| New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 19, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 57920 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Chuck Muncie 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Staubach 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 24 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 24 FG | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 7 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 83 | WR | Tinker Owens |
| 71 | LOT | J.T. Taylor |
| 68 | LOG | Fred Sturt |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 64 | ROG | Dave Lafary |
| 65 | ROT | Robert Woods |
| 85 | TE | Henry Childs |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | HB | Chuck Muncie |
| 34 | FB | Tony Galbreath |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Campbell |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 24 | LCB | Clarence Chapman |
| 27 | SS | Ray Brown |
| 37 | FS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 10 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 25 | 152 | 6.1 | 63 | 1 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Alois Blackwell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 38 | 24 | 63.2 | 3 | 235 | 6.2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 47.6 |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 0 | 141 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 113.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Ike Harris | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tinker Owens | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 24 | 0 |
| Wes Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 38 | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Wes Chandler | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 29 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Joe Campbell | 2.0 |
| Elex Price | 1.0 |
| Elois Grooms | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Larry Cole | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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