| Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1976 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 59916 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 25 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Dennison 12 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jean Fugett 6 pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 43 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 27 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Calvin Hill 15 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 3 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 27 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Frank Grant |
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 62 | ROG | Dan Nugent |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 84 | TE | Jean Fugett |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| 22 | RB | Mike Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 55 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 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 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 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 |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 21 | RB | Doug Dennison |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 23 | 95 | 4.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Mike Thomas | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Billy Kilmer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Dennison | 18 | 76 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Roger Staubach | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Charley Young | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 30 | 14 | 46.7 | 2 | 199 | 6.6 | 1 | 51.9 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 2 | 91 | 4.1 | 1 | 21.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Thomas | 7 | 89 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Jean Fugett | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Frank Grant | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 1 | |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Joe Lavender | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mark Washington | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 6 | 248 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 8 | 302 | 37.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Brunet | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Jim Jensen | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Henderson | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |
| Ron McDole | 3.0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 1.0 |
| Brig Owens | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
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