| New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 25, 1983 Location: Irving, TX Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62136 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 76 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 4 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 41 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 19 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wayne Wilson 2 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 34 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 42 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wayne Wilson 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Fellows 62 blocked field goal recovery (Rafael Septien kick blocked) | 20 | 19 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Safety, Ken Stabler tackled in end zone by Anthony Dickerson | 20 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jeff Groth |
| 80 | WR | Lindsay Scott |
| 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 |
| 30 | HB | Wayne Wilson |
| 46 | FB | Hokie Gajan |
| 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 |
| 51 | ROLB | Whitney Paul |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 20 | SS | Russell Gary |
| 49 | FS | Frank Wattelet |
| 25 | RCB | Johnnie Poe |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Doug Donley |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 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 | RB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 50 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 51 | RLB | Anthony Dickerson |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 47 | SS | Dextor Clinkscale |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Wilson | 31 | 108 | 3.5 | 16 | 2 |
| Hokie Gajan | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 16 | 124 | 7.8 | 34 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 1 | 207 | 6.1 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 59.3 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 3 | 166 | 5.5 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 67 | 38.3 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Hoby Brenner | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jeff Groth | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Eugene Goodlow | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Hardy | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Lindsay Scott | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Tice | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Cosbie | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Doug Donley | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Johnnie Poe | 0 | ||||
| Frank Warren | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Winston | 0 | ||||
| Whitney Paul | 0 | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Fellows | 0 | ||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Russell Erxleben | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| John Warren | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 51 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Rod Hill | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Kenny Duckett | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 3 | 0 | 60 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rod Hill | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Rickey Jackson | 2.0 |
| Bruce Clark | 1.0 |
| Tony Elliott | 1.0 |
| Jim Kovach | 1.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
| Whitney Paul | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Larry Bethea | 1.0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 1.0 |
| Don Smerek | 1.0 |
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