| Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 52532 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 44 F Humidty: 38% Wind: 32 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 7 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 22 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 54 own fumble recovery (fumbled snap) | 23 | 0 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Jerome Barkum 9 pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 23 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Larry Brinson 8 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 30 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 35 | FB | Scott Laidlaw |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
| 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 |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 67 | LOG | Darrell Austin |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 77 | NT | Joe Pellegrini |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 56 | LOLB | Larry Keller |
| 63 | LILB | John Hennessy |
| 58 | RILB | Mark Merrill |
| 59 | ROLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 29 | 121 | 4.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Larry Brinson | 8 | 36 | 4.5 | 8t | 1 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 5 | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Kevin Long | 9 | 40 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 1 | 156 | 6.5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.9 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 28 | 8 | 28.6 | 3 | 102 | 3.6 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 14.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Derrick Gaffney | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9t | 1 |
| Mickey Shuler | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Aaron Kyle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Larry Keller | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 55 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 7 | 241 | 34.4 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ken Schroy | 0 | 26 | 26L | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Mike Hegman | 1.5 |
| Dave Stalls | 1.0 |
| Bob Breunig | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 0.5 |
| New York Jets | |
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