| Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1977 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63160 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 80 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 21 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 45 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 14 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Scott Laidlaw 18 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 30 FG | 0 | 23 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jay Saldi 1 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 30 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Larry Brinson 20 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | J.D. Hill |
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 73 | LOG | Russ Bolinger |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 62 | ROG | Lynn Boden |
| 71 | ROT | Craig Hertwig |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 25 | RB | Horace King |
| 39 | RB | Leonard Thompson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 78 | RDT | Doug English |
| 72 | RDE | Ernie Price |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 55 | MLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 28 | LCB | James Hunter |
| 42 | SS | Reggie Pinkney |
| 26 | FS | Dick Jauron |
| 20 | RCB | Lem Barney |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 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 |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Hegman |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 46 | RCB | Mark Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Marv Hubbard | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Rick Kane | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 1 | 75 | 4.7 | 0 | 26.8 | |||
| Greg Landry | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 3 | 0.2 | 0 | 9.8 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 25 | 16 | 64.0 | 0 | 179 | 7.2 | 3 | 124.8 | |||
| Danny White | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| J.D. Hill | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Luther Blue | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dexter Bussey | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| Jay Saldi | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| James Hunter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mark Washington | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Hegman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Wilbur Summers | 9 | 307 | 34.1 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Eddie Payton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Rick Kane | 6 | 148 | 24.7 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Payton | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Larry Hand | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Randy White | 2.0 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Bill Gregory | 1.0 |
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