| Dallas Cowboys at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1973 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51508 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 54 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jean Fugett 6 pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 21 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 18 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 29 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jean Fugett 27 pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Safety, Billy Van Heusen tackled in end zone by Benny Barnes | 22 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Riley Odoms 16 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 22 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 82 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 88 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 68 | LOT | Larron Jackson |
| 66 | LOG | Mike Schnitker |
| 50 | C | Bobby Maples |
| 61 | ROG | Tommy Lyons |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 24 | RB | Otis Armstrong |
| 33 | RB | Joe Dawkins |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 57 | LLB | Tom Jackson |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 56 | RLB | Ray May |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 36 | LS | Billy Thompson |
| 20 | RS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RCB | Calvin Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 22 | 52 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 12 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Joe Dawkins | 12 | 62 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Otis Armstrong | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 18 | 14 | 77.8 | 0 | 240 | 13.3 | 2 | 155.8 | |||
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 175 | 6.5 | 1 | 63.0 | |||
| Steve Ramsey | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 50.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Jean Fugett | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 2 | |
| Calvin Hill | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Riley Odoms | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Joe Dawkins | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy Van Heusen | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 7 | 344 | 49.1 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Golden Richards | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Golden Richards | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Otis Armstrong | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Lyle Alzado | 3.0 |
| Paul Smith | 1.0 |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
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