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Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
@
Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns
Date
September 24, 1979
Kickoff
09:00 PM ET
06:00 PM PT
Score
DAL 7 — CLE 26 F

Stadium

Cleveland Stadium

Capacity: 67,895

Inaugurated: 01/01/1931

Broadcast

Announcers

Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Howard Cosell

Summary

DAL and CLE combined for 542 passing yards and 3 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Tony Dorsett led DAL with 64 rushing yards while Mike Pruitt paced CLE with 31. Through the air, Drew Pearson topped DAL with 109 receiving yards while Reggie Rucker led CLE with 57.

Expected Points Summary

DAL
Total-19.00
Off-20.14
Def1.84
ST2.36
CLE
Total19.00
Off-1.84
Def20.14
ST-2.36

Team Stats

Stat DAL CLE
First Downs 20 15
Rush-Yds-TDs 30-123-0 33-82-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 21-39-303-1-2 15-28-239-2-1
Sacked-Yards 4-32 1-10
Net Pass Yards 271 229
Total Yards 394 311
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0
Turnovers 5 1
Penalties-Yards 5-52 2-19

Expected Points Detail

DAL
Offense
Pass: -8.32
Rush: -12.73
TO: -9.99
Defense
Pass: -6.47
Rush: 10.16
TO: 2.13
Returns
KO: 4.76
KR: -2.14
P: 2.21
PR: -0.22
FG/XP: -2.25
CLE
Offense
Pass: 6.47
Rush: -10.16
TO: -2.13
Defense
Pass: 8.32
Rush: 12.73
TO: 9.99
Returns
KO: 2.14
KR: -4.76
P: 0.22
PR: -2.21
FG/XP: 2.25

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat DAL CLE
First Downs 20 15
Rush-Yds-TDs 30-123-0 33-82-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 21-39-303-1-2 15-28-239-2-1
Sacked-Yards 4-32 1-10
Net Pass Yards 271 229
Total Yards 394 311
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0
Turnovers 5 1
Penalties-Yards 5-52 2-19

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Browns Dave Logan 23 yard pass from Brian Sipe 0-6
Browns Ozzie Newsome 52 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) 0-13
Browns Thom Darden 39 yard interception return (Don Cockroft kick) 0-20
Cowboys Tony Hill 48 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) 7-20
4 Browns Mike Pruitt 2 yard rush 7-26

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