| Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1976 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 54992 |
| Weather: Temp: 56 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Scott Laidlaw 16 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 23 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mike Esposito 35 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Scott Hunter 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 35 | RB | Scott Laidlaw |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 63 | RDT | Larry Cole |
| 69 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Breunig |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | LS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 46 | RCB | Mark Washington |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 84 | WR | Alfred Jenkins |
| 61 | LOT | Brent Adams |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 53 | C | Paul Ryczek |
| 63 | ROG | Greg Kindle |
| 65 | ROT | Len Gotshalk |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Scott Hunter |
| 41 | RB | Sonny Collins |
| 26 | RB | Mike Esposito |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 69 | RDT | Mike Lewis |
| 75 | RDE | Jeff Merrow |
| 52 | LLB | Dewey McClain |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 22 | LCB | Rolland Lawrence |
| 34 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 32 | FS | Ray Easterling |
| 38 | RCB | Frank Reed |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 15 | 88 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Mike Esposito | 13 | 82 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Haskel Stanback | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Sonny Collins | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Billy Pritchett | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bubba Bean | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Hunter | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 3 | 157 | 5.6 | 0 | 24.6 | |||
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 99 | 5.0 | 0 | 35.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Esposito | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ray Brown | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dewey McClain | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy Nobis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 6 | 221 | 36.8 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| John James | 8 | 388 | 48.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Mabra | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rolland Lawrence | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Sonny Collins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Jeff Merrow | 1.5 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1.5 |
| Mike Tilleman | 0.5 |
| Mike Lewis | 0.5 |
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