| Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1985 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 57941 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Allama Matthews 3 pass from David Archer (Mick Luckhurst kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Mick Luckhurst 38 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 35 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 60 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 28 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny White 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Stacey Bailey |
| 89 | WR | Charlie Brown |
| 81 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 78 | LOT | Mike Kenn |
| 61 | LOG | John Scully |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 79 | ROG | Bill Fralic |
| 62 | ROT | Brett Miller |
| 88 | TE | Arthur Cox |
| 16 | QB | David Archer |
| 42 | RB | Gerald Riggs |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Rick Bryan |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Pitts |
| 69 | RDT | Dan Benish |
| 76 | RDE | Mike Gann |
| 59 | LLB | John Rade |
| 50 | MLB | Buddy Curry |
| 56 | RLB | Al Richardson |
| 23 | LCB | Bobby Butler |
| 33 | WS | Tiger Greene |
| 27 | SS | Tom Pridemore |
| 20 | RCB | Wendell Cason |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 75 | LOT | Phil Pozderac |
| 63 | LOG | Glen Titensor |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 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 |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 47 | SS | Dextor Clinkscale |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 22 | RCB | Victor Scott |
| 42 | DB | Ricky Easmon |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Gerald Riggs | 24 | 127 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Cliff Austin | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| David Archer | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 16 | 90 | 5.6 | 60t | 1 |
| Danny White | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Robert Lavette | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| David Archer | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 3 | 99 | 4.3 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 27.5 |
| Bob Holly | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 26 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 47 | 27 | 57.4 | 3 | 362 | 7.7 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 62.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Arthur Cox | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Washington | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Allama Matthews | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 35t | 1 |
| Mike Renfro | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Karl Powe | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Scott Case | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Wendell Cason | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bobby Butler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dextor Clinkscale | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Hegman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Rick Donnelly | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 146 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Anthony Allen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bill Bates | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Danny Wagoner | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cliff Austin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ken Whisenhunt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| John Williams | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Robert Lavette | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Al Richardson | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Don Smerek | 2.0 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 1.0 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 1.0 |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
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