| San Francisco 49ers at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 23, 1972 Location: Irving, TX Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 65124 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 46 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 7 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Skip Vanderbundt 73 opponents fumble recovery (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ken Willard 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 23 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 12 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 18 FG | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Skip Vanderbundt 21 interception return (Bruce Gossett kick) | 31 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Preston Riley |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 75 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 74 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 50 | MLB | Ed Beard |
| 52 | RLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 38 | RS | Mike Simpson |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| 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 |
| 41 | LCB | Charlie Waters |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Larry Schreiber | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Calvin Hill | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 9 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0 | 177 | 7.4 | 1 | 102.3 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 2 | 255 | 7.5 | 0 | 52.9 | |||
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 12 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Vic Washington | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Thomas | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Schreiber | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Ron Sellers | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jean Fugett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Skip Vanderbundt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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