| Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 55850 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 91 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Dempsey 30 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Dempsey 42 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Sellers 37 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Alworth 13 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Ben Hawkins |
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 72 | LOT | Wade Key |
| 63 | LOG | Tom Luken |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 74 | ROT | Steve Smith |
| 85 | TE | Gary Ballman |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 27 | RB | Ron James |
| 34 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Rich Harris |
| 82 | LDT | Don Hultz |
| 77 | RDT | Ernie Calloway |
| 99 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 50 | LLB | Ron Porter |
| 54 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 95 | RLB | John Bunting |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 20 | LS | Leroy Keyes |
| 28 | RS | Bill Bradley |
| 24 | RCB | Nate Ramsey |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| Offense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 54 | RLB | Chuck Howley |
| 26 | LCB | Herb Adderley |
| 34 | SS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ron James | 13 | 28 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Tom Sullivan | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 9 | 35 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| John Reaves | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 2 | 143 | 7.5 | 0 | 42.1 | |||
| Pete Liske | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 107 | 6.3 | 0 | 47.9 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 2 | 235 | 9.0 | 2 | 75.0 | |||
| Dan Reeves | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Harold Jackson | 9 | 161 | 17.9 | 0 | |
| Ben Hawkins | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Ron James | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Ballman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Sullivan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Sellers | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 1 | |
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bill Bradley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Ramsey | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Cornell Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Pat Gibbs | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Al Nelson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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