| NFC Wild Card Playoff - Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 28, 1980 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64533 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 59 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 28 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jewerl Thomas 1 run (Frank Corral kick blocked) | 6 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 29 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Preston Dennard 21 pass from Vince Ferragamo (Frank Corral kick) | 13 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 12 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 29 FG | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 10 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 23 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 35 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 30 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 11 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Preston Dennard |
| 80 | WR | Billy Waddy |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 72 | LOG | Kent Hill |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 78 | ROT | Jackie Slater |
| 81 | TE | Victor Hicks |
| 15 | QB | Vince Ferragamo |
| 33 | HB | Jewerl Thomas |
| 32 | FB | Cullen Bryant |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 76 | LDT | Cody Jones |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 52 | RLB | George Andrews |
| 47 | LCB | LeRoy Irvin |
| 20 | SS | Johnnie Johnson |
| 21 | FS | Nolan Cromwell |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 52 | C | Robert Shaw |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe Dupree |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 68 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 42 | FS | Randy Hughes |
| 34 | RCB | Aaron Mitchell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jewerl Thomas | 14 | 48 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Cullen Bryant | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 22 | 160 | 7.3 | 23 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 16 | 0 |
| James Jones | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Danny White | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Vince Ferragamo | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 3 | 175 | 5.8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 36.8 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 3 | 190 | 7.6 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Preston Dennard | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 32 | 1 |
| Jewerl Thomas | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Nelson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Waddy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike Guman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Jay Saldi | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 30L | 0 |
| Lucious Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| LeRoy Irvin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Aaron Mitchell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Frank Corral | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| LeRoy Irvin | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 5 | 0 | 81 | 16.2 | 43 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Drew Hill | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Lucious Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Bruce Thornton | 1.0 | 7.0 |
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