| Dallas Cowboys at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1984 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 74139 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 72 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mark Clayton 41 pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Bruce Hardy 3 pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Timmy Newsome 4 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mark Clayton 39 pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 66 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mark Clayton 63 pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 21 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Doug Donley |
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 68 | LOT | Herbert Scott |
| 653 | LOG | Glen Titensor |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 75 | ROT | Phil Pozderac |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 51 | RLB | Anthony Dickerson |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 47 | SS | Dextor Clinkscale |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Fellows |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Mark Clayton |
| 85 | WR | Mark Duper |
| 79 | LOT | Jon Giesler |
| 61 | LOG | Roy Foster |
| 57 | C | Dwight Stephenson |
| 64 | ROG | Ed Newman |
| 74 | ROT | Cleveland Green |
| 84 | TE | Bruce Hardy |
| 87 | TE | Dan Johnson |
| 13 | QB | Dan Marino |
| 22 | RB | Tony Nathan |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Doug Betters |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 58 | RDE | Kim Bokamper |
| 59 | LOLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 53 | LILB | Jay Brophy |
| 58 | RILB | Mark Brown |
| 56 | ROLB | Charles Bowser |
| 28 | LCB | Don McNeal |
| 47 | SS | Glenn Blackwood |
| 42 | FS | Lyle Blackwood |
| 49 | RCB | William Judson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 19 | 58 | 3.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 7 | 2 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tony Nathan | 13 | 39 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Carter | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Marino | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 2 | 246 | 7.2 | 66t | 1 | 3 | 20 | 66.5 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 2 | 340 | 8.5 | 63t | 4 | 1 | 12 | 97.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 66t | 1 |
| Tony Dorsett | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tony Nathan | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Mark Clayton | 4 | 150 | 37.5 | 63t | 3 |
| Mark Duper | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Downs | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Don McNeal | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| William Judson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 7 | 279 | 39.9 | 54 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Reggie Roby | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Gary Allen | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Fulton Walker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Gary Allen | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Chuck McSwain | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Fulton Walker | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Doug Betters | 2.0 |
| Mark Brown | 1.0 |
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