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New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys

September 18, 1983
Texas Stadium, Irving, TX

	1	2	3	4	Total
New York GiantsNY Giants (1-2)	3	0	10	0	13
Dallas CowboysDallas (3-0)	0	14	0	14	28

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			NYG	Dal
NYG	10:21	FG Ali Haji-Sheikh 31	3	0
2nd Quarter			NYG	Dal
Dal	13:03	Doug Cosbie 4 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien Kick)	3	7
Dal	14:43	Doug Cosbie 2 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien Kick)	3	14
3rd Quarter			NYG	Dal
NYG	3:07	Butch Woolfolk 1 run (Ali Haji-Sheikh Kick)	10	14
NYG	11:25	FG Ali Haji-Sheikh 27	13	14
4th Quarter			NYG	Dal
Dal	8:43	Dextor Clinkscale 68 interception return (Rafael Septien Kick)	13	21
Dal	8:55	Michael Downs 10 fumble return (Rafael Septien Kick)	13	28

Team Stats

	NY GiantsNYG	DallasDal
First downs	16	18
Rushing	7	3
Passing	8	13
Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	334	309
Net Yards Rushing	131	89
Rushing Plays	33	28
Average Gain	4.0	3.2
Net Yards Passing	203	220
Att - Comp - Int	27-13-3	32-24-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	3-21	2-18
Gross Yards Passing	224	238
Avg. Yds/Att	8.3	7.4

	NY GiantsNYG	DallasDal
Punts - Average	5-40.6	7-33.6
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-6	3-12
Kickoff Returns	2-36	3-48
Interception Returns	2-20	3-105
Penalties - Yards	9-60	9-63
Fumbles - Lost	1-1	1-1
Field Goals	2-2	0-0
Third Downs	5-15-33%	5-13-38%
Total Plays	63	62
Average Gain	5.3	5.0
Time of Possession	28:52	31:08

Passing

New York GiantsNY Giants	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Scott BrunnerS. Brunner	19	10	172	9.1	0	2	56	2	13	44.1
Phil SimmsP. Simms	8	3	52	6.5	0	1	26	1	8	20.8

Dallas CowboysDallas	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Danny WhiteD. White	32	24	238	7.4	2	2	35	2	18	90.4

Rushing

New York GiantsNY Giants	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Butch WoolfolkB. Woolfolk	15	70	4.67	15	1
Rob CarpenterR. Carpenter	13	34	2.62	8	0
Billy CampfieldB. Campfield	2	21	10.50	13	0
Scott BrunnerS. Brunner	2	4	2.00	6	0
Mike MillerM. Miller	1	2	2.00	2	0

Dallas CowboysDallas	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Tony DorsettT. Dorsett	13	49	3.77	16	0
Timmy NewsomeT. Newsome	6	17	2.83	6	0
Ron SpringsR. Springs	8	13	1.62	4	0
Drew PearsonD. Pearson	1	10	10.00	10	0

Receiving

New York GiantsNY Giants	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Earnest GrayE. Gray	4	124	31.00	56	0
John MistlerJ. Mistler	4	20	5.00	7	0
Tom MulladyT. Mullady	2	20	10.00	14	0
Billy CampfieldB. Campfield	1	12	12.00	12	0
Zeke MowattZ. Mowatt	1	20	20.00	20	0
Butch WoolfolkB. Woolfolk	1	28	28.00	28	0

Dallas CowboysDallas	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Doug DonleyD. Donley	6	88	14.67	35	0
Drew PearsonD. Pearson	6	80	13.33	23	0
Ron SpringsR. Springs	5	30	6.00	13	0
Doug CosbieD. Cosbie	3	13	4.33	7	2
Tony DorsettT. Dorsett	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0
Billy Joe DuPreeB. DuPree	1	20	20.00	20	0
Tony HillT. Hill	1	2	2.00	2	0
Butch JohnsonB. Johnson	1	9	9.00	9	0

Kickoff Returns

New York GiantsNY Giants	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Billy CampfieldB. Campfield	1	17	17.00	0	17	0
Danny PittmanD. Pittman	1	19	19.00	0	19	0

Dallas CowboysDallas	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Ron FellowsR. Fellows	2	31	15.50	0	16	0
Chuck McSwainC. McSwain	1	17	17.00	0	17	0

Punt Returns

New York GiantsNY Giants	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Beasley ReeceB. Reece	2	6	3.00	0	5	0

Dallas CowboysDallas	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Ron FellowsR. Fellows	2	11	5.50	0	6	0
Doug DonleyD. Donley	1	1	1.00	0	1	0

Punting

New York GiantsNY Giants	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Dave JenningsD. Jennings	5	203	40.6	47	0	3	12

Dallas CowboysDallas	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
John WarrenJ. Warren	7	235	33.6	49	0	2	6

Kicking

New York GiantsNY Giants	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Ali Haji-SheikhA. Haji-Sheikh	1/1	2/2	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	--	7

Dallas CowboysDallas	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Rafael SeptienR. Septien	4/4	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	--	4

Defense

New York GiantsNY Giants	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Larry FlowersL. Flowers	1	19	19.00	19	0	0.0
Mark HaynesM. Haynes	1	1	1.00	1	0	0.0
Bill CurrierB. Currier	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Byron HuntB. Hunt	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

Dallas CowboysDallas	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Dextor ClinkscaleD. Clinkscale	1	68	68.00	68t	1	0.0
Dennis ThurmanD. Thurman	1	0	0.00	0	0	0.0
Everson WallsE. Walls	1	37	37.00	37	0	0.0
Bill BatesB. Bates	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
Larry BetheaL. Bethea	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0
John DuttonJ. Dutton	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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