| Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1979 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Veterans Stadium Attendance: 71434 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 48 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 28 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Scott Laidlaw 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tony Franklin 27 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 40 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Wilbert Montgomery 14 pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 17 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 17 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Wilbert Montgomery 1 run (Tony Franklin kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 67 | 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 | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Dutton |
| 63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 42 | SS | Randy Hughes |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Harold Carmichael |
| 85 | WR | Charlie Smith |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Wade Key |
| 50 | C | Guy Morriss |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 76 | ROT | Jerry Sisemore |
| 84 | TE | Keith Krepfle |
| 7 | QB | Ron Jaworski |
| 31 | HB | Wilbert Montgomery |
| 20 | FB | Leroy Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 65 | MG | Charlie Johnson |
| 78 | RDE | Carl Hairston |
| 95 | LOLB | John Bunting |
| 56 | LILB | Jerry Robinson |
| 55 | RILB | Frank LeMaster |
| 51 | ROLB | Reggie Wilkes |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Howard |
| 41 | SS | Randy Logan |
| 21 | FS | John Sciarra |
| 46 | RCB | Herman Edwards |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 17t | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Wilbert Montgomery | 23 | 65 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Leroy Harris | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 0 | 105 | 5.0 | 17t | 1 | 2 | 11 | 82.4 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Ron Jaworski | 36 | 13 | 36.1 | 1 | 216 | 6.0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 54.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Wilbert Montgomery | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Keith Krepfle | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Scott Fitzkee | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Campfield | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Harold Carmichael | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Leroy Harris | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Max Runager | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Wally Henry | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Wally Henry | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Charlie Johnson | 1.0 |
| Claude Humphrey | 1.0 |
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