Sunday, November 15, 1987
| DAL | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Ron Francis 18 yard interception return (Roger Ruzek kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Patriots | Steve Grogan 2 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Doug Cosbie 3 yard pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 4th | Patriots | Tony Franklin 41 yard field goal | 14 | 10 |
| Patriots | Stanley Morgan 5 yard pass from Tom Ramsey (Tony Franklin kick) | 14 | 17 | |
| Cowboys | Roger Ruzek 20 yard field goal | 17 | 17 | |
| OT | Cowboys | Herschel Walker 60 yard rush | 23 | 17 |
| DAL | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-181-1 | 33-88-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-44-286-1-2 | 14-28-209-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-29 | 4-32 |
| Net pass yards | 257 | 177 |
| Total yards | 438 | 265 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 15-112 | 5-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 28 | 173 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 25 | 44 | 286 | 1 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||
| Mike Renfro | DAL | 4 | 79 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Rod Barksdale | DAL | 3 | 40 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 3 | 26 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Kelvin Edwards | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Thornton Chandler | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tom Ramsey | NWE | 8 | 16 | 136 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 2 | 59 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 5 | 56 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 14 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 2 | 42 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 6 | 12 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 2 | 18 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Francis | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Jeffcoat | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Too Tall Jones | DAL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kelvin Martin | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Randy White | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Rembert | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Andre Tippett | NWE | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ed Williams | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Roger Ruzek | DAL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Saxon | DAL | 7 | 282 | 40.3 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Camarillo | NWE | 6 | 211 | 35.2 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | NWE | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |