| Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1978 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 65749 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 69 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | John Cappelletti 1 run (Frank Corral kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 14 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams | Ron Jessie 21 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Hill 18 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Willie Miller 43 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick failed) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Rod Perry 43 interception return (Frank Corral kick) | 14 | 27 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| LARM | Cullen Bryant | 20 | 61 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| LARM | John Cappelletti | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 9 | 1 |
| LARM | Vince Ferragamo | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 46 | 22 | 47.8 | 4 | 246 | 5.3 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 42.5 |
| LARM | Pat Haden | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 2 | 227 | 9.1 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 79.9 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 21 | 0 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Hill | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 18t | 1 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| DAL | Jay Saldi | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LARM | Ron Jessie | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 45 | 1 |
| LARM | Willie Miller | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 43t | 1 |
| LARM | Dwight Scales | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| LARM | Cullen Bryant | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| DAL | Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LARM | Rod Perry | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 43 | 1 |
| LARM | Bill Simpson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| LARM | Pat Thomas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Danny White | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 49 | 0 |
| LARM | Glen Walker | 7 | 255 | 36.4 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 3 | 2 | 24 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| LARM | Jackie Wallace | 3 | 1 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 26 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Dennison | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| DAL | Jay Saldi | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LARM | Jerry Latin | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| LARM | Jim Jodat | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DAL | Mike Hegman | 1.0 |
| LARM | Cody Jones | 1.0 |
| LARM | Isiah Robertson | 1.0 |
| LARM | Mike Fanning | 1.0 |
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