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Dallas Cowboys 20 at Washington Redskins 34

Sunday, November 18, 1979

Dallas Cowboys 20, Washington Redskins 34

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Dallas Cowboys (8-4-0)0331420
Washington Redskins (8-4-0)77101034

Scoring

DALWAS
1stWASJohn McDaniel 4 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)07
2ndDALRafael Septien 34 yard field goal37
WASJohn Riggins 3 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)314
3rdDALRafael Septien 37 yard field goal614
WASClarence Harmon 10 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)621
WASMark Moseley 46 yard field goal624
4thDALDrew Pearson 19 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick)1324
WASRicky Thompson 11 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)1331
DALDrew Pearson 9 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)2031
WASMark Moseley 45 yard field goal2034

Team Stats

DALWAS
First downs2719
Rush-yards-TDs28-85-033-104-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT29-49-350-2-315-24-210-3-0
Sacked-yards6-512-8
Net pass yards299202
Total yards384306
Fumbles-lost3-21-0
Turnovers50
Penalties-yards7-608-99

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Roger Staubach DAL 23 38 276 1 3 35 2 4 0 0
Drew Pearson DAL 8 134 2 35
Tony Dorsett DAL 14 43 0 7 8 61 0 21
Tony Hill DAL 6 92 0 21
Danny White DAL 6 11 74 1 0 21
Scott Laidlaw DAL 3 17 0 15 2 11 0 7
Ron Springs DAL 2 6 0 5 2 18 0 12
Robert Newhouse DAL 6 18 0 4 1 6 0 6
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 1 21 0 21
Preston Pearson DAL 1 -3 0 -3 1 7 0 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Danny Buggs WAS 5 111 0 45
Joe Theismann WAS 15 24 210 3 0 45 2 6 0 0
Ricky Thompson WAS 3 49 1 35
John Riggins WAS 12 40 1 9
Ike Forte WAS 1 15 0 15 2 24 0 19
Clarence Harmon WAS 4 22 0 8 2 14 1 10
Benny Malone WAS 14 21 0 7
Don Warren WAS 1 7 0 7
John McDaniel WAS 2 5 1 4

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
Ron Springs DAL 0 0 0 0 6 119 19.8 0 0
Steve Wilson DAL 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0 3 17 5.7 0 0
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
Brad Dusek WAS 1 0 0 0
Ike Forte WAS 0 0 0 0 1 37 37.0 0 0
Bobby Hammond WAS 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Clarence Harmon WAS 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Mark H. Murphy WAS 1 16 0 0
Neal Olkewicz WAS 1 4 0 0