| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (5-1-0) | 0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| Houston Oilers (1-5-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Houston Astrodome (dome) |
| Start Time | 8:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Dallas Cowboys -8.5 |
| Over/Under | 38.0 (over) |
| DAL | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Mike Renfro 54 yard pass from Archie Manning (Florian Kempf kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Butch Johnson 21 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 22 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| Cowboys | Butch Johnson 18 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 36 yard field goal | 20 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Michael Downs 86 yard fumble return (Rafael Septien kick) | 27 | 7 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Timmy Newsome 46 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 34 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 53 yard field goal | 37 | 7 |
| DAL | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-121-0 | 17-39-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 24-33-324-3-0 | 12-33-199-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 6-39 |
| Net pass yards | 295 | 160 |
| Total yards | 416 | 199 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-30 | 6-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Danny White | DAL | 21 | 27 | 279 | 3 | 0 | 46 | ||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 4 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 92 | 1 | 46 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 87 | 2 | 26 | ||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 18 | 65 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 7 | 60 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Gary Hogeboom | DAL | 3 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Doug Donley | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | HOU | 12 | 33 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donnie Craft | HOU | 4 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 2 | 62 | 1 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Harold Bailey | HOU | 3 | 33 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 7 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Stan Edwards | HOU | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Gary Allen | HOU | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Larry Bethea | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Breunig | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Donley | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Dutton | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Hegman | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Too Tall Jones | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Gary Allen | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jesse Baker | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Daryl Hunt | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| John James | HOU | 9 | 367 | 40.8 | 0 | ||||