| Eastern Conference Championship - Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1968 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 81497 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 33 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Cleveland Browns | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 38 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Chuck Howley 44 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Clark 16 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 45 pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Dale Lindsey 27 interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 35 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Clark 47 FG | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Ernie Green 2 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 31 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Walt Garrison 2 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 20 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 14 | 51 | 3.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 10 | 7 | 0.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Leroy Kelly | 20 | 87 | 4.4 | 35t | 1 |
| Charley Harraway | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2t | 1 |
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 1 | 163 | 7.1 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.6 |
| Don Meredith | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 42 | 4.7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9.7 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | 25 | 13 | 52.0 | 1 | 203 | 8.1 | 45t | 1 | 2 | 25 | 75.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Craig Baynham | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 39 | 0 |
| Milt Morin | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Gary Collins | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charley Harraway | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dave Edwards | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Dale Lindsey | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Mike Howell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 7 | 253 | 36.1 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Hayes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Tommy McDonald | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Craig Baynham | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Dick Daniels | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Les Shy | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ben Davis | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chuck Howley | 1.0 |
| Ron East | 1.0 |
| Jack Gregory | 1.0 |
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