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Super Bowl XII
Dallas Cowboys 27, Denver Broncos 10
Scoring Summary · Big Plays · Dallas Cowboys Statistics · Denver Broncos Statistics
January 15, 1978
Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana (Attendance: 75,583)
MVP: Harvey Martin and Randy White+
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter | ||
|---|---|---|
| DAL | TD | Tony Dorsett, 3 yd run (Efren Herrera kick is good) |
| DAL | FG | Efren Herrera, 35 yd field goal |
| 2nd Quarter | ||
| DAL | FG | Efren Herrera, 43 yd field goal |
| 3rd Quarter | ||
| DEN | FG | Jim Turner, 47 yd field goal |
| DAL | TD | Butch Johnson, 45 yd pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick is good) |
| DEN | TD | Rob Lytle, 1 yd run (Jim Turner kick is good) |
| 4th Quarter | ||
| DAL | TD | Golden Richards, 29 yd pass from Robert Newhouse (Efren Herrera kick is good) |
Longest Plays from Scrimmage
| Rk | Tm | Play Description | Qtr | Down | Dist | Yard Line | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DAL | Butch Johnson 45 yd pass from Roger Staubach | TD | 3 | 3 | 10 | DEN 45 |
| 2 | DAL | Golden Richards 29 yd pass from Robert Newhouse | TD | 4 | 1 | 10 | DEN 29 |
| 3 | DEN | Haven Moses 21 yd pass from Craig Morton | 1 | 3 | 12 | DEN 45 | |
| 4 | DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 19 yd pass from Roger Staubach | 2 | 1 | 10 | DEN 42 | |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 19 yd run | 2 | 2 | 8 | DEN 38 | ||
| 6 | DEN | Otis Armstrong 18 yd run | 3 | 2 | 10 | DEN 35 | |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 18 yd pass from Roger Staubach | 3 | 2 | 9 | DAL 15 | ||
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 18 yd run | 1 | 2 | 1 | DEN 26 | ||
| 9 | DEN | Rob Lytle 16 yd run | 2 | 2 | 11 | DEN 11 | |
| DEN | Jim D. Jensen 16 yd run | 3 | 4 | 1 | DAL 17 | ||
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 16 yd pass from Roger Staubach | 2 | 1 | 10 | DEN 28 |
Dallas Cowboys
Click att/rec for summary of all plays
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Roger Staubach | 17 | 25 | 183 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 102.6 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 158.3 | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 0 | 10 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Danny White | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56.2 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Golden Richards | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | 29 | |||||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | -9 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | 45 | ||||||||
| Team | 38 | 143 | 3.8 | 1 | 19 | 19 | 217 | 11.4 | 2 | 45 | ||||||||
Denver Broncos
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| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |||||
| Craig Morton | 4 | 15 | 39 | 2.6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Norris Weese | 4 | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 47.9 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 10 | |||||
| Rob Lytle | 10 | 35 | 3.5 | 1 | 16 | |||||||||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Jon Keyworth | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Lonnie Perrin | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | -7 | ||||||||
| Jack Dolbin | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Haven Moses | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||||||
| Rick Upchurch | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Team | 29 | 121 | 4.2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 61 | 7.6 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||