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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons - November 21st, 1976
Dallas Cowboys 10 at Atlanta Falcons 17
Sunday, November 21, 1976
Dallas Cowboys 10, Atlanta Falcons 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (9-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Atlanta Falcons (4-7-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
Scoring
| DAL | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Scott Laidlaw 16 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 3rd | DAL | Efren Herrera 23 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| 4th | ATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 21 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| ATL | Mike Esposito 35 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| ATL | Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 10 | 17 |
Team Stats
| DAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-182-1 | 43-141-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-28-157-0-3 | 8-20-99-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-32 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 125 | 89 |
| Total yards | 307 | 230 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-70 | 4-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 15 | 88 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 16 | 61 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 13 | 28 | 157 | 0 | 3 | 30 | ||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 13 | 82 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 3 | 60 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Scott Hunter | ATL | 8 | 20 | 99 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 8 | 24 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | ATL | 2 | 20 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Sonny Collins | ATL | 15 | 17 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Billy Pritchett | ATL | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ray Brown | ATL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sonny Collins | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Mabra | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dewey McClain | ATL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Nobis | ATL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||