New! TD Finder /
Part I /
II /
III
/ PFR Twitter & Facebook
S-R: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics
S-R: Baseball | Basketball | Football | Hockey | Olympics
You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys - December 28th, 1980
Los Angeles Rams 13 at Dallas Cowboys 34
Sunday, December 28, 1980
Los Angeles Rams 13, Dallas Cowboys 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams (11-6-0) | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas Cowboys (13-4-0) | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
Scoring
| RAM | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Rafael Septien 28 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| RAM | Jewerl Thomas 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Rafael Septien 29 yard field goal | 6 | 6 |
| RAM | Preston Dennard 21 yard pass from Vince Ferragamo (Frank Corral kick) | 13 | 6 | |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 12 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 13 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Tony Dorsett 10 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 20 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson 35 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 27 | |
| 4th | DAL | Drew Pearson 11 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 13 | 34 |
Team Stats
| RAM | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-92-1 | 46-338-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-30-176-1-3 | 12-25-190-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 168 | 190 |
| Total yards | 260 | 528 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-50 | 11-79 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Preston Dennard | RAM | 6 | 117 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Vince Ferragamo | RAM | 14 | 30 | 176 | 1 | 3 | 32 | ||||||||
| Jewerl Thomas | RAM | 14 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Cullen Bryant | RAM | 10 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Terry Nelson | RAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Billy Waddy | RAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Mike Guman | RAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 22 | 160 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 12 | 25 | 190 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 4 | 60 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 4 | 58 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 2 | 52 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 11 | 46 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 5 | 38 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 2 | 34 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Nolan Cromwell | RAM | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| Drew Hill | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| LeRoy Irvin | RAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Lucious Smith | RAM | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Dextor Clinkscale | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | 43 | ||||
| Aaron Mitchell | DAL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Thornton | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup
| Vince Ferragamo | QB |
| Jewerl Thomas | RB |
| Cullen Bryant | FB |
| Preston Dennard | WR |
| Billy Waddy | WR |
| Victor Hicks | TE |
| Doug France | LT |
| Kent Hill | LG |
| Rich Saul | C |
| Dennis Harrah | RG |
| Jackie Slater | RT |
| Jack Youngblood | LDE |
| Cody Jones | LDT |
| Larry Brooks | RDT |
| Fred Dryer | RDE |
| Jim Youngblood | LLB |
| Jack Reynolds | MLB |
| George Andrews | RLB |
| LeRoy Irvin | LCB |
| Rod Perry | RCB |
| Johnnie Johnson | SS |
| Nolan Cromwell | FS |
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Danny White | QB |
| Tony Dorsett | RB |
| Robert Newhouse | FB |
| Drew Pearson | WR |
| Tony Hill | WR |
| Billy Joe DuPree | TE |
| Pat Donovan | LT |
| Herbert Scott | LG |
| Robert Shaw | C |
| Tom Rafferty | RG |
| Jim Cooper | RT |
| Too Tall Jones | LDE |
| Larry Cole | LDT |
| Randy White | RDT |
| Harvey Martin | RDE |
| Mike Hegman | LLB |
| Bob Breunig | MLB |
| D.D. Lewis | RLB |
| Benny Barnes | LCB |
| Aaron Mitchell | RCB |
| Charlie Waters | SS |
| Randy Hughes | FS |