hamel |
| 73 | RDT | Danny Noonan |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 55 | SLB | Jack Del Rio |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 51 | WLB | Ken Norton |
| 30 | LCB | Issiac Holt |
| 36 | SS | Vince Albritton |
| 20 | FS | Ray Horton |
| 23 | RCB | Robert Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lewis Tillman | 22 | 71 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Rodney Hampton | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Phil Simms | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Maurice Carthon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lee Rouson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Hostetler | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | -2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Emmitt Smith | 6 | 11 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Tommie Agee | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Bates | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Walsh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 21 | 16 | 76.2 | 0 | 208 | 9.9 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122.7 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Troy Aikman | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 2 | 109 | 6.1 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 34.0 |
| Steve Walsh | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 40 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Mark Bavaro | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 29 | 1 |
| Rodney Hampton | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Odessa Turner | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Lewis Tillman | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Meggett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Rob Awalt | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommie Agee | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Kelvin Martin | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Emmitt Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| James Dixon | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Daryl Johnston | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dennis McKinnon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Lawrence Taylor | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 55 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dennis McKinnon | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Dave Meggett | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Dixon | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Alexander Wright | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 90 | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Carl Banks | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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