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New Orleans Saints 20 at Dallas Cowboys 21

Sunday, September 25, 1983

New Orleans Saints 20, Dallas Cowboys 21

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (2-2-0)0103720
Dallas Cowboys (4-0-0)760821

Scoring

NORDAL
1stDALDrew Pearson 4 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)07
2ndDALRafael Septien 41 yard field goal010
NORMorten Andersen 19 yard field goal310
NORWayne Wilson 2 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick)1010
DALRafael Septien 34 yard field goal1013
3rdNORMorten Andersen 42 yard field goal1313
4thNORWayne Wilson 1 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick)2013
DALRon Fellows 62 yard blocked field goal return (kick failed)2019
DALSafety, Dickerson tackled Stabler in end zone2021

Team Stats

NORDAL
First downs1716
Rush-yards-TDs38-115-226-173-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-34-207-0-115-31-166-1-4
Sacked-yards3-247-67
Net pass yards18399
Total yards298272
Fumbles-lost2-24-2
Turnovers36
Penalties-yards8-518-67

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Wayne Wilson NOR 31 108 2 16 1 10 0 10
Ken Stabler NOR 18 34 207 0 1 25 1 0 0 0
Hoby Brenner NOR 5 70 0 25
Jeff Groth NOR 4 50 0 18
Kenny Duckett NOR 3 35 0 16
Larry Hardy NOR 1 22 0 22
Eugene Goodlow NOR 2 9 0 11
Lindsay Scott NOR 1 9 0 9
Hokie Gajan NOR 4 6 0 5
John Tice NOR 1 2 0 2
Tim Wilson NOR 1 1 0 1
Jimmy Rogers NOR 1 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Tony Dorsett DAL 16 124 0 34 2 27 0 24
Danny White DAL 15 30 166 1 3 24
Doug Cosbie DAL 5 50 0 23
Timmy Newsome DAL 6 32 0 12 2 16 0 9
Doug Donley DAL 2 41 0 24
Ron Springs DAL 4 17 0 5 2 11 0 6
Drew Pearson DAL 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 21 1 17

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
Bruce Clark NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Kenny Duckett NOR 0 0 0 0 2 31 15.5 0 0
Tony Elliott NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Groth NOR 0 0 0 0 3 43 14.3 0 0
Rickey Jackson NOR 2.0 0 0 0 0
Jim Kovach NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Rich Mauti NOR 0 0 0 0 1 6 6.0 0 0
Derland Moore NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Whitney Paul NOR 1.0 1 3 0 0
Johnnie Poe NOR 1 22 0 0
Frank Warren NOR 1 6 0 0
Wayne Wilson NOR 0 0 0 0 1 32 32.0 0 0
Dirt Winston NOR 1 6 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
Larry Bethea DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Anthony Dickerson DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Ron Fellows DAL 1 0 0 0 3 60 20.0 0 0
Rod Hill DAL 0 0 0 0 2 20 10.0 0 0 4 47 11.8 0 0
Don Smerek DAL 1.0 0 0 0 0