| Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1979 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 80123 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 60 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dave Logan 23 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ozzie Newsome 52 pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Thom Darden 39 interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 48 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Mike Pruitt 2 run (Don Cockroft kick blocked) | 7 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 35 | FB | Scott Laidlaw |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Stalls |
| 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 |
| 42 | SS | Randy Hughes |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Dave Logan |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 64 | LOG | George Buehler |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 68 | ROG | Bob Jackson |
| 65 | ROT | Henry Sheppard |
| 82 | TE | Ozzie Newsome |
| 17 | QB | Brian Sipe |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| 43 | FB | Mike Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike St. Clair |
| 78 | LDT | Mickey Sims |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 52 | MLB | Dick Ambrose |
| 57 | RLB | Clay Matthews |
| 28 | LCB | Ron Bolton |
| 22 | SS | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | FS | Thom Darden |
| 21 | RCB | Oliver Davis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 13 | 49 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Mike Pruitt | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 4 | 1 |
| Calvin Hill | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Greg Pruitt | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Cleo Miller | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Pat Moriarty | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Brian Sipe | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ricky Feacher | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 39 | 21 | 53.8 | 2 | 303 | 7.8 | 48t | 1 | 4 | 32 | 66.5 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Brian Sipe | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 239 | 8.5 | 52t | 2 | 1 | 10 | 91.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 0 | |
| Tony Hill | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Reggie Rucker | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | |
| Cleo Miller | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| Ozzie Newsome | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | |
| Dave Logan | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mike Pruitt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 39t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Johnny Evans | 8 | 291 | 36.4 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Springs | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Keith Wright | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Thomas Henderson | 1.0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Jerry Sherk | 3.5 |
| Mike St. Clair | 0.5 |
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