| Houston Oilers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1970 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 50504 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 47 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston Oilers | Roy Gerela 37 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Clark 35 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Reggie Rucker 52 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 38 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 38 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 15 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 59 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Johnny Peacock 41 opponents fumble recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Claxton Welch 5 run (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 52 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Naponic | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 17 | 115 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Claxton Welch | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Walt Garrison | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Bob Naponic | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 2 | 85 | 4.5 | 0 | 7.5 | |||
| Jerry Rhome | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | 2.4 | |||
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 1 | 349 | 20.5 | 5 | 133.0 | |||
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | 48.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 4 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 1 | |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Kiner | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 8 | 325 | 40.6 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 0 | ||
| Benny Johnson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| Jess Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Duane Thomas | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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