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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Baltimore Colts at Dallas Cowboys - September 4th, 1978
Baltimore Colts 0 at Dallas Cowboys 38
Monday, September 4, 1978
Baltimore Colts 0, Dallas Cowboys 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 0 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
Scoring
| BAL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DAL | Doug Dennison 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 91 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 8 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Drew Pearson 38 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 28 |
| DAL | Jay Saldi 1 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 35 | |
| 4th | DAL | Rafael Septien 48 yard field goal | 0 | 38 |
Team Stats
| BAL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-99-0 | 45-278-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-20-116-0-2 | 19-27-305-4-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-34 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 82 | 305 |
| Total yards | 181 | 583 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-35 | 4-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Kirkland | BAL | 9 | 20 | 116 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Reese McCall | BAL | 3 | 53 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 12 | 40 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | BAL | 9 | 34 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Marshall Johnson | BAL | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Ron Lee | BAL | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roger Carr | BAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Glenn Doughty | BAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Don Hardeman | BAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 15 | 147 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 107 | 1 | 91 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 16 | 22 | 280 | 4 | 2 | 91 | ||||||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 11 | 65 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 3 | 61 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 49 | ||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 10 | 46 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 7 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Marshall Johnson | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 169 | 33.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don McCauley | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Norm Thompson | BAL | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Joe Washington | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 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 | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Kyle | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||