| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 CowboysDAL | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 46 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 10 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 85 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Don Herrmann 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Duane Thomas 7 run (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 4 run (Mike Clark kick) | 42 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Athas 37 interception return (Pete Gogolak kick) | 42 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 64 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 33 | RB | Duane Thomas |
| 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 |
| 26 | LCB | Herb Adderley |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 65 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 70 | LOG | Bob Hyland |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Duhon |
| 24 | RB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 73 | LDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 76 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 51 | RLB | John Douglas |
| 21 | LCB | Otto Brown |
| 20 | LS | Scott Eaton |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 45 | RCB | Pete Athas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 16 | 94 | 5.9 | 33 | 2 |
| Calvin Hill | 13 | 89 | 6.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Claxton Welch | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rocky Thompson | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 232 | 16.6 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 153.3 |
| Craig Morton | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 30 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 11.1 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 151 | 5.2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 55.4 |
| Randy Johnson | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 74 | 5.3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 71.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 85 | 2 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 24 | 1 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 20 | 1 | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 19 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Junior Coffey | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pete Athas | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 38 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Charlie Waters | 3 | 0 | 28 | 9.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Richmond Flowers | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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