| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Sam Cunningham 52 run (David Posey kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | David Posey 30 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 40 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 36 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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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