| Dallas Cowboys at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1982 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 51808 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Renfro 54 pass from Archie Manning (Florian Kempf kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 21 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 22 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Butch Johnson 18 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 36 FG | 20 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Michael Downs 86 opponents fumble recovery (Rafael Septien kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 46 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 53 FG | 37 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 70 | LOG | Howard Richards |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 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 |
| 59 | RLB | Guy Brown |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 31 | SS | Benny Barnes |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Harold Bailey |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 62 | LOT | John Schuhmacher |
| 68 | LOG | Ralph Williams |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 35 | RB | Stan Edwards |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Donnie Craft | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Allen | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 27 | 21 | 77.8 | 0 | 279 | 10.3 | 46t | 3 | 3 | 29 | 146.8 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 45 | 7.5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 33 | 12 | 36.4 | 0 | 199 | 6.0 | 54t | 1 | 6 | 39 | 67.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Doug Cosbie | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 26 | 2 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 92 | 30.7 | 46t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Donley | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Donnie Craft | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Harold Bailey | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Dave Casper | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 50 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 9 | 0 | |
| Doug Donley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Doug Donley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Gary Allen | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Larry Bethea | 1.0 |
| Bob Breunig | 1.0 |
| John Dutton | 1.0 |
| Mike Hegman | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Daryl Hunt | 1.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 |
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