| Buffalo Bills at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 9, 1981 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62583 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 48 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Jerry Butler 16 pass from Joe Ferguson (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 12 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Curtis Brown 9 pass from Joe Cribbs (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 73 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 37 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 47 FG | 14 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 31 FG | 14 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 73 | LOG | Jon Borchardt |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 69 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 86 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 20 | RB | Joe Cribbs |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 52 | RILB | Chris Keating |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe Dupree |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Curtis Brown | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 28 | 117 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Danny White | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 42 | 19 | 45.2 | 4 | 301 | 7.2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 219 | 12.9 | 73t | 3 | 2 | 17 | 113.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jerry Butler | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 38 | 1 |
| Frank Lewis | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 73 | 73.0 | 73t | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bill Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Everson Walls | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Michael Downs | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Byron Franklin | 5 | 96 | 19.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Robb Riddick | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Isiah Robertson | 1.0 |
| Rod Kush | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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