Sunday, December 3, 1978
New England Patriots 10, Dallas Cowboys 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (10-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys (10-4-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| NWE | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Rafael Septien 26 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| NWE | Sam Cunningham 52 yard rush (David Posey kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | NWE | David Posey 30 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| 3rd | DAL | Tony Hill 40 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4th | DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 36 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 17 |
| NWE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-213-1 | 35-99-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-29-170-0-2 | 15-27-243-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-20 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 150 | 230 |
| Total yards | 363 | 329 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-36 | 1-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 13 | 29 | 170 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 14 | 93 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 14 | 80 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 6 | 80 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 42 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 2 | 34 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 5 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 15 | 27 | 243 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 13 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 43 | ||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 15 | 49 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 4 | 72 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 2 | 53 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 4 | 39 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 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 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||