1986 Dallas Cowboys Team Info
| League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
| National Football League (NFL) | Tom Landry (7-9) | 7-9 | – | Finished 3rd in the NFL’s National Football Conference East Division | – |
Roster
| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
| Vince Albritton | DB | July 23, 1962 | 6’2′ | 215 | Washington |
| Jesse Baker | DE | July 10, 1957 | 6’5′ | 269 | Jacksonville St. |
| Brian Baldinger | G-T-C | January 7, 1960 | 6’4′ | 278 | Duke |
| Gordon Banks | WR | March 12, 1958 | 5’10’ | 175 | Stanford |
| Bill Bates | DB | June 6, 1961 | 6’1′ | 204 | Tennessee |
| Kevin Brooks | DT-DE | February 9, 1963 | 6’6′ | 277 | Michigan |
| Thornton Chandler | TE | November 27, 1963 | 6’5′ | 243 | Florida A&M |
| Darryl Clack | RB | October 29, 1963 | 5’10’ | 219 | Arizona St. |
| Reggie Collier | QB | May 14, 1961 | 6’3′ | 207 | Southern Miss |
| Jim Cooper | T-C-G | September 28, 1955 | 6’5′ | 262 | Temple |
| Doug Cosbie | TE | March 27, 1956 | 6’6′ | 236 | Holy Cross |
| Steve DeOssie | LB | November 22, 1962 | 6’2′ | 248 | Boston Col. |
| Tony Dorsett | RB | April 7, 1954 | 5’11’ | 192 | Pittsburgh |
| Michael Downs | DB | June 9, 1959 | 6’3′ | 205 | Rice |
| John Dutton | DT-DE | February 6, 1951 | 6’6′ | 266 | Nebraska |
| Ron Fellows | DB | November 7, 1958 | 6’0′ | 178 | Missouri |
| Todd Fowler | TE | June 9, 1962 | 6’3′ | 221 | S.F. Austin |
| Cornell Gowdy | DB | October 2, 1963 | 6’1′ | 196 | Morgan St. |
| Mike Hegman | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6’1′ | 227 | Alabama A&M |
| Manny Hendrix | DB | October 20, 1964 | 5’10’ | 180 | Utah |
| Tony Hill | WR | June 23, 1956 | 6’2′ | 199 | Stanford |
| Johnny Holloway | DB | November 8, 1963 | 5’11’ | 181 | Northwestern |
| Garth Jax | LB | September 16, 1963 | 6’2′ | 250 | Florida St. |
| Jim Jeffcoat | DE | April 1, 1961 | 6’5′ | 274 | Arizona St. |
| Too Jones | DE | February 23, 1951 | 6’9′ | 271 | Tennessee St. |
| Crawford Ker | G | May 5, 1962 | 6’3′ | 288 | Florida |
| Robert Lavette | RB | September 8, 1963 | 5’11’ | 190 | Georgia Tech |
| Eugene Lockhart | LB | March 8, 1961 | 6’2′ | 234 | Houston |
| Paul McDonald | QB | February 23, 1958 | 6’2′ | 185 | USC |
| Timmy Newsome | RB | May 17, 1958 | 6’1′ | 232 | Winston-Salem St. |
| Nate Newton | G-T | December 20, 1961 | 6’3′ | 318 | Florida A&M |
| Bob Otto | DE | December 16, 1962 | 6’6′ | 251 | Idaho St. |
| Steve Pelluer | QB | July 29, 1962 | 6’4′ | 209 | Washington |
| Jesse Penn | LB | September 6, 1962 | 6’3′ | 220 | Virginia Tech |
| Kurt Ploeger | DE-DT | December 1, 1962 | 6’5′ | 259 | Gustavus Adolphus |
| Karl Powe | WR | January 17, 1962 | 6’2′ | 175 | Alabama St. |
| Phil Pozderac | T | December 19, 1959 | 6’9′ | 277 | Notre Dame |
| Tom Rafferty | C-G | August 2, 1954 | 6’3′ | 256 | Penn St. |
| Mike Renfro | WR | June 19, 1955 | 6’0′ | 184 | TCU |
| Howard Richards | G-T | August 7, 1959 | 6’6′ | 263 | Missouri |
| Jeff Rohrer | LB | December 25, 1958 | 6’3′ | 228 | Yale |
| Mike Saxon | P | July 10, 1962 | 6’3′ | 205 | San Diego St. |
| Victor Scott | DB | June 1, 1962 | 6’0′ | 200 | Colorado |
| Rafael Septien | K | December 12, 1953 | 5’10’ | 176 | La-Lafayette |
| Mike Sherrard | WR | June 21, 1963 | 6’1′ | 185 | UCLA |
| Don Smerek | DT-DE | December 20, 1957 | 6’7′ | 255 | Nevada-Reno |
| Glen Titensor | G-C | February 21, 1958 | 6’4′ | 263 | UCLA |
| Mark Tuinei | T-C-DT | March 31, 1960 | 6’5′ | 302 | UCLA |
| Herschel Walker | RB | March 3, 1962 | 6’1′ | 225 | Georgia |
| Everson Walls | DB | December 28, 1959 | 6’1′ | 194 | Grambling St. |
| Randy White | DT-LB-DE | January 15, 1953 | 6’4′ | 257 | Maryland |
| Danny White | QB-P | February 9, 1952 | 6’2′ | 193 | Arizona St. |
