| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1979 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63787 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 58 F Humidty: 24% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Billy Taylor 2 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 7 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 8 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 44 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Earnest Gray |
| 88 | WR | Dwight Scales |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 74 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 48 | RB | Kenny Johnson |
| 38 | RB | Billy Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 80 | RDT | Phil Tabor |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 25 | FS | Ray Oldham |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Dutton |
| 63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
| 76 | RDT | Larry Bethea |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 24 | 69 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Phil Simms | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 29 | 108 | 3.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 130 | 8.7 | 47 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 60.4 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 164 | 9.1 | 44t | 3 | 3 | 24 | 125.9 |
| Danny White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 3 | |
| Jay Saldi | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 231 | 38.5 | 45 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Eddie Hicks | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Springs | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Brad Van Pelt | 1.0 |
| George Martin | 1.0 |
| Beasley Reece | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Dave Stalls | 2.0 |
| Bruce Thornton | 1.0 |
| Larry Bethea | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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