| Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 15, 1968 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 61382 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 79 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 59 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Mel Farr 45 pass from Greg Landry (Jerry DePoyster kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Bob Hayes 50 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Clark 16 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Dan Reeves 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Craig Baynham 23 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Chuck Howley 35 interception return (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Dan Reeves 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 38 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Earl McCullouch 80 pass from Greg Landry (Wayne Walker kick) | 13 | 38 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Walt Garrison 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Walt Garrison 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 52 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Dennis Homan 36 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 59 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Mel Farr | 11 | 21 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| DET | Jerry DePoyster | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Triplett | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| DET | Dave Kopay | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | Greg Landry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DAL | Walt Garrison | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 2 | |
| DAL | Don Perkins | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| DAL | Dan Reeves | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 2 | |
| DAL | Craig Baynham | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Craig Morton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| DAL | Les Shy | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Greg Landry | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 4 | 231 | 7.5 | 2 | 55.4 | |||
| DAL | Don Meredith | 19 | 16 | 84.2 | 0 | 228 | 12.0 | 2 | 151.8 | |||
| DAL | Craig Morton | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 0 | 121 | 8.1 | 1 | 96.8 | |||
| DAL | Dan Reeves | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 118.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Earl McCullouch | 5 | 132 | 26.4 | 1 | |
| DET | Phil Odle | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Bill Triplett | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Mel Farr | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 |
| DET | Charlie Sanders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Lance Rentzel | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Pettis Norman | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| DAL | Pete Gent | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Dennis Homan | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 1 | |
| DAL | Dan Reeves | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| DAL | Craig Baynham | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Don Perkins | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Chuck Howley | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Dave Simmons | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DAL | Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Jerry DePoyster | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Bobby Thompson | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Lem Barney | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Tommy Vaughn | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Billy Gambrell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| DET | Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| DAL | Craig Baynham | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | |
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