| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63420 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 77 F Humidty: 35% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 17 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 37 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 23 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 30 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 22 FG | 3 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 62 | ROT | Ron Mikolajczyk |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 9 | QB | Joe Pisarcik |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 33 | RB | Bobby Hammond |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 70 | RDT | Gary Jeter |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 23 | LCB | Odis McKinney |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 31 | WS | Ernie Jones |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dan Doornink | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ernie Pough | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Randy Dean | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 17 | 73 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Alois Blackwell | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Jerry Golsteyn | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 27 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 7.5 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 76 | 12.7 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 95.8 |
| Randy Dean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 32 | 17 | 53.1 | 1 | 246 | 7.7 | 30t | 3 | 5 | 46 | 96.6 |
| Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Perkins | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ernie Pough | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 30t | 2 |
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Brad Van Pelt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 9 | 406 | 45.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Bobby Hammond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Ernie Pough | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Brian Kelley | 1.5 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 1.0 |
| Gary Jeter | 1.0 |
| George Martin | 0.5 |
| Dan Lloyd | 0.5 |
| John Mendenhall | 0.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 3.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Jethro Pugh | 1.0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1.0 |
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