| Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1988 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 68474 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Lonzell Hill 7 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Brett Perriman 17 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Kelvin Martin 13 pass from Steve Pelluer (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Kelvin Martin 14 pass from Steve Pelluer (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 27 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Ruzek 39 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 49 FG | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Ray Alexander |
| 88 | WR | Michael Irvin |
| 79 | LOT | Daryle Smith |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 89 | TE | Thornton Chandler |
| 16 | QB | Steve Pelluer |
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Kevin Brooks |
| 73 | RDT | Danny Noonan |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 57 | LLB | Ron Burton |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 59 | RLB | Garry Cobb |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 40 | SS | Bill Bates |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 38 | RCB | Ron Francis |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Lonzell Hill |
| 84 | WR | Eric Martin |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 60 | C | Steve Korte |
| 61 | ROG | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 82 | TE | John Tice |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 21 | HB | Dalton Hilliard |
| 36 | FB | Rueben Mayes |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Frank Warren |
| 99 | NT | Tony Elliott |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 29 | LCB | Reggie Sutton |
| 28 | SS | Gene Atkins |
| 39 | FS | Brett Maxie |
| 22 | RCB | Van Jakes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 26 | 124 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Pelluer | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Rueben Mayes | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | 35 | 23 | 65.7 | 1 | 271 | 7.7 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 96.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 37 | 17 | 45.9 | 1 | 273 | 7.4 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 77.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Kelvin Martin | 8 | 95 | 11.9 | 18 | 2 |
| Herschel Walker | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Alexander | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Everett Gay | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Michael Irvin | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eric Martin | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Lonzell Hill | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Brett Perriman | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 1 |
| John Tice | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 40 | 0 |
| Robert Clark | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Everson Walls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Van Jakes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 45 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Jumpy Geathers | 1.0 |
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