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Saturday, December 30, 1978
Scoring
| ATL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 34 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Falcons | Bubba Bean 14 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| Cowboys | Scott Laidlaw 13 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 42 yard field goal | 10 | 10 |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 48 yard field goal | 10 | 13 | |
| Falcons | Wallace Francis 17 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 17 | 13 | |
| Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 22 yard field goal | 20 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Jackie Smith 2 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 20 | 20 |
| 4th | Cowboys | Scott Laidlaw 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 20 | 27 |
Team Stats
| ATL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-164-1 | 37-148-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-23-95-1-3 | 17-37-232-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-43 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 52 | 221 |
| Total yards | 216 | 369 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 6-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-69 | 7-65 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Bubba Bean | ATL | 17 | 72 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 6 | 66 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 9 | 62 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 8 | 23 | 95 | 1 | 3 | 22 | ||||||||
| George Franklin | ATL | 8 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 17 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 4 | 75 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 14 | 65 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 10 | 20 | 127 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 7 | 17 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | DAL | 3 | 38 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 3 | 36 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| George Franklin | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dewey McClain | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Moriarty | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dennis Pearson | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 20 | |||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||||
| Randy Hughes | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bruce Huther | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 16 | |||
| Aaron Kyle | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John James | ATL | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 49 | ||||
| Tim Mazzetti | ATL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 40 | ||||
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