| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 19, 1965 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 59366 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 91 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Perry Lee Dunn 1 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 2 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Safety, Don Meredith tackled in end zone by Jim Katcavage | 2 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Perry Lee Dunn 1 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 2 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 45 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 2 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Del Shofner |
| 79 | LOT | Rosey Brown |
| 68 | LOG | Dave O'Brien |
| 55 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 63 | ROG | Bookie Bolin |
| 71 | ROT | Frank Lasky |
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas |
| 11 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 27 | HB | Steve Thurlow |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 30 | FB | Ernie Wheelwright |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 73 | LDT | Roger Anderson |
| 74 | RDT | Mike Bundra |
| 72 | RDE | Andy Stynchula |
| 60 | LLB | Jim Carroll |
| 51 | MLB | Lou Slaby |
| 54 | RLB | Olen Underwood |
| 43 | LCB | Carl Lockhart |
| 28 | LS | Henry Carr |
| 20 | RS | Jimmy Patton |
| 22 | RCB | Dick Lynch |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 67 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 82 | TE | Frank Clarke |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 37 | HB | Perry Lee Dunn |
| 26 | FL | Buddy Dial |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Maury Youmans |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 50 | MLB | Jerry Tubbs |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 20 | LS | Mel Renfro |
| 27 | RS | Mike Gaechter |
| 41 | RCB | Warren Livingston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Thurlow | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 8 | 2 |
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 6 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 21 | 6 | 28.6 | 2 | 63 | 3.0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0.0 |
| Gary Wood | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 24 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 41.4 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 0 | 162 | 9.5 | 45t | 1 | 5 | 38 | 100.6 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Jerry Rhome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Del Shofner | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Thurlow | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Frank Clarke | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Buddy Dial | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Gaechter | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 56 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 53 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 6 | 211 | 35.2 | 58 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Henry Carr | 2 | 0 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Lockhart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 3 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Clarence Childs | 3 | 58 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Willie Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Rosey Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
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