| Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: September 5, 1983 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 55045 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 85 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 10 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 23 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 1 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 30 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 39 FG | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charlie Brown 41 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 3 | 23 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 75 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 51 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny White 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 1 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 31 | 23 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Don Warren 1 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 31 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | RB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 50 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 51 | RLB | Anthony Dickerson |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 47 | SS | Dextor Clinkscale |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Charlie Brown |
| 89 | WR | Alvin Garrett |
| 66 | LOT | Joe Jacoby |
| 68 | LOG | Russ Grimm |
| 53 | C | Jeff Bostic |
| 73 | ROG | Mark May |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 88 | TE | Rick Walker |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Todd Liebenstein |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 77 | RDT | Darryl Grant |
| 72 | RDE | Dexter Manley |
| 55 | LLB | Mel Kaufman |
| 52 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 57 | RLB | Rich Milot |
| 28 | LCB | Darrell Green |
| 22 | SS | Curtis Jordan |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 32 | RCB | Vernon Dean |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 14 | 151 | 10.8 | 77 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Danny White | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| John Riggins | 27 | 89 | 3.3 | 18 | 1 |
| Joe Theismann | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 20 | 9 | 45.0 | 0 | 193 | 9.7 | 75t | 3 | 2 | 20 | 119.4 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 38 | 28 | 73.7 | 1 | 325 | 8.6 | 41t | 2 | 3 | 26 | 105.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 75t | 2 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Alvin Garrett | 10 | 101 | 10.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 41t | 1 |
| Rick Walker | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Virgil Seay | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark McGrath | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| John Warren | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jeff Hayes | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 5 | 74 | 14.8 | 23 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ron Fellows | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 22 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Mike Nelms | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Otis Wonsley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 1.0 |
| Don Smerek | 1.0 |
| Michael Downs | 0.5 |
| Randy White | 0.5 |
| Washington Redskins | |
| Perry Brooks | 1.0 |
| Dexter Manley | 1.0 |
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