1978 New Orleans (7-5) 0 0 0 0 0 1978 Dallas (12-0) 0 7 7 7 21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 14:42 Dallas TD Dorsett 1 run (Septien) (7-80-3:44) 0-7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 5:10 Dallas TD Laidlaw 5 run (Septien) (12-74-9:42) 0-14 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 13:27 Dallas TD Laidlaw 1 run (Septien) (9-80-5:27) 0-21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NO Dal First Downs 11 24 Rushes 22-60 36-150 Passes 20-13-154 16-15-210 Sacked 0-0 1-13 Fumble 1 2 Penalties 4-22 2-40 Turnovers 1 0 Time 22:08 37:52 Third Down 0-8 4-8 Fourth Down 3-4 0-0 Net Offense 214 347 Injuries: none < New Orleans > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Manning,A 20 13 154 0 1 0 0 88.3 White,D 16 15 210 1 1 0 0 118.8 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Muncie 11 31 2.8 1 0 8 0 Dorsett 22 98 4.5 7 2 14 1 Galbreath 8 23 2.9 2 0 6 0 Laidlaw 6 28 4.7 4 0 7 2 Strachan 3 6 2.0 0 0 4 0 Pearson,P 3 19 6.3 1 1 15 0 22 60 2.7 3 0 8 0 Dennison 2 3 1.5 0 0 4 0 White,D 3 2 0.7 0 0 1 0 36 150 4.2 12 3 15 3 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Childs 3 0 25 8.3 1 0 11 0 Dorsett 3 0 29 9.7 2 0 12 0 Galbreath 3 0 22 7.3 1 0 17 0 Hill,T 3 0 48 16.0 3 0 17 0 Chandler 2 0 18 9.0 2 0 12 0 Pearson,D 3 0 58 19.3 3 1 37 0 Harris,I 2 0 63 31.5 2 1 45 0 Pearson,P 3 0 37 12.3 2 0 18 0 Owens,T 2 0 16 8.0 0 0 10 0 DuPree 2 0 28 14.0 1 0 16 0 Muncie 1 0 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Laidlaw 1 0 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Owens,T 1 0 0 Dorsett 1 0 0 Johnson,B 1 0 0 Donovan 0 1 0 Jones,E 0 1 0 Scott,H 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Chandler 3 66 22.0 28 0 Johnson,B 1 26 26.0 26 0 Mauti 1 17 17.0 17 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Chandler 2 0 0 0.0 1 0 Johnson,B 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Septien 0-0 0 3-3 3 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Blanchard 4 225 56.3 2 0 0 76 White,D 3 136 45.3 1 1 0 49 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Hughes 8 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 Barnes 6 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Spencer 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis,D 6 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Chapman 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kyle 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Myers,T 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones,E 3 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Federspiel 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Breunig 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Merlo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Harris,C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Henderson,T 3 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Moore,D 4 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Pugh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Grooms 3 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 White,R 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Price 1 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Washington, 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Campbell,J 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Bethea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Meseroll 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Hegman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bennett,B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Martin,H 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kingrea 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Waters 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Cole 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- -------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:50 NO Chandler ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 13:54 NO Manning-Harris 45 Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp38 13:07 NO Manning-Childs 7 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 2 3 opp31 12:59 NO Manning-Owens 10/F Bas S-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own21 12:14 Dal White-Dorsett 12 Bas L-Straight/sec 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 1 10 own33 11:34 Dal White 1 Bas L-Straight 4-3 M Pass/Bz1 2 9 own34 10:54 Dal White-Pearson 5 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 3 4 own39 10:13 Dal Dorsett 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Key-Dorsett/Lr 1 10 own46 9:32 Dal Pearson -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic 2 11 own45 8:46 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas Draw 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 3 6 50 8:05 Dal White 1 Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Pass 4 5 opp49 7:59 Dal White 49,Chandler 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 7:09 NO Manning-Galbreat 17 Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 1 10 own37 7:00 NO Muncie 0 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own37 6:08 NO Manning-Muncie 10 Bas M-Seam 4-2 sZ Basic 1 10 own47 5:14 NO Galbreath 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 10 own47 4:22 NO Muncie 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 Z Basic 3 7 50 3:32 NO Muncie -2 Bas Sweep-L 4-2 sZ Pass 4 9 own48 3:26 NO Blanchard 52,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 2:43 Dal White-Pearson 11 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Basic/Lo 1 10 own31 2:00 Dal White-Hill 14 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Run-Dorsett 1 10 own45 1:15 Dal White-DuPree 12 Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 M Key-Dorsett/Bz1 1 10 opp43 0:28 Dal White-Pearson 37 Bas L-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz1/Lr 1 6 opp6 0:00 Dal Dorsett 0 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run-Dorsett 2nd Quarter 2 6 opp6 14:52 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas Sweep-L 5-3 Z Key-DuPree 3 1 opp1 14:42 Dal Dorsett 1/TD Bas Overtop 5-2 M Run-Laidlaw/Bz1/Li 0-7 KO 14:33 NO Chandler ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:25 NO Manning-Galbreat X 4WR S-Hitch/SG/sec 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 2 10 own25 14:17 NO Manning-Hardy X 2T2 M-Slant 4-2 Z Basic/Lo 3 10 own25 13:24 NO Galbreath 6 2T2 OffTkl-R 4-1 Z Pass/Bz1 4 4 own31 13:18 NO Blanchard 43,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 12:33 Dal Laidlaw 6 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 2 4 own32 11:48 Dal Laidlaw 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Run-Dorsett/Bz1 3 1 own35 11:04 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic/Li 4 2 own34 10:58 Dal White 41,Chandler-1 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own24 10:46 Dal Pen5(Jones) Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic 1 5 own29 10:39 NO Galbreath 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 own34 10:36 NO Manning-Galbreat X Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own34 10:27 NO Manning-Harris 18 Bas L-Out/A 4-2 Z Basic/Lo 1 10 opp48 10:19 NO Muncie -2 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 12 50 9:28 NO Galbreath 4 Bas Draw 4-2 Z Basic 3 8 opp46 8:40 NO Muncie 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 sZ Pass 4 3 opp41 7:52 NO Manning-Chandler 6 Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp35 7:46 NO Manning-Chandler X Bas L-Cross 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp35 6:55 NO Muncie 8 Bas Sweep-R 4-2 M Basic 3 2 opp27 6:00 NO Galbreath 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Run 4 1 opp26 5:12 NO Galbreath 1 4WR Dive 4-3 sZ Basic/Li 1 10 opp25 4:23 NO Manning-Owens 6 4WR S-Slant/SG 4-2 Z Basic 2 4 opp19 3:33 NO Manning-Childs 11 Bas M-Cross 4-3 sZ Basic 1 8 opp8 2:42 NO Galbreath 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 tM Basic/Lo 2 5 opp5 2:34 NO Muncie 4 Bas Pitch-R 5-3 sZ Key-Muncie 3 1 opp1 2:00 NO Muncie 0 Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 tM Run/Bz1/Li 4 1 opp1 1:54 NO Manning-Galbreat 0 Bas S-Cross 5-3 tM Basic/Bz1/Li/A 1 10 own1 1:05 Dal Pearson 15 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Dbl-Pearson,D/Lo 1 10 own16 0:27 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own21 0:00 Dal Laidlaw 6 Bas Dive 4-3 M Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:52 Dal Johnson ret of 26 FM --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own26 13:58 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 2 8 own28 13:03 Dal White-Dorsett 12 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 10 own40 12:19 Dal White-Dorsett 5 Bas L-Slant/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 5 own45 11:29 Dal Laidlaw 7 Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz1 1 10 opp48 10:35 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 5 opp43 9:43 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic/Lr 1 10 opp38 8:48 Dal Sk-Price -13 Bas L-Slant 4-3 M Basic 2 23 own49 7:59 Dal White-DuPree 16 Bas M-Slant 4-3 M Pass/Bz1/Li 3 7 opp35 7:08 Dal White-Pearson 18 Bas M-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz1/Lr 1 10 opp17 6:18 Dal Dorsett 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run-Dorsett 2 10 opp17 5:18 Dal Dorsett 12 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Lr 1 5 opp5 5:10 Dal Laidlaw 5/TD Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Key-Dorsett/Bz1/Lo 0-14 KO 5:03 NO Mauti ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 4:59 NO Manning-Galbreat 5 4WR S-Out/SG/sec 4-3 Z Basic/Bz3 2 5 own22 4:50 NO Manning-Chandler X Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 own22 3:58 NO Muncie 2 Bas Pitch-L 4-2 Z Basic/Lo 4 3 own24 3:54 NO Blanchard 76,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own20 3:02 Dal Pearson 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 5 own25 2:11 Dal White-Hill 17 Bas M-Straight 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 1 10 own42 2:00 Dal White-Donovan X Bas L-Straight/sec 4-3 Z Run-Dorsett 2 10 own42 1:10 Dal White-Pearson 14 Bas M-Straight 4-3 M Key-Dorsett/Bz1 1 10 opp44 0:19 Dal White-Laidlaw 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Run-Dorsett 1 10 opp34 0:00 Dal Dorsett 14 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 4th Quarter 1 10 opp20 14:17 Dal White-Hill 17 Bas M-Straight 4-3 M Basic/Lo 1 3 opp3 13:34 Dal Dorsett 2/F Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Stuff 2 1 opp1 13:27 Dal Laidlaw 1/TD Bas Overtop 5-2 M Key-Dorsett/Bz1 0-21 KO 13:19 NO Chandler ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 12:42 NO Manning-Chandler 12 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own41 12:03 NO Strachan 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own44 11:27 NO Muncie 8 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp48 11:14 Dal Pen35(Kyle) Bas L-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp13 10:32 NO Strachan 4 Bas Trap-R 4-2 Z Basic 2 6 opp9 9:55 NO Strachan -1 Bas Sweep-R 4-2 sZ Basic 3 7 opp10 9:51 NO Manning-Hardy X Bas S-Slant 4-2 Z Pass 4 7 opp10 9:41 NO Muncie 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 sZ Pass/C 1 10 own5 8:47 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 2 8 own7 7:56 Dal Dorsett 8 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Key-Laidlaw/Bz1/Lr 3 0 own15 7:05 Dal Dorsett 7 Bas Sweep-R/SI 4-3 M Dbl-Pearson,D/Li 1 10 own22 6:57 NO Pen5(Grooms) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Run 1 5 own27 6:05 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Key-Dorsett/Bz1/Lr/ 1 10 own33 5:08 Dal Dorsett 1 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 Z Run 2 9 own34 4:16 Dal White-Pearson 10 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 1 10 own44 3:19 Dal Dennison -1 Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 Z Run 2 11 own43 2:26 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run-Dorsett 3 8 own46 2:00 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1/Li/A 4 2 opp48 1:57 Dal White 46,Chandler 1 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own3 1:48 NO Galbreath 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 ZoBasic/Lo 2 7 own6 1:42 NO Manning-Galbreat X Bas L-Cross 4-3 ZoBasic/Lo 3 7 own6 1:42 NO Pen3(Sturt) Bas M-Seam/SG 4-2 ZoBasic/Lo 3 10 own3 1:34 NO Manning-Childs 7 Bas M-Seam/SG 4-2 ZoBasic/Lo/C 4 3 own10 1:29 NO Blanchard 54,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own36 1:18 Dal Dennison 4 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Stuff 2 6 own40 0:41 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas Dive 4-3 M Run-Dennison 3 3 own43 0:00 Dal White 0 Bas QbKneel 4-3 M Run-Dorsett Game