Dallas Cowboys at New England Patriots - September 21st, 1981
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 35 | |
| New England Patriots | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Time | Tm | Detail | DAL | NWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cowboys | Butch Johnson 28 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 | |
| Patriots | Don Calhoun 4 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 7 | ||
| 2 | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 26 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 75 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 7 | ||
| Patriots | Tony Collins 3 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 17 | 14 | ||
| 3 | Patriots | Mosi Tatupu 38 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 17 | 21 | |
| Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 1 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 21 | ||
| 4 | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 26 yard field goal | 27 | 21 | |
| Cowboys | Safety, intentional grounding in end zone by Cavanaugh | 29 | 21 | ||
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 27 yard field goal | 32 | 21 | ||
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 25 yard field goal | 35 | 21 |
Game Info
Expected Points Summary
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Danny White | DAL | 24 | 34 | 218 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 107.2 | 5 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 32 | |||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 162 | 1 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| James Jones | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 28 | |||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 14 | 26 | 235 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 29 | |
| Tony Collins | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 63 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 93 | 0 | 43 | |||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 23 | |||||
Defense
Kick/Punt Returns
Kicking & Punting
Patriots Starters
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