1976 Dallas 20, 1976 Los Angeles 24

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1976 Dallas

14

3

3

0

0

20
1976 Los Angeles

7

17

0

0

0

24
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 12:41 1976 Los Angeles I.Robertson 53 yd. intercept (T.Dempsey kick) 7-0 LAN
1 9:35 1976 Dallas D.Dennison 6 yd. run (E.Herrera kick) 7-7 LAN
1 7:29 1976 Dallas G.Richards 28 yd. pass from R.Staubach (E.Herrera kick) 14-7 DAN
2 10:12 1976 Los Angeles R.Jessie 52 yd. pass from J.Harris (T.Dempsey kick) 14-14 LAN
2 4:07 1976 Los Angeles T.Dempsey 31 yd. field goal 17-14 LAN
2 1:07 1976 Dallas E.Herrera 28 yd. field goal 17-17 LAN
2 0:00 1976 Los Angeles R.Jessie 71 yd. pass from J.Harris (T.Dempsey kick) 24-17 LAN
3 2:18 1976 Dallas E.Herrera 41 yd. field goal 24-20 LAN
Other Highlights
Qtr Clock Team Event Player Yards
1 10:52 1976 Dallas Pass Billy Joe DuPree 59
1 8:16 1976 Dallas Intercept Ed "Too Tall" Jones 12
1 0:02 1976 Dallas Pass Drew Pearson 30
2 14:44 1976 Dallas QBSack Fred Dryer -4
2 6:48 1976 Los Angeles Intercept Monte Jackson 12
3 9:10 1976 Los Angeles Fumble Lawrence McCutcheon
3 8:22 1976 Dallas QBSack Merlin Olsen -3
3 6:31 1976 Dallas Intercept Benny Barnes 0
3 1:30 1976 Los Angeles QBSack Harvey Martin -7
4 14:44 1976 Los Angeles Intercept Hacksaw Reynolds 10
4 14:12 1976 Los Angeles QBSack Ed "Too Tall" Jones -6
4 13:55 1976 Los Angeles QBSack Harvey Martin -2
4 2:00 1976 Dallas Intercept Cliff Harris 9
4 1:30 1976 Dallas QBSack Isiah Robertson -8

Team Statistics
1976 Dallas 1976 Los Angeles
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 4-11-1-16 6-9-0-15
Third Down Efficiency 7-18-39% 4-14-29%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1-0% 0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 13-21-62% 3-7-43%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 394-69-5.7 349-61-5.7
Total Net Yards Rushing 137 120
Total Rushes 33 30
Average Per Rush 4.2 4.0
Passes Completed/Attempted 17/33 (51.5%) 17/28 (60.7%)
Net Yards Passing 257 229
Avg Yards Per Pass 8.2 8.7
Sacked/Yards Lost 3/15 3/15
Punts/Average 6/38.3 6/41.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage 4/28 2/16
Kickoffs/Returns 4/81 4/89
Interceptions/Returns 3/21 3/75
Penalties/Yards 13/81 8/69
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 1/0 2/1
Time of Possession 30 mins 9 secs 29 mins 51 secs
Average Drive Start DAN 31 LAN 28

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1976 Dallas
Roger Staubach 33 17 272 51.5 8.2 1 3.0 3 9.1 59 3/15 51.6
1976 Los Angeles
James Harris 28 17 244 60.7 8.7 2 7.1 3 10.7 71 3/15 73.2

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1976 Dallas
Doug Dennison 12 36 3.0 6 1 0 0/0
Robert Newhouse 8 32 4.0 6 0 0 0/0
Preston Pearson 7 44 6.3 15 0 0 1/0
Scott Laidlaw 3 12 4.0 7 0 0 0/0
Roger Staubach 2 11 5.5 7 0 0 0/0
Charley Young 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 0/0
1976 Los Angeles
Lawrence McCutcheon 21 76 3.6 18 0 0 1/1
James Harris 3 -3 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0
Rod Phillips 3 25 8.3 15 0 0 1/0
John Cappelletti 2 22 11.0 16 0 0 0/0
Jim Bertelsen 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1976 Dallas
Billy Joe DuPree 7 105 15.0 59 0 0
Golden Richards 5 71 14.2 28 1 0
Drew Pearson 4 84 21.0 31 0 0
Butch Johnson 1 12 12.0 12 0 0
1976 Los Angeles
John Cappelletti 7 43 6.1 10 0 0
Bob Klein 6 60 10.0 15 0 0
Ron Jessie 3 139 46.3 71 2 0
Harold Jackson 1 2 2.0 2 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1976 Dallas
Efren Herrera 0/0 1/1 0/0 1/1 0/0 2/2 100
1976 Los Angeles
Tom Dempsey 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/0 1/1 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1976 Dallas
Danny White 6 38.3 35.7 0 4 45 0
1976 Los Angeles
Rusty Jackson 6 41.7 33.7 1 1 51 0

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Dallas
Butch Johnson 2 41 20.5 24 0
Jim D. Jensen 2 40 20.0 21 0
1976 Los Angeles
Cullen Bryant 3 68 22.7 24 0
Tom Geredine 1 21 21.0 21 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Dallas
Butch Johnson 4 1 28 7.0 8 0
1976 Los Angeles
Cullen Bryant 1 0 7 7.0 7 0
Jim Bertelsen 1 0 9 9.0 9 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1976 Dallas
Charlie Waters 9 0 0
Bob Breunig 7 0 1
Mel Renfro 5 0 0
Harvey Martin 5 2 0
Lee Roy Jordan 4 0 0
D.D. Lewis 3 0 0
Larry Cole 3 0 0
Benny Barnes 2 0 0
Ed "Too Tall" Jones 2 1 0
Jethro Pugh 2 0 0
Randy White 1 0 0
Cliff Harris 1 0 0
Randy Hughes 1 0 0
Herbert Scott 0 0 1
1976 Los Angeles
Jim Youngblood 11 0 0
Hacksaw Reynolds 10 0 0
Dave Elmendorf 6 0 0
Jack Youngblood 5 0 0
Monte Jackson 5 0 0
Merlin Olsen 3 1 0
Isiah Robertson 3 1 0
Rod Perry 3 0 0
Bill Simpson 3 0 0
Larry Brooks 1 0 0
Fred Dryer 1 1 0
Rod Phillips 0 0 1

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1976 Dallas
Cliff Harris 1 9 9.0 9 0
Benny Barnes 1 0 0.0 0 0
Ed "Too Tall" Jones 1 12 12.0 12 0
1976 Los Angeles
Hacksaw Reynolds 1 10 10.0 10 0
Isiah Robertson 1 53 53.0 53 1
Monte Jackson 1 12 12.0 12 0

Game Story
Ron Jessie had a huge day as Los Angeles topped Dallas by the score of 24 to 20. Jessie caught 3 passes for 139 receiving yards scoring 2 times. Lawrence McCutcheon ran the ball 21 times for 76 yards. The fans were brought to their feet by a touchdown pass to Ron Jessie that went for 71 yards as the clock ran out in the 2nd quarter. Dallas got ahead early outscoring Los Angeles 14 to 7 in the first quarter. Los Angeles led at halftime 24 to 17. Roger Staubach passed 33 times for 272 yards with a touchdown for Dallas, but his effort went to waste.