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 |
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Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | ATL |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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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