| Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 12, 1969 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 54833 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 81 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Les Shy 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bob Etter 34 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 47 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Paul Flatley 13 pass from Randy Johnson (Bob Etter kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Rentzel 8 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Junior Coffey 13 pass from Randy Johnson (Bob Etter kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 24 | WR | Dennis Homan |
| 19 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 57 | C | Malcolm Walker |
| 65 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 54 | RLB | Chuck Howley |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 20 | RS | Mel Renfro |
| 37 | RCB | Phil Clark |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Gail Cogdill |
| 85 | WR | Paul Flatley |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 65 | LOG | Bob Breitenstein |
| 77 | C | Bruce Bosley |
| 67 | ROG | Malcolm Snider |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 33 | HB | Jim Butler |
| 34 | FB | Junior Coffey |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 78 | LDT | Jerry Shay |
| 74 | RDT | Bill Sabatino |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 54 | LLB | Grady Allen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 42 | LS | Jim Weatherford |
| 22 | RS | John Mallory |
| 47 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 16 | 68 | 4.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Calvin Hill | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Dan Reeves | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Gipson | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 0 | 239 | 12.0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 131.0 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 1 | 151 | 5.6 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 68.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lance Rentzel | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 36 | 1 |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Paul Flatley | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Jim Mitchell | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13t | 1 |
| Paul Gipson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 50 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 7 | 306 | 43.7 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 3 | 1 | -5 | -1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| John Mallory | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Richmond Flowers | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Cornell Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 | |
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