| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1981 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 63449 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 92 F Humidty: 43% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 36 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Joe Danelo 42 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Butch Johnson 41 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 20 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Safety, Phil Simms tackled in end zone by John Dutton | 3 | 15 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 21 FG | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Johnny Perkins 20 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 18 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Billy Taylor | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 14 | 0 |
| NYG | Leon Bright | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| NYG | Leon Perry | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| NYG | Bo Matthews | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 22 | 70 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 10 | 17 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | James Jones | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NYG | Phil Simms | 35 | 18 | 51.4 | 3 | 285 | 8.1 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 52.7 |
| DAL | Danny White | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 0 | 204 | 7.6 | 41t | 1 | 2 | 11 | 89.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Johnny Perkins | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 33 | 1 |
| NYG | Gary Shirk | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 46 | 0 |
| NYG | Earnest Gray | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 23 | 0 |
| NYG | Tom Mullady | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| NYG | Leon Perry | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NYG | Mike Friede | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NYG | Billy Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 39 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 38 | 0 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 41t | 1 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Cosbie | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Donley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Dennis Thurman | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| DAL | Everson Walls | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Michael Downs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NYG | Dave Jennings | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 52 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 7 | 303 | 43.3 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Leon Bright | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| DAL | James Jones | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Leon Bright | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| NYG | Alvin Garrett | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| DAL | James Jones | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DAL | Steve Wilson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NYG | George Martin | 2.0 |
| DAL | Randy White | 2.0 |
| DAL | Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| DAL | John Dutton | 1.0 |
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