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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams - January 7th, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 28 at Los Angeles Rams 0
Sunday, January 7, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 28, Los Angeles Rams 0| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (14-4-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Los Angeles Rams (13-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scoring
| DAL | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | DAL | Tony Dorsett 5 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 4th | DAL | Scott Laidlaw 4 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 11 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 0 | |
| DAL | Thomas Henderson 68 yard interception return (Rafael Septien kick) | 28 | 0 |
Team Stats
| DAL | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-126-1 | 31-81-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-25-126-2-2 | 14-35-206-0-5 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-17 | 3-10 |
| Net pass yards | 109 | 196 |
| Total yards | 235 | 277 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 7 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-85 | 5-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 17 | 101 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 13 | 25 | 126 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 23 | ||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 10 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 2 | 12 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Jackie Smith | DAL | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Willie Miller | RAM | 3 | 96 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Vince Ferragamo | RAM | 7 | 16 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 65 | ||||||||
| Pat Haden | RAM | 7 | 19 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Cullen Bryant | RAM | 20 | 52 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | RAM | 4 | 42 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| John Cappelletti | RAM | 3 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Dwight Scales | RAM | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Billy Waddy | RAM | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Terry Nelson | RAM | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rod Phillips | RAM | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jim Jodat | RAM | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Pat Donovan | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Thomas Henderson | DAL | 0.5 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 68 | |||||||||||||
| Randy Hughes | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Stalls | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0.5 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 29 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Nolan Cromwell | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Elmendorf | RAM | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Fanning | RAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Jodat | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| Cody Jones | RAM | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Larry Marshall | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Pat Thomas | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jackie Wallace | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Jack Youngblood | RAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Roger Staubach | QB |
| Tony Dorsett | RB |
| Scott Laidlaw | 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 |
Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup
| Pat Haden | QB |
| Cullen Bryant | RB |
| John Cappelletti | FB |
| Ron Jessie | WR |
| Willie Miller | WR |
| Terry Nelson | TE |
| Doug France | LT |
| Tom Mack | LG |
| Rich Saul | C |
| Dennis Harrah | RG |
| John Williams | RT |
| Jack Youngblood | LDE |
| Cody Jones | LDT |
| Mike Fanning | RDT |
| Fred Dryer | RDE |
| Jim Youngblood | LLB |
| Jack Reynolds | MLB |
| Bob Brudzinski | RLB |
| Pat Thomas | LCB |
| Rod Perry | RCB |
| Dave Elmendorf | SS |
| Bill Simpson | FS |