| Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: October 2, 1966 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 56990 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 62 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Junior Coffey 1 run (Lou Kirouac kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 22 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 2 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 11 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Randy Johnson 1 run (Lou Kirouac kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 49 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Safety, Randy Johnson tackled in end zone by Willie Townes | 26 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 1 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 33 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Chuck Howley 97 opponents fumble recovery (Danny Villanueva kick) | 40 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Frank Clarke 10 pass from Craig Morton (Danny Villanueva kick) | 47 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 30 | HB | Dan Reeves |
| 26 | FL | Buddy Dial |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Gary Barnes |
| 72 | LOT | Don Talbert |
| 75 | LOG | Ed Cook |
| 53 | C | Frank Marchlewski |
| 67 | ROG | Dan Grimm |
| 73 | ROT | Errol Linden |
| 85 | TE | Billy Martin |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 34 | HB | Junior Coffey |
| 25 | FL | Alex Hawkins |
| 30 | FB | Ernie Wheelwright |
| Defense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Bobby Richards |
| 71 | LDT | Joe Szczecko |
| 77 | RDT | Chuck Sieminski |
| 88 | RDE | Sam Williams |
| 52 | LLB | Marion Rushing |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 57 | RLB | Bill Jobko |
| 40 | LCB | Ron Smith |
| 43 | LS | Jerry Richardson |
| 20 | RS | Bob Riggle |
| 22 | RCB | Lee Calland |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dan Reeves | 10 | 55 | 5.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Don Meredith | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Les Shy | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Junior Coffey | 14 | 60 | 4.3 | 15 | 1 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Randy Johnson | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 0 | 184 | 8.4 | 49t | 2 | 3 | 31 | 112.7 |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 67 | 16.8 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 1 | 139 | 7.7 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 57.4 |
| Dennis Claridge | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 0 | 30 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.5 |
| Steve Sloan | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Frank Clarke | 7 | 125 | 17.9 | 33 | 1 |
| Pettis Norman | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49t | 1 |
| Buddy Dial | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Vern Burke | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Gary Barnes | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Alex Hawkins | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Jerry Tubbs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Warren Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ken Reaves | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Larry Morris | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ralph Heck | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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