| Atlanta Falcons at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 11, 1970 Location: Dallas, TX Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 53611 |
| Weather: Thstrm, Rain Temp: 59 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 10 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Rentzel 12 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Gail Cogdill |
| 85 | WR | Paul Flatley |
| 65 | LOT | Bob Breitenstein |
| 65 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 62 | ROG | Gary Roberts |
| 67 | ROT | Malcolm Snider |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 33 | RB | Jim Butler |
| 5 | RB | Harmon Wages |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 66 | LDT | John Small |
| 88 | RDT | Glen Condren |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 52 | LLB | Ron Acks |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 58 | RLB | Don Hansen |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 49 | LS | Al Lavan |
| 20 | RS | Tom McCauley |
| 47 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 24 | WR | Dennis Homan |
| 19 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 61 | LOG | Blaine Nye |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 73 | ROG | Ralph Neely |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Butler | 19 | 38 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Sonny Campbell | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 29 | 117 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 11 | 0 |
| Duane Thomas | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Homan | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 0 | 44 | 2.6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 58.7 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 37 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 36.2 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Harmon Wages | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Jim Mitchell | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Harmon Wages | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Butler | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Flatley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Todd Snyder | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | ||||||
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Homan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 8 | 315 | 39.4 | 59 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Tom McCauley | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 8 | 0 |
| John Mallory | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Sonny Campbell | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |
| Dallas Cowboys |
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