| Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1977 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 55851 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 52 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bobby Ferrell 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Staubach 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Preston Pearson 36 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Kenny Harrison 10 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 20 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 21 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 27 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 22 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 35 | 21 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Delvin Williams 1 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching kick) | 35 | 28 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Preston Pearson 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 42 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Seal 47 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching kick) | 42 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 67 | ROT | Pat Donovan |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Gregory |
| 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 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Kenny Harrison |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 77 | LOT | Jean Barrett |
| 65 | LOG | Steve Lawson |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 40 | RB | Wilbur Jackson |
| 24 | RB | Delvin Williams |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 72 | RDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 52 | LLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 54 | MLB | Ed Bradley |
| 59 | RLB | Willie Harper |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 32 | SS | Mel Phillips |
| 59 | FS | Ralph McGill |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 12 | 20 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 0 | 220 | 11.6 | 3 | 151.3 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 0 | 263 | 9.1 | 4 | 122.6 | |||
| Tom Wittum | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 1 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Gene Washington | 5 | 130 | 26.0 | 1 | |
| Delvin Williams | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Paul Seal | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 1 | |
| Kenny Harrison | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Tony Cline | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Stan Black | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 0 | ||
| Larry Brinson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Tony Hill | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Paul Hofer | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Dave Williams | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Cedrick Hardman | 2.0 |
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