| Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1976 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 55004 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 59 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Dennison 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Staubach 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 37 FG | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 21 FG | 20 | 0 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Roy Jefferson 7 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 20 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 21 | RB | Doug Dennison |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 77 | RDT | Bill Gregory |
| 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 |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Frank Grant |
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 75 | ROG | Terry Hermeling |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 84 | TE | Jean Fugett |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| 22 | RB | Mike Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Brundige |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 61 | RDE | Dennis Johnson |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 53 | MLB | Harold McLinton |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 27 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 13 | RS | Jake Scott |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Dennison | 21 | 49 | 2.3 | 1 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 13 | 31 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Danny White | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Thomas | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Theismann | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 0 | 152 | 6.6 | 0 | 76.7 | |||
| Danny White | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 87 | 5.4 | 0 | 45.6 | |||
| Joe Theismann | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 1 | 23 | 2.9 | 1 | 45.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Golden Richards | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Thomas | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Frank Grant | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Jean Fugett | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 7 | 243 | 34.7 | 0 | |
| Efren Herrera | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 9 | 317 | 35.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 0 | ||
| Doug Winslow | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 3.0 |
| Bill Gregory | 1.5 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Jethro Pugh | 1.0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 0.5 |
| Washington Redskins | |
| Dennis Johnson | 2.0 |
| Chris Hanburger | 1.5 |
| Brad Dusek | 0.5 |
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