| Houston Oilers at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1970 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 50504 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 47 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 17 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Roy Gerela 37 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 35 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Reggie Rucker 52 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 38 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 38 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 15 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 59 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Johnny Peacock 41 opponents fumble recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Claxton Welch 5 run (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 52 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 23 | WR | Jerry LeVias |
| 76 | LOT | Walt Suggs |
| 62 | LOG | Ken Gray |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 81 | TE | Jim Beirne |
| 17 | QB | Jerry Rhome |
| 34 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| 24 | RB | Mike Richardson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Pat Holmes |
| 74 | LDT | Willie Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Tom Domres |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 56 | LLB | Olen Underwood |
| 52 | MLB | Garland Boyette |
| 58 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 29 | LS | Ken Houston |
| 44 | RS | Johnny Peacock |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 88 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 33 | RB | Duane Thomas |
| 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 |
| 41 | RS | Charlie Waters |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Naponic | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roy Hopkins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 17 | 115 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 8 | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Claxton Welch | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Bob Naponic | 19 | 6 | 31.6 | 2 | 85 | 4.5 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 7.5 |
| Jerry Rhome | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 25 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.4 |
| Jerry LeVias | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 1 | 349 | 20.5 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 133.0 |
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 16 | 3.2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 48.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Charlie Joiner | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Beirne | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mac Haik | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Richardson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 59t | 4 |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 52t | 1 |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Leroy Mitchell | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Kiner | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Spike Jones | 8 | 325 | 40.6 | 50 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jerry LeVias | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Zeke Moore | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 39 | 0 | |
| Benny Johnson | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jess Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Duane Thomas | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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