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Miami Dolphins 27 at Dallas Cowboys 28

Sunday, October 25, 1981

Miami Dolphins 27, Dallas Cowboys 28

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Miami Dolphins (5-2-1)0671427
Dallas Cowboys (6-2-0)7701428

Scoring

MIADAL
1stDALRon Springs 5 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)07
2ndMIATony Nathan 5 yard pass from David Woodley (kick failed)67
DALButch Johnson 21 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)614
3rdMIAJimmy Cefalo 69 yard pass from David Woodley (Uwe von Schamann kick)1314
4thMIATony Nathan 10 yard rush (Uwe von Schamann kick)2014
MIAJoe Rose 4 yard pass from David Woodley (Uwe von Schamann kick)2714
DALDoug Cosbie 5 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)2721
DALRon Springs 32 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)2728

Team Stats

MIADAL
First downs2523
Rush-yards-TDs34-148-136-139-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT21-37-408-3-522-32-354-3-1
Sacked-yards3-272-27
Net pass yards381327
Total yards529466
Fumbles-lost3-02-1
Turnovers52
Penalties-yards2-113-20

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
David Woodley MIA 21 37 408 3 5 69 4 21 0 12
Duriel Harris MIA 6 165 0 45
Jimmy Cefalo MIA 5 164 1 69
Tony Nathan MIA 16 76 1 13 4 22 1 6
Joe Rose MIA 4 43 1 14
Andra Franklin MIA 11 39 0 9 1 3 0 3
Tommy Vigorito MIA 2 6 0 5 1 11 0 11
Steve Howell MIA 1 6 0 6
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Danny White DAL 22 32 354 3 1 38 5 8 0 5
Tony Dorsett DAL 24 122 0 18 3 31 0 19
Tony Hill DAL 5 106 0 38
Ron Springs DAL 7 9 1 5 6 93 1 32
Butch Johnson DAL 3 68 1 25
Drew Pearson DAL 2 31 0 23
Jay Saldi DAL 1 13 0 13
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 1 7 0 7
Doug Cosbie DAL 1 5 1 5

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
Earnest Rhone MIA 1 3 0 0
Tommy Vigorito MIA 0 0 0 0 2 13 6.5 0 0
Fulton Walker MIA 0 0 0 0 2 29 14.5 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
Michael Downs DAL 1 10 0 0
Ron Fellows DAL 0 0 0 0 1 18 18.0 0 0
James Jones DAL 0 0 0 0 1 30 30.0 0 0 3 10 3.3 0 0
Dennis Thurman DAL 2 12 0 0
Everson Walls DAL 2 28 0 0