 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Dallas Cowboys 23 Sunday 2 October 1977 at Texas Stadium
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| | DAL | 8:04-1Q | Herrera FG32 |
| DAL | 3:50-1Q | Henderson 79 interception return (Herrera kick) |
| DAL | 0:05-1Q | Newhouse 17 run (Herrera kick) |
| TB | 9:43-2Q | Wood 40 fumble return (Leavitt kick) |
| DAL | 2:47-2Q | Herrera FG19 |
| DAL | 8:36-3Q | Herrera FG20 |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
RUSHING
BUCS: Davis 15-30, DuBose 6-23, Carter 6-16, Bell 3-7, Huff 1-2, Williams 1-(-2).
COWBOYS: Newhouse 16-73, Dorsett 10-72, P.Pearson 12-56, D.Pearson 1-11, Staubach 3-(-7).
PASSING
BUCS: Huff 23-8-107-2-0.
COWBOYS: Staubach 24-15-212-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Owens 4-57, Davis 1-30, Williams 1-9, McKay 1-7, Hagins 1-4.
COWBOYS: P.Pearson 5-65, Dupree 3-47, D.Pearson 2-39, Saldi 2-17, Johnson 1-20, Dorsett 1-16, Richards 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Wood 1-29.
COWBOYS: Henderson 2-79.
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| GAME REPORT |
The offense was shutout and the Bucs only got on the board on Richard "Batman" Wood's fumble return in the second quarter. "Hollywood" Henderson's interception return was the longest such play against the Bucs at the time and set the tone for a game that the Cowboys dominated in terms of yardage, 415-163. The Bucs were no less than 21 point underdogs against Tom Landry's squad in this game.
Click here for the play by play from this game
Click here for a clip of Gary Huff connecting with Morris Owens
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 75 Reavis |
LDE | 78 Rudolph
| | LG | 79 Wilson |
DT | 76 Pear
| | C | 51 Ryczek
| RDE | 63 L Selmon |
| RG | 68 Medlin
| LOLB | 52 Harris |
| RT | 70 Carlton
| LILB | 61 D Selmon |
| TE | 86 Moore
| RILB | 54 Wood |
| WR | 85 Owens
| ROLB | 56 C Johnson |
| WR | 89 McKay
| LCB | 45 White |
| FB | 28 Davis
| SS | 33 Cotney |
| RB | 42 Bell
| FS | 34 Brown |
| QB | 19 Huff
| RCB | 40 Washington |
SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 4 Green, 9 Leavitt, 25 Jordan, 32 L Carter, 35 DuBose, 36 Winfrey, 43 Williams, 46 Reece, 53 Bonness, 57 Lewis, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 66 B Carter, 73 Hannah, 77 Kollar, 81 Hagins, 83 Nafziger, 87 Mucker
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DID NOT PLAY |
| 14 Hedberg, 17 Blount |
INACTIVE |
| 62 Winans, 80 Novak |
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