NFC League Championship Game * Playoff * 02-04-2009 Temp:47 Wind:0-10 None Line:Even MVP:Dorsett 1979 Minnesota (12-5) 0 0 0 7 7 1979 Dallas (16-1) 14 7 0 14 35 1 6:54 Dallas TD Staubach 14 pass to Pearson (Septien) (15-78-5:41) 0-7 1 2:43 Dallas TD Staubach 9 pass to Pearson (Septien) (7-67-2:06) 0-14 2 7:36 Dallas TD Staubach 14 pass to Hill (Septien) (15-80-8:07) 0-21 4 12:36 Minnesota TD Kramer 52 pass to Rashad (Danmeier) (3-65-0:50) 7-21 4 9:16 Dallas TD Dorsett 6 run (Septien) (7-51-3:16) 7-28 4 6:56 Dallas TD Laidlaw 2 run (Septien) (3-32-1:54) 7-35 Min Dal First Downs 8 28 Rushes 19-88 53-241 Passes 36-17-169 23-14-130 Sacked 1-11 0-0 Fumble 1 0 Penalties 7-64 7-42 Turnovers 1 0 Time 21:39 38:21 Third Down 1-14 8-15 Fourth Down 1-5 2-3 Net Offense 246 371 Injuries: none < Minnesota > < Dallas > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Kramer 36 17 169 1 1 0 1 70.3 Staubach 23 14 130 0 0 0 3 115.9 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Brown 8 61 7.6 2 2 34 0 Dorsett 27 129 4.8 8 1 10 1 Young 8 30 3.8 1 0 7 0 Newhouse 14 59 4.2 4 1 12 0 Kramer 3 -3 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Springs 6 33 5.5 1 1 15 0 19 88 4.6 3 2 34 0 Laidlaw 4 19 4.8 3 1 15 1 Staubach 1 10 10.0 1 1 10 0 White 1 -9 -9.0 0 0 0 0 53 241 4.5 17 5 15 2 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Rashad 7 0 107 15.3 3 1 52 1 Dorsett 4 0 30 7.5 3 0 14 0 Young 5 1 30 6.0 1 0 8 0 Pearson 4 0 42 10.5 3 0 15 2 White 4 0 26 6.5 1 0 11 0 Hill 3 0 38 12.7 2 0 14 1 Cunningham 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 DuPree 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Springs 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Pearson 1 1 11 11.0 0 0 11 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Rashad 1 0 0 Harris 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Edwards 6 141 23.5 36 0 Springs 1 29 29.0 29 0 Wright 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Edwards 4 0 17 4.3 10 0 Wilson 3 0 19 6.3 9 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Danmeier 0-1 0 1-1 1 Septien 0-0 0 5-5 5 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Coleman 6 252 42.0 1 3 0 48 White 6 270 45.0 1 2 0 53 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT McNeill 10 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Barnes 7 0 1 0 0 1 0-0 Blair 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lewis 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Mullaney 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kyle 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Krause 8 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Breunig 5 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Wright 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 White 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bryant 5 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Martin 4 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Siemon 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hughes 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Sutherland 4 0 1 1 0 0 0-0 Stalls 2 0 0 1 1 0 0-0 Hannon 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thurman 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Holloway 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Mitchell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 White 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 Shaw 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Turner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Harris 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Studwell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Henderson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Luce 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Thornton 1 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Hough 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hegman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Marshall 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Knoff 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wise 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:47 Dal Springs ret of 29 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 14:47 Dal Pen5(Newhouse) Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 1 15 own26 14:11 Dal Staubac-Pearson 15 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 1 10 own41 14:06 Dal Staubac-Hill X Bas M-Fly 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own41 14:03 Dal Staubac-Hill X Bas M-Fly 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 3 10 own41 14:03 Dal Pen5(Scott) Bas M-Hitch 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 3 15 own36 14:00 Dal Staubac-Hill X Bas M-Fly/RBw 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 4 15 own36 13:54 Dal White -9 Bas fumblepunt 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp27 13:21 Min Young 1 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 2 9 opp26 13:16 Min Min Pen10(Hamilton) Bas S-Hitch 4-2 tM Basic 2 19 opp36 12:47 Min Kramer-Rashad 3 Bas S-Slant 3-2 M Pass 3 16 opp33 12:38 Min Kramer-Rashad 11 3W1 M-Fly 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Rashad/Whi 4 5 opp22 12:35 Min FG Danmeier 39/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own22 12:01 Dal Newhouse 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 8 own24 11:55 Dal Dorsett 7/Pen5(Suthe Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Dbl-Hill 1 10 own36 11:50 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 6 Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 4 own42 11:03 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 3 1 own45 10:33 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 3 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 dZ Key-Dorsett 1 10 own48 10:23 Dal Min Pen14(Bryant) Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp38 9:50 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 opp35 9:15 Dal Dorsett 7 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Dbl-Hill 3 0 opp28 9:10 Dal Staubac-Pearson X Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 M Basic 4 0 opp28 8:41 Dal Dorsett 1 Bas Overtop 4-3 sZ Run-Newhouse 1 10 opp27 8:05 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp22 7:36 Dal Staubac-Pearson 4 Bas S-Flat 4-3 Z Pass 3 1 opp18 7:03 Dal Dorsett 4 Bas Dive 4-3 tM Run-Newhouse 1 10 opp14 6:54 Dal Staubac-Pearson 14/T Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 0-7 KO 6:44 Min Edwards ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 6:17 Min Kramer-Young 5 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own28 5:36 Min Brown 34 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 tM Basic/Li 1 10 opp38 5:32 Min Kramer-Young X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 2 10 opp38 5:03 Min Kramer-White 5 Bas S-Out 4-2 tM Basic/Li 3 5 opp33 4:55 Min Kramer-Rashad X Bas L-Cross 4-2 tM Pass 4 5 opp33 4:49 Min Kramer-White X 3W1 M-Fly/SG 3-2 tM Pass/Li 1 10 own33 4:41 Dal Staubac-Hill 14 Bas M-Out 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own47 4:05 Dal Newhouse 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 opp48 3:59 Dal Dorsett 4/Pen15(Mull Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 1 10 opp29 3:23 Dal Dorsett 10 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Dbl-Hill 1 10 opp19 2:51 Dal Staubach 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Dbl-Hill 1 9 opp9 2:43 Dal Staubac-Pearson 9/TD Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 0-14 KO 2:28 Min Edwards ret of 36 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 2:28 Min Pen5(White) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 5 own39 1:53 Min Young 7 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Key-Young 1 10 own46 1:24 Min Kramer-Young 2 Bas S-Flat 4-3 M Basic 2 8 own48 0:55 Min Kramer-White 7 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 3 1 opp45 0:48 Min Kramer-Rashad X Bas L-Cross/PBK 4-3 Z Key-Brown 4 1 opp45 0:43 Min Coleman 45,Wilson 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 0:12 Dal Newhouse 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 2 6 own24 0:00 Dal Newhouse 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Dbl-Hill 2nd Quarter 1 10 own30 14:25 Dal Dorsett 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own34 13:49 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 3 3 own37 13:16 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 own40 12:41 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own45 12:03 Dal Newhouse 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 3 own47 11:27 Dal Dorsett 8 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp45 10:53 Dal Staubac-DuPree 9 Bas M-Fly/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 1 opp36 10:05 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp33 9:30 Dal Dorsett 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 5 opp28 8:59 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 3 2 opp25 8:24 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 7 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Run-Dorsett 1 10 opp18 7:49 Dal Dorsett 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 2 6 opp14 7:36 Dal Staubac-Hill 14/TD Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Run-Dorsett 0-21 KO 7:25 Min Edwards ret of 30 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own29 6:54 Min Young 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Basic 2 8 own31 6:24 Min Brown 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 sZ Basic 3 5 own34 5:49 Min Young 3 3W1 Pitch-L 4-2 M Pass 4 2 own37 5:42 Min Coleman 48,Wilson 9 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 5:06 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 7 own27 4:35 Dal Dorsett 9 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass 1 10 own36 3:57 Dal Dorsett 0 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own36 3:51 Dal Dal Pen10(Rafferty) Bas S-Hitch 3-3 M Basic 2 20 own26 3:14 Dal Dorsett 7 Bas Draw 3-3 M Pass 3 13 own33 2:38 Dal Staubac-Pearson 11 Bas Screen 3-3 M Pass/Bz1 4 2 own44 2:35 Dal White 44,Edwards-1 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own11 2:28 Min Kramer-Young X 3W1 Screen/SG 3-2 Z Pass 2 10 own11 2:00 Min Kramer-White 3 3W1 S-Hitch/SG 3-2 M Pass-Dbl-Rashad/Whi 3 7 own14 1:22 Min Kramer-Cunningh 6 3W1 S-Hitch/SG 3-2 Z Pass 4 1 own20 1:15 Min Coleman 41,Wilson 6 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own45 0:51 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas Pitch-R/HO 3-3 M Pass 2 7 own48 0:44 Dal Staubac-Hill X Bas M-Out/HO 3-3 M Pass 3 7 own48 0:34 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas Draw 3-3 Z Pass 4 4 opp49 0:28 Dal White 49,Edwards 0 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own20 0:21 Min Kramer-Rashad X 3W1 B-Post 3-2 lM Pass/Bz1 2 10 own20 0:16 Min Sk-Henderson -11 3W1 M-Isolate/SG 3-2 dZ Pass/Bz1/Li 3 21 own9 0:09 Min Young 6 3W1 Draw/SG 3-2 dZ Pass/Bz1/Li 4 15 own15 0:04 Dal Pen5(Martin) --- Pt-deep --- Block 4 10 own20 0:00 Min Young 1 Bas Draw 3-2 dZ Pass/Bz1 3rd Quarter KO 14:46 Min Edwards ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 14:16 Min Kramer-Young 8 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 2 2 own32 13:39 Min Brown 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic/Li 3 1 own33 13:08 Min Kramer-White 11 Bas L-/PBK/sec 4-3 M Key-Brown/Li 1 10 own44 12:33 Min Brown 4 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own48 12:03 Min Kramer-Young 7 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp45 11:34 Min Brown 3 Bas OffTkl-L/RBw 4-3 M Basic 2 7 opp42 10:51 Min Brown 4 Bas Trap-L/RBw 4-2 sZ Pass 3 3 opp38 10:51 Min Delay Bas delay 4-3 Z 3 8 opp43 10:46 Min Kramer-Young X Bas S-Cross/SG/RBw/sec 3-2 M Pass/Li 4 8 opp43 10:40 Min Coleman 33,Wilson 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 own10 10:06 Dal Newhouse 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 5 own15 9:35 Dal Newhouse 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 1 10 own20 8:47 Dal Dorsett 2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 8 own22 8:13 Dal Dorsett 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Pass 3 5 own25 8:09 Dal Staubac-Pearson X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Pass 4 5 own25 8:02 Dal White 39,Edwards 10 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own46 7:58 Min Kramer-Brown X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own46 7:28 Min Kramer-Rashad 6 Bas S-Hitch 4-2 sZ Basic 3 4 opp48 6:53 Min Brown 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 tM Pass 4 3 opp47 6:15 Min Brown 11 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 sZ Basic 1 10 opp36 6:10 Min Min Pen10(Riley) Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 1 20 opp46 5:38 Min Young 7 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 M Basic 2 13 opp39 5:35 Min Kramer-Young X Bas S-Hitch 4-2 sZ Basic 3 13 opp39 5:02 Min Kramer-Young 8 3W1 M-Cross/sec 3-2 M Pass 4 5 opp31 4:59 Min Kramer-Tucker X 3W1 L-Hitch/SG/sec 4-2 tM Pass/Li 1 10 own31 4:52 Dal Min Pen5(Mullaney) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 1 5 own36 4:12 Dal Newhouse 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Key-Dorsett 2 2 own39 3:35 Dal Dorsett 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own43 3:35 Dal Pen5(Fitzgerald) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run-Dorsett 1 15 own38 2:50 Dal Dorsett 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run-Dorsett 2 14 own39 2:16 Dal Staubac-Springs 0 Bas Screen 3-3 Z Pass 3 14 own39 2:11 Dal Staubac-DuPree X Bas Screen 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 4 14 own39 2:03 Dal White 36,Edwards 6 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 1:13 Min Kramer-Rashad 12 Bas S-Hitch 4-2 M Basic 1 10 own43 1:05 Min Kramer-White X Bas L-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 2 10 own43 0:29 Min Young 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 sZ Basic 3 7 own46 0:23 Min Kramer-Young X 3W1 S-Hitch/sec 3-2 sZ Pass 4 7 own46 0:16 Min Coleman 45,Wilson 4 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own13 0:09 Dal Dal Pen7(Donovan) Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 17 own6 0:00 Dal Springs 0 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic/Bz1 4th Quarter 2 17 own6 14:15 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas Draw 3-3 Z Pass 3 11 own12 13:32 Dal Dorsett 6 Bas Draw 3-3 M Pass 4 5 own18 13:26 Dal White 49,Edwards 2 --- Pt-deep --- Block 1 10 own35 12:54 Min Kramer-Rashad 13 Bas M-Hitch 4-2 Z Basic 1 10 own48 12:50 Min Kramer-Rashad X Bas M-Cross 4-2 M Basic 2 10 own48 12:36 Min Kramer-Rashad 52/TD Bas M-Out 4-2 sZ Pass 7-21 KO 12:32 Dal Wright ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Return 1 10 own49 11:52 Dal Staubac-Hill 10 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 2 0 opp41 11:04 Dal Newhouse 12 Bas Dive 4-3 M Key-Dorsett 1 10 opp29 11:00 Dal Staubac-Dorsett X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Dbl-Pearson 2 10 opp29 10:55 Dal Staubac-Dorsett X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 3 10 opp29 10:10 Dal Dorsett 9 Bas Draw 3-3 Z Pass/Bz1 4 1 opp20 9:22 Dal Staubac-Dorsett 14 Bas S-Hitch 6-3 sZ Run-Dorsett 1 6 opp6 9:16 Dal Dorsett 6/TD Bas Trap-R 6-3 tM Run-Dorsett 7-28 KO 9:10 Min Edwards ret of 18 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 9:02 Min Kramer-Rashad X Bas L- 3-2 dZ Pass 2 10 own22 8:58 Min Kramer-Young X Bas S-Hitch 3-2 Z Pass 3 10 own22 8:54 Min Kramer-Rashad X 3W1 M-Cross/SG 3-2 Z Pass 4 10 own22 8:50 Min Kramer-Rashad 10/F 3W1 M-Hitch/SG 3-2 M Pass 1 10 opp32 7:56 Dal Springs 15 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp17 7:04 Dal Laidlaw 15 2T2 Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 2 opp2 6:56 Dal Laidlaw 2/TD 2T2 Trap-R 6-3 sZ Run-Springs 7-35 KO 6:50 Min Edwards ret of 9 --- KO-squib --- Return 1 10 own43 6:46 Min Kramer-Rashad X Bas S-Out 3-2 Z Pass 2 10 own43 6:43 Min Kramer-Rashad X 3W1 S-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass 3 10 own43 6:40 Min Kramer-White X 3W1 S-Hitch 4-2 Z Pass 4 10 own43 6:34 Min Coleman 40,Wilson 0 --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own17 5:45 Dal Springs 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own21 4:58 Dal Springs 4 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 2 own25 4:13 Dal Laidlaw 2 2T2 Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own27 3:30 Dal Laidlaw 0 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own27 2:41 Dal Springs 5 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 own32 2:00 Dal Springs 5 2T2 Dive 4-3 Z Basic 4 0 own37 1:56 Dal White 53,Edwards 0 --- Pt-deep --- LetRoll 1 10 own10 1:16 Min Kramer -1 Bas QbKneel 4-2 Z Pass 2 11 own9 0:34 Min Kramer -1 Bas QbKneel 4-2 Z Basic 3 12 own8 0:00 Min Kramer -1 Bas QbKneel 4-2 Z Basic