| Denver Broncos at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1977 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63752 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 75 F Humidty: 16% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Preston Pearson 22 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 7 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 22 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 37 FG | 6 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jack Dolbin |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 74 | LOT | Andy Maurer |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 52 | C | Mike Montler |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 7 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 41 | RB | Rob Lytle |
| 35 | RB | Lonnie Perrin |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 59 | LILB | Joe Rizzo |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 21 | WS | Randy Poltl |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | WR | Jay Saldi |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 66 | ROG | Burton Lawless |
| 67 | ROT | Pat Donovan |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Gregory |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Norris Weese | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Lonnie Perrin | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Jon Keyworth | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 17 | 50 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Norris Weese | 19 | 10 | 52.6 | 0 | 94 | 4.9 | 0 | 66.6 | |||
| Craig Penrose | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 1 | 160 | 8.0 | 2 | 110.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Dolbin | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Tom Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Breunig | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Bucky Dilts | 8 | 297 | 37.1 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Randy Hughes | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 1.0 |
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