| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62815 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 46 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 10 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 85 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Don Herrmann 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 7 run (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 4 run (Mike Clark kick) | 42 | 7 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Pete Athas 37 interception return (Pete Gogolak kick) | 42 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Duane Thomas | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 2 | |
| DAL | Calvin Hill | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 14 | 1 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Dan Reeves | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DAL | Claxton Welch | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Rocky Thompson | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| NYG | Junior Coffey | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| NYG | Randy Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Morrison | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 232 | 16.6 | 3 | 153.3 | |||
| DAL | Craig Morton | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | 11.1 | |||
| DAL | Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| DAL | Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| NYG | Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 151 | 5.2 | 1 | 55.4 | |||
| NYG | Randy Johnson | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 74 | 5.3 | 0 | 71.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Bob Hayes | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 2 | |
| DAL | Calvin Hill | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 24 | 1 |
| DAL | Mike Ditka | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Lance Alworth | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Rocky Thompson | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bob Tucker | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| NYG | Joe Morrison | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Junior Coffey | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Chuck Howley | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DAL | D.D. Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYG | Pete Athas | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| NYG | Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Ron Widby | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| NYG | Tom Blanchard | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Charlie Waters | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| NYG | Richmond Flowers | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| NYG | Bobby Duhon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| NYG | Pete Athas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DAL | Ike Thomas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| NYG | Rocky Thompson | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bobby Duhon | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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