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Week 1: Washington Redskins at Dallas Cowboys

September 06, 1981
70°
Texas Stadium (Dallas, TX) Attendance: 68,041 (91%)
Washington Redskins 0 10 0 3 - 13
Dallas Cowboys 0 3 10 10 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Washington Redskins: 4-10-DAL 19 (10:53) 9-Timothy McCasland 36 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 0 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Dallas Cowboys: 4-1-WAS 7 (3:00) 4-Brandon Gulick 25 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 3 WAS 3
(Qtr 2) Washington Redskins: 2-5-DAL 26 (2:00) 5-Edward Chapman pass complete to 88-Jack Allen for 26 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Timothy McCasland. DAL 3 WAS 10
(Qtr 3) Dallas Cowboys: 4-6-WAS 28 (8:44) 4-Brandon Gulick 47 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 6 WAS 10
(Qtr 3) Dallas Cowboys: 2-3-WAS 6 (3:01) 5-Jonathan Robinson pass complete to 85-David Blansett for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Brandon Gulick. DAL 13 WAS 10
(Qtr 4) Washington Redskins: 4-10-DAL 13 (9:58) 9-Timothy McCasland 30 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 13 WAS 13
(Qtr 4) Dallas Cowboys: 2-9-WAS 19 (2:10) 5-Jonathan Robinson pass complete to 89-Robert Cork for 19 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Brandon Gulick. DAL 20 WAS 13
(Qtr 4) Dallas Cowboys: 4-5-WAS 32 (0:30) 4-Brandon Gulick 50 yard field goal is GOOD. DAL 23 WAS 13

Team Statistics

Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins
First Downs 10 13
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 4 10
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 222 268
- Offensive Plays 58 65
- Yards Per Play 3.83 4.12
Net Rushing Yards 81 6
- Rushing Attempts 19 21
- Yards Per Rush 4.26 0.29
Net Passing Yards 141 262
- Att/Comp/Int 37 / 20 / 2 41 / 30 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 160 290
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 3 / 28
- Yards Per Pass Play 3.62 5.95
- Yards Per Completion 8.00 9.67
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 14 2 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 8.4 11.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 2 / 2
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 3 / 21
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 59
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 2 2 / 19
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 0 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 45 OWN 24
Time of Possession 25:15 34:43

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:15 0:04 OPP 32 1 0 Interception
1 9:33 1:24 OWN 34 3 4 Punt
1 2:35 2:08 OWN 33 3 -9 Punt
2 10:50 0:18 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 8:22 0:52 OWN 47 3 10 Punt
2 6:13 3:16 OPP 35 5 29 Field Goal
2 1:56 1:20 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
3 15:00 6:20 OWN 25 11 47 Field Goal
3 5:43 2:45 OWN 44 7 56 Touchdown
3 0:22 1:12 OWN 44 6 17 Missed FG
4 9:55 1:19 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
4 6:22 2:43 OPP 48 5 27 Interception
4 2:55 0:49 OPP 20 2 20 Touchdown
4 1:11 0:45 OPP 37 3 5 Field Goal

Washington Redskins

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:45 OWN 15 3 6 Punt
1 13:11 3:38 OWN 25 7 47 Missed FG
1 8:08 5:33 OWN 18 8 29 Punt
1 0:27 4:37 OWN 26 8 55 Field Goal
2 10:32 2:09 OWN 27 3 -5 Punt
2 7:30 1:17 OWN 5 3 1 Punt
2 2:57 1:01 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
2 0:36 0:36 OWN 24 1 -4 Half
3 8:40 2:57 OWN 28 4 15 Punt
3 2:58 2:36 OWN 25 4 14 Punt
4 14:09 4:15 OWN 47 9 41 Field Goal
4 8:36 2:14 OWN 20 4 13 Punt
4 3:39 0:44 OWN 22 2 -4 Interception
4 2:06 0:55 OWN 25 3 -8 Punt
4 0:26 0:26 OWN 25 2 4 Game

Rushing Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Daniel Olvera 8 39 4.88 13 2 0
Donald Buck 9 37 4.11 13 2 0
Gustavo Williams 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Robert Cork 1 -5 -5.00 -5 0 0

Washington Redskins

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
William Springer 12 15 1.25 11 1 0
Mark Sprankle 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Francisco Holley 8 -12 -1.50 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Jonathan Robinson 37 20 160 2 / 19 2 19 2 60.64

Washington Redskins

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Edward Chapman 41 30 290 3 / 28 1 44 1 90.50

Receiving Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Cork 6 45 7.50 19 1
Albert Nelson 4 25 6.25 7 0
John Robinson 2 19 9.50 10 0
Donald Buck 1 16 16.00 16 0
George Hanna 1 14 14.00 14 0
James Chapin 1 12 12.00 12 0
Daniel Olvera 1 11 11.00 11 0
Jose Owens 1 10 10.00 10 0
David Blansett 1 6 6.00 6 1
Gustavo Williams 2 2 1.00 3 0

Washington Redskins

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jack Allen 6 140 23.33 44 1
Russell Altieri 6 45 7.50 11 0
Michael Abbott 3 31 10.33 12 0
Mark Sprankle 3 29 9.67 23 0
William Springer 7 24 3.43 10 0
Francisco Holley 4 14 3.50 8 0
Evan Jones 1 7 7.00 7 0

Blocking Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Richard Ellis 43 28 1 1
Robert Lieu 39 21 1 1
John Robinson 0 15 0 0
Frederick Diaz 0 1 0 1
Thomas Resendez 0 1 0 0
David Harmon 0 1 0 0
Joe Maldonado 0 1 0 0
Donald Buck 0 3 0 0
Albert Nelson 0 15 0 0
Arthur Miller 1 0 0 0
Robert Cork 1 14 0 2
Wayne Anderson 12 4 0 0
Willie Bledsoe 47 20 0 3
David Blansett 12 6 0 0
George Hanna 6 10 0 1
Jacob Bowden 7 6 0 0
Robert Moss 3 8 0 0
Jose Owens 8 23 0 0
Gustavo Williams 13 6 0 0
Arthur Rivera 48 25 0 3
Archie Chitwood 51 26 0 2
Robert Malcolm 0 1 0 0

Washington Redskins

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Matthew Collier 45 26 2 6
Evan Jones 36 33 1 3
Robert Velarde 31 13 0 0
Raymond Hudson 0 1 0 0
Michael Mason 0 1 0 0
Michael Abbott 1 1 0 0
Theodore Cummings 1 2 0 1
Frederick Davis 0 1 0 0
William Springer 4 7 0 2
Michael Riddle 2 4 0 0
Mark Sprankle 0 9 0 0
Jack Allen 2 11 0 0
Russell Altieri 2 6 0 0
Todd Mann 8 3 0 0
Francisco Holley 31 16 0 1
Gordon Padilla 0 3 0 0
Brian Cochran 41 20 0 3
Marvin Dewitt 56 30 0 1
Michael Michael 47 24 0 2
Dick Crain 24 15 0 1
James Wolfe 0 2 0 0
Ernest Figueiredo 0 2 0 0
Richard Martinez 0 3 0 0
Robert Carrasco 0 3 0 1
Scott Emerson 0 3 0 0
James Coker 0 3 0 0
William Williams 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Glenn Wolfe 1 2 2.00 0

Washington Redskins

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Ray Davis 1 18 18.00 0
Michael Mason 1 1 1.00 0

Fumble Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Washington Redskins

Punting

Dallas Cowboys

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Kenneth Boisvert 6 279 46.50 46.50 50 3

Washington Redskins

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Timothy McCasland 8 129 16.13 19.75 31 0

Kicking

Dallas Cowboys

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Brandon Gulick 3 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 50 2 / 2

Washington Redskins

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Timothy McCasland 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 36 1 / 1

Punt Return

Dallas Cowboys

Washington Redskins

Kick Return

Dallas Cowboys

Washington Redskins

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Mark Sprankle 2 59 29.5 0

Defensive Stats

Dallas Cowboys

Name Tackles Sacks
Frederick Diaz 9 0
David Harmon 7 0
Joe Maldonado 4 0
Robert Malcolm 4 0
Kirby Howerton 4 0
John Mixon 4 1
Patrick Clark 3 0
Glenn Wolfe 3 0
Louis Reyes 3 0
Thomas Resendez 3 2
Robert Cork 2 0
Jon Dietrich 2 0
Floyd Gunter 2 0
Samuel Edmunds 2 0
Hector Bradt 1 0
David Blansett 1 0
Anthony Gurley 1 0
Robert Lieu 1 0

Washington Redskins

Name Tackles Sacks
Richard Martinez 6 0
James Wolfe 5 0
Gordon Padilla 5 0
Michael Mason 4 0
Michael Riddle 4 0
Scott Emerson 3 0
Ernest Figueiredo 2 0
Ray Davis 2 0
Raymond Hudson 2 1
Todd Mann 2 0
James Coker 1 1
Otto Partain 1 0
Larry Loney 1 0
Michael Brookes 1 0
Mark Sprankle 1 0