| New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 57920 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Roger Staubach 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 24 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 24 FG | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 7 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 25 | 152 | 6.1 | 63 | 1 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Alois Blackwell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 38 | 24 | 63.2 | 3 | 235 | 6.2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 47.6 |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 141 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 113.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tinker Owens | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Joe Campbell | 2.0 |
| Elex Price | 1.0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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