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Week 17
1978
1978 gms
Falcons 14
Eagles 13		 Oilers 17
@Dolphins 9		 Sat:Cowboys 27
Falcons 20		 Sat:Steelers 33
Broncos 10		 Oilers 31
@Patriots 14		 Rams 34
Vikings 10

Atlanta Falcons 20 at Dallas Cowboys 27

Saturday, December 30, 1978
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Atlanta Falcons (10-8-0)7130020
Dallas Cowboys (13-4-0)1037727

Game Info
Stadium Texas Stadium
Start Time 3:00pm
Surface astroturf
Weather 38 degrees, relative humidity 97%, wind 15 mph, wind chill 29
Vegas Line Dallas Cowboys -15.0
Over/Under 0.0 (over)

Scoring

Team Stats

Passing, Rushing, & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bubba Bean ATL 17 72 1 14
Wallace Francis ATL 6 66 1 20
Haskel Stanback ATL 9 62 0 14
Steve Bartkowski ATL 8 23 95 1 3 22
George Franklin ATL 8 24 0 12
Billy Ryckman ATL 1 22 0 22
Mike Esposito ATL 2 6 0 6 1 7 0 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Scott Laidlaw DAL 17 66 2 21 1 15 0 15
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 1 20 0 20 5 59 0 24
Drew Pearson DAL 4 75 0 39
Tony Dorsett DAL 14 65 0 12 1 9 0 9
Danny White DAL 10 20 127 1 1 24 3 -4 0 12
Roger Staubach DAL 7 17 105 0 0 39 1 3 0 3
Jackie Smith DAL 3 38 1 18
Tony Hill DAL 3 36 0 22
Preston Pearson DAL 1 -2 0 -2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
George Franklin ATL 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 29
Rolland Lawrence ATL 1 0 0 0
Dewey McClain ATL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Tom Moriarty ATL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Dennis Pearson ATL 0 0 0 0 2 59 29.5 0 36
Tom Pridemore ATL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 36 18.0 0 20
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Larry Brinson DAL 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 24
Cliff Harris DAL 1 22 0 22
Randy Hughes DAL 1 0 0 0
Bruce Huther DAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Butch Johnson DAL 0 0 0 0 4 50 12.5 0 22 4 32 8.0 0 16
Aaron Kyle DAL 1 15 0 15
Scott Laidlaw DAL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Kicking & Punting

PAT FG Punting
Tm XPM XPA FGM FGA Pnt Yds Y/P Lng
John James ATL 6 225 37.5 49
Tim Mazzetti ATL 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
PAT FG Punting
Tm XPM XPA FGM FGA Pnt Yds Y/P Lng
Rafael Septien DAL 3 3 2 3 0 0 0
Danny White DAL 3 108 36.0 40

Starting Lineups

Atlanta Falcons
Pos
Steve Bartkowski QB
Haskel Stanback RB
Bubba Bean FB
Wallace Francis WR
Billy Ryckman WR
Jim R. Mitchell TE
Mike Kenn LT
Dave Scott LG
Jeff Van Note C
R.C. Thielemann RG
Phil McKinnely RT
Jeff Yeates LDE
Jim Bailey LDT
Mike Lewis RDT
Jeff Merrow RDE
Fulton Kuykendall LLB
Robert Pennywell MLB
Greg Brezina RLB
Rolland Lawrence LCB
Rick Byas RCB
Frank Reed SS
Tom Pridemore FS
Dallas Cowboys
Pos
Roger Staubach QB
Scott Laidlaw RB
Tony Dorsett RB
Drew Pearson WR
Tony Hill WR
Billy Joe DuPree TE
Pat Donovan LT
Herbert Scott LG
John Fitzgerald C
Tom Rafferty RG
Rayfield Wright RT
Too Tall Jones LDE
Larry Cole DE
Randy White RDT
Harvey Martin RDE
Thomas Henderson LLB
Bob Breunig MLB
D.D. Lewis RLB
Benny Barnes LCB
Aaron Kyle RCB
Charlie Waters SS
Cliff Harris FS