Week 4, 1989

played in Dallas, TX

65 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Detroit Lions	0	7	3	0	-	10
Dallas Cowboys	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
2Q: 08:03 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 36 field goal
2Q: 02:40 DET - Don Beebe 24 pass from Doug Flutie (Uwe Von Schamann extra point)
3Q: 09:50 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 08:03 DAL - Donald Igwebuike 36 field goal
2Q: 02:40 DET - Don Beebe 24 pass from Doug Flutie (Uwe Von Schamann extra point)
3Q: 09:50 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 36 field goal

Team Statistics DET DAL
Record 3-1 1-3
First Downs 9 16
- by Rushing 3 5
- by Passing 5 11
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 184 235
- Offensive Plays 58 73
- Yards per Play 3.17 3.22
Net Rushing Yards 90 94
- Rushing Attempts 33 24
- Yards per Rush 2.73 3.92
Net Passing Yards 94 141
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 15 - 0 46 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 94 159
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 3.76 2.88
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/17 7/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.7 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 1/5 3/32
Punt Returns/Yards 3/48 4/1
Kick Returns/Yards 2/39 1/16
Interception Ret./Yards 1/1 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 21
Time of Possession 30:18 29:42

Team Statistics	DET	DAL
Record	3-1	1-3
First Downs	9	16
- by Rushing	3	5
- by Passing	5	11
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	184	235
- Offensive Plays	58	73
- Yards per Play	3.17	3.22
Net Rushing Yards	90	94
- Rushing Attempts	33	24
- Yards per Rush	2.73	3.92
Net Passing Yards	94	141
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 15 - 0	46 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	94	159
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	3.76	2.88
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/17	7/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.7	8.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	1/5	3/32
Punt Returns/Yards	3/48	4/1
Kick Returns/Yards	2/39	1/16
Interception Ret./Yards	1/1	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 21
Time of Possession	30:18	29:42

Drive Charts

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	6:55	OWN 31	11	39	Missed FG
1	7:14	1:14	OWN 2	3	1	Punt
1	3:45	1:32	OWN 38	3	4	Punt
2	7:57	2:27	OWN 22	3	-5	Punt
2	5:03	2:42	OWN 45	6	55	Touchdown
2	0:48	0:48	OWN 17	5	22	Half
3	12:48	2:05	OWN 44	3	9	Punt
3	10:43	0:59	OPP 22	3	3	Field Goal
3	7:08	1:14	OWN 33	3	8	Punt
3	3:34	2:59	OWN 49	6	25	Missed FG
4	13:28	2:36	OWN 21	4	19	Punt
4	9:34	1:58	OWN 29	3	1	Punt
4	5:46	1:45	50	3	7	Punt
4	1:49	0:31	OWN 48	3	6	Punt

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	8:05	0:51	OWN 37	3	3	Punt
1	6:00	2:15	OPP 49	4	19	Missed FG
1	2:13	9:16	OWN 2	18	79	Field Goal
2	5:30	0:27	OWN 29	3	0	Punt
2	2:21	1:33	OWN 28	5	10	Punt
3	15:00	2:12	OWN 10	3	9	Punt
3	9:44	2:36	OWN 8	5	25	Punt
3	5:54	2:20	OWN 20	6	14	Punt
3	0:35	2:07	OWN 33	5	20	Interception
4	10:52	1:18	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
4	7:36	1:50	OWN 3	3	4	Punt
4	4:01	2:12	OWN 20	8	32	Downs
4	1:18	1:18	OWN 20	7	24	Game

Game MVP: Jerome Sally, Detroit Lions

Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Crash Davis	17	38	2.24	8	0
Billy Sims	8	30	3.75	11	1
Doug Flutie	5	20	4.00	8	0
Tim Spencer	2	-1	-0.50	0	0
Marion Butts	1	3	3.00	3	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Neal Anderson	16	60	3.75	12	2
Ken Bell	5	24	4.80	15	1
Tony Eason	3	10	3.33	4	0

Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Doug Flutie	25	15	94	0/0	1	24	0	81.1

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tony Eason	46	21	159	3/18	0	25	1	45.4

Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Mike Mularkey	4	5	23	5.75	0	11	0
WR Phil McConkey	4	6	22	5.50	1	6	0
WR Darren Flutie	2	3	6	3.00	5	5	0
WR Don Beebe	2	3	24	12.00	9	24	1
FB Tim Spencer	1	1	9	9.00	4	9	0
FB Ron Wolfley	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB Crash Davis	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR Carlos Carson	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Billy Sims	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Quinn Early	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Neal Anderson	7	10	33	4.71	17	9
WR Wayne Walker	5	6	50	10.00	4	25
WR Ricky Sanders	3	5	34	11.33	0	18
WR Bill Brooks	2	7	11	5.50	2	9
TE Pat Carter	2	5	17	8.50	4	14
TE Chris Dressel	1	2	8	8.00	7	8
WR Eddie Brown	1	6	6	6.00	0	6
FB James Jones	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Lawyer Tillman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Anthony Parker	1	1	1.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force
Doug Flutie	1	0	0
Crash Davis	1	0	0
Anthony Munoz	0	1	0
Phil McConkey	0	1	0
Kurt Cobain	0	1	0
Randy Grimes	0	0	1
Tom Flynn	0	0	1

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jeff Fisher	1	0	1
Neal Anderson	1	0	0
Eddie Brown	0	1	0
Rod Stephens	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Russell Erxleben	9	437	48.6	41.8	67	3

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rich Camarillo	8	363	45.4	39.4	58	3

Kicking Statistics

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Uwe Von Schamann	1/3	0/2	0/0	36	1/1

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Donald Igwebuike	1/2	0/1	0/0	36	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Phil McConkey	3	48	16.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Fisher	4	1	0.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Sims	2	39	19.5	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Fisher	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ronnie Lott	9	2	0.0	24	48
DE Jacob Green	5	0	1.0	14	24
OLB Duane Bickett	5	1	0.0	19	40
ILB Chris Spielman	4	4	0.5	21	39
S Tom Flynn	4	1	0.0	13	38
CB Anthony Parker	4	1	0.0	14	43
S Fred Marion	3	1	0.0	23	45
DT Jerome Sally	2	3	1.0	20	33
CB Duane Galloway	2	2	0.0	15	42
OLB Kurt Cobain	2	1	0.0	5	9
DT Emanuel Weaver	2	0	0.0	10	13
OLB Tim Cofield	2	0	0.0	9	11
DE Bruce Clark	1	1	0.5	10	25
OLB Jeff Rohrer	1	0	0.0	5	5
DE Randy Edwards	1	0	0.0	10	35
DE Jason Buck	1	0	0.0	14	14
CB Bobby Butler	0	2	0.0	20	38
DT Brian Sochia	0	1	0.0	15	29

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Andre Young	8	1	0.0	30	24
ILB Rod Stephens	5	1	0.0	21	20
OLB Broderick Thomas	5	1	0.0	8	11
CB Steve Brown	4	0	0.0	20	15
ILB Lance Mehl	3	1	0.0	10	8
CB Everson Walls	3	1	0.0	26	15
ILB Greg Manusky	3	1	0.0	12	5
S Wes Hopkins	3	0	0.0	26	23
OLB Robert Lyles	3	0	0.0	24	15
DT Michael Dean Perry	2	3	0.0	20	17
CB Jeff Fisher	1	0	0.0	12	14
DT Mark Duda	1	0	0.0	13	8
WR Ricky Sanders	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Louis Cooper	1	0	0.0	8	7
CB Kirby Jackson	1	0	0.0	20	17
OLB Aundray Bruce	1	0	0.0	22	11
DE Winnie Cooper	1	0	0.0	4	6
OLB Jessie Small	1	0	0.0	8	3
CB Cornell Holloway	1	0	0.0	10	5
DE Jeff Cross	0	2	0.0	29	19
DE Mack Moore	0	1	0.0	18	12

Pass Rush Statistics

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jerome Sally	1.0	0	1	1	33
DE Jacob Green	1.0	0	1	0	24
ILB Chris Spielman	0.5	1	0	0	39
DE Bruce Clark	0.5	0	1	0	25
DE Randy Edwards	0.0	0	2	2	35
DT Emanuel Weaver	0.0	0	1	0	13
OLB Duane Bickett	0.0	0	1	0	40

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Rod Stephens	0.0	1	0	0	20
DT Mark Duda	0.0	0	1	0	8

Pass Defense Statistics

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Ronnie Lott	4	0	0	48
CB Anthony Parker	3	1	1	43
S Fred Marion	2	3	0	45
S Tom Flynn	2	1	0	38
CB Duane Galloway	2	1	0	42
OLB Duane Bickett	2	0	0	40
OLB Kurt Cobain	2	0	0	9
DT Jerome Sally	1	1	0	33
ILB Chris Spielman	1	1	0	39
DE Jacob Green	1	0	0	24
DT Emanuel Weaver	1	0	0	13
CB Bobby Butler	0	2	0	38
OLB Jeff Rohrer	0	1	0	5

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Robert Lyles	2	1	15
ILB Lance Mehl	2	0	8
CB Steve Brown	2	0	15
S Wes Hopkins	2	0	23
ILB Rod Stephens	2	0	20
CB Everson Walls	1	2	15
CB Kirby Jackson	1	2	17
S Andre Young	1	1	24
OLB Louis Cooper	1	0	7
OLB Broderick Thomas	1	0	11

Blocking Statistics

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Guy McIntyre	3	8	1	33	23
Paul Jetton	2	6	0	33	25
Randy Grimes	1	4	0	33	25
Tim Spencer	1	2	0	18	14
Cody Risien	0	3	0	25	18
Anthony Munoz	0	3	0	32	24
Tom Newberry	0	1	0	9	10
Wesley Walls	0	1	0	24	13

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chad Lane	3	3	12	0	19
Ron Heller	2	6	22	0	41
Joe Tofflemire	1	4	21	2	44
Ralph Tamm	1	1	18	0	39
Chuck Brown	0	3	16	0	31
Melvin Jones	0	2	14	0	28
Jamie Dukes	0	1	14	1	38
Pat Carter	0	1	17	0	21

Special Teams Tackles

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Ozzie Newsome	2	17
Randy Grimes	1	12
Ron Wolfley	1	12
Tim Spencer	1	5

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Domingo Bryant	2	15
Lawyer Tillman	2	10
Wayne Walker	1	7

Participation

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Anthony Parker	---	---	14	43	23	80
Ronnie Lott	---	---	24	48	4	76
Fred Marion	---	---	23	45	2	70
Randy Grimes	33	25	---	---	12	70
Paul Jetton	33	25	---	---	12	70
Anthony Munoz	32	24	---	---	12	68
Chris Spielman	---	---	21	39	2	62
Duane Bickett	---	---	19	40	2	61
Duane Galloway	---	---	15	42	4	61
Bobby Butler	---	---	20	38	2	60
Tom Flynn	---	---	13	38	7	58
Doug Flutie	33	25	---	---	---	58
Guy McIntyre	33	23	---	---	---	56
Cody Risien	25	18	---	---	12	55
Jerome Sally	---	---	20	33	1	54
Brian Sochia	---	---	15	29	6	50
Randy Edwards	---	---	10	35	2	47
Wesley Walls	24	13	---	---	8	45
Kurt Cobain	---	---	5	9	31	45
Phil McConkey	18	17	---	---	9	44
Bruce Clark	---	---	10	25	7	42
Crash Davis	22	19	---	---	---	41
Jacob Green	---	---	14	24	1	39
Tim Spencer	18	14	---	---	5	37
Mike Mularkey	10	16	---	---	8	34
Billy Sims	10	4	---	---	17	31
Ron Wolfley	8	11	---	---	12	31
Tom Newberry	9	10	---	---	12	31
Carlos Carson	16	14	---	---	---	30
Jason Buck	---	---	14	14	2	30
Emanuel Weaver	---	---	10	13	5	28
Quinn Early	11	2	---	---	12	25
Darren Flutie	19	6	---	---	---	25
Ozzie Newsome	2	3	---	---	17	22
Tim Cofield	---	---	9	11	1	21
Don Beebe	6	4	---	---	8	18
Jeff Rohrer	---	---	5	5	5	15
Matt Millen	---	---	0	0	14	14
Niko Noga	---	---	3	8	---	11
Russell Erxleben	0	0	---	---	9	9
Uwe Von Schamann	0	0	---	---	6	6
Marion Butts	1	2	---	---	2	5
Gary Marangi	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ron Hall	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rick Strom	0	0	---	---	---	0
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Neal Anderson	22	46	---	---	10	78
Tony Eason	24	49	---	---	---	73
Ron Heller	22	41	---	---	6	69
Joe Tofflemire	21	44	---	---	---	65
Eddie Brown	15	33	---	---	14	62
Ralph Tamm	18	39	---	---	4	61
Chuck Brown	16	31	---	---	10	57
Andre Young	---	---	30	24	3	57
Melvin Jones	14	28	---	---	10	52
Wes Hopkins	---	---	26	23	3	52
Jamie Dukes	14	38	---	---	---	52
Jeff Fisher	---	---	12	14	25	51
Pat Carter	17	21	---	---	13	51
Jeff Cross	---	---	29	19	3	51
Ken Bell	15	19	---	---	15	49
Everson Walls	---	---	26	15	4	45
Bill Brooks	15	30	---	---	---	45
Robert Lyles	---	---	24	15	5	44
Ricky Sanders	11	33	---	---	---	44
Rod Stephens	---	---	21	20	3	44
Michael Dean Perry	---	---	20	17	6	43
Kirby Jackson	---	---	20	17	4	41
Chad Lane	12	19	---	---	10	41
Wayne Walker	8	24	---	---	7	39
Chris Dressel	7	20	---	---	11	38
Aundray Bruce	---	---	22	11	5	38
Steve Brown	---	---	20	15	1	36
Mack Moore	---	---	18	12	1	31
Glen Collins	---	---	15	13	2	30
James Jones	5	11	---	---	14	30
Domingo Bryant	---	---	7	7	15	29
Winnie Cooper	---	---	4	6	18	28
Mark Duda	---	---	13	8	6	27
Broderick Thomas	---	---	8	11	7	26
Lance Mehl	---	---	10	8	6	24
Louis Cooper	---	---	8	7	8	23
Lawyer Tillman	5	8	---	---	10	23
Greg Manusky	---	---	12	5	5	22
Cornell Holloway	---	---	10	5	6	21
Randy Clark	3	5	---	---	10	18
Jessie Small	---	---	8	3	3	14
Rich Camarillo	0	0	---	---	8	8
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	---	---	4	4
Frank Reich	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jeff Hostetler	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mike Ruth	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	21	2.1
Middle	10	36	3.6
Right	13	33	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	44	4.4
Middle	10	35	3.5
Right	4	15	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Doug Flutie	25	15	1	2	0	6	1	0	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tony Eason	46	21	1	1	2	11	7	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	10	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	40	2.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	44	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	9	36	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	7	48	2.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	4	50	3.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	25	6.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Phil McConkey	6	4	22	0	17
TE Mike Mularkey	5	4	23	0	16
WR Darren Flutie	3	2	6	0	6
WR Don Beebe	3	2	24	1	4
WR Carlos Carson	2	0	0	0	14
FB Ron Wolfley	2	1	3	0	11
RB Billy Sims	1	0	0	0	4
FB Tim Spencer	1	1	9	0	14
WR Quinn Early	1	0	0	0	2
RB Crash Davis	1	1	7	0	19

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Neal Anderson	10	7	0	33	0	46
WR Bill Brooks	7	2	0	11	0	30
WR Eddie Brown	6	1	1	6	0	33
WR Wayne Walker	6	5	0	50	1	24
WR Ricky Sanders	5	3	0	34	0	33
TE Pat Carter	5	2	1	17	0	21
TE Chris Dressel	2	1	0	8	0	20
FB James Jones	2	0	0	0	0	11
WR Lawyer Tillman	1	0	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Neal Anderson	1	-1	-1.00	3.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Doug Flutie	2	0	0	0.00	3.76

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tony Eason	2	0	0	0.00	3.46

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Quinn Early	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Darren Flutie	1	0	0	0.00	2.00

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB James Jones	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Eddie Brown	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Doug Flutie	3	1
Crash Davis	2	0
Marion Butts	1	1

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Neal Anderson	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Doug Flutie	11	6	2

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tony Eason	17	8	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Phil McConkey	4	3	0
TE Mike Mularkey	2	2	2
WR Carlos Carson	1	0	0
RB Billy Sims	1	0	0
WR Quinn Early	1	0	0
WR Darren Flutie	1	1	0
WR Don Beebe	1	0	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bill Brooks	5	1	0
RB Neal Anderson	3	3	3
WR Wayne Walker	3	2	1
WR Eddie Brown	2	0	0
TE Chris Dressel	1	1	1
FB James Jones	1	0	0
TE Pat Carter	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (21,400)
End Zone 14,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	67,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (21,400)
End Zone	14,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)