| Houston Oilers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1979 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63897 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 52 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 7 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 56 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 61 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 21 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 27 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 27 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | Houston Oilers | Mike Renfro 47 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick failed) | 23 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 44 FG | 23 | 24 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Ken Burrough 32 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 30 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Earl Campbell | 33 | 195 | 5.9 | 61t | 2 |
| HOU | Tim Wilson | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 16 | 1 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 12 | 30 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| HOU | Dan Pastorini | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 163 | 9.6 | 47t | 2 | 1 | 9 | 125.4 |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 2 | 287 | 9.6 | 56t | 2 | 1 | 8 | 94.7 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Ken Burrough | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 1 | |
| HOU | Mike Renfro | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| HOU | Mike Barber | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| HOU | Rich Caster | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| HOU | Rob Carpenter | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 1 | |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| DAL | Tony Hill | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Jay Saldi | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Cosbie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Vernon Perry | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| HOU | J.C. Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| HOU | Cliff Parsley | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 53 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Rich Ellender | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Steve Wilson | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| HOU | Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 26 | 0 |
| HOU | Carter Hartwig | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| HOU | Rich Ellender | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 28 | 0 |
| DAL | Steve Wilson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| DAL | Larry Brinson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| HOU | Elvin Bethea | 1.0 |
| DAL | Larry Bethea | 1.0 |
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