1972 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	7/28/1972	A	College All-Stars	20	7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54162
Sat	8/5/1972	H	Houston Oilers	26	24	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65405
Sat	8/12/1972	A	Los Angeles Rams	27	13	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	66051
Sat	8/19/1972	A	New Orleans Saints	30	7	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	81070
Sat	8/26/1972	H	New York Jets	34	27	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65386
Sat	9/2/1972	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10	20	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	79592
Sat	9/9/1972	H	Oakland Raiders	16	10	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62607
Sun	9/17/1972	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28	6	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	55850
Sun	9/24/1972	A	New York Giants	23	14	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62725
Sun	10/1/1972	A	Green Bay Packers	13	16	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47103
Sun	10/8/1972	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	13	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65682
Sun	10/15/1972	A	Baltimore Colts	21	0	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	58992
Sun	10/22/1972	A	Washington Redskins	20	24	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53039
Mon	10/30/1972	H	Detroit Lions	28	24	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65378
Sun	11/5/1972	A	San Diego Chargers	34	28	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	54476
Sun	11/12/1972	H	St. Louis Cardinals	33	24	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65218
Sun	11/19/1972	A	Philadelphia Eagles	28	7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	65720
Thu	11/23/1972	H	San Francisco 49ers	10	31	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65124
Sun	12/3/1972	A	St. Louis Cardinals	27	6	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	49787
Sat	12/9/1972	H	Washington Redskins	34	24	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	65136
Sun	12/17/1972	H	New York Giants	3	23	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64602
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/23/1972	A	San Francisco 49ers	30	28	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	61214
NFC Championship
Sun	12/31/1972	A	Washington Redskins	3	26	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53129

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Herb Adderley	26	LCB	6-0	200	33	Michigan State	13	7
Lance Alworth	19	WR	6-0	182	32	Arkansas	14	7
George Andrie	66	RDE	6-7	252	32	Marquette	3	0
John Babinecz	53	RLB	6-1	222	22	Villanova	14	0
Benny Barnes	31	LCB	6-1	190	21	Contra Costa JC; Stanford	4	0
Marv Bateman	81	P-K	6-4	213	22	Utah	14	0
Larry Cole	63	LDE	6-4	245	26	Air Force; Houston; Hawaii	9	7
Ralph Coleman	86	RLB	6-4	216	22	North Carolina A&T State	1	0
Mike Ditka	89	TE	6-3	228	33	Pittsburgh	14	14
Dave Edwards	52	LLB	6-3	224	33	Auburn	14	14
John Fitzgerald	62	C-LOG	6-5	255	24	Boston College	14	0
Toni Fritsch	15	K	5-7	188	27	none	14	0
Jean Fugett	84	TE	6-3	219	21	Amherst	14	0
Walt Garrison	32	RB	6-0	206	28	Oklahoma State	14	14
Cornell Green	34	SS	6-4	211	32	Utah State	14	14
Bill Gregory	77	LDE-LDT-RDT	6-5	257	23	Wisconsin	13	1
Cliff Harris	43	FS	6-0	188	24	Ouachita Baptist	14	14
Bob Hayes	22	WR	6-0	187	30	Florida A&M	12	5
Calvin Hill	35	RB	6-3	228	25	Yale	14	14
Chuck Howley	54	RLB	6-3	228	36	West Virginia	13	13
Lee Roy Jordan	55	MLB	6-1	219	31	Alabama	14	14
Mike Keller	57	LLB	6-4	220	23	Michigan	5	0
D.D. Lewis	50	RLB-MLB	6-2	218	27	Mississippi State	12	1
Bob Lilly	74	RDT	6-4	256	33	Texas Christian	14	14
Dave Manders	51	C	6-2	247	31	Michigan State	14	14
Mike Montgomery	23	RB	6-2	210	23	Kansas State	12	0
Craig Morton	14	QB	6-4	213	29	California	14	14
Ralph Neely	73	LOT	6-5	265	29	Oklahoma	13	13
Robert Newhouse	44	RB	5-10	219	22	Houston	14	0
John Niland	76	LOG	6-4	247	28	Iowa	14	14
Blaine Nye	61	ROG	6-4	255	26	Stanford	14	14
Billy Parks	21	WR	6-1	185	24	Santa Monica JC; Long Beach State	12	7
Jethro Pugh	75	LDT	6-6	258	28	Elizabeth City State	14	14
Dan Reeves	30	QB-RB	6-1	201	28	South Carolina	14	0
Mel Renfro	20	RCB	6-0	191	31	Oregon	14	13
Ron Sellers	88	WR	6-4	195	25	Florida State	14	9
Tody Smith	85	LDE-RDE	6-5	248	24	Michigan State; Southern California	10	6
Roger Staubach	12	QB	6-2	198	30	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Navy	4	0
Bill Thomas	27	RB	6-2	225	23	Boston College	7	0
Pat Toomay	67	RDE	6-6	244	24	Vanderbilt	14	14
Billy Truax	87	TE	6-5	238	29	Louisiana State	6	0
Rod Wallace	71	LOT-ROG-ROT	6-5	255	23	New Mexico	14	1
Mark Washington	46	RCB	5-11	187	25	Morgan State	10	1
Charlie Waters	41	LCB-RCB-SS-FS	6-2	200	24	Clemson	14	7
Rayfield Wright	70	ROT	6-7	242	27	Fort Valley State	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	26	Bill Thomas	RB	Boston College
2	35	Robert Newhouse	RB	Houston
2	39	John Babinecz	LB	Villanova
2	52	Charlie McKee	WR	Arizona
3	64	Mike Keller	LB	Michigan
3	78	Marv Bateman	K	Utah
4	83	Tim Kearney	LB	Northern Michigan
4	90	Robert West	WR	San Diego State
4	93	Chuck Zapiec	LB	Penn State
6	156	Charles Bolden	DB	Iowa
8	208	Ralph Coleman	LB	North Carolina A&T State
9	234	Roy Bell	RB	Oklahoma
10	260	Dick Amman	DE	Florida State
11	286	Lonnie Leonard	DE	North Carolina A&T State
12	312	Jimmy Harris	WR	Ohio State
13	338	Jean Fugett	TE	Amherst
14	363	Alan Thompson	RB	Wisconsin
15	390	Carlos Alvarez	WR	Florida
16	416	Gordon Longmire	QB	Utah
17	442	Alphonso Cain	DT	Bethune-Cookman

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	83	101	76	59	319
Opponents Totals	25	86	50	79	240

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		256	118	126	12	91/204 44.6%	5/11 45.5%	90	841
Opponents Totals		217	81	113	23	80/205 39.0%	7/15 46.7%	59	586

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Toni Fritsch	0	36	36	100.0	21	36	58.3	0	99
Walt Garrison	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Calvin Hill	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Ron Sellers	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Mike Montgomery	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Lance Alworth	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Craig Morton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mike Ditka	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robert Newhouse	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Niland	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Parks	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie Waters	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Washington	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	36	36	36	100.0	21	36	58.3	2	319
Opponents Totals	28	27	28	96.4	15	34	44.1	0	240

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Toni Fritsch	21	36	58.3	0	54	6/6	5/5	3/6	5/13	2/6
Team Totals	21	36	58.3	0	54	6/6	5/5	3/6	5/13	2/6
Opponents Totals	15	34	44.1			3/4	4/7	4/5	4/15	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Calvin Hill	245	1036	4.2	26	6
Walt Garrison	167	784	4.7	41	7
Robert Newhouse	28	116	4.1	19	1
Mike Montgomery	35	81	2.3	10	1
Roger Staubach	6	45	7.5	20	0
Craig Morton	8	26	3.3	12t	2
Dan Reeves	3	14	4.7	14	0
Ralph Neely	1	10	10.0	10	0
Bob Hayes	2	8	4.0	7	0
Lance Alworth	1	2	2.0	2	0
Jean Fugett	3	2	0.7	9	0
Team Totals	499	2124	4.3	41	17
Opponents Totals	428	1515	3.5	34t	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Craig Morton	339	185	54.6	133	2396	7.1	13.0	46	15	4.4	21	6.2	23	179	2217	65.9
Roger Staubach	20	9	45.0	9	98	4.9	10.9	21	0	0.0	2	10.0	8	59	39	20.4
Calvin Hill	3	1	33.3	2	55	18.3	55.0	55t	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0	55	121.5
Mike Montgomery	3	1	33.3	2	31	10.3	31.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	72.9
Dan Reeves	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	367	196	53.4	148	2580	7.0	13.2	55t	16	4.4	23	6.3	31	238	2342	64.3
Opponents Totals	382	187	49.0	179	2508	6.6	13.4	94t	18	4.7	16	4.2	32	268	2240	68.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Calvin Hill	43	364	8.5	33t	3
Walt Garrison	37	390	10.5	26t	3
Ron Sellers	31	653	21.1	55t	5
Billy Parks	18	298	16.6	38t	1
Mike Ditka	17	198	11.6	26	1
Bob Hayes	15	200	13.3	29	0
Lance Alworth	15	195	13.0	30	2
Mike Montgomery	8	131	16.4	46	1
Jean Fugett	7	94	13.4	29	0
Billy Truax	4	49	12.3	18	0
Robert Newhouse	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	196	2580	13.2	55t	16
Opponents Totals	187	2508	13.4	94t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Waters	6	132	22.0	56	1
Cliff Harris	3	40	13.3	23	0
Lee Roy Jordan	2	18	9.0	12	0
Cornell Green	2	1	0.5	1	0
D.D. Lewis	1	15	15.0	15	0
Chuck Howley	1	7	7.0	7	0
Mel Renfro	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	213	13.3	56	1
Opponents Totals	23	302	13.1	45	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Marv Bateman	51	1949	38.2	61	3	4	41	1848	36.2
Team Totals	51	1949	38.2	61	3	4	41	1848	36.2
Opponents Totals	65	2636	40.6	63	7	13	134	2362	36.3

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Cliff Harris	19	16	78	4.1	21
Charlie Waters	9	7	56	6.2	17
Team Totals	28	23	134	4.8	21
Opponents Totals	15	26	41	2.7	14

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Cliff Harris	26	615	23.7	44
Robert Newhouse	18	382	21.2	30
Bill Thomas	2	50	25.0	30
Charlie Waters	2	18	9.0	18
Mike Montgomery	1	15	15.0	15
Jean Fugett	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	50	1080	21.6	44
Opponents Totals	52	1272	24.5	55

SACKS	NO	YDS
Jethro Pugh	8.5
Pat Toomay	6.5
Larry Cole	4.0
Bill Gregory	2.5
Bob Lilly	2.5
Chuck Howley	2.0
Lee Roy Jordan	1.5
Dave Edwards	1.0
Cornell Green	0.5
(Team)	3.0
Team Totals	32.0	268.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	238.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Herb Adderley	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
John Babinecz	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Cole	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Edwards	0	0	0	1	1	10	0
Jean Fugett	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Walt Garrison	6		2	0	2	0	0
Cliff Harris	4		1	2	3	13	0
Bob Hayes	1		0	0	0	0	0
Calvin Hill	7		0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Howley	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Lee Roy Jordan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
D.D. Lewis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lilly	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Manders	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Montgomery	1		0	1	1	54	1
Craig Morton	4		1	0	1	0	0
Ralph Neely	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Robert Newhouse	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Niland	0	0	2	0	2	1	1
Jethro Pugh	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Renfro	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Ron Sellers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roger Staubach	1		0	0	0	0	0
Pat Toomay	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Washington	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	27	17	10	17	27	86	2
Opponents Totals	40	17	21	15	36		2

Bobby Franklin	Defensive Backs
Jim Myers	Offensive Line
Dan Reeves	Offensive Backs
Ray Renfro	Receivers/Passing Offense
Gene Stallings	Defensive Backs
Ernie Stautner	Defensive Line
Jerry Tubbs	Linebackers