| Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1978 Location: Milwaukee, WI |
| Venue: County Stadium Attendance: 55256 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| Green Bay PackersGB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Barty Smith 1 run (Chester Marcol kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 14 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 9 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 8 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 3 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 18 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 33 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 42 | 7 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Steve Odom 18 pass from Bobby Douglass (Chester Marcol kick) | 42 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | 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 |
| 32 | LCB | Dennis Thurman |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | James Lofton |
| 43 | WR | Aundra Thompson |
| 76 | LOT | Tim Stokes |
| 57 | LOG | Derrel Gofourth |
| 54 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 71 | ROG | Mel Jackson |
| 68 | ROT | Greg Koch |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 17 | QB | David Whitehurst |
| 34 | HB | Terdell Middleton |
| 33 | FB | Barty Smith |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mike Butler |
| 74 | LDT | Dave Roller |
| 75 | RDT | Carl Barzilauskas |
| 78 | RDE | Ezra Johnson |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Carter |
| 60 | RLB | John Anderson |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | SS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | FS | Johnnie Gray |
| 29 | RCB | Mike McCoy |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 23 | 149 | 6.5 | 33t | 2 |
| Robert Newhouse | 18 | 101 | 5.6 | 14t | 2 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Alois Blackwell | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Brinson | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Terdell Middleton | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Culbreath | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Dennis Sproul | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 0 | 200 | 6.5 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 101.5 |
| Danny White | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.9 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 1 | 31 | 1.9 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13.5 |
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 41 | 8.2 | 18t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.2 |
| Dennis Sproul | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 16 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 40.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18t | 2 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Rich McGeorge | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Odom | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| James Lofton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Aundra Thompson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Terdell Middleton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 103 | 34.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 9 | 314 | 34.9 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 3 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 1 | 2 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Steve Odom | 6 | 149 | 24.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jim Culbreath | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Thomas Henderson | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Green Bay Packers | |
| John Anderson | 1.0 |
| Mike Butler | 1.0 |
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