| Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1975 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 37279 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 28 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| New York Jets | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Jets | John Riggins 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Jets | Carl Garrett 8 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Doug Dennison 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 10 pass from Clint Longley (Toni Fritsch kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Toni Fritsch 22 FG | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | New York Jets | Bob Gresham 7 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Randy Hughes 33 interception return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 19 | 108 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| DAL | Charley Young | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 0 | |
| DAL | Doug Dennison | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Clint Longley | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | John Riggins | 27 | 62 | 2.3 | 7 | 1 |
| NYJ | Carl Garrett | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| NYJ | Steve Davis | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Bob Gresham | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| NYJ | J.J. Jones | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Clint Longley | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 94 | 6.3 | 1 | 56.0 | |||
| NYJ | Joe Namath | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 7 | 0.9 | 7 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| NYJ | J.J. Jones | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 8 | 1.6 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| DAL | Jean Fugett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| NYJ | Rich Caster | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Randy Hughes | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| NYJ | Jim Bailey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Mitch Hoopes | 5 | 150 | 30.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Greg Gantt | 8 | 229 | 28.6 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Golden Richards | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| NYJ | Lou Piccone | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| NYJ | Rich Sowells | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Percy Howard | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Thomas Henderson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Lou Piccone | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | |
| NYJ | Bob Gresham | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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