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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Washington Redskins - September 6th, 1981
Dallas Cowboys 26 at Washington Redskins 10
Sunday, September 6, 1981
Dallas Cowboys 26, Washington Redskins 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| Washington Redskins (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Scoring
| DAL | WAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 33 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| WAS | Joe Washington 15 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| DAL | Drew Pearson 42 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Rafael Septien 29 yard field goal | 17 | 7 |
| WAS | Mark Moseley 42 yard field goal | 17 | 10 | |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 42 yard field goal | 20 | 10 | |
| 4th | DAL | Rafael Septien 23 yard field goal | 23 | 10 |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 18 yard field goal | 26 | 10 |
Team Stats
| DAL | WAS | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 44-206-0 | 18-44-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-24-145-2-0 | 23-49-313-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 3-33 |
| Net pass yards | 140 | 280 |
| Total yards | 346 | 324 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-87 | 7-89 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 21 | 132 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 12 | 24 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 3 | 70 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 15 | 58 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 5 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Washington | WAS | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 124 | 1 | 25 |
| Joe Theismann | WAS | 22 | 48 | 281 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Riggins | WAS | 8 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Art Monk | WAS | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Don Warren | WAS | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Seay | WAS | 2 | 30 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Clarence Harmon | WAS | 3 | 24 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Wilbur Jackson | WAS | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Greg McCrary | WAS | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Michael Downs | DAL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Jones | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | DAL | 1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Everson Walls | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 1 | 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 | |||
| Terry Metcalf | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Nelms | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Otis Wonsley | WAS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||