| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1980 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 68343 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 52 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Earnest Gray 25 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Larry Heater 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | George Martin 4 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Leon Perry 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 58 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 29 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 28 | 28 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 13 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 35 | 28 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Tom Mullady 20 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 35 | 35 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 27 FG | 35 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 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 |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mike Friede |
| 83 | WR | Earnest Gray |
| 60 | LOT | Brad Benson |
| 69 | LOG | Roy Simmons |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 63 | ROG | Terry Falcon |
| 77 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 11 | QB | Phil Simms |
| 27 | RB | Larry Heater |
| 30 | FB | Leon Perry |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 76 | NT | Curtis McGriff |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 10 | LOLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 51 | LILB | Frank Marion |
| 52 | RILB | Joe McLaughlin |
| 57 | ROLB | John Skorupan |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 20 | FS | Gary Woolford |
| 46 | RCB | Mike Dennis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 24 | 183 | 7.6 | 56 | 2 |
| Robert Newhouse | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 29t | 2 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Larry Heater | 24 | 69 | 2.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Leon Perry | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 11 | 1 |
| Phil Simms | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 5 | 155 | 6.7 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 1 | 351 | 10.6 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 109.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Mike Friede | 7 | 137 | 19.6 | 48 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Larry Heater | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Tom Mullady | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 25 | 1 |
| George Martin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Aaron Mitchell | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Brad Van Pelt | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Woolford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 49 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 0 | 34 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Alvin Garrett | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| James Jones | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Beasley Reece | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Nate Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Larry Cole | 0.5 |
| Charlie Waters | 0.5 |
| New York Giants | |
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