| Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 30, 1972 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 65378 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 74 F Humidty: 97% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Parks 38 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 33 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Montgomery 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 40 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 17 FG | 17 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Montgomery 15 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 21 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 84 | RDT | Joe Schmiesing |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 21 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Greg Landry | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Steve Owens | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 20 | 81 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Walt Garrison | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 217 | 10.9 | 2 | 126.5 | |||
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 19 | 11 | 57.9 | 1 | 206 | 10.8 | 3 | 113.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 1 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 1 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | |
| Jean Fugett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rudy Redmond | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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