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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns - September 24th, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 7 at Cleveland Browns 26
Monday, September 24, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 7, Cleveland Browns 26| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (3-1-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cleveland Browns (4-0-0) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 |
Scoring
| DAL | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Dave Logan 23 yard pass from Brian Sipe (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| CLE | Ozzie Newsome 52 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 13 | |
| CLE | Thom Darden 39 yard interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 20 | |
| DAL | Tony Hill 48 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 20 | |
| 4th | CLE | Mike Pruitt 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 7 | 26 |
Team Stats
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-123-0 | 33-82-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-39-303-1-2 | 15-28-239-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-32 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 271 | 229 |
| Total yards | 394 | 311 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-52 | 2-19 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 21 | 39 | 303 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 5 | 109 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 14 | 64 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 3 | 70 | 1 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 13 | 49 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 3 | 34 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 15 | 28 | 239 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Cleo Miller | CLE | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 55 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 5 | 57 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ozzie Newsome | CLE | 3 | 53 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Dave Logan | CLE | 2 | 42 | 1 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | CLE | 6 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Mike Pruitt | CLE | 14 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | CLE | 7 | 24 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pat Moriarty | CLE | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | CLE | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Benny Barnes | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wade Manning | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 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 | |||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Keith Wright | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||