| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1981 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 73009 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 26 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Tom Mullady 20 pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 3 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 36 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 40 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 35 FG | 10 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 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 |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Earnest Gray |
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 73 | LOT | Jeff Weston |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 58 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 72 | ROT | Gordon King |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 12 | QB | Scott Brunner |
| 35 | RB | Ike Forte |
| 26 | FB | Rob Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 77 | NT | Bill Neill |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 57 | LOLB | Byron Hunt |
| 55 | LILB | Brian Kelley |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 29 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 28 | FS | Beasley Reece |
| 24 | RCB | Terry Jackson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Springs | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 20 | 39 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny White | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 29 | 83 | 2.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Scott Brunner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Leon Perry | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Ike Forte | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 33 | 17 | 51.5 | 1 | 200 | 6.1 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 67.7 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Scott Brunner | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 1 | 163 | 6.0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 64.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Joe Dupree | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| James Jones | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 44 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| John Mistler | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Dave Young | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Mullady | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Leon Perry | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Danny Pittman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Downs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Byron Hunt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 49 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Beasley Reece | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Danny Pittman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| George Martin | 1.5 |
| Gary Jeter | 1.0 |
| Bill Currier | 1.0 |
| Byron Hunt | 0.5 |
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