| Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1965 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Franklin Field Attendance: 54714 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 40 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Ray Poage 63 pass from Earl Gros (Sam Baker kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Meredith 8 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Sam Baker 33 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Sam Baker 19 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 44 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Sam Baker 27 FG | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 21 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 21 | 16 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Sam Baker 20 FG | 21 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 67 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 82 | TE | Frank Clarke |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 24 | HB | J.D. Smith |
| 35 | FL | Pete Gent |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Maury Youmans |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 20 | LS | Mel Renfro |
| 25 | RS | Obert Logan |
| 41 | RCB | Warren Livingston |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 35 | SE | Ray Poage |
| 79 | LOT | Lane Howell |
| 64 | LOG | Ed Blaine |
| 54 | C | Jim Ringo |
| 70 | ROG | Jimmie Skaggs |
| 76 | ROT | Bob Brown |
| 44 | TE | Pete Retzlaff |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 22 | HB | Timmy Brown |
| 49 | FL | Glenn Glass |
| 34 | FB | Earl Gros |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Don Hultz |
| 73 | LDT | Eddie Khayat |
| 67 | RDT | Erwin Will |
| 68 | RDE | Bobby Richards |
| 89 | LLB | Mike Morgan |
| 52 | MLB | Dave Lloyd |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 24 | LS | Nate Ramsey |
| 25 | RS | Bobby Shann |
| 27 | RCB | Irv Cross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| J.D. Smith | 17 | 90 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Timmy Brown | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Izzy Lang | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 2 | 171 | 7.4 | 44t | 2 | 2 | 15 | 69.3 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 43 | 20 | 46.5 | 1 | 320 | 7.4 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 62.2 |
| Earl Gros | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Ray Poage | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 44t | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 21t | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Pete Retzlaff | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Ray Poage | 5 | 142 | 28.4 | 63t | 1 |
| Ronnie Goodwin | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Timmy Brown | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Izzy Lang | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Glenn Glass | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Obert Logan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| John Meyers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Sam Baker | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Irv Cross | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roger Gill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Ralph Neely | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Al Nelson | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Irv Cross | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 29 | 0 | |
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