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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys - October 8th, 1978
New York Giants 3 at Dallas Cowboys 24
Sunday, October 8, 1978
New York Giants 3, Dallas Cowboys 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (3-3-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dallas Cowboys (4-2-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
Scoring
| NYG | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Tony Hill 17 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NYG | Joe Danelo 37 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 23 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Tony Hill 30 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 4th | DAL | Rafael Septien 22 yard field goal | 3 | 24 |
Team Stats
| NYG | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-102-0 | 34-157-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-20-103-0-1 | 17-33-246-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 8-63 | 5-46 |
| Net pass yards | 40 | 200 |
| Total yards | 142 | 357 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-55 | 4-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Kotar | NYG | 5 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Jim Robinson | NYG | 2 | 53 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | NYG | 3 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||
| Larry Csonka | NYG | 4 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | NYG | 12 | 32 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Golsteyn | NYG | 3 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Johnny Perkins | NYG | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Dan Doornink | NYG | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Willie Spencer | NYG | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ernest Pough | NYG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Randy Dean | NYG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Billy Taylor | NYG | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 17 | 32 | 246 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 17 | 73 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 7 | 112 | 2 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 9 | 51 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Alois Blackwell | DAL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 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 | |||
| Bobby Hammond | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ernest Pough | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Robinson | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brad Van Pelt | NYG | 1 | 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 | |||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||