| Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62725 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 75% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 54 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Rich Houston 55 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 13 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 8 FG | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Rich Houston 94 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Alworth 3 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 23 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 88 | WR | Ron Sellers |
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 31 | RB | Charlie Evans |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 68 | LDT | Dan Goich |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 15 | 44 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Evans | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 158 | 5.9 | 1 | 85.1 | |||
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 1 | 298 | 11.5 | 2 | 120.4 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Parks | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Truax | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rich Houston | 5 | 175 | 35.0 | 2 | |
| Charlie Evans | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| New York Giants | |
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