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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Denver Broncos vs. Dallas Cowboys - January 15th, 1978
Denver Broncos 10 vs. Dallas Cowboys 27
Sunday, January 15, 1978
Denver Broncos 10, Dallas Cowboys 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (14-3-0) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys (15-2-0) | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
Scoring
| DEN | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Tony Dorsett 3 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 35 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Efren Herrera 43 yard field goal | 0 | 13 |
| 3rd | DEN | Jim Turner 47 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson 45 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 3 | 20 | |
| DEN | Rob Lytle 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 10 | 20 | |
| 4th | DAL | Golden Richards 29 yard pass from Robert Newhouse (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 27 |
Team Stats
| DEN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-121-1 | 38-143-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-25-61-0-4 | 19-28-217-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-26 | 5-35 |
| Net pass yards | 35 | 182 |
| Total yards | 156 | 325 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-4 | 6-2 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-60 | 12-94 |
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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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
| Craig Morton | QB |
| Otis Armstrong | RB |
| Jon Keyworth | FB |
| Jack Dolbin | WR |
| Haven Moses | WR |
| Riley Odoms | TE |
| Andy Maurer | LT |
| Tom Glassic | LG |
| Mike Montler | C |
| Paul Howard | RG |
| Claudie Minor | RT |
| Barney Chavous | LDE |
| Rubin Carter | NT |
| Lyle Alzado | RDE |
| Bob Swenson | LOLB |
| Joe Rizzo | LILB |
| Randy Gradishar | RILB |
| Tom Jackson | ROLB |
| Louis Wright | LCB |
| Steve Foley | RCB |
| Bill Thompson | SS |
| Bernard Jackson | FS |
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Tony Dorsett | RB |
| Robert Newhouse | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Butch Johnson | 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 |