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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys - December 26th, 1977
Chicago Bears 7 at Dallas Cowboys 37
Monday, December 26, 1977
Chicago Bears 7, Dallas Cowboys 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (9-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Dallas Cowboys (13-2-0) | 7 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
Scoring
| CHI | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Doug Dennison 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 28 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 14 |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 21 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Tony Dorsett 23 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 24 |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 31 yard field goal | 0 | 27 | |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 7 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 34 | |
| 4th | DAL | Efren Herrera 27 yard field goal | 0 | 37 |
| CHI | Steve Schubert 34 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick) | 7 | 37 |
Team Stats
| CHI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-81-0 | 48-233-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-25-177-1-4 | 8-14-134-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-34 | 2-2 |
| Net pass yards | 143 | 132 |
| Total yards | 224 | 365 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 7 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-43 | 3-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walter Payton | CHI | 19 | 60 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Bob Avellini | CHI | 15 | 25 | 177 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 5 | 69 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| James Scott | CHI | 3 | 29 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Greg Latta | CHI | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Robin Earl | CHI | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Roland Harper | CHI | 5 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 17 | 85 | 2 | 22 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 16 | 80 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 8 | 13 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 8 | 40 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 38 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 28 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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 | |||
| Gary Fencik | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Virgil Livers | CHI | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Johnny Musso | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Walter Payton | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| Ron Rydalch | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Len Walterscheid | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 40 | |||||||||
| 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 Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Bill Gregory | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| D.D. Lewis | DAL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 3 | 53 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Chicago Bears Starting Lineup
| Bob Avellini | QB |
| Walter Payton | RB |
| Roland Harper | FB |
| Bo Rather | WR |
| James Scott | WR |
| Greg Latta | TE |
| Ted Albrecht | LT |
| Noah Jackson | LG |
| Dan Peiffer | C |
| Revie Sorey | RG |
| Dennis Lick | RT |
| Mike Hartenstine | LDE |
| Jim Osborne | LDT |
| Ron Rydalch | RDT |
| Billy Newsome | RDE |
| Doug Buffone | LLB |
| Tom Hicks | MLB |
| Waymond Bryant | RLB |
| Allan Ellis | LCB |
| Virgil Livers | RCB |
| Gary Fencik | SS |
| Doug Plank | FS |
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Tony Dorsett | RB |
| Robert Newhouse | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Golden Richards | WR |
| Billy Joe DuPree | TE |
| Ralph Neely | LT |
| Herbert Scott | LG |
| John Fitzgerald | C |
| Tom Rafferty | RG |
| Pat Donovan | RT |
| Too Tall Jones | LDE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Randy White | RDT |
| Harvey Martin | RDE |
| Thomas Henderson | LLB |
| Bob Breunig | MLB |
| D.D. Lewis | RLB |
| Benny Barnes | LCB |
| Aaron Kyle | RCB |
| Charlie Waters | SS |
| Cliff Harris | FS |