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Dallas Cowboys 31 at Washington Redskins 30

Monday, September 5, 1983

Dallas Cowboys 31, Washington Redskins 30

1234Final
Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0)03141431
Washington Redskins (0-1-0)10130730

Scoring

DALWAS
1stWASMark Moseley 23 yard field goal03
WASJohn Riggins 1 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)010
2ndDALRafael Septien 26 yard field goal310
WASMark Moseley 30 yard field goal313
WASMark Moseley 39 yard field goal316
WASCharlie Brown 41 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)323
3rdDALTony Hill 75 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)1023
DALTony Hill 51 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)1723
4thDALDanny White 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)2423
DALDoug Cosbie 1 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)3123
WASDon Warren 1 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)3130

Team Stats

DALWAS
First downs1626
Rush-yards-TDs30-183-136-148-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT9-21-193-3-028-38-325-2-1
Sacked-yards2-203-26
Net pass yards173299
Total yards356447
Fumbles-lost1-01-0
Turnovers01
Penalties-yards2-257-70

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Tony Dorsett DAL 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 151 0 77
Tony Hill DAL 3 133 2 75
Danny White DAL 9 20 193 3 0 75 6 3 1 0
Ron Springs DAL 9 32 0 8 2 17 0 10
Doug Cosbie DAL 3 36 1 18
Drew Pearson DAL 1 7 0 7
Timmy Newsome DAL 1 -3 0 -3
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Joe Theismann WAS 28 38 325 2 1 41 3 36 0 0
Charlie Brown WAS 1 14 0 14 6 97 1 41
Alvin Garrett WAS 10 101 0 21
John Riggins WAS 27 89 1 18
Rick Walker WAS 4 45 0 21
Joe Washington WAS 5 9 0 5 2 28 0 15
Nick Giaquinto WAS 2 23 0 14
Virgil Seay WAS 1 16 0 16
Don Warren WAS 2 9 1 8
Mark McGrath WAS 1 6 0 6

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
Dextor Clinkscale DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Michael Downs DAL 0.5 0 0 0 0
Ron Fellows DAL 1 33 0 0 5 94 18.8 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0
Don Smerek DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Randy White DAL 0.5 0 0 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
Perry Brooks WAS 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dexter Manley WAS 1.0 0 0 0 0
Mike Nelms WAS 0 0 0 0 4 96 24.0 0 0 5 74 14.8 0 0
Otis Wonsley WAS 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0