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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets - December 17th, 1978
Dallas Cowboys 30 at New York Jets 7
Sunday, December 17, 1978
Dallas Cowboys 30, New York Jets 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (12-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
| New York Jets (8-8-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Scoring
| DAL | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Tony Dorsett 7 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DAL | Rafael Septien 22 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| 3rd | DAL | Robert Newhouse 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 54 yard fumble return (kick failed) | 23 | 0 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Jerome Barkum 9 yard pass from Matt Robinson (Pat Leahy kick) | 23 | 7 |
| DAL | Larry Brinson 8 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 30 | 7 |
Team Stats
| DAL | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 52-190-3 | 19-68-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-24-156-0-1 | 8-28-102-1-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 5-33 |
| Net pass yards | 156 | 69 |
| Total yards | 346 | 137 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-25 | 1-10 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 29 | 121 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 15 | 24 | 156 | 0 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 44 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 8 | 36 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 6 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 3 | 21 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Derrick Gaffney | NYJ | 3 | 47 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | NYJ | 8 | 28 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Long | NYJ | 9 | 40 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Wesley Walker | NYJ | 2 | 35 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 3 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jerome Barkum | NYJ | 2 | 17 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Scott Dierking | NYJ | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Mickey Shuler | NYJ | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Kyle | DAL | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | DAL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Waters | 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 | |||
| Bruce Harper | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Keller | NYJ | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||