NFL game summary for 01/15/1978:

* No defensive player had been voted the Super Bowl's most valuable since Cowboys' linebacker Chuck Howley in Super Bowl VI. This time, the Cowboys supplied the voters with a two-way tie: defensive end Harvey Martin and defensive tackle Randy White.

* The Cowboys' defense intercepted four passes and recovered three fumbles in the first half alone.

* Denver finished with only 156 total yards, including 35 passing, lowest of any team in Super Bowl history. Under the constant, gap-closing pressure of head coach Tom Landry's "Flex" defense, Bronco starting quarterback Craig Morton and Norris Weese, who relieved Morton early in the second half, completed only eight of 25 pass attempts.

The Cowboys led 20-10 with less than eight minutes to play when Martin recovered Weese's fumble at the Denver 29. Dallas running back Robert Newhouse took a handoff and threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Golden Richards -- the closest thing to a gimmick in the Dallas playbook all day. It had been that way from the start, when the Cowboys' defense set up a first-quarter touchdown with Randy Hughes' interception. Tony Dorsett scored five plays later on a 3-yard run. Two field goals by Efren Herrera made it 13-0 Dallas at the half.

Jim Turner got the Broncos on the board with a 47-yard field goal, but Dallas took a 20-3 lead when Butch Johnson flew parallel to the ground and stretched out to catch a 45-yard touchdown pass from Roger Staubach. Denver's Rick Upchurch returned the kickoff 67 yards, and the Broncos were within 10 when the quarter ended. But facing the Cowboys' Doomsday Defense, it wasn't even that close.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
	OFFENSE	145.9  (11)	133.1  (18)	279.0  (17)	27
	DEFENSE	109.4  (1)	160.3  (25)	269.6  (9)	39
	OFFENSE	169.2  (4)	174.5  (4)	343.7  (1)	24
	DEFENSE	117.9  (3)	111.6  (2)	229.5  (1)	31

Line: Cowboys by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (14-3-0)	0	0	10	0	10
Dallas Cowboys (15-2-0)	10	3	7	7	27

( 0- 7) DAL Tony Dorsett 3 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
( 0-10) DAL Efren Herrera 35 yard field goal
( 0-13) DAL Efren Herrera 43 yard field goal
( 3-13) DEN Jim Turner 47 yard field goal
( 3-20) DAL Butch Johnson 45 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick)
(10-20) DEN Rob Lytle 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(10-27) DAL Golden Richards 29 yard pass from Robert Newhouse (Efren Herrera kick)

                     DEN             DAL
First Downs:         11              17
Rushes-yards:        29-121          38-143
Yards/rush:          4.2             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-25-61-4       19-28-217-0
Sacked-yards:        4-26            5-35
Net pass yards:      35              182
Net yards/pass:      1.2             5.5
Total net yards:     156             325
Total plays:         58 (50% run)    71 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          2.7             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        4-4             6-2
Turnovers:           8               2
Penalties-yards:     8-60            12-94

Attendance: 75,583