Super Bowl History /
2010 HOF Ballot /
Candidate Profiles
S-R: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics
S-R: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics
You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys - December 19th, 1976
Los Angeles Rams 14 at Dallas Cowboys 12
Sunday, December 19, 1976
Los Angeles Rams 14, Dallas Cowboys 12| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams (11-3-1) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Dallas Cowboys (11-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Scoring
| RAM | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Efren Herrera 44 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | RAM | Pat Haden 4 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 3 |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 4th | RAM | Lawrence McCutcheon 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 14 | 10 |
| DAL | Safety, Jensen tackled R. Jackson in end zone | 14 | 12 |
Team Stats
| RAM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 49-120-2 | 28-85-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-21-152-0-3 | 15-37-150-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-22 | 4-24 |
| Net pass yards | 130 | 126 |
| Total yards | 250 | 211 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-94 | 6-34 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Harold Jackson | RAM | 6 | 116 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Pat Haden | RAM | 10 | 21 | 152 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| John Cappelletti | RAM | 19 | 54 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | RAM | 21 | 58 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Bob Klein | RAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Rusty Jackson | RAM | 1 | -8 | 0 | -8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 13 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 15 | 37 | 150 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 9 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 3 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Larry Brooks | RAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cullen Bryant | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Fred Dryer | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Elmendorf | RAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Tom Geredine | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| Monte Jackson | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Merlin Olsen | RAM | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Isiah Robertson | RAM | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Jack Youngblood | RAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Benny Barnes | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Cole | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Too Tall Jones | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup
| Pat Haden | QB |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | RB |
| John Cappelletti | FB |
| Harold Jackson | WR |
| Ron Jessie | WR |
| Bob Klein | TE |
| Doug France | LT |
| Tom Mack | LG |
| Rich Saul | C |
| Dennis Harrah | RG |
| John Williams | RT |
| Jack Youngblood | LDE |
| Merlin Olsen | LDT |
| Larry Brooks | RDT |
| Fred Dryer | RDE |
| Jim Youngblood | LLB |
| Jack Reynolds | MLB |
| Isiah Robertson | RLB |
| Rod Perry | LCB |
| Monte Jackson | RCB |
| Dave Elmendorf | SS |
| Bill Simpson | FS |
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Preston Pearson | RB |
| Robert Newhouse | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Golden Richards | WR |
| Billy Joe DuPree | TE |
| Ralph Neely | LT |
| Herbert Scott | LG |
| John Fitzgerald | C |
| Blaine Nye | RG |
| Rayfield Wright | RT |
| Too Tall Jones | LDE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Larry Cole | RDT |
| Harvey Martin | RDE |
| Bob Breunig | LLB |
| Lee Roy Jordan | MLB |
| D.D. Lewis | RLB |
| Benny Barnes | LCB |
| Mark Washington | RCB |
| Charlie Waters | SS |
| Cliff Harris | FS |