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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys - September 27th, 1981
New York Giants 10 at Dallas Cowboys 18
Sunday, September 27, 1981
New York Giants 10, Dallas Cowboys 18| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (2-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys (4-0-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Scoring
| NYG | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Rafael Septien 36 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | NYG | Joe Danelo 42 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| DAL | Butch Johnson 41 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 4th | DAL | Rafael Septien 20 yard field goal | 3 | 13 |
| DAL | Safety, Dutton tackled Simms in end zone | 3 | 15 | |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 21 yard field goal | 3 | 18 | |
| NYG | Johnny Perkins 20 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 18 |
Team Stats
| NYG | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-85-0 | 41-124-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-35-285-1-3 | 14-27-204-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-27 | 2-11 |
| Net pass yards | 258 | 193 |
| Total yards | 343 | 317 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-52 | 3-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Phil Simms | NYG | 18 | 35 | 285 | 1 | 3 | 46 | ||||||||
| Johnny Perkins | NYG | 5 | 129 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Gary Shirk | NYG | 4 | 78 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Billy Taylor | NYG | 13 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Earnest Gray | NYG | 3 | 38 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Leon Perry | NYG | 5 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Tom Mullady | NYG | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Leon Bright | NYG | 5 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Friede | NYG | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Bo Matthews | NYG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Danny White | DAL | 14 | 27 | 204 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 22 | 70 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 39 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 2 | 59 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 10 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 4 | 10 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Doug Donley | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Leon Bright | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alvin Garrett | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 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 | |||
| Michael Downs | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Thurman | DAL | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Everson Walls | DAL | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||