Sunday, November 19, 1978
New Orleans Saints 7, Dallas Cowboys 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (5-7-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas Cowboys (8-4-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| NOR | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Chuck Muncie 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DAL | Tony Dorsett 2 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| DAL | Roger Staubach 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 24 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4th | DAL | Rafael Septien 24 yard field goal | 7 | 24 |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 26 yard field goal | 7 | 27 |
| NOR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-62-1 | 42-198-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-39-235-0-3 | 9-15-141-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 4-35 |
| Net pass yards | 215 | 106 |
| Total yards | 277 | 304 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 6-65 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 24 | 38 | 235 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 8 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | NOR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Chuck Muncie | NOR | 7 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 4 | 42 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Tinker Owens | NOR | 3 | 32 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 25 | 152 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 9 | 15 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 3 | 73 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 11 | 33 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 2 | 29 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Alois Blackwell | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 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 | |||
| Wes Chandler | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Mauti | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 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 | |||
| Benny Barnes | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Cole | DAL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Hughes | DAL | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||