NFL game summary for 12/12/1976:

Calvin Hill's 15-yard touchdown run gave the Redskins a 20-14 lead and his block freed John Riggins for an insurance TD as Washington clinched the NFC wild card spot and its fifth playoff berth in the last six years. Billy Kilmer put the Redskins on top at the half, 10-7, with a six-yard pass to Jean Fugett, but the Cowboys came back for their second lead of the game on a 43-yard TD pass from Roger Staubach to Butch Johnson. Washington pulled to within one point on a Mark Moseley field goal before Kilmer engineered a 50-yard drive for Hill's winning score.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	148.2 (15)	139.2 (16)	287.5 (17)	39
DEFENSE	158.2 (19)	143.3 (11)	301.5 (17)	43
OFFENSE	153.7 (13)	206.4 (4)	360.1 (4)	25
DEFENSE	125.9 (7)	133.4 (6)	259.3 (4)	24

Line: Cowboys by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Washington Redskins (10-4-0)	0	10	3	14	27
Dallas Cowboys (11-3-0)	0	7	7	0	14

( 3- 0) WAS Mark Moseley 25 yard field goal ( 3- 7) DAL Doug Dennison 12 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) (10- 7) WAS Jean Fugett 6 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick) (10-14) DAL Butch Johnson 43 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) (13-14) WAS Mark Moseley 27 yard field goal (20-14) WAS Calvin Hill 15 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) (27-14) WAS John Riggins 3 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)

                     WAS             DAL
First Downs:         24              10
Rushes-yards:        47-184          36-149
Yards/rush:          3.9             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-30-199-2     5-22-91-2
Sacked-yards:        3-24            5-37
Net pass yards:      175             54
Net yards/pass:      5.3             2.0
Total net yards:     359             203
Total plays:         80 (58% run)    63 (57% run)  
Yards/play:          4.5             3.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             2-2
Turnovers:           4               4
Penalties-yards:     7-64            4-25

Attendance: 59,916

Passing:
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 14 of 30 for 199 yards and 1 TD (2 int) DAL: Roger Staubach, 5 of 22 for 91 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
Rushing:
WAS: John Riggins, 23 for 95 yards and 1 TD; Mike Thomas, 20 for 66 yards; Calvin Hill, 3 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Billy Kilmer, 1 for -1 yards DAL: Doug Dennison, 18 for 76 yards and 1 TD; Robert Newhouse, 10 for 23 yards; Roger Staubach, 6 for 32 yards; Charley Young, 2 for 18 yards
Receiving:
WAS: Mike Thomas, 7 for 89 yards; Jean Fugett, 3 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Frank Grant, 2 for 31 yards; Roy Jefferson, 1 for 19 yards; John Riggins, 1 for 17 yards DAL: Butch Johnson, 2 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Drew Pearson, 2 for 19 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 12 yards
Kick returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 1 for 22 yards; Bob Brunet, 1 for 18 yards DAL: Jim Jensen, 3 for 61 yards; Butch Johnson, 3 for 58 yards
Punt returns:
WAS: Eddie Brown, 5 for 40 yards DAL: Butch Johnson, 1 for 3 yards
Interceptions:
WAS: Joe Lavender, 1 for 5 yards; Dennis Johnson, 1 for 2 yards DAL: Mark Washington, 2 for 10 yards
Punting:
WAS: Mike Bragg, 6 for 248 yards DAL: Danny White, 8 for 302 yards
Field Goals:
WAS: Mark Moseley, 2/2