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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:04:03 GMT 10
Sunday Jan 7, 1979 Start Time: 5:00pm
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:04:48 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:05:52 GMT 10
Game information After a scoreless defensive struggle in the first half (Ram kicker Frank Corral missed two field goals), the Cowboys forced 5 second half turnovers that led to 28 points. With 9:11 left in the third quarter, Dallas safety Charlie Waters intercepted a pass and returned it to the Los Angeles 10-yard line. Five plays later, running back Tony Dorsett, who finished the game with 101 rushing yards, scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to give the Cowboys a 7–0 lead.
With about 4 minutes left in the period, the Rams mounted a threat when Jackie Wallace returned a punt at midfield to the Dallas 23-yard line. Three plays later at the Dallas 14, Jim Jodat was stopped cold on 4th and a foot by Randy White and Larry Bethea.
As the third quarter neared a close, Waters recorded another interception and returned it to the Rams' 20, setting up quarterback Roger Staubach's 4-yard touchdown pass to Scott Laidlaw 58 seconds into the final period. On Waters' interception, Pat Haden's throwing hand hit Randy White's helmet, breaking his thumb and knocking him out of the game.
At around the 8-minute mark in the 4th, Vince Ferragamo, Haden's replacement, hit Willie Miller on a 65-yard pass to the 10-yard line, but on first and goal Cullen Bryant fumbled (his first in 337 career carries), and Cowboys defensive end Harvey Martin recovered at the 11-yard line. Dallas then marched 89 yards, featuring a 53-yard run on first down by Tony Dorsett and scored on Billy Joe Dupree's 11-yard touchdown catch. Dorsett had 70 of the drive's 89 yards rushing alone.
The Cowboys closed out the scoring with 1:19 left in the game when linebacker Thomas Henderson intercepted a Ferragamo pass and returned it 68-yards for the final touchdown.
This game was the last playoff game at the Coliseum for the Rams until the 2017 season.
This was the fourth postseason meeting between the Cowboys and Rams, with Dallas winning two of the previous three meetings.
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:08:45 GMT 10
Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach scrambles from the pocket during a playoff game against the Rams in January 1979 at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:11:13 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:13:30 GMT 10
Tony Dorsett
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:15:48 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:16:51 GMT 10
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Post by NFL Historian on Dec 3, 2023 21:17:48 GMT 10
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