| Super Bowl XII - Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: January 15, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 75583 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Denver Broncos | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 35 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 43 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Jim Turner 47 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Butch Johnson 45 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver Broncos | Rob Lytle 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Golden Richards 29 pass from Robert Newhouse (Efren Herrera kick) | 27 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rob Lytle | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Norris Weese | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 0 | 183 | 7.3 | 45t | 1 | 5 | 35 | 102.6 |
| Danny White | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 4 | 39 | 2.6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Norris Weese | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 22 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 47.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 45t | 1 |
| Golden Richards | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Dolbin | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mark Washington | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 |
| John Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 67 | 0 | |
| John Schultz | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Lyle Alzado | 2.0 |
| Rubin Carter | 2.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 |
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