| Baltimore Colts at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64224 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Doug Dennison 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 91 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 8 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 38 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Jay Saldi 1 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 48 FG | 0 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Don McCauley | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| BAL | Roosevelt Leaks | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| BAL | Mike Kirkland | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| BAL | Ron Lee | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| BAL | Don Hardeman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 15 | 147 | 9.8 | 51 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Dennison | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 23 | 1 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BAL | Mike Kirkland | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 116 | 5.8 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 24.2 |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 2 | 280 | 12.7 | 91t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116.5 |
| DAL | Danny White | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.6 |
| DAL | Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Reese McCall | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 34 | 0 |
| BAL | Ron Lee | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| BAL | Marshall Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| BAL | Roger Carr | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| BAL | Glenn Doughty | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| BAL | Don McCauley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 91t | 1 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 38t | 1 |
| DAL | Tony Hill | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 49 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8t | 1 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Golden Richards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DAL | Jay Saldi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Norm Thompson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| DAL | Aaron Kyle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BAL | David Lee | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 5 | 9 | 54 | 10.8 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BAL | Marshall Johnson | 5 | 169 | 33.8 | 57 | 0 |
| BAL | Joe Washington | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| BAL | Don McCauley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DAL | Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| DAL | Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| DAL | Randy White | 1.0 |
| DAL | Thomas Henderson | 0.5 |
| DAL | D.D. Lewis | 0.5 |
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