| Cleveland Browns at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1968 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 68733 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 88 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Craig Baynham 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Willie Townes 20 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Paul Warfield 55 pass from Frank Ryan (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 4 run (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Dick Schafrath |
| 65 | LOG | John Demarie |
| 54 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 66 | ROG | Gene Hickerson |
| 73 | ROT | Monte Clark |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 13 | QB | Frank Ryan |
| 44 | HB | Leroy Kelly |
| 86 | FL | Gary Collins |
| 31 | FB | Charley Harraway |
| Defense | ||
| 88 | LDE | Ron Snidow |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 69 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 80 | RDE | Bill Glass |
| 82 | LLB | Jim Houston |
| 56 | MLB | Bob Matheson |
| 51 | RLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 40 | LCB | Erich Barnes |
| 24 | SS | Ernie Kellermann |
| 34 | FS | Mike Howell |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 57 | C | Malcolm Walker |
| 65 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 43 | RB | Don Perkins |
| 30 | RB | Dan Reeves |
| 19 | FL | Lance Rentzel |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Willie Townes |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 20 | RS | Mel Renfro |
| 23 | RCB | Mike Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 10 | 18 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Frank Ryan | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dan Reeves | 17 | 98 | 5.8 | 25 | 2 |
| Don Perkins | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Frank Ryan | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 194 | 11.4 | 55t | 1 | 4 | 29 | 118.3 |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 79.2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 0 | 156 | 9.2 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 89.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 55t | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Collins | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ralph Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lance Rentzel | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 5 | 187 | 37.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 4 | 189 | 47.3 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Nate James | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Carl Ward | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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