Sunday, October 2, 1977
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, Dallas Cowboys 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas Cowboys (3-0-0) | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| TAM | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Efren Herrera 32 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DAL | Thomas Henderson 79 yard interception return (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse 17 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | TAM | Richard Wood 37 yard fumble return (Allan Leavitt kick) | 7 | 17 |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 19 yard field goal | 7 | 20 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Efren Herrera 20 yard field goal | 7 | 23 |
| TAM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-76-0 | 42-205-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-23-107-0-2 | 15-24-212-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 1-2 |
| Net pass yards | 87 | 210 |
| Total yards | 163 | 415 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-25 | 8-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Anthony Davis | TAM | 15 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Morris Owens | TAM | 4 | 57 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Gary Huff | TAM | 8 | 23 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Jimmy DuBose | TAM | 6 | 23 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Louis Carter | TAM | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Williams | TAM | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| John McKay | TAM | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Bell | TAM | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 12 | 56 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 15 | 24 | 212 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 3 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 10 | 72 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 16 | 73 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 3 | 47 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Anthony Davis | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Isaac Hagins | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Reece | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Richard Wood | TAM | 1 | 29 | 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 | |||
| Thomas Henderson | DAL | 2 | 79 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||