| Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: November 24, 1966 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 80259 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 72 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 11 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 31 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 6 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Ernie Green 16 pass from Frank Ryan (Lou Groza kick) | 14 | 13 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 12 FG | 14 | 16 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 13 FG | 14 | 19 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 9 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 14 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 6 | LOG | John Wooten |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 41 | TE | Ralph Smith |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 48 | FB | Ernie Green |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Paul Wiggin |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 50 | MLB | Vince Costello |
| 83 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | LS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 20 | RS | Ross Fichtner |
| 34 | RCB | Mike Howell |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 72 | LOG | Tony Liscio |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | ROE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 30 | HB | Dan Reeves |
| 35 | FL | Pete Gent |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Willie Townes |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LDH | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 20 | RS | Mel Renfro |
| 41 | RDH | Warren Livingston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 15 | 115 | 7.7 | 38 | 1 |
| Ernie Green | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 23 | 111 | 4.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Dan Reeves | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Clarke | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 26 | 12 | 46.2 | 0 | 190 | 7.3 | 46 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 83.8 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0 | 131 | 5.5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 5 | 92 | 18.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Ralph Smith | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Nick Pietrosante | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 54 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Frank Clarke | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Gary Collins | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 58 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 3 | 0 | 40 | 13.3 | 38 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Walt Roberts | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Charley Harraway | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
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