| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1972 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64602 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 47 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 49 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 22 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 43 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 9 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Rich Houston 12 pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 26 FG | 23 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 29 | RB | Vin Clements |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 75 | LDT | Larry Jacobson |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 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 |
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 41 | LCB | Charlie Waters |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 46 | RCB | Mark Washington |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Vin Clements | 23 | 105 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 22 | 53 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Rocky Thompson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 1 | 175 | 6.3 | 2 | 84.7 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 2 | 61 | 5.5 | 0 | 31.1 | |||
| Roger Staubach | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 1 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | 40.7 | |||
| Mike Montgomery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 1 | |
| Don Herrmann | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Vin Clements | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | ||
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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