| Baltimore Colts at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 4, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64224 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 77 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Dennison 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 91 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 8 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 38 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jay Saldi 1 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 48 FG | 0 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roger Carr |
| 35 | WR | Glenn Doughty |
| 69 | LOT | Wade Griffin |
| 61 | LOG | Bob Pratt |
| 57 | C | Ken Mendenhall |
| 62 | ROG | Ken Huff |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 83 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 15 | QB | Mike Kirkland |
| 23 | HB | Don McCauley |
| 48 | FB | Roosevelt Leaks |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Fred Cook |
| 63 | LDT | Mike Barnes |
| 76 | RDT | Joe Ehrmann |
| 78 | RDE | John Dutton |
| 58 | LOLB | Derrel Luce |
| 56 | LILB | Ed Simonini |
| 51 | RILB | Calvin O'Neal |
| 53 | ROLB | Stan White |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 40 | SS | Bruce Laird |
| 30 | RCB | Doug Nettles |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 71 | ROT | Andy Frederick |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don McCauley | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Kirkland | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Lee | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 147 | 9.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 11 | 65 | 5.9 | 23 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Mike Kirkland | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 2 | 116 | 5.8 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 24.2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 2 | 280 | 12.7 | 91t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 116.5 |
| Danny White | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.6 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Reese McCall | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Ron Lee | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Marshall Johnson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Roger Carr | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Glenn Doughty | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 91t | 1 |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 38t | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 8t | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Norm Thompson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Aaron Kyle | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 7 | 259 | 37.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 5 | 9 | 54 | 10.8 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Marshall Johnson | 5 | 169 | 33.8 | 57 | 0 | |
| Joe Washington | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Don McCauley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 0.5 |
| D.D. Lewis | 0.5 |
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