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Dallas Cowboys 5 at Washington Redskins 9

Monday, October 2, 1978

Dallas Cowboys 5, Washington Redskins 9

1234Final
Dallas Cowboys (3-2-0)00325
Washington Redskins (5-0-0)33309

Scoring

DALWAS
1stWASMark Moseley 52 yard field goal03
2ndWASMark Moseley 42 yard field goal06
3rdDALRafael Septien 19 yard field goal36
WASMark Moseley 27 yard field goal39
4thDALSafety, White tackled Theismann in end zone59

Team Stats

DALWAS
First downs1916
Rush-yards-TDs33-109-036-127-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-30-212-0-111-22-156-0-1
Sacked-yards1-123-32
Net pass yards200124
Total yards309251
Fumbles-lost1-11-0
Turnovers21
Penalties-yards8-447-59

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Roger Staubach DAL 13 30 212 0 1 42 2 13 0 0
Tony Hill DAL 3 75 0 42
Drew Pearson DAL 4 72 0 40
Tony Dorsett DAL 21 61 0 10
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 3 48 0 29
Robert Newhouse DAL 7 26 0 10 1 6 0 6
Preston Pearson DAL 1 1 0 1 2 11 0 7
Doug Dennison DAL 2 8 0 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Riggins WAS 19 96 0 21 1 6 0 6
Ricky Thompson WAS 6 88 0 27
Joe Theismann WAS 11 22 156 0 1 27 2 -9 0 0
John McDaniel WAS 3 45 0 19
Mike Thomas WAS 15 40 0 8
Frank Grant WAS 1 17 0 17

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
Doug Dennison DAL 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Butch Johnson DAL 0 0 0 0 3 49 16.3 0 0 3 14 4.7 0 0
Aaron Kyle DAL 1 0 0 0
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
Ike Forte WAS 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0
Tony Green WAS 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0 2 22 11.0 0 0
Ken Houston WAS 1 0 0 0