ATL 20 @ DAL 27 - 1978 NFL

NFC Divisional

Atlanta FalconsATL

#4 seed

20-27

Dallas CowboysDAL

#2 seed

Sat, December 30, 1978 · 4:00PM · Texas Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: Dallas Cowboys -15.0

ATL: Leeman Bennett · DAL: Tom Landry

ATL

Team Stats

DAL

1st Downs

36-164

Rushing

37-148

8-23-95

Passing

17-37-232

216

Scoring

1st Quarter

Rafael Septien 34 yard field goal

Bubba Bean 14 yard rush (Tim Mazzetti kick)

Scott Laidlaw 13 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
ATL
Passing
Steve Bartkowski	8/23	95	1	3	5	23.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bubba Bean	17	72	1	14	0
Haskel Stanback	9	62	0	14	0
George Franklin	8	24	0	12	0
Mike Esposito	2	6	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
George Franklin	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Esposito	2	1	7	0	7
Wallace Francis	8	6	66	1	20
Billy Ryckman	3	1	22	0	22
Dennis Pearson	3	0	0	0	0
Alfred Jackson	4
DAL
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Danny White	10/20	127	1	1	1	66.0
Roger Staubach	7/17	105	0	0	0	62.1
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Danny White	3	-4	0	12	0
Roger Staubach	1	3	0	3	0
Scott Laidlaw	17	66	2	21	0
Tony Dorsett	14	65	0	12	2
Billy Joe DuPree	1	20	0	20	1
Preston Pearson	1	-2	0	-2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Scott Laidlaw	1	1	15	0	15
Tony Dorsett	1	1	9	0	9
Billy Joe DuPree	9	5	59	0	24
Drew Pearson	11	4	75	0	39
Jackie Smith	3	3	38	1	18
Tony Hill	10	3	36	0	22
Preston Pearson	2	0	0	0	0

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
ATL
Rolland Lawrence			0	1			0	0
Fulton Kuykendall			1	0			0	0
Greg Brezina			0	0			1	0
Dewey McClain			0	0			0	1
Tom Moriarty			0	0			0	1
Tom Pridemore			0	0			1	1
Frank Reed			0	0			1	0
DAL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Cliff Harris			0	1			0	0
Randy Hughes			0	1			0	0
Aaron Kyle			0	1			0	0
Larry Cole			2	0			0	0
Too Tall Jones			2	0			0	0
Thomas Henderson			1	0			0	0
Bruce Huther			0	0			0	1
Scott Laidlaw			0	0			0	1

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
ATL
Tim Mazzetti	2/2	2/2	0	0	-	0
John James	-	-	6	225	37.5	49
DAL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Rafael Septien	3/3	2/3	0	0	-	0
Danny White	-	-	3	108	36.0	40

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
ATL
Dennis Pearson	2	59	0	0	0	0
Tom Pridemore	2	36	0	0	0	0
George Franklin	1	29	0	0	0	0
DAL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Butch Johnson	4	50	0	4	32	0
Larry Brinson	1	24	0	0	0	0
Thomas Henderson	0	11	0	0	0	0

ATL

Expected Points Added

DAL

-7.0Total7.0

-14.8Off Total2.1

-17.1Off Pass1.6

4.3Off Rush-5.7

-2.1Def Total14.8

-1.6Def Pass17.1

5.7Def Rush-4.3

10.7

Starting Lineups

ATL

QBSteve Bartkowski

RBHaskel Stanback

FBBubba Bean

WRWallace Francis

WRBilly Ryckman

TEJim Mitchell

LTMike Kenn

LGDave Scott

CJeff Van Note

RGR.C. Thielemann

ATL at DAL, 1978 NFL game