Sunday December 5, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/05/1976:



Roger Staubach passed for 259 yards and a third-quarter touchdown to Butch Johnson as the Cowboys took their fifth straight game from the Eagles. Roman Gabriel hit Charlie Smith with a 20-yard touchdown pass to cut the Dallas lead to two points with just over five minutes left in the second quarter, but Efren Herrera gave the Cowboys a 12-7 halftime lead with a 21-yard field goal as time ran out in the half. Aaron Kyle got Dallas's second blocked punt safety in two weeks when he blocked a second quarter Spike Jones punt and it rolled out of the end zone.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE156.8  (11)202.9  (6)359.7  (4)24
DEFENSE125.2  (4)141.0  (6)266.2  (6)24
OFFENSE139.7  (17)109.0  (26)248.7  (25)32
DEFENSE155.4  (19)173.0  (22)328.4  (22)20

Line: Cowboys by 11

Team1234F
Dallas Cowboys (11-2-0)937726
Philadelphia Eagles (3-10-0)07007

( 7- 0) DAL Doug Dennison 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) ( 9- 0) DAL Safety, Aaron Kyle blocked punt out of end zone ( 9- 7) PHI Charlie Smith 20 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Horst Muhlmann kick) (12- 7) DAL Efren Herrera 21 yard field goal (19- 7) DAL Butch Johnson 7 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) (26- 7) DAL Robert Newhouse 10 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
                     DAL             PHI
First Downs:         22              13
Rushes-yards:        35-117          31-134
Yards/rush:          3.3             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     23-40-259-0     12-28-80-0
Sacked-yards:        1-11            5-38
Net pass yards:      248             42
Net yards/pass:      6.0             1.3
Total net yards:     365             176
Total plays:         76 (46% run)    64 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             2.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             1-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     9-105           7-58

Attendance: 55,072

Passing:
DAL: Roger Staubach, 23 of 40 for 259 yards and 1 TD PHI: Roman Gabriel, 11 of 27 for 84 yards and 1 TD; Spike Jones, 1 of 1 for -4 yards
Rushing:
DAL: Doug Dennison, 17 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Robert Newhouse, 12 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Roger Staubach, 3 for 20 yards; Scott Laidlaw, 3 for 9 yards PHI: Mike Hogan, 16 for 68 yards; Dave Hampton, 11 for 47 yards; Tom Sullivan, 3 for 18 yards; Roman Gabriel, 1 for 1 yard
Receiving:
DAL: Drew Pearson, 7 for 99 yards; Billy Joe DuPree, 6 for 96 yards; Robert Newhouse, 3 for 20 yards; Doug Dennison, 3 for 6 yards; Charley Young, 2 for 28 yards; Butch Johnson, 2 for 10 yards and 1 TD PHI: Harold Carmichael, 3 for 37 yards; Mike Hogan, 3 for 10 yards; Dave Hampton, 2 for 1 yard; Charlie Smith, 1 for 20 yards and 1 TD; Charle Young, 1 for 11 yards; Tom Sullivan, 1 for 5 yards; Frank LeMaster, 1 for -4 yards
Kick returns:
DAL: Butch Johnson, 2 for 48 yards; Jim Jensen, 1 for 11 yards PHI: Herb Lusk, 2 for 54 yards; Tom Sullivan, 2 for 44 yards
Punt returns:
DAL: Butch Johnson, 5 for 73 yards PHI: Bill Bradley, 3 for 25 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
DAL: Danny White, 8 for 317 yards PHI: Spike Jones, 9 for 307 yards
Field Goals:
DAL: Efren Herrera, 1/1


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