| NFC Divisional Playoff - Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 30, 1979 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64792 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 48 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Safety, Vince Ferragamo tackled in end zone by Randy White | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Wendell Tyler 32 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Frank Corral kick) | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 33 FG | 7 | 5 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Ronnie Smith 43 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Frank Corral kick) | 14 | 5 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Ron Springs 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 12 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Jay Saldi 2 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Billy Waddy 50 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Frank Corral kick) | 21 | 19 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 35 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 87 | 4.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Vince Ferragamo | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 2 | 210 | 10.0 | 50t | 3 | 1 | 8 | 79.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 1 | 124 | 4.4 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.3 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Billy Waddy | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 50t | 1 |
| Ronnie Smith | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 43t | 1 |
| Wendell Tyler | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 32t | 1 |
| Preston Dennard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ken Clark | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 44 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 8 | 295 | 36.9 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Wade Manning | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Hill | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jim Jodat | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Springs | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Jack Youngblood | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
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