| San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1980 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63399 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 74 F Humidty: 25% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 14 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 59 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 16 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 22 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dwight Clark 52 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 17 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 9 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 20 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 52 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 3 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 59 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dwight Clark 19 pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 59 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 36 | RB | Paul Hofer |
| 49 | FB | Earl Cooper |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 78 | LDT | Archie Reese |
| 75 | RDT | Ted Vincent |
| 74 | RDE | Jimmy Webb |
| 59 | LLB | Willie Harper |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Hilton |
| 52 | RLB | Bobby Leopold |
| 46 | LCB | Melvin Morgan |
| 33 | SS | Ricky Churchman |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 26 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 63 | LDT | Larry Cole |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 68 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 45 | LCB | Steve Wilson |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 32 | FS | Dennis Thurman |
| 34 | RCB | Aaron Mitchell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Earl Cooper | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Hofer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Springs | 18 | 81 | 4.5 | 20t | 2 |
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 75 | 3.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 |
| James Jones | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Glenn Carano | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 35 | 12 | 34.3 | 5 | 173 | 4.9 | 52t | 2 | 3 | 26 | 30.7 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 239 | 10.9 | 43 | 4 | 147.5 | ||
| Glenn Carano | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 8 | 148 | 18.5 | 52t | 2 |
| Earl Cooper | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22t | 3 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Anthony Dickerson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Aaron Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Miller | 4 | 200 | 50.0 | 56 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ricky Churchman | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| James Owens | 7 | 188 | 26.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Jim Stuckey | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1.0 |
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