| Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1985 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 57941 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Falcons | Allama Matthews 3 pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons | Mick Luckhurst 38 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 35 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 60 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 28 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Danny White 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Gerald Riggs | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Cliff Austin | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| David Archer | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 60t | 1 |
| Danny White | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Robert Lavette | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| David Archer | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 3 | 99 | 4.3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 27.5 |
| Bob Holly | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 26 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 3 | 362 | 7.7 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 62.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Arthur Cox | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Allama Matthews | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 35t | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Karl Powe | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Case | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Wendell Cason | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Butler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dextor Clinkscale | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Hegman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Anthony Allen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bill Bates | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Danny Wagoner | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cliff Austin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ken Whisenhunt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| John Williams | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Robert Lavette | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Al Richardson | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Don Smerek | 2.0 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 1.0 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
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