1968 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
| 1st place • Eastern Conference • Capitol Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Tom Landry |
| Ermal Allen | Offensive Backs |
| Raymond Berry | Offensive Ends |
| Bobby Franklin | Defensive Backs |
| Jim Myers | Offensive Line |
| Ray Renfro | Pass Offense |
| Ernie Stautner | Defensive Line |
| Jerry Tubbs | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1968 | N | Chicago Bears | 24-30 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 14578 | |
| Sun | 8/11/1968 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 16-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27530 | |
| Sat | 8/17/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 42-10 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 64978 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-31 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 72014 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1968 | A | Houston Oilers | 33-19 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 52289 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1968 | H | Baltimore Colts | 10-16 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 69520 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | H | Detroit Lions | 59-13 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 61382 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 68733 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 45-13 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60858 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 48296 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-14 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 72083 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 20-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47644 | |
| Mon | 10/28/1968 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-28 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 74604 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 17-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 84728 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | H | New York Giants | 21-27 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 72163 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | A | Washington Redskins | 44-24 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 50816 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | A | Chicago Bears | 34-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46667 | |
| Thu | 11/28/1968 | H | Washington Redskins | 29-20 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 66076 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-7 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 55069 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | A | New York Giants | 28-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62617 | |
| Eastern Conference Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/21/1968 | A | Cleveland Browns | 20-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81497 | |
| Sun | 1/5/1969 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 17-13 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 22961 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1/5/1969 | Minnesota Vikings | Playoff Bowl |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| George Andrie | 66 | RDE | 6-7 | 252 | 28 | Marquette | 14 | 14 |
| Craig Baynham | 46 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 24 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 8 |
| Jackie Burkett | 60 | RLB | 6-4 | 229 | 32 | Auburn | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Clark | 83 | K | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Phil Clark | 37 | LCB | 6-2 | 207 | 23 | Northwestern | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 63 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 14 | 10 |
| Dick Daniels | 21 | RS-RCB | 5-9 | 180 | 24 | Columbia Basin JC; Pacific (Oregon) | 14 | 7 |
| Ron East | 77 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Oregon State; Columbia Basin JC; Oregon State; Montana State | 14 | 1 |
| Dave Edwards | 52 | RLB | 6-3 | 224 | 29 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Gaechter | 27 | LS | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Walt Garrison | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 24 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 35 | FL | 6-4 | 209 | 26 | Michigan State | 10 | 0 |
| Cornell Green | 34 | LCB | 6-4 | 211 | 28 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Hayes | 22 | SE | 6-0 | 187 | 26 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Dennis Homan | 24 | FL | 6-1 | 181 | 22 | Alabama | 10 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 54 | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 32 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Johnson | 23 | RCB | 5-10 | 185 | 25 | Kansas | 14 | 7 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 219 | 27 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| D.D. Lewis | 50 | LLB-RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Mississippi State | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Lilly | 74 | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 29 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Liscio | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 251 | 28 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Manders | 51 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave McDaniels | 80 | SE | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Mississippi Valley State | 4 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 17 | QB | 6-2 | 202 | 30 | Southern Methodist | 13 | 13 |
| Craig Morton | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 25 | California | 13 | 1 |
| Ralph Neely | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| John Niland | 76 | LOG | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Pettis Norman | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 28 | Johnson C. Smith | 13 | 13 |
| Blaine Nye | 61 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 255 | 22 | Stanford | 13 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 43 | RB | 5-10 | 200 | 30 | New Mexico | 14 | 14 |
| Jethro Pugh | 75 | LDT | 6-6 | 258 | 24 | Elizabeth City State | 13 | 13 |
| Sonny Randle | 88 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 32 | Virginia Military Institute; Virginia | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 201 | 24 | South Carolina | 4 | 4 |
| Mel Renfro | 20 | RS-RCB | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Lance Rentzel | 19 | FL | 6-2 | 203 | 25 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Rhome | 13 | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Southern Methodist; Tulsa | 1 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 25 | RB | 6-1 | 202 | 24 | Long Beach State | 14 | 2 |
| Dave Simmons | 53 | MLB | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 13 | 0 |
| Andy Stynchula | 87 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 252 | 29 | Penn State | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Townes | 71 | LDE | 6-5 | 263 | 25 | Indiana; Tulsa | 5 | 4 |
| Malcolm Walker | 57 | C | 6-4 | 252 | 25 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Widby | 12 | P | 6-4 | 210 | 23 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 |
| John Wilbur | 65 | ROG | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| Rayfield Wright | 67 | TE | 6-7 | 242 | 23 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 20 | Dennis Homan | E | Alabama |
| 2 | 45 | Dave McDaniels | E | Mississippi Valley State |
| 3 | 71 | Ed Harmon | LB | Louisville |
| 4 | 97 | John Douglas | LB | Missouri |
| 5 | 130 | Blaine Nye | T | Stanford |
| 6 | 159 | D.D. Lewis | LB | Mississippi State |
| 7 | 185 | Bob Taucher | T | Nebraska |
| 8 | 211 | Frank Brown | DT | Albany State |
| 9 | 241 | Ken Kmiec | DB | Illinois |
| 10 | 266 | Benjie Olison | FL | Kansas |
| 11 | 292 | Ron Shotts | RB | Oklahoma |
| 12 | 321 | Wilson Whitty | LB | Boston University |
| 13 | 347 | Carter Lord | FL | Harvard |
| 14 | 373 | Ron Williams | DB | West Virginia |
| 15 | 402 | Tommy Lunceford | K | Auburn |
| 16 | 428 | Larry Cole | T | Hawaii |
| 17 | 454 | George Nordgren | RB | Houston |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 133 | 85 | 141 | 431 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 68 | 59 | 40 | 186 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 297 | 135 | 143 | 19 | 87/188 46.3% | 6/6 100.0% | 77 | 751 | |
| Opponents Totals | 202 | 61 | 123 | 18 | 66/193 34.2% | 6/19 31.6% | 54 | 657 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 0 | 54 | 54 | 100.0 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 0 | 105 |
| Bob Hayes | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Craig Baynham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Don Perkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Lance Rentzel | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Walt Garrison | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dan Reeves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Larry Cole | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Craig Morton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cornell Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Meredith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Les Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Townes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rayfield Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jethro Pugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 54 | 54 | 54 | 100.0 | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 1 | 431 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 0 | 186 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 0 | 50 | 6/6 | 7/8 | 1/6 | 2/6 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 29 | 58.6 | 0 | 50 | 6/6 | 7/8 | 1/6 | 2/6 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 22 | 40.9 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 3/11 | 0/4 | 0/1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Perkins | 191 | 836 | 4.4 | 28t | 4 |
| Craig Baynham | 103 | 438 | 4.3 | 22t | 5 |
| Walt Garrison | 45 | 271 | 6.0 | 22 | 5 |
| Les Shy | 64 | 179 | 2.8 | 17t | 1 |
| Dan Reeves | 40 | 178 | 4.5 | 25 | 4 |
| Don Meredith | 22 | 123 | 5.6 | 16 | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 2 |
| Bob Hayes | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rayfield Wright | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 480 | 2091 | 4.4 | 28t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 369 | 1195 | 3.2 | 27 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Meredith | 309 | 171 | 171 | 126 | 2500 | 8.1 | 14.6 | 65t | 21 | 6.8 | 12 | 3.9 | 30 | 180 | 2320 | 88.4 |
| Craig Morton | 85 | 44 | 44 | 35 | 752 | 8.8 | 17.1 | 53 | 4 | 4.7 | 6 | 7.1 | 4 | 39 | 713 | 68.4 |
| Dan Reeves | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 10.8 | 21.5 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 88.5 |
| Craig Baynham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 399 | 217 | 217 | 164 | 3295 | 8.3 | 15.2 | 65t | 25 | 6.3 | 18 | 4.5 | 34 | 269 | 3026 | 83.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 428 | 220 | 220 | 182 | 2838 | 6.6 | 12.9 | 80t | 20 | 4.7 | 26 | 6.1 | 51 | 400 | 2438 | 62.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Rentzel | 54 | 1009 | 18.7 | 65t | 6 |
| Bob Hayes | 53 | 909 | 17.2 | 54t | 10 |
| Craig Baynham | 29 | 380 | 13.1 | 40 | 3 |
| Pettis Norman | 18 | 204 | 11.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 17 | 180 | 10.6 | 24 | 2 |
| Pete Gent | 16 | 194 | 12.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 10 | 105 | 10.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 53 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Dennis Homan | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Rayfield Wright | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 217 | 3295 | 15.2 | 65t | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 220 | 2838 | 12.9 | 80t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Howley | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 58 | 1 |
| Cornell Green | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 55t | 1 |
| Mike Gaechter | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Johnson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Daniels | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Dave Simmons | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 275 | 10.6 | 58 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 331 | 18.4 | 89 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Widby | 59 | 2415 | 40.9 | 84 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 125 | 2150 | 36.4 |
| Team Totals | 59 | 2415 | 40.9 | 84 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 125 | 2150 | 36.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3109 | 40.4 | 57 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 405 | 2584 | 33.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hayes | 15 | 10 | 312 | 20.8 | 90t | 2 |
| Lance Rentzel | 14 | 11 | 93 | 6.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Gaechter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 24 | 405 | 13.5 | 90t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 16 | 125 | 5.0 | 48 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Baynham | 23 | 590 | 25.7 | 40 | 0 | |
| Dick Daniels | 9 | 193 | 21.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Ralph Neely | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dennis Homan | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 841 | 21.6 | 40 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 1326 | 19.5 | 53 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Andrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phil Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 1 |
| Dick Daniels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron East | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Gaechter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Howley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Lilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Liscio | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Niland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Perkins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Renfro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Townes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 |
| Malcolm Walker | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Wilbur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 63 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 |
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