| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1970 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 57239 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 64 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 20 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 18 run (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 58 pass from Lance Rentzel (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 24 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 18 | WR | Clifton McNeil |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 77 | ROT | Rich Buzin |
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 24 | RB | Tucker Frederickson |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Bob Lurtsema |
| 75 | LDT | Jerry Shay |
| 73 | RDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 55 | LLB | Ralph Heck |
| 58 | MLB | Jimmy Files |
| 64 | RLB | Matt Hazeltine |
| 26 | LCB | Ken Parker |
| 44 | LS | Tom Longo |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 24 | WR | Dennis Homan |
| 19 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| Offense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 54 | RLB | Chuck Howley |
| 26 | LCB | Herb Adderley |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 12 | 58 | 4.8 | 18t | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Duane Thomas | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 36 | 14 | 38.9 | 2 | 157 | 4.4 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 29.5 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 133 | 5.8 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 69.7 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 58 | 58.0 | 58t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 58t | 2 |
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Johnson | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 3 | 142 | 47.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rich Houston | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Joe Green | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Duane Thomas | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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