| Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1981 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 57574 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 63 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 21 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 1 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Paul Hofer 4 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Johnny Davis 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 18 FG | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 22 pass from Drew Pearson (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dwight Clark 78 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ronnie Lott 41 interception return (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Amos Lawrence 1 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Benny Barnes 72 opponents fumble recovery (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 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 |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 59 | LLB | Guy Brown |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 61 | LOT | Dan Audick |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 32 | RB | Ricky Patton |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jim Stuckey |
| 78 | NT | Archie Reese |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 54 | LILB | Craig Puki |
| 64 | RILB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 32 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| James Jones | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 9 | 21 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Glenn Carano | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Paul Hofer | 11 | 40 | 3.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Johnny Davis | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 |
| Walt Easley | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Amos Lawrence | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Ricky Patton | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 2 | 60 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 19.8 |
| Glenn Carano | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 53 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 0 | 279 | 9.6 | 78t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 119.8 |
| Guy Benjamin | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 39.6 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Springs | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Donley | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 26 | 1 |
| Dwight Clark | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 78t | 1 |
| Charle Young | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ricky Patton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ronnie Lott | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 41t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 47 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 6 | 277 | 46.2 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | |
| James Jones | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ron Fellows | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Amos Lawrence | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Fred Dean | 2.0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.0 |
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