Week 13, 1984

played in New Orleans, LA

60 degrees, rain, 7 mph wind

Dallas Cowboys	3	7	9	3	-	22
New Orleans Saints	0	3	0	14	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:24 DAL - Mike Wood 24 field goal
2Q: 11:02 NOS - Morten Andersen 21 field goal
2Q: 00:37 DAL - Ricky Sanders 47 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)
3Q: 09:36 DAL - Mike Wood 29 field goal
3Q: 01:47 DAL - Ricky Sanders 17 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point failed)
4Q: 13:37 NOS - Bill Johnson 4 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 10:19 DAL - Mike Wood 51 field goal
4Q: 01:40 NOS - Carl Roaches 35 pass from Warren Moon (Morten Andersen extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:24 DAL - Mike Wood 24 field goal
2Q: 11:02 NOS - Morten Andersen 21 field goal
2Q: 00:37 DAL - Ricky Sanders 47 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)
3Q: 09:36 DAL - Mike Wood 29 field goal
3Q: 01:47 DAL - Ricky Sanders 17 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point failed)
4Q: 13:37 NOS - Bill Johnson 4 run (Morten Andersen extra point)
4Q: 10:19 DAL - Mike Wood 51 field goal
4Q: 01:40 NOS - Carl Roaches 35 pass from Warren Moon (Morten Andersen extra point)

Team Statistics DAL NOS
Record 7-5 2-10
First Downs 22 19
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 14 14
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 397 401
- Offensive Plays 72 50
- Yards per Play 5.51 8.02
Net Rushing Yards 122 100
- Rushing Attempts 27 19
- Yards per Rush 4.52 5.26
Net Passing Yards 275 301
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 44 - 26 - 0 25 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 280 337
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 6/36
- Yards per Pass Play 6.11 9.71
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 5/3
3rd Down Conversions 6/16 1/7
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.0 12.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 1/10 3/29
Punt Returns/Yards 2/26 2/6
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 6/111
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 29
Time of Possession 36:10 23:50

Team Statistics	DAL	NOS
Record	7-5	2-10
First Downs	22	19
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	14	14
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	397	401
- Offensive Plays	72	50
- Yards per Play	5.51	8.02
Net Rushing Yards	122	100
- Rushing Attempts	27	19
- Yards per Rush	4.52	5.26
Net Passing Yards	275	301
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	44 - 26 - 0	25 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	280	337
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	6/36
- Yards per Pass Play	6.11	9.71
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	5/3
3rd Down Conversions	6/16	1/7
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.0	12.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	1/10	3/29
Punt Returns/Yards	2/26	2/6
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	6/111
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 29
Time of Possession	36:10	23:50

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:40	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
1	10:47	4:31	OWN 11	10	82	Field Goal
1	2:05	2:19	OWN 20	6	21	Punt
2	10:55	3:51	OWN 20	9	37	Punt
2	4:38	4:16	OWN 16	8	84	Touchdown
3	13:34	1:28	OPP 40	3	6	Missed FG
3	11:50	2:21	OPP 36	5	24	Field Goal
3	5:26	3:46	OWN 16	9	84	Touchdown
4	13:28	3:16	OWN 20	8	46	Field Goal
4	7:39	2:28	OWN 3	3	-2	Punt
4	4:50	2:46	OWN 48	5	20	Missed FG
4	1:24	1:24	OPP 43	4	9	Game

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:20	2:33	OWN 22	5	32	Punt
1	6:16	4:11	OWN 32	6	26	Punt
2	14:46	3:51	OWN 13	8	83	Field Goal
2	7:04	2:26	OWN 20	5	12	Punt
2	0:22	0:22	OWN 35	1	37	Half
3	15:00	1:26	OWN 19	3	-13	Punt
3	12:06	0:16	OWN 41	1	-5	Fumble
3	9:29	4:03	OWN 19	6	25	Punt
3	1:40	3:12	OWN 24	6	76	Touchdown
4	10:12	2:33	OWN 31	4	66	Fumble
4	5:11	0:21	OPP 40	2	-8	Fumble
4	2:04	0:40	OWN 39	3	61	Touchdown

Game MVP: Glenn Carano, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gerald Willhite	15	82	5.47	20	2
Eric Lane	9	35	3.89	16	1
Glenn Carano	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0
James Betterson	1	7	7.00	7	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bill Johnson	8	45	5.63	13	2	1
Warren Moon	6	38	6.33	11	2	0
Larry Heater	4	21	5.25	12	1	0
Art Monk	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Glenn Carano	44	26	280	1/5	2	47	0	93.0

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Warren Moon	25	16	337	6/36	1	46	0	120.8

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ricky Sanders	10	16	123	12.30	22	47	2
RB Gerald Willhite	5	5	21	4.20	4	8	0
WR Duriel Harris	4	7	33	8.25	7	10	0
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	9	47	15.67	19	26	0
WR Lam Jones	2	3	42	21.00	14	31	0
TE John Olenchalk	2	2	14	7.00	3	8	0
WR Nat Moore	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB James Betterson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR John Floyd	4	6	56	14.00	15	20	0
WR Art Monk	4	6	134	33.50	20	46	0
WR Carl Roaches	4	4	90	22.50	12	35	1
WR Kris Haines	2	2	20	10.00	6	11	0
WR Otis Grant	2	6	37	18.50	18	26	0
TE Walt Arnold	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Recov	Force
Paul Godfrey	1	1
Waymond Bryant	1	0
Andre Young	1	0
Bert Cooper	0	1
Tom Graves	0	1
Harvey Armstrong	0	1
Dan Benish	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov
Warren Moon	4	0
Bill Johnson	1	1
Steve Wilson	0	1

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Miller	4	191	47.8	41.3	58	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mike Saxon	5	229	45.8	36.6	52	3

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	3/5	1/3	1/2	51	1/2

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Morten Andersen	1/1	0/0	0/0	21	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nat Moore	2	26	13.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Jones	1	5	5.0	0
John Floyd	1	1	1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
James Betterson	1	22	22.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Jones	5	97	19.4	0
Kris Haines	1	14	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Andre Young	7	2	0.0	19	24
CB Everson Walls	6	1	0.0	13	29
ILB Tom Graves	3	2	1.0	15	22
OLB Mario Celotto	3	0	1.0	13	21
CB Jeff Fisher	3	1	0.0	14	23
S Terrance Hoagie	3	1	0.0	17	28
OLB Waymond Bryant	2	2	1.5	14	28
DE Dan Hampton	2	0	1.0	14	23
DT Paul Godfrey	2	0	0.5	14	15
CB Steve Brown	2	1	0.0	14	22
DT Harvey Armstrong	1	0	1.0	10	24
S Thom Darden	1	0	0.0	7	9
OLB Bert Cooper	1	0	0.0	2	3
DT Dan Benish	1	0	0.0	11	14
DE Jerome Foster	1	0	0.0	8	17
S Wes Hopkins	1	0	0.0	5	13
ILB Mike Curico	0	2	0.0	6	6
ILB Isiah Robertson	0	1	0.0	4	9

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Jo Jo Heath	8	0	0.0	21	27
OLB Lawrence Taylor	6	1	0.0	20	39
ILB Cliff Odom	5	1	0.5	27	42
CB Gill Byrd	5	0	0.0	18	26
S Rod Kush	4	2	0.0	13	27
DE Mike Calhoun	3	2	0.0	15	28
S Doug Jones	3	0	0.0	16	31
DE Doug McDougald	2	0	0.5	14	26
S Greg Bright	2	2	0.0	20	31
DE Elvis Franks	2	2	0.0	20	35
CB Kirk Collins	2	1	0.0	13	35
DT Ray Yakavonis	2	0	0.0	16	22
OLB Chip Banks	2	0	0.0	16	15
S Jimmy Turner	2	0	0.0	9	28
DT Phil Murphy	1	3	0.0	18	23
OLB Mel Kaufman	1	1	0.0	7	6
DT Stafford Mays	0	1	0.0	12	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Waymond Bryant	1.5	0	1	1	28
DT Harvey Armstrong	1.0	1	0	0	24
DE Dan Hampton	1.0	0	1	1	23
OLB Mario Celotto	1.0	0	0	0	21
ILB Tom Graves	1.0	0	0	0	22
DT Paul Godfrey	0.5	0	0	0	15
DE Jerome Foster	0.0	0	1	0	17

New Orleans	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Doug McDougald	0.5	0	1	26
ILB Cliff Odom	0.5	0	0	42
DT Stafford Mays	0.0	1	0	15
DE Elvis Franks	0.0	0	3	35
DT Phil Murphy	0.0	0	1	23

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Andre Young	4	1	24
CB Everson Walls	3	0	29
S Wes Hopkins	2	1	13
CB Steve Brown	2	0	22
OLB Waymond Bryant	1	0	28
DT Paul Godfrey	1	0	15
OLB Mario Celotto	1	0	21
CB Jeff Fisher	1	0	23
S Terrance Hoagie	1	0	28

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Jo Jo Heath	5	1	27
CB Gill Byrd	4	0	26
S Jimmy Turner	3	1	28
S Rod Kush	3	0	27
OLB Lawrence Taylor	2	1	39
S Doug Jones	2	0	31
CB Kirk Collins	2	0	35
ILB Cliff Odom	2	0	42
DE Mike Calhoun	1	0	28
DT Ray Yakavonis	1	0	22
OLB Chip Banks	1	0	15

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Giesler	3	6	0	24	1	42
Phil LaPorta	2	3	0	21	0	40
Ron Heller	1	7	0	26	0	43
Dan Peiffer	1	2	1	21	0	38
John Olenchalk	1	2	0	16	0	33
Rob Fada	1	2	0	4	0	5
Bo Matthews	1	1	0	11	0	26
Kyle Delaroche	0	2	0	23	0	40

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mike Freeman	2	3	18	0	30
Steve Wilson	1	3	19	0	31
Edwin Bailey	1	3	17	0	24
Walt Arnold	1	1	13	0	14
Billy Jackson	1	1	7	0	9
Rich Strenger	0	2	18	1	25
Michael Obrovac	0	0	18	4	26
Bill Johnson	0	0	14	1	22

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
James Betterson	5	24
Wes Hopkins	2	11
Thom Darden	1	12

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Kirk Collins	1	22
Walt Easley	1	16
Karl Swanke	1	6

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Glenn Carano	27	45	---	---	---	72
Kyle Delaroche	23	40	---	---	8	71
Ron Heller	26	43	---	---	---	69
John Giesler	24	42	---	---	---	66
Phil LaPorta	21	40	---	---	2	63
John Olenchalk	16	33	---	---	14	63
Ricky Sanders	25	38	---	---	---	63
Dan Peiffer	21	38	---	---	1	60
Bo Matthews	11	26	---	---	17	54
Duriel Harris	19	22	---	---	11	52
Gerald Willhite	16	32	---	---	---	48
Eugene Goodlow	14	32	---	---	---	46
Terrance Hoagie	---	---	17	28	1	46
Waymond Bryant	---	---	14	28	2	44
Andre Young	---	---	19	24	1	44
Jeff Fisher	---	---	14	23	6	43
Everson Walls	---	---	13	29	1	43
James Betterson	7	10	---	---	24	41
Dan Hampton	---	---	14	23	2	39
Mario Celotto	---	---	13	21	4	38
Tom Graves	---	---	15	22	1	38
Steve Brown	---	---	14	22	---	36
Harvey Armstrong	---	---	10	24	---	34
Rick Walker	10	10	---	---	11	31
Paul Godfrey	---	---	14	15	1	30
Dan Benish	---	---	11	14	5	30
Nat Moore	4	5	---	---	20	29
Wes Hopkins	---	---	5	13	11	29
Thom Darden	---	---	7	9	12	28
Eric Lane	10	10	---	---	8	28
Jerome Foster	---	---	8	17	1	26
Dan Ryczek	6	8	---	---	9	23
Lam Jones	3	7	---	---	13	23
Ed Fulton	6	5	---	---	8	19
Steve Potter	---	---	2	2	15	19
Fred McNeil	---	---	5	3	10	18
Quinn Hoffman	4	4	---	---	9	17
Mike Curico	---	---	6	6	5	17
Rob Fada	4	5	---	---	8	17
Isiah Robertson	---	---	4	9	3	16
Bert Cooper	---	---	2	3	10	15
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	11	11
Jim Miller	0	0	---	---	9	9
Roynell Young	---	---	2	6	1	9
Danny White	0	0	---	---	---	0
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Cliff Odom	---	---	27	42	5	74
Kirk Collins	---	---	13	35	22	70
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	20	39	5	64
Elvis Franks	---	---	20	35	5	60
Doug Jones	---	---	16	31	11	58
Steve Wilson	19	31	---	---	6	56
Rod Kush	---	---	13	27	15	55
Greg Bright	---	---	20	31	3	54
Jo Jo Heath	---	---	21	27	3	51
Warren Moon	19	31	---	---	---	50
Gill Byrd	---	---	18	26	5	49
Mike Freeman	18	30	---	---	1	49
Phil Murphy	---	---	18	23	5	46
Edwin Bailey	17	24	---	---	5	46
Mike Calhoun	---	---	15	28	2	45
Michael Obrovac	18	26	---	---	---	44
Rich Strenger	18	25	---	---	---	43
John Floyd	11	24	---	---	7	42
Doug McDougald	---	---	14	26	2	42
Ray Yakavonis	---	---	16	22	4	42
Jimmy Turner	---	---	9	28	3	40
Bill Johnson	14	22	---	---	3	39
Art Monk	15	23	---	---	---	38
Walt Arnold	13	14	---	---	10	37
Bob Kohrs	---	---	12	19	4	35
Bobby Leopold	---	---	7	14	13	34
Walt Easley	6	12	---	---	16	34
Larry Heater	5	9	---	---	19	33
Otis Grant	12	21	---	---	---	33
Chip Banks	---	---	16	15	1	32
Stafford Mays	---	---	12	15	4	31
Carl Roaches	8	14	---	---	1	23
Billy Jackson	7	9	---	---	6	22
Mel Kaufman	---	---	7	6	8	21
Matt Suhey	3	2	---	---	14	19
Brian Kelley	---	---	0	3	15	18
Kris Haines	1	5	---	---	11	17
Tremain Rogers	2	9	---	---	6	17
Karl Swanke	2	8	---	---	6	16
Tony Woodruff	0	0	---	---	14	14
Fred Robinson	---	---	3	3	4	10
Morten Andersen	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mike Saxon	0	0	---	---	5	5
Don Greco	1	2	---	---	---	3
Steve Joachim	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ed Burns	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	84	7.6
Middle	3	2	0.7
Right	11	38	3.5
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	44	5.5
Middle	7	39	5.6
Right	4	17	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Glenn Carano	44	26	4	4	5	3	5	0	0

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Warren Moon	25	16	7	1	2	2	3	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	41	5.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	12	88	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	27	3.0
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	124	13.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	4	61	10.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	5	69	9.9
Long (19+ Yds)	11	6	202	18.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ricky Sanders	16	10	2	123	2	38
WR Eugene Goodlow	9	3	1	47	1	32
WR Duriel Harris	7	4	1	33	0	22
RB Gerald Willhite	5	5	0	21	0	32
WR Lam Jones	3	2	0	42	1	7
TE John Olenchalk	2	2	0	14	0	33
WR Nat Moore	1	0	1	0	0	5
RB James Betterson	1	0	0	0	0	10

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Floyd	6	4	1	56	1	24
WR Art Monk	6	4	1	134	3	23
WR Otis Grant	6	2	0	37	1	21
WR Carl Roaches	4	4	0	90	2	14
WR Kris Haines	2	2	0	20	0	5
TE Walt Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	14

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eric Lane	1	1	1.00	3.89

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bill Johnson	5	25	5.00	5.63
Larry Heater	1	6	6.00	5.25

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Glenn Carano	10	4	37	3.70	6.36

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Warren Moon	1	0	0	0.00	13.48

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Duriel Harris	4	1	8	2.00	4.71
WR Ricky Sanders	4	1	17	4.25	7.69
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	1	8	8.00	5.22
RB Gerald Willhite	1	1	4	4.00	4.20

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Art Monk	1	0	0	0.00	22.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Gerald Willhite	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
Warren Moon	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Glenn Carano	14	7	6

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Warren Moon	4	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Duriel Harris	5	4	4
WR Ricky Sanders	4	1	1
WR Eugene Goodlow	2	0	0
WR Nat Moore	1	0	0
TE John Olenchalk	1	1	0
RB Gerald Willhite	1	1	1

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR John Floyd	2	1	0
WR Art Monk	1	0	0
WR Otis Grant	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 35,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,900 (21,400)
End Zone 7,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 4,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 6,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	35,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,900 (21,400)
End Zone	7,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	4,200 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	6,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,700 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	200 (3,300)