Sunday, November 5, 1978
Dallas Cowboys 16, Miami Dolphins 23| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (6-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| Miami Dolphins (7-3-0) | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| DAL | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | Delvin Williams 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 45 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Rafael Septien 30 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 23 yard field goal | 3 | 20 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Rafael Septien 39 yard field goal | 6 | 20 |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 24 yard field goal | 9 | 20 | |
| 4th | MIA | Garo Yepremian 33 yard field goal | 9 | 23 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 9 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 16 | 23 |
| DAL | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-89-0 | 28-54-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-30-275-1-2 | 12-18-185-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-36 | 4-33 |
| Net pass yards | 239 | 152 |
| Total yards | 328 | 206 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-81 | 8-57 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 19 | 30 | 275 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 4 | 99 | 0 | 53 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 10 | 49 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 8 | 73 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 2 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 12 | 23 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 15 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 72 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 12 | 18 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 4 | 71 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 4 | 31 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | MIA | 7 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Alois Blackwell | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Burton Lawless | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy White | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Babb | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Foley | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 128 | 25.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||