| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 80 degrees, relative humidity 75%, wind 15 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| NYG | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Danny Villanueva 41 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Cowboys | Perry Lee Dunn 1 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Dan Reeves 2 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3rd | Giants | Safety, Katcavage tackled Meredith in end zone | 2 | 17 |
| Cowboys | Perry Lee Dunn 1 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 2 | 24 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Bob Hayes 45 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 2 | 31 |
| NYG | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 8 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-99-0 | 41-142-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-29-87-0-2 | 9-18-173-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-47 | 6-45 |
| Net pass yards | 40 | 128 |
| Total yards | 139 | 270 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-27 | 2-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Thurlow | NYG | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | NYG | 6 | 21 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Thomas | NYG | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Del Shofner | NYG | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Koy | NYG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Wood | NYG | 2 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ernie Wheelwright | NYG | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Meredith | DAL | 8 | 17 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 2 | 81 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 14 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Perry Lee Dunn | DAL | 15 | 42 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Dial | DAL | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Smith | DAL | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Rosey Brown | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Henry Carr | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clarence Childs | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ernie Koy | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mike Gaechter | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel Renfro | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Tubbs | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Ernie Koy | NYG | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 0 | ||||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Danny Villanueva | DAL | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 211 | 35.2 | 0 |