Sunday, January 4, 1981
| DAL | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 38 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Falcons | Alfred Jenkins 60 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 38 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 5 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 10 |
| Falcons | Lynn Cain 1 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Falcons | William Andrews 12 yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4th | Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 24 |
| Falcons | Tim Mazzetti 34 yard field goal | 17 | 27 | |
| Cowboys | Drew Pearson 14 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 27 | |
| Cowboys | Drew Pearson 23 yard pass from Danny White (kick failed) | 30 | 27 |
| DAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-112-1 | 27-86-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-40-322-3-1 | 18-33-320-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 4-35 |
| Net pass yards | 310 | 285 |
| Total yards | 422 | 371 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-72 | 4-48 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Danny White | DAL | 25 | 39 | 322 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 90 | 2 | 23 | ||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 10 | 51 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 4 | 53 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 6 | 31 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Steve Bartkowski | ATL | 18 | 33 | 320 | 2 | 1 | 60 | ||||||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 4 | 155 | 1 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 6 | 66 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Cain | ATL | 13 | 43 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| William Andrews | ATL | 14 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 12 | ||||||
| Junior Miller | ATL | 3 | 48 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Alfred Jackson | ATL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Jim Cooper | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Dickerson | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenny Johnson | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Tom Pridemore | ATL | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike T. Smith | ATL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 52 | ||||
| John James | ATL | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 40 | ||||
| Tim Mazzetti | ATL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |