Exhibition Week 5, 1980

played in Dallas, TX

94 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

New England Patriots	6	6	7	3	-	22
Dallas Cowboys	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:59 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 36 field goal
1Q: 02:03 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 37 field goal
2Q: 14:08 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 20 field goal
2Q: 00:39 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 56 field goal
3Q: 06:42 NED - Darryl Stingley 25 pass from Joe Ferguson (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
4Q: 11:35 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 40 field goal
4Q: 04:47 DAL - Duriel Harris 10 pass from Pat Haden (Mike Wood extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:59 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 36 field goal
1Q: 02:03 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 37 field goal
2Q: 14:08 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 20 field goal
2Q: 00:39 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 56 field goal
3Q: 06:42 NED - Darryl Stingley 25 pass from Joe Ferguson (Mercury Tchaikovski extra point)
4Q: 11:35 NED - Mercury Tchaikovski 40 field goal
4Q: 04:47 DAL - Duriel Harris 10 pass from Pat Haden (Mike Wood extra point)

Team Statistics NED DAL
Record 4-0 0-4
First Downs 23 8
- by Rushing 13 2
- by Passing 8 6
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 337 131
- Offensive Plays 86 38
- Yards per Play 3.92 3.45
Net Rushing Yards 182 40
- Rushing Attempts 48 9
- Yards per Rush 3.79 4.44
Net Passing Yards 155 91
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 24 - 1 26 - 15 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 164 110
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/9 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 4.08 3.14
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 12/23 1/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 4.4 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/20 3/23
Punt Returns/Yards 2/10 1/8
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/20
Interception Ret./Yards 2/29 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 44 OWN 24
Time of Possession 42:43 17:17

Team Statistics	NED	DAL
Record	4-0	0-4
First Downs	23	8
- by Rushing	13	2
- by Passing	8	6
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	337	131
- Offensive Plays	86	38
- Yards per Play	3.92	3.45
Net Rushing Yards	182	40
- Rushing Attempts	48	9
- Yards per Rush	3.79	4.44
Net Passing Yards	155	91
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 24 - 1	26 - 15 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	164	110
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/9	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	4.08	3.14
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	12/23	1/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	4.4	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/20	3/23
Punt Returns/Yards	2/10	1/8
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/20
Interception Ret./Yards	2/29	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 44	OWN 24
Time of Possession	42:43	17:17

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:31	OWN 20	5	27	Punt
1	12:29	1:37	OPP 25	3	6	Field Goal
1	8:10	6:12	OWN 20	12	60	Field Goal
1	0:16	1:16	OPP 13	3	10	Field Goal
2	11:49	7:58	OWN 15	18	76	Missed FG
2	1:54	1:23	OWN 47	6	14	Field Goal
3	12:50	6:22	OWN 34	12	66	Touchdown
3	5:40	1:50	OWN 39	3	9	Punt
3	1:36	3:08	OWN 35	6	16	Interception
4	13:10	1:40	OPP 30	3	7	Field Goal
4	8:50	3:19	OWN 28	5	7	Fumble
4	4:40	4:40	OPP 42	10	29	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:52	2:42	OWN 20	5	26	Punt
1	1:58	1:42	OWN 20	3	-7	Fumble
2	14:00	2:11	OWN 20	4	18	Punt
2	3:51	1:57	OWN 20	4	19	Interception
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 13	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	2:10	OWN 12	3	9	Punt
3	6:28	0:48	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	3:50	2:14	OWN 12	5	21	Punt
4	13:28	0:18	OWN 34	2	0	Interception
4	11:30	2:40	OWN 22	5	15	Punt
4	5:31	0:51	OPP 26	3	26	Touchdown

Game MVP: Mercury Tchaikovski, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Sam Cunningham	26	98	3.77	12	1
Jimmy Rogers	14	74	5.29	9	0
John Brockington	2	8	4.00	9	0
Joe Ferguson	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0
Loaird McCreary	2	4	2.00	3	0
Darryl Stingley	1	0	0.00	0	0
Lamont Marrow	1	0	0.00	0	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Mike Strachan	3	12	4.00	10	1
Mike Pruitt	3	8	2.67	6	0
Fair Hooker	1	22	22.00	22	1
Drew Lincoln	1	0	0.00	0	0
Pat Haden	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Carlos Brown	28	17	108	0/0	0	14	0	68.7
Joe Ferguson	9	7	56	1/9	1	25	1	90.0

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Pat Haden	22	12	85	2/13	1	22	2	40.9
Danny White	4	3	25	1/6	0	12	0	90.6

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
FB John Brockington	6	6	29	4.83	14	9	0
WR Stanley Morgan	5	5	27	5.40	6	8	0
WR Darryl Stingley	4	10	55	13.75	0	25	1
WR Carlos Stevens	4	6	24	6.00	0	10	0
WR Lamont Marrow	2	4	11	5.50	6	6	0
RB Sam Cunningham	1	1	11	11.00	10	11	0
TE Ken Garcia	1	3	2	2.00	1	2	0
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
TE Rich Caster	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Duriel Harris	4	9	26	6.50	6	10	1
WR Irving Merchant	3	5	43	14.33	12	22	0
WR Danny Buggs	3	5	10	3.33	0	8	0
TE Mike Hawkins	2	2	16	8.00	2	11	0
WR Fair Hooker	1	3	5	5.00	7	5	0
RB Mike Pruitt	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
RB Elvis Peacock	1	1	11	11.00	4	11	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Sam Hunt	1	23	23.00	0
S Shafer Suggs	1	6	6.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Charlie Waters	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Darryl Stingley	1	0	1
Joe Ferguson	1	0	0
Rich Caster	0	1	0
Jeff Lloyd	0	1	0
Jimmy Rogers	0	1	0
Sam Hunt	0	0	1
Ken Johnson	0	0	1

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force
Pat Haden	1	1	0
Danny White	1	0	0
Danny Buggs	1	0	0
Tom Graves	0	1	0
Larry Brooks	0	0	1
Ed Torrice	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	2	76	38.0	34.0	40	2

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Grady Grier	6	258	43.0	38.0	54	1

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mercury Tchaikovski	5/6	2/2	1/1	56	1/1

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Stanley Morgan	2	10	5.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Buggs	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Buggs	2	20	10.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Shafer Suggs	5	1	0.0	6	27
DE Jim Young	4	1	0.0	8	16
OLB Sam Hunt	3	0	1.0	4	21
CB Walt Farrell	3	0	0.0	6	19
S Sandy Durko	2	0	0.0	5	19
CB Carl Allen	2	0	0.0	8	21
DE Ken Johnson	1	1	1.0	6	21
DE Al Harris	1	1	1.0	4	14
OLB Willie Harper	1	1	0.0	4	5
S Steve Luke	1	1	0.0	5	15
G John Hannah	1	0	---	---	---
TE Ken Garcia	1	0	---	---	---
CB Luke Szorcsik	1	0	0.0	3	19
ILB John Anderson	1	0	0.0	2	1
OLB Steve Nelson	0	1	0.0	4	11
ILB Shane Nelson	0	1	0.0	3	17
OLB Tom De Paso	0	1	0.0	4	13

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Harold Kayton	9	0	0.0	23	13
DE Don Latimer	6	0	0.0	40	32
OLB Mario Celotto	5	3	0.0	18	12
S Autry Beamon	5	1	0.0	31	27
S C.L. Whittington	5	0	0.0	19	9
CB Walter Packer	5	0	0.0	29	31
ILB Dick Ambrose	4	9	0.0	33	19
DE Ken Sanders	4	2	0.0	46	32
DE Dan Hampton	4	1	0.0	31	20
S Emmanuel Hearron	3	2	0.0	17	11
S Charlie Waters	3	0	0.0	29	26
CB Ed Torrice	3	0	0.0	25	22
S Rick Fontenot	3	0	0.0	24	18
DT Larry Brooks	2	0	1.0	39	30
DE Ike Howard	2	1	0.0	29	30
OLB Pete Cronan	2	1	0.0	33	28
CB Luther Bradley	2	0	0.0	6	2
CB Cliff Harris	1	2	0.0	29	18
S Scott Perry	1	1	0.0	11	17
ILB Tom Graves	1	1	0.0	15	19
WR Irving Merchant	1	0	---	---	---
WR Danny Buggs	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ken Johnson	1.0	1	0	2	21
OLB Sam Hunt	1.0	0	1	0	21
DE Al Harris	1.0	0	1	0	14
DE Jim Young	0.0	0	0	1	16

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Larry Brooks	1.0	0	2	1	30
DE Dan Hampton	0.0	2	1	1	20
CB Ed Torrice	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Shafer Suggs	5	0	1	27
CB Walt Farrell	3	1	0	19
CB Carl Allen	2	0	0	21
OLB Sam Hunt	1	0	1	21
OLB Willie Harper	1	0	0	5
CB Luke Szorcsik	1	0	0	19
DE Jim Young	1	0	0	16
ILB John Anderson	1	0	0	1

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Harold Kayton	4	0	0	13
CB Walter Packer	3	1	0	31
OLB Mario Celotto	3	0	0	12
S C.L. Whittington	2	0	0	9
CB Ed Torrice	2	0	0	22
ILB Dick Ambrose	2	0	0	19
S Autry Beamon	2	0	0	27
OLB Pete Cronan	1	1	0	28
S Charlie Waters	1	0	1	26
DE Ike Howard	1	0	0	30
S Rick Fontenot	1	0	0	18
S Scott Perry	1	0	0	17
DE Dan Hampton	1	0	0	20
CB Cliff Harris	0	1	0	18
DE Don Latimer	0	1	0	32

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Wade Griffin	4	9	1	39	1	33
John Hannah	4	9	1	40	0	29
Kyle Delaroche	4	7	0	35	0	26
Peter Bernstein	3	7	0	37	0	29
Joe Fields	2	6	0	42	0	29
Irv Pankey	2	4	0	20	0	15
Buddy Cutler	1	2	0	15	0	12
John Brockington	1	1	0	27	0	18
Steve Kenney	1	1	0	12	0	17

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alfred Zerillo	1	1	4	2	16
Ed Fulton	1	1	8	0	21
John Giesler	1	1	6	0	18
Billy Joe Dupree	0	2	6	0	12
Forrest Blue	0	1	2	1	18
Paul Howard	0	1	8	0	20
Chris Daniels	0	1	7	0	18

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Rich Caster	1	16
Darryl Stingley	1	16
Loaird McCreary	1	11

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Hawkins	1	15
Autry Beamon	1	15

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Fields	42	29	---	---	7	78
Stanley Morgan	34	29	---	---	15	78
John Hannah	40	29	---	---	3	72
Darryl Stingley	27	29	---	---	16	72
Wade Griffin	39	33	---	---	---	72
Peter Bernstein	37	29	---	---	4	70
Ken Garcia	30	21	---	---	16	67
Jimmy Rogers	20	20	---	---	23	63
Kyle Delaroche	35	26	---	---	---	61
John Brockington	27	18	---	---	14	59
Carlos Brown	22	28	---	---	---	50
Rich Caster	19	13	---	---	16	48
Sam Cunningham	28	17	---	---	---	45
Irv Pankey	20	15	---	---	8	43
Carlos Stevens	21	19	---	---	---	40
Steve Kenney	12	17	---	---	8	37
Joe Ferguson	26	10	---	---	---	36
Edddie Brown	---	---	6	17	12	35
Buddy Cutler	15	12	---	---	8	35
Carl Allen	---	---	8	21	6	35
Ken Johnson	---	---	6	21	6	33
Lamont Marrow	18	15	---	---	---	33
Shafer Suggs	---	---	6	27	---	33
Jeff Lloyd	---	---	7	24	---	31
Loaird McCreary	12	7	---	---	11	30
Sam Hunt	---	---	4	21	4	29
Walt Farrell	---	---	6	19	3	28
Steve Luke	---	---	5	15	7	27
Sandy Durko	---	---	5	19	---	24
Jim Young	---	---	8	16	---	24
Steve Nelson	---	---	4	11	8	23
Luke Szorcsik	---	---	3	19	1	23
Willie Harper	---	---	4	5	12	21
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	5	14	2	21
Shane Nelson	---	---	3	17	1	21
Gary Campbell	---	---	6	12	2	20
Tom De Paso	---	---	4	13	2	19
Al Harris	---	---	4	14	---	18
R.J. Reese	---	---	2	12	2	16
Tony Galloway	4	2	---	---	6	12
Jim Haslett	---	---	1	1	6	8
Garo Yepremian	0	0	---	---	7	7
Larry Lawrence	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mercury Tchaikovski	0	0	---	---	6	6
John Anderson	---	---	2	1	3	6
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	2	2

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Sanders	---	---	46	32	5	83
Don Latimer	---	---	40	32	5	77
Larry Brooks	---	---	39	30	4	73
Autry Beamon	---	---	31	27	15	73
Walter Packer	---	---	29	31	7	67
Ike Howard	---	---	29	30	7	66
Pete Cronan	---	---	33	28	3	64
Ed Torrice	---	---	25	22	13	60
Charlie Waters	---	---	29	26	4	59
Dan Hampton	---	---	31	20	5	56
Dick Ambrose	---	---	33	19	3	55
Cliff Harris	---	---	29	18	3	50
Harold Kayton	---	---	23	13	10	46
Tom Graves	---	---	15	19	11	45
Rick Fontenot	---	---	24	18	2	44
Mario Celotto	---	---	18	12	12	42
C.L. Whittington	---	---	19	9	12	40
Emmanuel Hearron	---	---	17	11	8	36
Irving Merchant	8	17	---	---	9	34
Ed Fulton	8	21	---	---	5	34
Paul Howard	8	20	---	---	5	33
Danny Buggs	3	20	---	---	10	33
Mike Strachan	5	11	---	---	17	33
Duriel Harris	6	19	---	---	8	33
Scott Perry	---	---	11	17	5	33
Chris Daniels	7	18	---	---	6	31
Rayfield Wright	6	23	---	---	---	29
Drew Lincoln	6	13	---	---	10	29
Pat Haden	5	24	---	---	---	29
Fair Hooker	5	23	---	---	---	28
Alfred Zerillo	4	16	---	---	6	26
Mike Hawkins	2	7	---	---	15	24
John Giesler	6	18	---	---	---	24
Billy Joe Dupree	6	12	---	---	4	22
Mike Pruitt	4	18	---	---	---	22
John Choma	4	11	---	---	6	21
Forrest Blue	2	18	---	---	---	20
Luther Bradley	---	---	6	2	3	11
Elvis Peacock	0	5	---	---	5	10
Danny White	4	5	---	---	---	9
Grady Grier	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ernie Holmes	---	---	1	2	---	3
Andrew Ybarra	---	---	0	0	2	2
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	2	2
Glenn Carano	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	37	3.4
Middle	26	102	3.9
Right	9	45	5.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	35	11.7
Middle	3	2	0.7
Right	2	5	2.5
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Carlos Brown	28	17	0	1	1	4	3	2	0
Joe Ferguson	9	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Pat Haden	22	12	1	2	2	1	2	3	2
Danny White	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	29	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	14	76	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	4	34	3.1
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	25	25.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	24	4.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	7	46	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	3	40	10.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Darryl Stingley	10	4	1	55	1	29
FB John Brockington	6	6	0	29	0	18
WR Carlos Stevens	6	4	0	24	0	19
WR Stanley Morgan	5	5	0	27	0	29
WR Lamont Marrow	4	2	0	11	0	15
TE Ken Garcia	3	1	0	2	0	21
TE Rich Caster	1	0	0	0	0	13
RB Sam Cunningham	1	1	0	11	0	17
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	0	5	0	20

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Duriel Harris	9	4	2	26	0	19
WR Irving Merchant	5	3	1	43	1	17
WR Danny Buggs	5	3	0	10	0	20
WR Fair Hooker	3	1	0	5	0	23
TE Mike Hawkins	2	2	0	16	0	7
RB Mike Pruitt	1	1	0	-1	0	18
RB Elvis Peacock	1	1	0	11	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Sam Cunningham	3	1	0.33	3.77
Joe Ferguson	2	-2	-1.00	-1.00
Jimmy Rogers	2	6	3.00	5.29
Loaird McCreary	1	3	3.00	2.00

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Carlos Brown	8	3	15	1.88	3.86

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Pat Haden	1	1	10	10.00	3.86

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Darryl Stingley	2	0	0	0.00	5.50
TE Rich Caster	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	2	2.00	0.67
WR Lamont Marrow	1	0	0	0.00	2.75
WR Carlos Stevens	1	0	0	0.00	4.00
WR Stanley Morgan	1	1	8	8.00	5.40
RB Jimmy Rogers	1	1	5	5.00	5.00

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Duriel Harris	1	1	10	10.00	2.89

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Sam Cunningham	6	5
Jimmy Rogers	3	3
Joe Ferguson	1	0
Darryl Stingley	1	0

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Fair Hooker	1	1
Mike Strachan	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Carlos Brown	8	3	2
Joe Ferguson	3	2	2

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Pat Haden	4	1	0
Danny White	1	0	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lamont Marrow	4	2	1
WR Darryl Stingley	2	1	1
WR Carlos Stevens	2	1	1
TE Rich Caster	1	0	0
TE Ken Garcia	1	0	0
WR Stanley Morgan	1	1	1

Dallas	Targ	Catch
WR Duriel Harris	3	0
WR Fair Hooker	1	1
WR Irving Merchant	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,500 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	13,500 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)