| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1966 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 60010 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 81 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 1 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Homer Jones 20 pass from Earl Morrall (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 74 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 12 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 2 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 1 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 39 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 38 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 19 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Cornell Green 41 interception return (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 52 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 76 | LOT | Don Davis |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 55 | C | Bob Scholtz |
| 63 | ROG | Bookie Bolin |
| 83 | ROT | Glen Condren |
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas |
| 11 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 23 | HB | Ernie Koy |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 29 | FB | Chuck Mercein |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 72 | LDT | Jim Prestel |
| 69 | RDT | Willie Young |
| 77 | RDE | Rosey Davis |
| 57 | LLB | Jeff Smith |
| 87 | MLB | Jerry Hillebrand |
| 25 | RLB | Larry Vargo |
| 43 | LCB | Carl Lockhart |
| 26 | LS | Wendell Harris |
| 28 | RS | Henry Carr |
| 48 | RCB | Clarence Childs |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 72 | LOG | Tony Liscio |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | ROE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 20 | HB | Mel Renfro |
| 35 | FL | Pete Gent |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Larry Stephens |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LDH | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 25 | RS | Obert Logan |
| 41 | RDH | Warren Livingston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Chuck Mercein | 11 | 83 | 7.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Allen Jacobs | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Homer Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Don Perkins | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Dan Reeves | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 25 | 9 | 36.0 | 2 | 106 | 4.2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 29.7 |
| Gary Wood | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 2 | 49 | 4.1 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7.3 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 0 | 358 | 14.9 | 74t | 5 | 1 | 7 | 142.4 |
| Jerry Rhome | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 23 | 5.8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Homer Jones | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 20t | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Chuck Mercein | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Aaron Thomas | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Danny Lewis | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 74t | 2 |
| Dan Reeves | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 50 | 3 |
| Pete Gent | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| J.D. Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Clarence Childs | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cornell Green | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 41t | 1 |
| Obert Logan | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Gaechter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Phil Harris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Clarence Childs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Clarence Childs | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| Phil Harris | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
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