| Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 19, 1976 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 61413 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Scott Laidlaw 10 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Scott Laidlaw 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson EZ own fumble recovery (Efren Herrera kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Alvin Maxson 1 run (Rich Szaro kick failed) | 24 | 6 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 66 | LOG | Burton Lawless |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 35 | RB | Scott Laidlaw |
| 30 | RB | Charley Young |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Gregory |
| 63 | RDT | Larry Cole |
| 69 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Breunig |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | LS | Charlie Waters |
| 42 | RS | Randy Hughes |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Wickert |
| 71 | LOG | Kurt Schumacher |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Scott |
| 34 | RB | Tony Galbreath |
| 42 | RB | Chuck Muncie |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDE | Steve Baumgartner |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 60 | RLB | Greg Westbrooks |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 44 | LS | Chuck Crist |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 2 | |
| Doug Dennison | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Young | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Danny White | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Scott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Alvin Maxson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Paul Seal | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 0 | 239 | 10.9 | 0 | 104.2 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 76 | 3.6 | 0 | 44.9 | |||
| Bobby Douglass | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 59 | 7.4 | 0 | 74.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Golden Richards | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Young | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Beasley Reece | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Henry Childs | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Tinker Owens | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Burton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 318 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 3.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Bob Pollard | 1.0 |
| Greg Westbrooks | 1.0 |
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