| Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 3, 1968 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 84728 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 78 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 54 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 20 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 38 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 13 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 17 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 57 | C | Malcolm Walker |
| 65 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 46 | RB | Craig Baynham |
| 43 | RB | Don Perkins |
| 19 | FL | Lance Rentzel |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 20 | RS | Mel Renfro |
| 21 | RCB | Dick Daniels |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Dave Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 54 | C | Joe Wendryhoski |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Jerry Jones |
| 87 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 36 | HB | Don McCall |
| 46 | FL | Danny Abramowicz |
| 34 | FB | Tony Lorick |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike Tilleman |
| 79 | LDT | Lou Cordileone |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 35 | LLB | Ted Davis |
| 59 | MLB | Fred Whittingham |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 21 | LCB | John Douglas |
| 16 | LS | Bo Burris |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 29 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Craig Baynham | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Barrington | 9 | 27 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 5 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 1 | 217 | 6.6 | 54t | 2 | 5 | 32 | 74.9 |
| Craig Morton | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 35 | 11.7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.9 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 26 | 9 | 34.6 | 4 | 119 | 4.6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 |
| Billy Kilmer | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 0 | 46 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.8 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 108 | 18.0 | 54t | 2 |
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Hester | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Tom Barrington | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cornell Green | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Gene Howard | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Les Kelley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 267 | 53.4 | 84 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 7 | 258 | 36.9 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Elijah Nevett | 1 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Craig Baynham | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dick Daniels | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
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