1972 Dallas Cowboys 8-6 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Dallas 85 105 37 104 0 331 Opponent 54 72 50 38 0 214 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 331 214 1-0 34 Philadelphia 14 88ø 10-20 First Downs 275 184 1-1 9 @New York(N) 27 66ø 15-25 Rush 119 77 1-2 3 @Green Bay 13 75ø 0-10 Pass 148 97 1-3 13 Pittsburgh 16 95ø Pen 8 10 2-3 21 @Baltimore 10 62ø 5-15 Penalties 72 64 2-4 14 @Washington 36 70ø 5-15 Yards 530 526 3-4 28 Detroit 3 68ø 20-30 3-5 27 @San Diego 30 77ø Rushing Att 496 448 4-5 48 St. Louis 14 63ø 5-15 Yards 2306 1468 5-5 51 @Philadelphia 0 47ø 0-10 Light Rain Ave 4.6 3.3 6-5 19 San Francisco 10 77ø 5-15 TD 17 10 7-5 23 @St. Louis 14 50ø 5-15 Rain 8-5 38 Washington 3 54ø 20-30 Passing Att 344 305 8-6 3 New York(N) 24 63ø 20-30 Rain Comp 197 147 % 57.3 48.2 Int 21 17 % 6.1 5.6 TD 18 10 % 5.2 3.3 Yards 2893 1965 Sacked 40 32 Punt Return 30 23 Yards 93 100 Ave 3.1 4.3 Kick Return 55 72 Yards 1196 1715 Ave 21.7 23.8 Punts 49 70 Yards 1873 2928 Ave 38.2 41.8 FG Att 35 26 Made 24 18 % 68.6 69.2 Third Downs 183 196 Made 88 75 % 48.1 38.3 Fourth Downs 8 7 Made 1 2 % 12.5 28.6 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 22 21 Lost 10 13 Turnovers 31 30 Net Offense 4927 3230 Per Play 5.6 4.1 1972 Dallas Cowboys Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Hill,C 249 1290 5.2 28 68 32 11 Hill 40 6 422 10.6 2 23 28 4 Garrison 163 697 4.3 12 33 37 5 Garrison 37 4 488 13.2 5 26 30 1 Newhouse 28 148 5.3 6 8 19 0 Sellers 35 8 674 19.3 8 28 49 4 Montgomery 28 96 3.4 3 6 12 1 Parks 19 3 320 16.8 2 18 42 0 Reeves 5 49 9.8 2 3 17 0 Ditka 18 1 260 14.4 2 12 41 1 Morton 14 18 1.3 0 0 9 0 Hayes 15 1 284 18.9 5 14 37 1 Hayes 2 8 4.0 1 1 13 0 Alworth 15 0 229 15.3 2 12 38 4 Staubach 3 5 1.7 0 0 4 0 Montgomery 9 0 114 12.7 1 7 30 0 Fugett 3 1 0.3 0 0 5 0 Fugett 5 0 74 14.8 1 4 30 2 Bateman 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 Truax 3 0 26 8.7 0 2 13 0 496 2306 4.6 52 119 37 17 Nye 1 0 2 2.0 0 1 2 1 Newhouse 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 197 24 2893 14.7 28 148 49 18 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Montgomery 2 1 50.0 41 41.0 41 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 95.8 Morton 337 194 57.6 2820 14.5 49 32 27 20 5.9 39 18 5.3 78.0 Staubach 2 1 50.0 14 14.0 14 1 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 72.9 Hill,C 2 1 50.0 18 18.0 18 0 0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 41.7 Reeves 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 344 197 57.3 2893 14.7 49 33 28 21 6.1 40 18 5.2 76.9 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Fritsch 37 37 100.0 35 24 68.6 10.0 33.3 50 109 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Bateman 49 1873 62 3 0 14 23 100 35.0 38.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Newhouse 18 426 23.7 33 0 Waters 10 3 73 7.3 17 0 Harris,C 29 657 22.7 38 0 Harris,C 20 21 20 1.0 9 0 Thomas,B 3 57 19.0 23 0 30 24 93 3.1 17 0 Montgomery 2 23 11.5 13 0 Waters 3 33 11.0 13 0 55 1196 21.7 38 0 Fumbles Harris,C 6 Hill,C 2 Sellers 2 Bateman 1 Waters 1 Garrison 5 Morton 2 Staubach 2 Newhouse 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Pugh 6 Toomay 9 Lilly 14 Renfro 12 Green 3 Parks,B 4 Toomay 5 Lilly 8 Howley 11 Edwards 7 Edwards 2 Edwards 2 Lilly 4 Pugh 4 Cole 7 Green 7 Lilly 2 Green 2 Cole 4 Cole 3 Edwards 7 Waters 7 Renfro 2 Jordan 2 Howley 4 Smith,T 2 Pugh 7 Harris,C 4 Smith,T 2 Niland 2 Jordan 3 Howley 1 Toomay 6 Jordan 4 Toomay 2 Fitzgera 2 Smith,T 3 Jordan 1 Jordan 3 Lilly 3 Howley 1 Pugh 2 Edwards 3 Edwards 1 Smith,T 1 Toomay 2 Jordan 1 Sellers 2 Lewis,D. 1 Howley 1 Keller 1 Harris,C 1 Waters 1 Lewis,D. 1 Babinecz 1 Howley 1 Adderly 1 Garrison 1 Alworth 1 Neely 1 Hayes 1 Toomay 1 Waters 1 Wallace 1 Waters 1 Tackles Jordan 77 Howley 54 Harris,C 29 Lewis,D. 11 Andrie 6 Edwards 65 Toomay 53 Smith,T 19 Alworth 10 Washingt 5 Renfro 65 Pugh 47 Coleman 14 Keller 9 Parks,B 5 Lilly 64 Waters 47 Barnes,B 13 Gregory 6 Hayes 4 Green 59 Cole 44 Babinecz 12 Fitzgera 6 Adderly 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Harris,C 4 34 8.5 17 0 Waters 4 62 15.5 52 1 Jordan 2 23 11.5 22 0 Renfro 2 0 0.0 0 0 Green 2 0 0.0 0 0 Lilly 1 0 0.0 0 0 Howley 1 0 0.0 0 0 Lewis,D.D 1 4 4.0 4 0 17 123 7.2 52 1 1972 Dallas Cowboys Coach: Tom Landry Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Morton,Craig 5 O 2 1 QB Staubach,Roger 1 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Hill,Calvin 1 1 5 245 1036 26 4.2 7 43 364 33 8.5 RB Garrison,Walt 2 1 5 167 784 41 4.7 6 37 390 26 10.5 RB Montgomery,Mike 2 1 4 35 81 10 2.3 2 8 131 46 16.4 KR RB Newhouse,Robert 2 1 5 28 116 19 4.1 1 1 8 8 8.0 KR RB Reeves,Dan 2 1 5 3 14 14 4.7 0 0 0 0 0.0 RB Thomas,Bill 2 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR WR Sellers,Ron 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 6 31 653 55 21.1 WR Parks,Billy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 4 18 298 38 16.6 WR Hayes,Bob 0 0 4 2 8 7 4.0 3 15 200 29 13.3 WR Alworth,Lance 0 0 5 1 2 2 2.0 3 15 195 30 13.0 TE Ditka,Mike 5 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 3 17 198 26 11.6 TE Fugett,Jean 4 2 5 3 2 1 0.7 1 7 94 29 13.4 KR TE Truax,Billy 4 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 4 49 18 12.3 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Fitzgerald,John 5 5 5 C Manders,Dave 5 5 5 G Niland,John 10 10 5 G Nye,Blaine 8 8 5 T Wright,Rayfield 10 10 5 T Neely,Ralph 5 5 4 G-T Wallace,Rodney 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Lilly,Bob 9 8 0 4 5 8 0 DT Pugh,Jethro 8 8 0 3 5 6 0 DT Gregory,Bill 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 DE Cole,Larry 6 6 0 2 3 4 0 DE Toomay,Pat 5 4 0 3 5 6 0 DE Smith,Tody 4 4 0 2 3 1 0 DE Andrie,George 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 ILB Jordan,LeeRoy 7 5 3 1 5 2 2 ILB Babinecz,John 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 ILB Keller,Mike 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 OLB Howley,Chuck 7 5 3 1 4 2 1 OLB Edwards,Dave 7 5 3 1 5 1 0 OLB Lewis,D.D. 5 4 2 0 4 0 1 OLB Coleman,Ralph 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 CB Renfro,Mel 9 0 9 0 5 0 1 CB Waters,Charlie 6 0 6 0 5 0 6 RET CB Adderly,Herb 5 0 5 0 4 0 0 CB Washington,Mark 4 0 4 0 3 0 0 S Green,Cornell 8 2 6 0 5 0 2 S Harris,Cliff 6 2 4 0 5 0 3 RET DB Barnes,Benny 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 Special Teams P Bateman,Marv K Fritsch,Toni