| Buffalo Bills at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1981 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62583 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 48 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Jerry Butler 16 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Doug Cosbie 12 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Curtis Brown 9 pass from Joe Cribbs (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 73 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 37 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 47 FG | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 31 FG | 14 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Cribbs | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 28 | 117 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 4 | 301 | 7.2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 |
| BUF | Joe Cribbs | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
| DAL | Danny White | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 219 | 12.9 | 73t | 3 | 2 | 17 | 113.4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Jerry Butler | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 38 | 1 |
| BUF | Frank Lewis | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| BUF | Mark Brammer | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| BUF | Joe Cribbs | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| BUF | Ron Jessie | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| BUF | Curtis Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| DAL | Doug Cosbie | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 25 | 1 |
| DAL | Billy Joe Dupree | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
| DAL | Tony Hill | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Bill Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DAL | Everson Walls | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DAL | Michael Downs | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DAL | D.D. Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Greg Cater | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 42 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Roland Hooks | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| DAL | James Jones | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Byron Franklin | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 25 | 0 |
| BUF | Robb Riddick | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | James Jones | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 |
| DAL | Timmy Newsome | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| BUF | Isiah Robertson | 1.0 |
| BUF | Rod Kush | 1.0 |
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