Saturday December 19, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/19/1981:



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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE173.2  (2)200.2  (16)373.4  (2)29
DEFENSE132.5  (19)207.3  (16)339.8  (17)46
OFFENSE103.1  (26)165.5  (24)268.6  (28)34
DEFENSE120.1  (10)184.7  (7)304.7  (4)31

Line: Cowboys by 3

Team1234OTF
Dallas Cowboys (12-4-0)00010010
New York Giants (9-7-0)0703313

( 0- 7) NYG Tom Mullady 20 yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick) ( 7- 7) DAL Doug Cosbie 3 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) (10- 7) DAL Rafael Septien 36 yard field goal (10-10) NYG Joe Danelo 40 yard field goal (10-13) NYG Joe Danelo 35 yard field goal
                     DAL             NYG
First Downs:         16              15
Rushes-yards:        34-90           40-139
Yards/rush:          2.6             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-33-200-1     13-27-163-1
Sacked-yards:        4-36            1-5
Net pass yards:      164             158
Net yards/pass:      4.4             5.6
Total net yards:     254             297
Total plays:         71 (47% run)    68 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        5-2             4-1
Turnovers:           3               2
Penalties-yards:     8-70            5-42

Attendance: 73,009

Passing:
DAL: Danny White, 17 of 33 for 200 yards and 1 TD (1 int) NYG: Scott Brunner, 13 of 27 for 163 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
DAL: Tony Dorsett, 20 for 39 yards; Ron Springs, 11 for 43 yards; Danny White, 3 for 8 yards NYG: Rob Carpenter, 29 for 83 yards; Leon Perry, 6 for 22 yards; Scott Brunner, 2 for 23 yards; Ike Forte, 2 for 8 yards; Leon Bright, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
DAL: Billy Joe DuPree, 3 for 44 yards; Doug Cosbie, 3 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Ron Springs, 3 for 16 yards; James Jones, 3 for 13 yards; Tony Hill, 2 for 61 yards; Tony Dorsett, 2 for 16 yards; Drew Pearson, 1 for 23 yards NYG: John Mistler, 3 for 37 yards; Dave Young, 3 for 36 yards; Earnest Gray, 2 for 35 yards; Rob Carpenter, 2 for 11 yards; Tom Mullady, 1 for 20 yards and 1 TD; Leon Perry, 1 for 16 yards; Danny Pittman, 1 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
DAL: James Jones, 2 for 33 yards NYG: Leon Bright, 2 for 48 yards; Danny Pittman, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
DAL: James Jones, 2 for 7 yards NYG: Leon Bright, 3 for 24 yards; Beasley Reece, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
DAL: Michael Downs, 1 for 0 yards NYG: Byron Hunt, 1 for 7 yards
Punting:
DAL: Danny White, 7 for 278 yards NYG: Dave Jennings, 5 for 200 yards
Field Goals:
DAL: Rafael Septien, 1/2 NYG: Joe Danelo, 2/5


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