| Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1972 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 65378 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 74 F Humidty: 97% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Parks 38 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 33 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Greg Landry 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Montgomery 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Altie Taylor 40 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 17 FG | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Montgomery 15 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 21 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Greg Landry | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Steve Owens | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Walt Garrison | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 217 | 10.9 | 2 | 126.5 | |||
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 206 | 10.8 | 3 | 113.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Jean Fugett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rudy Redmond | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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