| Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 16, 1977 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62115 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 19% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 40 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Golden Richards 50 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 7 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Clarence Harmon 1 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 53 FG | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 44 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 52 FG | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 59 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 16 | 27 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 6 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 16 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Frank Grant |
| 42 | WR | Charley Taylor |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 62 | ROG | Dan Nugent |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 84 | TE | Jean Fugett |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| 22 | RB | Mike Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Brundige |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 61 | RDE | Dennis Johnson |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 53 | MLB | Harold McLinton |
| 32 | RLB | Mike Curtis |
| 45 | LCB | Gerard Williams |
| 27 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 13 | RS | Jake Scott |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 66 | ROG | Burton Lawless |
| 67 | ROT | Pat Donovan |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 56 | LLB | Thomas Henderson |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Thomas | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Clarence Harmon | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 2 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 51 | 2.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 0 | 45 | 3.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Joe Theismann | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 19 | 1.9 | 1 | 33.3 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 0 | 250 | 8.9 | 2 | 107.7 | |||
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charley Taylor | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Frank Grant | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Clarence Harmon | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Mike Thomas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 6 | 157 | 26.2 | 1 | |
| Golden Richards | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 1 | |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 9 | 380 | 42.2 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 0 | ||
| Larry Jones | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Murphy | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Larry Brinson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Henderson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Diron Talbert | 1.0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 3.0 |
| Randy White | 2.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Larry Cole | 0.5 |
| D.D. Lewis | 0.5 |
| Thomas Henderson | 0.5 |
| Bill Gregory | 0.5 |
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