1977 NFC Championship Game * Playoff * 02-17-2008 Temp:48 Wind:5-15 Line:Even MVP:Dorsett 1977 Los Angeles (12-3) 0 7 0 0 7 1977 Dallas (15-0) 21 13 7 3 44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 10:56 Dallas TD Dorsett 2 run (Herrera) (8-71-3:54) 0-7 1 5:18 Dallas TD Staubach 21 pass to Dorsett (Herrera) (6-49-3:46) 0-14 1 3:10 Dallas TD Staubach 42 pass to Pearson (Herrera) (2-42-0:26) 0-21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 12:37 Los Angeles TD Cappelletti 3 run (Septien) (5-30-2:03) 7-21 2 11:30 Dallas TD Staubach 52 pass to Pearson (Herrera) (2-74-0:58) 7-28 2 9:37 Dallas TD Dorsett 49 run (no good) (1-49-0:17) 7-34 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2:36 Dallas TD Staubach 30 pass to Pearson (Herrera) (2-67-1:00) 7-41 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 12:15 Dallas FG Herrera 30 (8-21-4:44) 7-44 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LA Dal First Downs 12 16 Rushes 17-79 44-168 Passes 51-16-192 13-9-235 Sacked 3-18 4-19 Fumble 2 2 Penalties 4-27 5-39 Turnovers 5 2 Time 23:17 36:36 Third Down 4-16 1-12 Fourth Down 1-10 0-2 Net Offense 253 384 Injuries: none < Los Angeles > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Haden 51 16 192 3 1 3 0 19.4 Staubach 13 9 235 4 4 1 4 119.4 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Haden 3 39 13.0 1 2 20 0 Dorsett 22 108 4.9 4 2 49 2 McCutcheon 10 26 2.6 2 0 6 0 Newhouse 14 34 2.4 3 1 10 0 Cappelletti 4 14 3.5 2 0 5 1 Pearson,P 7 18 2.6 1 1 10 0 17 79 4.6 5 2 20 1 Staubach 1 8 8.0 0 0 8 0 44 168 3.8 8 4 49 2 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Cappelletti 5 0 26 5.2 0 0 6 0 Pearson,P 4 0 103 25.8 4 2 42 2 Jackson,H 5 1 119 23.8 4 1 65 0 Pearson,D 3 0 103 34.3 2 2 52 1 McCutcheon 3 1 13 4.3 1 0 7 0 Dorsett 2 0 29 14.5 1 0 21 1 Nelson 2 2 20 10.0 1 0 12 0 Waddy 1 0 14 14.0 0 0 14 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Waddy 2 1 0 Henderson,T 1 0 0 Cowlings 0 1 0 Staubach 1 0 0 Martin,H 0 2 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Tyler 7 143 20.4 35 0 Johnson,B 2 53 26.5 27 0 Jodat 1 27 27.0 27 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Waddy 5 0 18 3.6 11 0 Johnson,B 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Septien 0-2 0 1-1 1 Herrera 1-2 30 5-6 8 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Walker,G 1 37 37.0 0 0 0 37 White,D 5 128 25.6 0 0 0 54 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Robertson,I 9 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 Henderson,T 8 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 Youngblood, 8 3 0 1 0 1 0-0 Barnes 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Brooks 7 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Harris,C 4 0 4 0 0 0 1-7 Youngblood, 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-25 Hegman 4 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Jackson,M 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Waters 4 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Brudzinski 5 0 0 2 0 0 0-0 White,R 3 2 0 0 4 0 0-0 Dryer 3 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Jones,E 3 1 0 1 1 0 0-0 Simpson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kyle 3 0 0 0 0 1 1-8 Cowlings 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Washington, 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Fanning 2 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Gregory 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Reynolds 1 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Martin,H 2 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Elmendorf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thomas,P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jones,C 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Huther 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Saul 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stalls 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Renfro 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Breunig 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Play-By-Play ----------------------------------------- --- -------------------- ----------------------- Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:50 Dal Johnson ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 14:14 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 2 8 own31 13:33 Dal Staubac-Pearson 9 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic/Lr 1 10 own40 12:51 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 2 7 own43 12:03 Dal Dorsett 44 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic/Li 1 10 opp13 11:55 Dal Pen10(Scott) Bas Sweep-R 4-3 M Basic 1 20 opp23 11:13 Dal Staubac-Pearson 14 Bas M-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 opp9 11:05 Dal Dorsett 7 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 2 opp2 10:56 Dal Dorsett 2/TD Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 sM Goalline 0-7 KO 10:48 LA Tyler ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own13 10:36 LA Pen7(Waddy) Bas M-Seam 4-3 tM Basic 1 17 own6 10:03 LA Sk-White -5 Bas M-Straight/sec 4-2 lM Basic 2 22 own1 9:19 LA Haden 11 Bas M-Isolate 4-2 nM Key-Cappellett/Li 3 11 own12 9:11 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas M-Slant 3-1 Z Pass 4 11 own12 9:04 LA Walker 37,Johnson 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp49 8:25 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 Z Basic 2 11 50 7:47 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 8 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 3 3 opp42 7:04 Dal Newhouse 10 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp32 6:19 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 M Basic 2 7 opp29 6:19 Dal Pen5(Fanning) Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 M Basic/Lr 2 2 opp24 5:32 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 M Basic 1 10 opp21 5:18 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 21/T Bas S-Hitch 5-3 sM Goalline 0-14 KO 5:09 LA Tyler ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 4:33 LA Haden-Cappelle 6 Bas B-Post/sec 4-3 sZ Basic/Bz1 2 4 own35 4:27 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas B-Fly 4-3 lM Basic 3 4 own35 3:47 LA McCutcheon 5 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 cM Basic/Lo 1 10 own40 3:36 LA Haden-INT-Kyle Bas M-Straight 4-3 nM Basic 1 10 opp42 3:29 Dal Staubac-DuPree X Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 sM Goalline 2 10 opp42 3:10 Dal Staubac-Pearson 42/T Bas M-Slant 4-3 sM Goalline 0-21 KO 2:57 LA Tyler ret of 17 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 2:15 LA Haden-Jackson 65 Bas B-Post 3-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp11 1:36 LA McCutcheon -2 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Basic/Bz2 2 12 opp13 1:28 LA Haden-Waddy X Bas M-Seam 4-2 sZ Pass 3 12 opp13 0:56 LA Haden-Cappelle 5 Bas M-Cross/sec 3-2 M Pass 4 7 opp8 0:52 LA Haden-McCutche X Bas M-Straight 3-2 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 own8 0:06 Dal Newhouse 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sM Goalline 2 8 own10 0:00 Dal Dorsett -2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 sM Goalline 2nd Quarter 3 10 own8 15:00 Dal Pen4(Scott) Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sM Goalline 3 14 own4 14:52 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 sM Goalline 4 15 own3 14:47 Dal White 38,Waddy 11 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 opp30 14:40 Dal Pen15(Jones) Bas L-Straight/sec 4-2 lM Basic 1 10 opp15 14:33 LA Haden-McCutche X Bas M-Slant 4-2 Z Basic 2 10 opp15 13:58 LA Sk-White -7 Bas M-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass 3 17 opp22 13:23 LA Haden-McCutche 7 Bas S-Hitch 3-2 nM Pass 4 10 opp15 12:44 LA Haden-Nelson 12 Bas M-Straight 3-1 nM Pass 1 3 opp3 12:37 LA Cappelletti 3/TD Bas Dive 5-3 sM Goalline 7-21 KO 12:28 Dal Johnson ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own26 11:54 Dal Staubac-Pearson 22 Bas M-Slant 5-3 M Stuff 1 10 own48 11:30 Dal Staubac-Pearson 52/T Bas L-Straight 5-3 sM Goalline 7-28 KO 11:18 LA Tyler ret of 35 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own43 11:08 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas B-Fly 4-2 sZ Basic 2 10 own43 10:36 LA Sk-Jones -6 Bas B-Post/sec 4-2 lM Pass 3 16 own37 9:57 LA Haden-Jackson 11 Bas M-Hitch 3-2 lM Pass 4 5 own48 9:54 LA Haden-McCutche 1 Bas S-Out 4-2 tM Pass/Lo 1 10 opp49 9:37 Dal Dorsett 49/TD Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 sM Goalline/Li 7-34 KO 9:25 LA Tyler ret of 24 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own40 8:42 LA Haden 20 Bas B-Post 3-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp40 8:07 LA Haden-Nelson 8 Bas B-Post/sec 3-3 lM Basic 2 2 opp32 7:28 LA Cappelletti 5 Bas Dive 3-3 lM Basic 1 10 opp27 7:23 LA Haden-Nelson X Bas M-Cross 3-3 nM Basic 2 10 opp27 7:15 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas M-Straight 3-3 M Basic 3 10 opp27 7:00 LA Haden-Waddy 14/F Bas M-Slant 3-3 lM Basic 1 10 own13 6:19 Dal Pearson 2 Bas OffTkl-L 5-3 sM Goalline 2 8 own15 6:19 Dal Pen5(Team) Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 sM Goalline 2 13 own10 5:38 Dal Dorsett -2 Bas OffTkl-R 5-3 sM Goalline 3 15 own8 4:59 Dal Sk-Youngblood -7 Bas S-Hitch 5-3 sM Goalline 4 22 own1 4:54 Dal White 54,Waddy 1 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own46 4:47 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas B-Post 3-3 lM Basic 2 10 own46 4:40 LA Haden-Waddy X Bas B-Fly 3-3 lM Basic 3 10 own46 4:33 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas L-Straight 3-3 lM Pass 4 10 own46 4:28 LA Haden-Nelson X Bas M-Seam/sec 3-3 nM Pass 1 10 opp46 3:45 Dal Dorsett 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sM Goalline 2 9 opp45 3:03 Dal Dorsett -2 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 sM Goalline 3 11 opp47 2:52 Dal Staubac-INT-Youngblo Bas S-Hitch 6-3 sM Goalline/Li 1 10 opp31 2:32 LA Haden-Jackson 10 Bas M-Slant 3-3 tM Basic 1 10 opp21 2:28 LA Haden-Waddy X Bas M-Hitch 3-3 nM Pass 2 10 opp21 2:23 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas M-Hitch 3-3 Z Pass 3 10 opp21 2:18 LA Haden-McCutche X Bas M-Out/sec 3-3 Z Pass 4 10 opp21 2:13 LA FG Septien 38/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own21 2:00 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Goalline 2 11 own20 1:16 Dal Dorsett -2 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 sM Goalline 3 13 own18 1:11 Dal Sk-Youngblood -6/F Bas S-Slant 6-3 sM Goalline 1 10 opp12 1:02 LA Haden-INT-Harris Bas M-Cross 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz2 1 10 own11 0:18 Dal Pearson 3 Bas Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline 2 7 own14 0:00 Dal Pearson 2 Bas Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline/Li 3rd Quarter KO 14:49 LA Tyler ret of 21 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own25 14:40 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas B-Fly/sec 3-3 tM Pass 2 10 own25 14:32 LA Haden-Waddy X Bas B-Fly 3-3 dZ Pass 3 10 own25 14:29 LA Haden-Nelson X Bas B-Fly/sec 3-3 Z Pass 4 10 own25 14:23 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas B-Post 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp25 13:44 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 Z Stuff 2 11 opp26 13:02 Dal Dorsett -1 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 sZ Goalline/Li 3 12 opp27 12:54 Dal Staubac-Pearson X Bas M-Straight 6-3 sM Goalline/Li 4 12 opp27 12:49 Dal FG Herrera 44/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own27 12:14 LA Haden-Cappelle 5 Bas L-Straight/sec 3-3 tM Pass 2 5 own32 12:08 LA McCutcheon 2 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 dZ Pass 3 3 own34 11:29 LA Cappelletti 2 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 Z Pass 4 1 own36 11:23 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas S-Out/sec 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp36 10:38 Dal Dorsett 1 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 Z Stuff 2 9 opp35 9:57 Dal Dorsett -2 Bas OffTkl-L 6-3 sZ Goalline 3 11 opp37 9:12 Dal Staubach 8 Bas M-Straight 6-3 sM Goalline 4 3 opp29 9:08 Dal Sk-Cowlings -2 Bas S-Hitch 6-3 sM Goalline 1 10 own31 8:32 LA Haden-Jackson 10 Bas M-Hitch 3-3 nZ Prevent 1 10 own41 7:52 LA Haden-Jackson 23 Bas M-Isolate 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp36 7:40 LA Haden-Nelson X Bas M-Isolate 3-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp36 7:33 LA McCutcheon 6 Bas Sweep-L 3-3 Z Pass 3 4 opp30 6:55 LA McCutcheon 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp26 6:21 LA McCutcheon -2 Bas Draw 3-3 Z Basic 2 12 opp28 5:45 LA Cappelletti 4 Bas Pitch-L 3-3 Z Pass 3 8 opp24 5:40 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas S-Flat/sec 3-3 Z Pass/Lo 4 8 opp24 5:33 LA FG Septien 41/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own24 4:51 Dal Sk-Youngblood -4 Bas M-Straight 6-3 sZ Goalline 2 14 own20 4:43 Dal Staubac-Richards X Bas M-Straight/sec 3-3 Z Pass 3 14 own20 4:03 Dal Dorsett 9 Bas OffTkl-L 3-3 M Basic 4 5 own29 3:59 Dal White 4,Waddy 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp33 3:52 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas M-Slant/sec 3-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp33 3:48 LA Haden-McCutche X Bas M-Isolate 3-3 Z Pass 3 10 opp33 3:44 LA Haden-McCutche X Bas M-Seam/sec 3-3 Z Pass 4 10 opp33 3:36 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas M-Isolate 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 own33 2:48 Dal Staubac-Pearson 37 Bas M-Straight 6-3 sZ Goalline 1 10 opp30 2:36 Dal Staubac-Pearson 30/T Bas M-Straight 6-3 sZ Goalline 7-41 KO 2:27 LA Jodat ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own30 2:19 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas B-Post 3-3 sZ Basic 2 10 own30 2:14 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas L-Straight/sec 3-3 Z Pass 3 10 own30 2:06 LA Haden-Waddy X Bas M-Straight 3-3 Z Pass 4 10 own30 1:59 LA McCutcheon 4 Bas Draw 3-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp34 1:17 Dal Pearson 10 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Goalline 1 10 opp24 0:37 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Goalline 2 8 opp22 0:00 Dal Pearson 0 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Goalline 4th Quarter 3 8 opp22 14:26 Dal Dorsett 3 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Goalline 4 5 opp19 14:17 LA Pen5(Dryer) 2T2 OffTkl-L 6-3 sZ Goalline/Li 1 10 opp14 13:42 Dal Pearson 0 2T2 OffTkl-L 6-3 sZ Goalline/Lr 2 10 opp14 13:07 Dal Pearson 1 2T2 Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline 3 9 opp13 12:15 Dal Dorsett 0 2T2 Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline 4 9 opp13 12:11 Dal FG Herrera 30/G --- FG --- Block 7-44 KO 12:01 LA Tyler ret of 13 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 11:55 LA Haden-Cappelle 5 Bas B-Fly/sec 3-3 nZ Prevent/C 2 5 own29 11:52 LA Haden-Cappelle X Bas M-Seam/sec 3-3 Z Basic/C 3 5 own29 11:45 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas M-Seam 3-3 Z Basic/C 4 5 own29 11:38 LA McCutcheon 5 Bas Dive 3-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 opp34 10:42 Dal Newhouse 1 2T2 Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline/Li 2 9 opp33 9:49 Dal Newhouse 0 2T2 Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline/Li 3 9 opp33 8:55 Dal Newhouse 1 2T2 Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline 4 8 opp32 8:50 Dal White 0,Waddy 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own32 7:56 LA Haden 8 Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 2 own40 7:07 LA Haden-McCutche 5 Bas M-Straight/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 1 10 own45 6:19 LA Haden-Cappelle 5 Bas M-Seam/sec 4-3 Z Basic/C 2 5 50 6:11 LA Haden-Jackson X Bas B-Post 4-3 Z Basic/C 3 5 50 5:17 LA McCutcheon -1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic/C 4 6 own49 5:09 LA McCutcheon 5 Bas Draw 4-3 Z Pass/C 1 10 own46 4:16 Dal Newhouse 1 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Goalline 2 9 own47 3:23 Dal Newhouse 1 Bas Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline/Li 3 8 own48 2:30 Dal Newhouse 1 2T2 Dive 6-3 sZ Goalline 4 7 own49 2:24 Dal Pen5(Neely) --- Pt-deep --- Return