| Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1960 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Briggs Stadium Attendance: 43272 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 21 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 43 run (Jim Martin kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Safety, Mike Connelly snapped ball out of end zone | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Nick Pietrosante 40 run (Jim Martin kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | L.G. Dupre 1 run (Fred Cone kick) | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Gail Cogdill 7 pass from Earl Morrall (Jim Martin kick) | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Howton 31 pass from Eddie LeBaron (Fred Cone kick) | 14 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Fred Dugan |
| 75 | LOT | Bob Fry |
| 61 | LOG | Duane Putnam |
| 67 | C | John Houser |
| 63 | ROG | Mike Falls |
| 71 | ROT | Paul Dickson |
| 83 | TE | Jim Doran |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 45 | HB | L.G. Dupre |
| 81 | FL | Billy Howton |
| 35 | FB | Walt Kowalczyk |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Nate Borden |
| 62 | LDT | Don Healy |
| 72 | RDT | Bill Herchman |
| 76 | RDE | John Gonzaga |
| 52 | LLB | Wayne Hansen |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 85 | RLB | Gene Cronin |
| 32 | LCB | Tom Franckhauser |
| 20 | LS | Bob Bercich |
| 22 | RS | Bill Butler |
| 44 | RCB | Don Bishop |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 73 | LOT | Ollie Spencer |
| 66 | LOG | Harley Sewell |
| 50 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 70 | ROT | Willie McClung |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 45 | HB | Danny Lewis |
| 40 | FL | Howard Cassady |
| 33 | FB | Nick Pietrosante |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 76 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 53 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 57 | LLB | Carl Brettschneider |
| 56 | MLB | Joe Schmidt |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 81 | LCB | Dick Lane |
| 43 | LS | Gary Lowe |
| 28 | RS | Yale Lary |
| 24 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| L.G. Dupre | 15 | 83 | 5.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Gene Babb | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 7 | 4 | 0.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Nick Pietrosante | 21 | 142 | 6.8 | 43t | 2 |
| Danny Lewis | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Webb | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Terry Barr | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 1 | 195 | 7.2 | 31t | 1 | 23 | 84.6 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 14 | 12 | 85.7 | 0 | 145 | 10.4 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 133.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Howton | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Fred Dugan | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Doran | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| L.G. Dupre | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Walt Kowalczyk | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don McIlhenny | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Howard Cassady | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Gibbons | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 37 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 14 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Yale Lary | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Jim Mooty | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Jim Steffen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Gene Babb | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Jim Mooty | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bruce Maher | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Jim Steffen | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ken Webb | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
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