| Super Bowl XII |
| Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: January 15, 1978 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 75583 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 3 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 35 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 43 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 47 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 45 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 1 run (Jim Turner kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Golden Richards 29 pass from Robert Newhouse (Efren Herrera kick) | 27 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 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 |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 32 | RB | Jon Keyworth |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 53 | LILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | RILB | Tom Jackson |
| 59 | ROLB | Joe Rizzo |
| 20 | LCB | Louis Wright |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 29 | WS | Bernie Jackson |
| 43 | RCB | Steve Foley |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 38:34 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5/17 | 1/1 | 12 | 94 | 6 | 2 |
| DEN | 21:26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2/12 | 3/4 | 8 | 60 | 4 | 4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 38 | 143 | 3.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rob Lytle | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Norris Weese | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jon Keyworth | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 121 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 0 | 183 | 7.3 | 45t | 1 | 5 | 35 | 102.6 |
| Danny White | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 0 | 217 | 7.8 | 45t | 2 | 5 | 35 | 114.7 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 4 | 39 | 2.6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Norris Weese | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 0 | 22 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 47.9 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 8 | 32.0 | 4 | 61 | 2.4 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 1.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 45t | 1 |
| Golden Richards | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 45t | 2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Jack Dolbin | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Lonnie Perrin | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mark Washington | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||
| Bucky Dilts | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 46 | 1 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7.3 | 8 | 0 |
| John Schultz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 22 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 67 | 0 | |
| John Schultz | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 173 | 28.8 | 67 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 | 11.0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Team Totals | 4.0 | 26.0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Lyle Alzado | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| Rubin Carter | 2.0 | 10.0 |
| Tom Jackson | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Team Totals | 5.0 | 35.0 |