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Denver Broncos 10 vs. Dallas Cowboys 27

Sunday, January 15, 1978

Denver Broncos 10, Dallas Cowboys 27

1234Final
Denver Broncos (14-3-0)0010010
Dallas Cowboys (15-2-0)1037727

Scoring

DENDAL
1stDALTony Dorsett 3 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)07
DALEfren Herrera 35 yard field goal010
2ndDALEfren Herrera 43 yard field goal013
3rdDENJim Turner 47 yard field goal313
DALButch Johnson 45 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick)320
DENRob Lytle 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)1020
4thDALGolden Richards 29 yard pass from Robert Newhouse (Efren Herrera kick)1027

Team Stats

DENDAL
First downs1117
Rush-yards-TDs29-121-138-143-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT8-25-61-0-419-28-217-2-0
Sacked-yards4-265-35
Net pass yards35182
Total yards156325
Fumbles-lost4-46-2
Turnovers82
Penalties-yards8-6012-94

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Norris Weese DEN 4 10 22 0 0 9 3 26 0 10
Rob Lytle DEN 10 35 1 16
Otis Armstrong DEN 7 27 0 18
Jack Dolbin DEN 2 24 0 15
Haven Moses DEN 1 21 0 21
Jim D. Jensen DEN 1 16 0 16 1 5 0 5
Craig Morton DEN 4 15 39 0 4 21
Jon Keyworth DEN 5 9 0 6
Riley Odoms DEN 2 9 0 10
Rick Upchurch DEN 1 9 0 9
Lonnie Perrin DEN 3 8 0 4 1 -7 0 -7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Roger Staubach DAL 17 25 183 1 0 45 3 6 0 5
Tony Dorsett DAL 15 66 1 19 2 11 0 15
Robert Newhouse DAL 1 1 29 1 0 29 14 55 0 10 3 -1 0 5
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 4 66 0 19
Preston Pearson DAL 3 11 0 5 5 37 0 11
Butch Johnson DAL 1 -9 0 -9 2 53 1 45
Golden Richards DAL 2 38 1 29
Danny White DAL 1 2 5 0 0 5 1 13 0 13
Drew Pearson DAL 1 13 0 13
Scott Laidlaw DAL 1 1 0 1

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Lyle Alzado DEN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Rubin Carter DEN 2.0 0 0 0 0
Tom Jackson DEN 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jim D. Jensen DEN 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 17
John Schultz DEN 0 0 0 0 2 62 31.0 0 37 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rick Upchurch DEN 0 0 0 0 3 94 31.3 0 67 3 22 7.3 0 8
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Benny Barnes DAL 1 0 0 0
Larry Brinson DAL 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 22
John Fitzgerald DAL 0 0 0 0
Tony Hill DAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Randy Hughes DAL 0 0 0 0
Bruce Huther DAL 0 0 0 0
Butch Johnson DAL 0 0 0 0 2 29 14.5 0 15
Aaron Kyle DAL 0 0 0 0
D.D. Lewis DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Harvey Martin DAL 2.0 0 0 0 0
Mark Washington DAL 1 27 0 27
Randy White DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0

Denver Broncos Starting Lineup

Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup