| Dallas Cowboys at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1972 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 54476 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 68 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Montgomery 54 opponents fumble recovery (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 25 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 9 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Ditka 1 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Craig Morton 7 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 0 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Dicus 46 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 42 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 31 | 14 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Chuck Dicus 20 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 31 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 31 FG | 34 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dave Williams 47 pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 34 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 41 | LCB | Charlie Waters |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Chuck Dicus |
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 76 | LOT | Terry Owens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 78 | ROG | Walt Sweeney |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 89 | TE | John Mackey |
| 21 | QB | John Hadl |
| 37 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 20 | RB | Mike Garrett |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 77 | LDT | Ron East |
| 64 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 87 | RDE | Lionel Aldridge |
| 60 | LLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | MLB | Lee Roy Caffey |
| 66 | RLB | Rick Redman |
| 23 | LCB | Ray Jones |
| 30 | LS | Bryant Salter |
| 40 | RS | Joe Beauchamp |
| 39 | RCB | Lenny Dunlap |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Calvin Hill | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Jean Fugett | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Mike Garrett | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| John Hadl | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 21 | 15 | 71.4 | 1 | 161 | 7.7 | 1 | 89.6 | |||
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| John Hadl | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 3 | 211 | 8.1 | 4 | 71.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Ditka | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chuck Dicus | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 2 | |
| Gary Garrison | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Dave Williams | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47t | 1 |
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Mike Garrett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| D.D. Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Jesse Taylor | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Lenny Dunlap | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Reggie Berry | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
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