| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 30, 1983 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 76142 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 48 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Zeke Mowatt 46 pass from Jeff Rutledge (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 21 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 14 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 36 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Rob Carpenter 15 pass from Jeff Rutledge (Ali Haji-Sheikh kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ali Haji-Sheikh 27 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 61 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Ali Haji-Sheikh 29 FG | 24 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 7 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 58 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 38 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Floyd Eddings |
| 83 | WR | Earnest Gray |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 59 | C | Rich Umphrey |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 72 | ROT | Gordon King |
| 84 | TE | Zeke Mowatt |
| 17 | QB | Jeff Rutledge |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 25 | RB | Butch Woolfolk |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Jerome Sally |
| 64 | NT | Jim Burt |
| 79 | RDE | Dee Hardison |
| 10 | LOLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 55 | LILB | Brian Kelley |
| 56 | RILB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 53 | ROLB | Harry Carson |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 29 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 43 | FS | Terry Kinard |
| 24 | RCB | Terry Jackson |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 36:38 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 7/15 | 0/0 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 1 |
| NYG | 23:22 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2/10 | 0/2 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 22 | 94 | 4.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 197 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Butch Woolfolk | 14 | 71 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Scott Brunner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 94 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 2 | 304 | 9.2 | 61t | 5 | 2 | 22 | 92.7 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 2 | 310 | 9.1 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 94.4 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Jeff Rutledge | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 3 | 325 | 11.2 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 72.4 |
| Scott Brunner | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 8 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 15 | 44.1 | 3 | 333 | 9.8 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 62.5 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 5 | 106 | 21.2 | 58t | 2 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 61t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 310 | 19.4 | 5 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Butch Woolfolk | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Floyd Eddings | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Miller | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Zeke Mowatt | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Tom Mullady | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 333 | 22.2 | 2 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Breunig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Terry Kinard | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||
| Dave Jennings | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Rod Hill | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 4 | 0 | 57 | 14.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Rod Hill | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | 75 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 6 | 0 | 124 | 20.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Morris | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 0 | 144 | 20.6 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 2.0 |
| Randy White | 2.0 |
| Larry Bethea | 1.0 |
| John Dutton | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 6.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| Casey Merrill | 1.0 |
| Lawrence Taylor | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |