1979 San Diego Chargers hold off 1979 Dallas Cowboys in Strat-O-Matic Pro Football fantasy matchup

The 1979 Dallas Cowboys (11-5-0) played the 1979 San Diego Chargers (12-4-0) at San Diego Stadium. The score shows a fairly even-handed game up until the end, but the true story of the game is that the Cowboys had a dominating offense that stumbled due to turnovers.

The game featured Dallas QB Roger Staubach passing for 4 touchdowns and Dallas HB Tony Dorsett rushing for 115 yards, including a 35-yard run, and catching passes for 153 yards and 1 TD, including a 55-yard reception. San Diego's SE John Jefferson led the Chargers with 136 yards receiving, including a 65-yard reception, his longest of the year, while FB Clarence Williams rushed for 104 yards.

Tony Dorsett

=== BOX SCORE ===

1979 DAL 07 07 07 07 | 28
1979 SDG 07 14 07 03 | 31

=== SCORING ===

- Q1 -

DAL QB Roger Staubach 6-yard pass to FL Drew Pearson, PK Rafael Septien XP

SDG QB Dan Fouts 10-yard pass to FL Charlie Joiner, PK Mike Wood XP

- Q2 - 

DAL QB Roger Staubach 7-yard pass to TE Billy Joe DuPree, PK Rafael Septien XP

SDG FS Glen Edwards 46-yard interception return, PK Mike Wood XP

SDG QB Dan Fouts 26-yard pass to SE John Jefferson, PK Mike Wood XP

- Q3 -

DAL QB Roger Staubach 30-yard pass to HB Tony Dorsett, PK Rafael Septien XP

SDG FB Clarence Williams 27-yard run, PK Mike Wood XP

- Q4 - 

DAL QB Roger Staubach 12-yard pass to FL Drew Pearson, PK Rafael Septien XP 

SDG PK Mike Wood 19-yard FG

=== PASSING ===

DAL QB Roger Staubach 19-36 for 294 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT

SDG QB Dan Fouts 17-34 for 197 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT

=== RECEIVING ===

DAL SE Tony Hill 4 for 45 yards (long 29); FL Drew Pearson 4 for 42 yards (long 12), 2 TD; TE Billy Joe DuPree 4 for 41 yards (long 15), 1 TD; HB Tony Dorsett 6 for 153 yards (long 55), 1 TD; FB Robert Newhouse 1 for 13 (long 13)

SDG SE John Jefferson 7 for 136 yards (65 long), 1 TD; FL Charlie Joiner 2 for 22 yards (14 long), 1 TD; TE Bob Klein 2 for 17 yards (16 long); HB Mike Thomas 4 for 12 yards (5 long); FB Clarence Williams 2 for 10 yards (8 long)

=== RUSHING ===

DAL HB Tony Dorsett 23 for 115 yards (35 long); FB Robert Newhouse 6 for 15 yards (5 long) -- team fumbles 3 (2 lost)

SDG FB Clarence Williams 17 for 104 yards (27 long), 1 TD; HB Mike Thomas 6 for 13 yards (3 long); QB Dan Fouts 1 for -5 yards (-5 long)

1961 Houston Oilers beat 1961 San Diego Chargers in Strat-O-Matic Pro Football 1961 AFL Championship Replay

1961 Houston Oilers punter Jim Norton (43) chases down 1961 San Diego Chargers halfback Keith Lincoln (22)

With 9:15 remaining in the fourth quarter, 1961 Houston Oilers head coach Walley Lemm told veteran QB George Blanda to take a seat. On his last 15 pass attempts, Blanda had completed only 3 passes and had thrown 2 interceptions, and the game was on the line. The 1961 San Diego Chargers had just tied it up 20-20, and young QB Jacky Lee hadn't even broken a sweat, so Lemm sent in Lee.

Lee then led the Oilers on a 13-play, 82-yard drive for a touchdown, which left the Chargers facing a long march of 80 yards if they hoped to tie the score again, but after 42 yards through the air, and after a fifth sack on the day by the Oilers' LLB Doug Cline, San Diego failed to convert on fourth down, and the Oilers won the 1961 AFL Championship 27-20.

=== BOX SCORE ===

1961 HOU 03 17 00 07 | 27
1961 SDG 03 07 03 07 | 20

=== SCORING ===

Q1 09:15 HOU PK George Blanda 21 yd FG
Q1 04:30 SDG PK George Blair 29 yd FG
Q2 15:00 HOU PK George Blanda 39 yd FG
Q2 06:45 SDG QB Jack Kemp 13 yd pass to TE Luther Hayes, PK Goerge Blair XP
Q2 03:45 HOU FB Charley Tolar 2 yd run, PK George Blanda XP
Q2 00:30 HOU HB Billy Cannon 2 yd run, PK George Blanda XP
Q3 08:45 SDG PK George Blair 25 yd FG
Q4 09:45 SDG QB Jack Kemp 33 yd pass to FL Dave Kocourek, PK George Blair XP
Q4 05:15 HOU FB Dave Smith 7 yd run, PK George Blanda XP

=== PASSING ===

HOU QB George Blanda 18-39 for 243 yds, 0 TD, 3 INT; QB Jacky Lee 6-10 for 71 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT

SDG QB Jack Kemp 14-31 for 199 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

=== RECEIVING ===

HOU HB Billy Cannon 5-12 for 37 yds; SE Bill Groman 4-9 for 66 yds; FL Charley Hennigan 10-16 for 187 yds; TE John White 3-7 for 21 yds; SE Willard Dewveall 0-3 for 0 yds; TE Bob McLeod 2-2 for 3 yds

SDG FL Dave Kocourek 5-15 for 108 yds; SE Don Norton 2-5 for 38 yds; TE Luther Hayes 4-8 for 32 yds; TE Howard Clark 2-2 for 6 yds; HB Keith Lincoln 1-1 for 15 yds

=== RUSHING ===

HOU FB Charley Tolar 7 for 17 yds, 1 TD; HB Billy Cannon 12 for 56 yds, 1 TD; FB Dave Smith 1 for 7 yds, 1 TD; HB Claude King 8 for 8 yds; QB Jacky Lee 3 for -3 yds

SDG HB Bo Roberson 7 for 42 yds; HB Paul Lowe 11 for 66 yds; HB Keith Lincoln 7 for 27 yds; QB Jack Kemp 1 for 4 yds

=== PUNTING ===

HOU P Jim Norton 5 for 114 yds

SDG P Paul Maguire 6 for 218 yds (incl. 2 coffin kicks)

=== RETURNS ==

HOU KR Billy Cannon 1 for 47 yds; KR Claude King 4 for 61 yds (incl. 1 touchback); PR Billy Cannon 1 for 8 yds; PR Claude King 4 for 22 yds (incl. 1 touchback)

SDG KR Bo Roberson 2 for 25 yds; KR Paul Lowe 1 for 20 yds; PR Claude Gibson 4 for 81 yds; PR Keith Lincoln 1 for 0 yds (1 FC)

=== FUMBLES ===

HOU HB Claude King 1 (0 lost); HB Billy Cannon 1 (0 lost)

SDG HB Keith Lincoln 1 (0 lost)

=== INTERCEPTIONS ===

HOU LCB Tony Banfield 1 for 0 yds

SDG LCB Claude Gibson 2 for 45 yds; SS Bob Zeman 1 for 0 yds

=== SACKS ===

HOU LLB Doug Cline 5 for -41 yds; DLT Orville Trask 3 for -18 yds; DRE Dan Floyd 1 for -5 yds

SDG DLE Earl Faison 1 for -12 yds; DRE Ron Nery 1 for -10 yds

=== INJURIES ===

HOU OC Bob Schmidt; SE Bill Groman

SDG ORG Sam DeLuca

=== PENALTIES ===

HOU 3 for -20 yds

SDG 1 for -7 yds