New England Patriots at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
Date: December 3, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63263 |
Weather: Overcast Temp: 37 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 17 mph |
Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
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New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DAL |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 0 | 3 |
1 | New England PatriotsNE | Sam Cunningham 52 run (David Posey kick) | 7 | 3 |
2 | New England PatriotsNE | David Posey 30 FG | 10 | 3 |
3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 40 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 10 |
4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 36 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 17 |
LINEUPS | ||
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New England Patriots | ||
Offense | ||
29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
86 | WR | Stanley Morgan |
70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
73 | LOG | John Hannah |
67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
74 | ROT | Shelby Jordan |
81 | TE | Russ Francis |
14 | QB | Steve Grogan |
32 | HB | Andy Johnson |
39 | FB | Sam Cunningham |
Defense | ||
72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
71 | NT | Ray Hamilton |
64 | RDE | Richard Bishop |
52 | LOLB | Steve King |
57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
56 | ROLB | Rod Shoate |
26 | LCB | Ray Clayborn |
27 | SS | Doug Beaudoin |
48 | FS | Tim Fox |
40 | RCB | Mike Haynes |
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 |
35 | FB | Scott Laidlaw |
Offense | ||
72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
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 England Patriots | |||||
Sam Cunningham | 14 | 93 | 6.6 | 52t | 1 |
Andy Johnson | 14 | 80 | 5.7 | 37 | 0 |
Steve Grogan | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 23 | 0 |
Horace Ivory | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Tony Dorsett | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
Scott Laidlaw | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 12 | 0 |
Roger Staubach | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||||||||
Steve Grogan | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 2 | 170 | 5.9 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 35.1 |
Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
Roger Staubach | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 243 | 9.0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 110.6 |
RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
Harold Jackson | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 |
Stanley Morgan | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
Russ Francis | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
Andy Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Sam Cunningham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Tony Hill | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 40t | 1 |
Preston Pearson | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 11 | 0 |
Tony Dorsett | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 36t | 1 |
Scott Laidlaw | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 43 | 0 |
INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Charlie Waters | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Harvey Martin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | |||||
Jerrel Wilson | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 57 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys | |||||
Danny White | 8 | 308 | 38.5 | 47 | 0 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | ||||||
Mike Haynes | 2 | 1 | 39 | 19.5 | 35 | 0 |
Stanley Morgan | 2 | 1 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
Butch Johnson | 3 | 0 | 29 | 9.7 | 12 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Patriots | ||||||
Horace Ivory | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 | |
Don Westbrook | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
Butch Johnson | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
SACKS | NO |
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New England Patriots | |
Ray Hamilton | 1.0 |
Mel Lunsford | 1.0 |
Dallas Cowboys | |
Harvey Martin | 1.5 |
D.D. Lewis | 1.0 |
Larry Cole | 0.5 |
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