| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1977 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 55316 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Thomas Henderson 79 interception return (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 17 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Richard Wood 37 opponents fumble recovery (Allan Leavitt kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 19 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 20 FG | 7 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John McKay |
| 85 | WR | Morris Owens |
| 75 | LOT | Dave Reavis |
| 79 | LOG | Steve Wilson |
| 51 | C | Dan Ryczek |
| 68 | ROG | Dan Medlin |
| 70 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 86 | TE | Bob Moore |
| 19 | QB | Gary Huff |
| 42 | RB | Ricky Bell |
| 28 | RB | Anthony Davis |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 76 | NT | Dave Pear |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 52 | LOLB | Paul Harris |
| 61 | LILB | Dewey Selmon |
| 54 | RILB | Richard Wood |
| 56 | ROLB | Cecil Johnson |
| 45 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 33 | SS | Mark Cotney |
| 34 | FS | Cedric Brown |
| 50 | RCB | Mike Washington |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 66 | LOG | Burton Lawless |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 67 | ROT | Pat Donovan |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 56 | LLB | Thomas Henderson |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Anthony Davis | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy DuBose | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Louis Carter | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Ricky Bell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Huff | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 16 | 73 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Gary Huff | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 2 | 107 | 4.7 | 0 | 14.2 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 1 | 212 | 8.8 | 0 | 73.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Morris Owens | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Anthony Davis | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John McKay | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Isaac Hagins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Jay Saldi | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Richard Wood | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Thomas Henderson | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 1 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Dave Green | 10 | 415 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Isaac Hagins | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| Danny Reece | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Isaac Hagins | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Davis | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Dave Pear | 0.5 |
| Council Rudolph | 0.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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