| New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 19, 1982 Location: Irving, TX Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64506 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 63 F Humidty: 29% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 3 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 5 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jeff Groth |
| 64 | LOT | Dave Lafary |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Louis Oubre |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 16 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 38 | HB | George Rogers |
| 46 | FB | Hokie Gajan |
| 30 | FB | Wayne Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Bruce Clark |
| 74 | NT | Derland Moore |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 52 | LILB | Jim Kovach |
| 56 | RILB | Dennis Winston |
| 55 | ROLB | Rob Nairne |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 20 | SS | Russell Gary |
| 49 | FS | Frank Wattelet |
| 25 | RCB | Johnnie Poe |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 70 | LOG | Howard Richards |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 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 |
| 59 | RLB | Guy Brown |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 31 | SS | Benny Barnes |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | 32:45 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 5/15 | / | 8 | 70 | 3 | 1 |
| DAL | 27:15 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4/9 | / | 4 | 35 | 4 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Rogers | 33 | 166 | 5.0 | 19 | 1 |
| Wayne Wilson | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Guido Merkens | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 238 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 25 | 105 | 4.2 | 19 | 2 |
| Ron Springs | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 121 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Guido Merkens | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 54 | 5.4 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18.3 |
| Ken Stabler | 10 | 2 | 20.0 | 2 | 32 | 3.2 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0.8 |
| Russell Erxleben | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Jack Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 6 | 27.3 | 3 | 86 | 3.9 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 3.8 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 2 | 222 | 10.1 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 74.4 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 2 | 222 | 10.1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 74.4 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Lindsay Scott | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 86 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Cosbie | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 45 | 1 |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 222 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Whitney Paul | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Russell Gary | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Everson Walls | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||
| Russell Erxleben | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 181 | 45.3 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 178 | 35.6 | 1 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wayne Wilson | 2 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Hokie Gajan | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Doug Donley | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Bruce Clark | 1.0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |