Sunday, September 30, 1979
Cincinnati Bengals 13, Dallas Cowboys 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (0-5-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas Cowboys (4-1-0) | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| CIN | DAL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | Chris Bahr 48 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw 3 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 7 |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 14 |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 3 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 21 |
| CIN | Chris Bahr 38 yard field goal | 6 | 21 |
| CIN | Don Bass 10 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) | 13 | 21 |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 26 yard field goal | 13 | 24 |
| DAL | Tony Hill 9 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 31 |
| DAL | Ron Springs 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 38 |
| CIN | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-104-0 | 42-194-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-36-209-1-3 | 13-26-176-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-28 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 181 | 176 |
| Total yards | 285 | 370 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-43 | 10-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Bass | CIN | 8 | 108 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 17 | 33 | 187 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 8 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Charles Alexander | CIN | 9 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 9 | 33 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Steve Kreider | CIN | 3 | 20 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Dan Ross | CIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jack Thompson | CIN | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Corbett | CIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 20 | 119 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 12 | 25 | 164 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 5 | 71 | 1 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 3 | 65 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 7 | 30 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 8 | 26 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 3 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 5 | 13 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Vaughn Lusby | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Deacon Turner | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 174 | 24.9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wilson Whitley | CIN | 1 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Hughes | DAL | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Mitchell | DAL | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Thornton | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||