| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 15, 1968 Location: New York, NY | 
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62617 | 
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 20 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 21 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 | 
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 12 FG | 0 | 3 | 
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 13 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 3 | 
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 63 punt return (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 3 | 
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Craig Morton 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 3 | 
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 8 run (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 3 | 
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Aaron Thomas 46 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 28 | 10 | 
| 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 | 
| 21 | RS | Dick Daniels | 
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro | 
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones | 
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young | 
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case | 
| 53 | C | Greg Larson | 
| 62 | ROG | Darrell Dess | 
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper | 
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas | 
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton | 
| 28 | HB | Bobby Duhon | 
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison | 
| 23 | FB | Ernie Koy | 
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage | 
| 73 | LDT | Roger Anderson | 
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema | 
| 79 | RDE | Bruce Anderson | 
| 56 | LLB | Tommy Crutcher | 
| 66 | MLB | Henry Davis | 
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery | 
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton | 
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher | 
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart | 
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 12 | 64 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 | 
| Les Shy | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Walt Garrison | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 8t | 1 | 
| Craig Baynham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Craig Morton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 | 
| Rayfield Wright | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | 
| Ernie Koy | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 | 
| Bobby Duhon | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 | 
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 
| Gary Wood | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 20 | 14 | 70.0 | 2 | 214 | 10.7 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 82.1 | 
| Don Meredith | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 1 | 6 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 43 | 21 | 48.8 | 0 | 270 | 6.3 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 76.7 | 
| Gary Wood | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lance Rentzel | 7 | 130 | 18.6 | 32 | 0 | 
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 13t | 1 | 
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 | 
| Les Shy | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | 
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 | 
| Bobby Duhon | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 | 
| Aaron Thomas | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 49 | 1 | 
| Homer Jones | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 56 | 0 | 
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Tucker Frederickson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 | 
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 | 
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dick Daniels | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Craig Baynham | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ronnie Blye | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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