1958 Colts 26 - 1977 Cowboys 14

1958 Lenny Moore is crazy good. Sometimes he lines up as a halfback, where he averaged 7.3 YPC in amassing 598 yards. More often he is a WR, where he caught 50 passes for an 18.8 avverage per catch. He did this in a 12 game season. A second quarter injury to Moore slowed down the Colts offense, but by then they had scored enough points for their strong defense to win the game. In any event, with Raymond Berry, Alan Ameche, and TE Jim Mutscheller there are enough weapons for this offense to work with Johnny Unitas under center. Unlike later Colts powerhouse teams, this is a run first outfit. Johnny U. is merely good, but its a solid enough team to beat almost anyone. As weaknesses go pretty much their only serious flaw is a kicking game that borders on comical. I know some old timers swear that Ameche's 1 yard TD riun in the NFL's first ever Overtime game ("the Greatest Game Ever Played") was called because of a desire to cover the point spread. In reality, FG kicker Steve Myrha only hit on 4 FG attempts all season, so I think the decision to run the ball instead was the correct one.

1977 Dallas 14, 1958 Baltimore 26
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Dallas	0	0	7	7	0	14
1958 Baltimore	9	7	7	3	0	26

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	10:13	1958 Baltimore	R.Berry 7 yd. pass from J.Unitas (S.Myhra kick)	7-0 BAN
1	6:58	1958 Baltimore	Safety, R.Staubach sacked by B.Pellington in the end zone.	9-0 BAN
2	7:34	1958 Baltimore	R.Berry 39 yd. pass from J.Unitas (S.Myhra kick)	16-0 BAN
3	9:14	1958 Baltimore	A.Ameche 6 yd. run (S.Myhra kick)	23-0 BAN
3	5:04	1977 Dallas	T.Dorsett 1 yd. run (E.Herrera kick)	23-7 BAN
4	9:44	1958 Baltimore	S.Myhra 28 yd. field goal	26-7 BAN
4	4:43	1977 Dallas	B.DuPree 9 yd. pass from R.Staubach (E.Herrera kick)	26-14 BAN

Team Statistics
	1977 Dallas	1958 Baltimore
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	8-9-0-17	8-12-2-22
Third Down Efficiency	6-15-40%	8-14-57%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-4-50%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-14-100%	14-21-67%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	278-65-4.3	405-72-5.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	132	208
Total Rushes	31	46
Average Per Rush	4.3	4.5
Passes Completed/Attempted	20/30 (66.7%)	14/25 (56.0%)
Net Yards Passing	146	197
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.6	8.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/21	1/11
Punts/Average	5/32.0	4/24.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/6	1/1
Kickoffs/Returns	4/123	3/45
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/65	2/20
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/1	1/1
Time of Possession	25 mins 35 secs	34 mins 25 secs
Average Drive Start	DAN 30	BAN 32

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Dallas
Roger Staubach	30	20	167	66.7	5.6	1	3.3	0	0	16	4/21	91.9
1958 Baltimore
Johnny Unitas	25	14	208	56.0	8.3	2	8.0	0	0	39	1/11	110.1

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Dallas
Tony Dorsett	12	71	5.9	17	1	0	0/0
Robert Newhouse	10	29	2.9	10	0	0	0/0
Preston Pearson	6	10	1.7	6	0	0	1/0
Roger Staubach	3	22	7.3	12	0	0	1/0
1958 Baltimore
Alan Ameche	18	76	4.2	28	1	0	1/1
L.G. Dupre	12	30	2.5	5	0	0	0/0
Lenny Moore	5	57	11.4	35	0	0	0/0
Jack Call	5	14	2.8	7	0	0	0/0
Johnny Unitas	5	29	5.8	11	0	0	0/0
Billy Pricer	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Dallas
Preston Pearson	9	75	8.3	16	0	0
Robert Newhouse	4	19	4.8	8	0	0
Billy Joe DuPree	4	45	11.3	13	1	0
Tony Dorsett	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Scott Laidlaw	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Drew Pearson	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
1958 Baltimore
Jim Mutscheller	5	60	12.0	15	0	0
Raymond Berry	4	72	18.0	39	2	0
Lenny Moore	3	55	18.3	28	0	0
L.G. Dupre	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Lenny Lyles	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Dallas
1958 Baltimore
Steve Myhra	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Dallas
Danny White	5	32.0	31.8	0	3	43	0
1958 Baltimore
Ray L. Brown	3	33.0	24.3	1	1	44	1

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Dallas
Butch Johnson	4	123	30.8	45	0
1958 Baltimore
Lenny Lyles	1	25	25.0	25	0
Billy Pricer	1	20	20.0	20	0
Carl Taseff	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Dallas
Butch Johnson	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
1958 Baltimore
Carl Taseff	1	1	1	1.0	1	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Dallas
Bob Breunig	10	0	0
Ed "Too Tall" Jones	7	0	1
Jethro Pugh	6	0	0
Mike Hegman	5	0	0
Cliff Harris	5	0	0
Charlie Waters	4	0	0
Benny Barnes	4	0	0
D.D. Lewis	3	0	0
Randy White	3	0	0
Aaron Kyle	3	0	0
Harvey Martin	3	1	0
Mel Renfro	2	0	0
Thomas Henderson	1	0	0
Mark Washington	1	0	0
Ralph Neely	0	0	1
Tom Rafferty	0	0	1
1958 Baltimore
Don Shinnick	10	0	0
Leo Sanford	10	0	1
Bill Pellington	7	2	0
Carl Taseff	5	0	0
Gino Marchetti	4	1	0
Ray L. Brown	3	0	0
Milt Davis	3	0	0
Fatso Donovan	2	0	0
Big Daddy Lipscomb	2	0	0
Art DeCarlo	2	0	0
Don Joyce	2	0	0
Andy Nelson	2	0	0
Ray Krouse	1	1	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Dallas
1958 Baltimore

Game Story

With a solid effort Baltimore defeated Dallas by the score of 26 to 14. Johnny Unitas threw 25 times for 208 yards and 2 touchdowns. Alan Ameche ran the ball 18 times for 76 yards and added a touchdown. Baltimore was clutch on third down, converting on 8 of 14 opportunities. They controlled the ground game, out-rushing Dallas 208 to 132 yards. Baltimore had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 34:25. Baltimore got ahead early outscoring Dallas 9 to 0 in the first quarter. They led after three quarters 23 to 7.

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