| Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 16, 1979 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64056 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 31% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago Bears | Vince Evans 3 run (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 42 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 46 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Golden Richards 52 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick blocked) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 11 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | James Scott 64 pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 22 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 20 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Walter Payton | 22 | 134 | 6.1 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Williams | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Vince Evans | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 20 | 108 | 5.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Vince Evans | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 1 | 155 | 9.7 | 64t | 2 | 4 | 37 | 82.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 0 | 222 | 7.2 | 42t | 3 | 2 | 16 | 112.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Golden Richards | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 1 | |
| James Scott | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 2 | |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Jay Saldi | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 54 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 0 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Brian Baschnagel | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Watts | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Springs | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 26 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Mike Hartenstine | 1.0 |
| Jim Osborne | 0.5 |
| Alan Page | 0.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Bruce Thornton | 2.0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1.0 |
| Dave Stalls | 1.0 |
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