| Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1976 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 47947 |
| Weather: Temp: 56 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 23 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Scott Laidlaw 16 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 23 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Nick Mike-Mayer 21 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Mike Esposito 35 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons | Scott Hunter 1 run (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw | 15 | 88 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Mike Esposito | 13 | 82 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| ATL | Haskel Stanback | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Sonny Collins | 15 | 17 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| ATL | Billy Pritchett | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Bubba Bean | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| ATL | Scott Hunter | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 3 | 157 | 5.6 | 0 | 24.6 | |||
| ATL | Scott Hunter | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 1 | 99 | 5.0 | 0 | 35.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| ATL | Alfred Jenkins | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Mike Esposito | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| ATL | John Gilliam | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| ATL | Ray Brown | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| ATL | Dewey McClain | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| ATL | Tommy Nobis | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Danny White | 6 | 221 | 36.8 | 0 | |
| ATL | John James | 8 | 388 | 48.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | ||
| ATL | Ron Mabra | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Rolland Lawrence | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | |
| DAL | Jim Jensen | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| ATL | Wallace Francis | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| ATL | Sonny Collins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DAL | Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| ATL | Jeff Merrow | 1.5 |
| ATL | Claude Humphrey | 1.5 |
| ATL | Mike Tilleman | 0.5 |
| ATL | Mike Lewis | 0.5 |
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