1979 Houston (8-5) 0 0 7 7 14 1979 Dallas (13-0) 7 17 7 0 31 1 12:11 Dallas TD Staubach 8 pass to Hill (Septien) (3-10-0:56) 0-7 2 10:52 Dallas FG Septien 31 (14-66-8:11) 0-10 2 6:26 Dallas TD Dorsett 1 run (Septien) (6-73-3:04) 0-17 2 1:10 Dallas TD Mitchell 35 interception return (Septien) (0-0-0:00) 0-24 3 10:03 Houston TD Bingham 62 interception return (Fritsch) (0-0-0:00) 7-24 3 5:27 Dallas TD Breunig 52 yd fumble recovery (Septien) (0-0-0:00) 7-31 4 0:15 Houston TD Campbell 14 run (Fritsch) (15-70-4:56) 14-31 Hou Dal First Downs 16 13 Rushes 36-201 38-165 Passes 25-6-72 17-9-109 Sacked 2-8 2-15 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 8-65 2-10 Turnovers 4 3 Time 26:23 33:37 Third Down 5-16 8-16 Fourth Down 2-2 0-0 Net Offense 265 259 Injuries: Bethea(Hou-0)-elbow, Renfro(Hou-1)-finger < Houston > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Pastorini 20 4 49 1 0 3 0 0.0 Staubach 15 9 109 2 1 1 1 76.8 Nielsen 5 2 23 1 0 0 0 54.6 White 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Campbell 27 163 6.0 7 3 14 1 Dorsett 28 129 4.6 6 3 20 1 Wilson 4 18 4.5 2 1 11 0 Newhouse 8 26 3.3 0 0 7 0 Coleman 2 13 6.5 1 0 7 0 Springs 2 10 5.0 0 0 6 0 Pastorini 1 5 5.0 0 0 5 0 38 165 4.3 6 3 20 1 Nielsen 1 2 2.0 0 0 2 0 Carpenter 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 36 201 5.6 10 4 14 1 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Caster 2 0 25 12.5 2 0 13 0 Pearson 3 0 59 19.7 2 1 39 0 Barber 1 0 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Hill 2 0 24 12.0 2 0 16 1 Coleman 1 0 14 14.0 1 0 14 0 Dorsett 2 0 12 6.0 1 0 8 0 Burrough 1 0 12 12.0 1 0 12 0 Springs 2 0 14 7.0 1 0 9 0 Campbell 1 0 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Pastorini 1 0 0 Newhouse 1 0 0 Fitzgerald 0 1 0 Breunig 0 1 1 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Coleman 6 116 19.3 28 0 Springs 2 36 18.0 23 0 Wilson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Ellender 4 1 22 5.5 8 0 Wilson 3 0 24 8.0 9 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Fritsch 0-0 0 2-2 2 Septien 1-1 31 4-4 7 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Parsley 7 338 48.3 4 0 0 59 White 5 218 43.6 0 0 0 48 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Perry 6 0 0 0 0 1 1-2 Breunig 9 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Stemrick 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 White 7 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Bingham 5 0 0 1 0 0 1-62 Lewis 6 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Reinfeldt 5 0 1 0 0 0 1-13 Martin 6 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Baker 4 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 Barnes 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Hunt 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hughes 3 0 1 0 0 0 1-32 Wilson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Henderson 3 1 0 0 0 1 0-0 Dorris 3 1 0 1 2 0 0-0 Harris 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Culp 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mitchell 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-35 Kennard 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Dutton 2 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Bethea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kyle 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Brazile 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stalls 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Shaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stringer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hartwig 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Huther 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Baumgartner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stensrud 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Elrod 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jefferson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Young 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:53 Dal Springs ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own16 14:10 Dal Newhouse 2/F Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Pass 2 8 own18 13:27 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Pass 3 5 own21 13:24 Dal Staubac-Dorsett X Bas S-Hitch 3-3 sZ Pass 4 5 own21 13:19 Dal White 44,Ellender 6 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own41 13:07 Hou Pastori-INT-Hughes Bas S-Flat 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp10 12:24 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 sZ Basic 2 8 opp8 12:21 Dal Staubac-Hill X Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 3 8 opp8 12:11 Dal Staubac-Hill 8/TD Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-3 sZ Pass 0-7 KO 12:04 Hou Coleman ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own19 11:55 Hou Campbell 8 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Basic 2 2 own27 11:15 Hou Wilson -1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 3 3 own26 10:39 Hou Campbell 9 3W1 Trap-L 4-3 sZ Key-Campbell 1 10 own35 10:30 Hou Pastori-Wilson X Bas Screen 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own35 9:54 Hou Campbell 6 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 sZ Basic 3 4 own41 9:47 Hou Pastori-Caster X 3W1 M-Seam 4-3 sZ Basic 4 4 own41 9:41 Hou Parsley 59,Wilson 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 9:06 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 5 own25 8:22 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic/Li 1 10 own30 8:22 Dal Pen5(Wright) Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 sZ Pass/Bz1 1 15 own25 7:44 Dal Dorsett 8 Bas Draw 3-4 sZ Pass/Bz1 2 7 own33 7:05 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 2 own38 7:00 Dal Staubac-Dorsett X Bas S-Hitch 3-4 dZ Run-Dorsett/Li 4 2 own38 6:54 Dal White 40,Ellender 2 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 6:39 Hou Wilson 11 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own35 6:02 Hou Campbell 8 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 2 own43 5:10 Hou Wilson 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 own47 5:04 Hou Pastori-Wilson X Bas B-Post/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own47 4:10 Hou Campbell 0 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 sZ Key-Campbell 3 10 own47 4:07 Hou Pastori-Caster X 3W1 M-Cross 3-2 M Pass 4 10 own47 4:03 Hou Parsley 53,Wilson 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 3:19 Dal Newhouse 7 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Pass 2 3 own27 3:19 Dal Pen5(Dorsett) Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Basic/Bz1 2 8 own22 2:26 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic/Bz1 3 3 own27 1:41 Dal Dorsett 12 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 tM Basic 1 10 own39 1:06 Dal Newhouse 7 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 M Basic 2 3 own46 0:32 Dal Dorsett 0 Bas Draw 3-4 M Basic/Li 3 3 own46 0:32 Dal Pen5(Dorris) Bas Sweep-L 3-4 sZ Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp49 0:00 Dal Newhouse 5 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2nd Quarter 2 5 opp44 14:52 Dal Springs 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Run 3 1 opp40 14:14 Dal Staubac-Hill 16 Bas L-Hitch/sec 5-2 Z Run 1 10 opp24 13:34 Dal Newhouse 2 Bas OffTkl-L 5-2 Z Run 2 8 opp22 12:39 Dal Springs 6 Bas Sweep-L 5-2 Z Basic 3 2 opp16 12:05 Dal Staubac-Springs 5 Bas S-Hitch 5-2 sZ Basic 1 10 opp11 11:33 Dal Staubac-Springs 9 Bas M-Hitch/sec 3-4 Z Key-Newhouse 2 1 opp2 11:26 Dal Staubac-Dorsett X Bas Screen 5-3 tM Goalline 3 1 opp2 10:52 Dal Sk-Dorris -12 Bas Screen 5-3 tMoGoalline 4 13 opp14 10:49 Dal FG Septien 31/G --- FG --- Block 0-10 KO 10:39 Hou Coleman ret of 28 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own35 9:49 Hou Wilson 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Basic 2 6 own39 9:49 Hou Pen5(Towns) Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 11 own34 9:40 Hou Campbell 8 Bas Stretch-R 4-2 sZ Basic 3 3 own42 9:36 Hou Pastori-Caster X 3W1 S-Flat 4-3 sZ Key-Campbell/Li 4 3 own42 9:30 Hou Parsley 40,Wilson 9 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 9:17 Dal Staubac-Pearson 13 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own40 8:40 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 sZ Basic 2 7 own43 8:00 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 3 1 own49 7:18 Dal Dorsett 11 Bas OffTkl-R 5-2 tM Pass 1 10 opp40 6:35 Dal Staubac-Pearson 39 Bas L-Hitch 3-4 dZ Basic 1 1 opp1 6:26 Dal Dorsett 1/TD Bas Overtop 6-2 tM Goalline 0-17 KO 6:22 Hou Coleman ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 5:44 Hou Campbell 5 Bas Trap-L 4-2 M Basic 2 5 own25 5:37 Hou Campbell 6 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 M Basic 1 10 own36 5:00 Hou Pastori-Caster 13 Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own49 4:18 Hou Campbell 1 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 9 50 4:09 Hou Hou Pen10(Fisher) Bas Trap-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 19 own40 3:31 Hou Campbell 8 3W1 Draw 4-2 sZ Basic 3 11 own48 2:51 Hou Pastori-Coleman 14 3W1 M-Hitch 3-2 M Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp38 2:14 Hou Carpenter 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 opp38 2:10 Hou Hou Pen10(Towns) Bas Screen 4-2 tM Pass 2 20 opp48 2:06 Hou Pastori-Coleman X 3W1 M-Seam/sec 4-2 tM Pass/Li 3 20 opp48 2:00 Hou Pastori-Burrough X 4WR L-Hitch 3-2 M Pass/Bz1 4 20 opp48 1:54 Hou Parsley 48,Wilson 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 1:43 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas Sweep-R 3-3 Z Pass 2 7 own23 1:36 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas Sweep-R/HO 3-3 Z Pass 3 8 own22 1:29 Dal Staubac-Dorsett X Bas Screen/HO 3-2 Z Pass 4 8 own22 1:20 Dal Pen15(Hunt) --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own24 1:10 Hou Pastori-INT-Mitchell Bas H-/sec 3-2 sZ Pass 0-24 KO 1:03 Hou Coleman ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 0:55 Hou Pastori-Burrough X 4WR M-Cross 3-2 M Pass 2 10 own24 0:13 Hou Coleman 6 4WR Pitch-L 3-2 M Pass 3 4 own30 0:05 Hou Coleman 7 4WR Sweep-L 3-2 dZ Pass 1 10 own37 0:00 Hou Pastori-Burrough X 4WR Hail 3-2 dZ Pass/Bz1 3rd Quarter KO 14:56 Hou Coleman ret of 11 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own14 14:04 Hou Pastori-Barber 10 Bas S-Flat 4-2 Z Basic 1 10 own24 13:25 Hou Campbell -4 Bas Pitch-L 4-2 Z Basic 2 14 own20 12:49 Hou Pastorini 5 Bas M-Isolate/SG 4-2 Z Pass 3 9 own25 12:42 Hou Campbell 5 3W1 Draw 4-2 Z Pass/Li 4 4 own30 12:35 Hou Parsley 39,Wilson 8 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 11:48 Dal Dorsett 20 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp41 11:08 Dal Sk-Baker -3 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Basic 2 13 opp44 10:13 Dal Dorsett -2 Bas Sweep-R 3-4 Z Basic 3 15 opp46 10:03 Dal Staubac-INT-Bingham/ Bas M-Hitch 3-3 Z Pass 7-24 KO 9:47 Dal Springs ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 9:09 Dal Staubac-Pearson 7 Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 Z Basic 2 3 own37 8:29 Dal Dorsett 0 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic 3 3 own37 7:50 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Run 4 1 own39 7:45 Dal White 48,Ellender 8 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own21 6:49 Hou Campbell 13 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own34 6:15 Hou Pastori-Caster 12 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own46 5:34 Hou Campbell 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 M Basic 2 3 opp47 5:27 Hou Sk-Henderson -2/TD/F Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 7-31 KO 5:20 Hou Coleman ret of 19 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 4:35 Hou Campbell 14 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 Z Pass 1 10 own34 4:35 Hou Pen5(Barber) Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 Z Basic 1 15 own29 3:58 Hou Campbell 8 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 Z Pass 2 7 own37 3:58 Hou Pen5(Towns) Bas OffTkl-R 4-2 Z Basic 2 12 own32 3:22 Hou Campbell 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 sZ Pass 3 9 own35 3:19 Hou Pastori-Burrough X 3W1 M-Seam 4-2 sZ Pass/Li 4 9 own35 3:12 Hou Parsley 43,Wilson 7 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 2:21 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 4 own35 1:24 Dal Newhouse 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 3 own36 0:47 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 8 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 own44 0:00 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 4 Bas Screen 3-4 Z Basic 4th Quarter 2 6 own48 14:23 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic 3 4 50 13:46 Dal Dorsett 9 Bas Draw 3-4 Z Pass/Bz2 1 10 opp41 12:55 Dal Dorsett 4 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 6 opp37 12:04 Dal Dorsett 1 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Run 3 5 opp36 11:53 Dal White-INT-Reinfeldt Bas S-Hitch 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 own38 11:16 Hou Campbell 2 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 M Basic 2 8 own40 11:13 Hou Pastori-Wilson X Bas S-Hitch 4-2 M Basic 3 8 own40 11:03 Hou Pastori-INT-Kyle 3W1 M-Seam 4-2 M Pass/Li 1 10 50 10:10 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Basic 2 5 opp45 9:14 Dal Dorsett 0 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic 3 5 opp45 9:04 Dal White-INT-Perry Bas Screen 3-3 M Pass/Bz2 1 10 own49 8:57 Hou Pastori-Caster X Bas B-Fly 4-2 M Pass 2 10 own49 8:19 Hou Campbell 5 Bas Pitch-L 4-2 M Pass 3 5 opp46 8:14 Hou Hou Pen10(Towns) Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-2 M Basic 3 15 own44 8:06 Hou Pastori-Burrough X 3W1 M-Isolate/sec 4-2 M Pass 4 15 own44 8:01 Hou Parsley 56,Wilson 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 7:06 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 4 own26 6:10 Dal Dorsett 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 0 own30 5:17 Dal Newhouse -1 Bas Dive 5-3 Z Run 4 1 own29 5:11 Dal White 41,Ellender 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own30 4:34 Hou Campbell 8 Bas Stretch-R 3-2 Z Pass 2 2 own38 4:28 Hou Nielsen-Wilson X Bas S-Slant/sec 3-2 Z Pass 3 2 own38 3:52 Hou Campbell 9 Bas OffTkl-R 3-2 Z Pass 1 10 own47 3:44 Hou Nielsen-Wilson X Bas Screen 3-2 Z Pass 2 10 own47 3:07 Hou Campbell 6 Bas Draw 3-2 Z Pass 3 4 opp47 3:00 Hou Nielsen-Barber X Bas M-Cross 3-2 Z Pass 4 4 opp47 2:39 Hou Campbell 4 3W1 Pitch-L 3-2 Z Basic 1 10 opp43 2:13 Hou Sk-Dutton -6 3W1 M-Seam 3-2 Z Pass 2 16 opp49 2:00 Hou Campbell 4 3W1 Pitch-R 3-2 Z Pass 3 12 opp45 1:47 Hou Nielsen-Campbell 11 3W1 M-Out/sec 3-2 M Pass 4 1 opp34 1:39 Hou Campbell 3 Bas Dive 3-2 M Basic/Li 1 10 opp31 1:13 Hou Nielsen-Burrough 12 Bas M-Hitch 3-2 M Pass 1 10 opp19 1:04 Hou Campbell 3 Bas Pitch-R 3-2 M Pass 2 7 opp16 0:28 Hou Nielsen 2 3W1 M-Fade 3-2 M Pass 3 5 opp14 0:15 Hou Campbell 14/TD 3W1 Pitch-L 3-2 M Pass 14-31 KO 0:08 Dal Wilson ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 opp47 0:00 Dal Dorsett 7 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic Game