| Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 19, 1983 Location: San Francisco, CA Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 59957 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 54 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 21 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Roger Craig 6 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dana McLemore 56 punt return (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 47 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 77 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny White 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Russ Francis 18 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 13 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Eric Wright 48 interception return (Ray Wersching kick) | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Roger Craig 16 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 17 | 42 |
| 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 |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 80 | TE | Eason Ramson |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 33 | FB | Roger Craig |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 67 | NT | Pete Kugler |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 69 | LILB | Riki Ellison |
| 64 | RILB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 27 | SS | Carlton Williamson |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 36:23 | 24 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 5/15 | 1/2 | 7 | 61 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 23:37 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 5/13 | 0/0 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 32 | 2.1 | 8 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 62 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Roger Craig | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 85 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 38 | 25 | 65.8 | 2 | 277 | 7.3 | 43 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 74.1 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 1 | 51 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.1 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 29 | 60.4 | 3 | 328 | 6.8 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 61.8 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 1 | 223 | 8.6 | 77t | 4 | 2 | 12 | 106.2 |
| Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 1 | 221 | 8.2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 106.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Butch Johnson | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 20 | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Doug Donley | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 328 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Roger Craig | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 16t | 2 |
| Russ Francis | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 18t | 1 |
| Dwight Clark | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77t | 1 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wendell Tyler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 221 | 14.7 | 4 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Downs | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Eric Wright | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Carlton Williamson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 1 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Jim Miller | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||
| Tom Orosz | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 0 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Gary Allen | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dana McLemore | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 56t | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 4 | 0 | 71 | 17.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Gary Allen | 2 | 0 | 44 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 0 | 128 | 18.3 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Jeff Moore | 3 | 0 | 68 | 22.7 | 46 | 0 |
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Don Smerek | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Willie Harper | 1.0 |
| Jeff Stover | 1.0 |
| Jim Stuckey | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |