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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons - October 2nd, 1966
Dallas Cowboys 47 at Atlanta Falcons 14
Sunday, October 2, 1966
Dallas Cowboys 47, Atlanta Falcons 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (3-0-0) | 3 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 47 |
| Atlanta Falcons (0-4-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Scoring
| DAL | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | ATL | Junior Coffey 1 yard rush (Lou Kirouac kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DAL | Danny Villanueva 22 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Dan Reeves 2 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 7 |
| DAL | Dan Reeves 11 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Randy Johnson 1 yard rush (Lou Kirouac kick) | 17 | 14 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes 49 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 24 | 14 | |
| DAL | Safety, Townes tackled Johnson in end zone | 26 | 14 | |
| DAL | Don Perkins 1 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) | 33 | 14 | |
| 4th | DAL | Chuck Howley 97 yard fumble return (Danny Villanueva kick) | 40 | 14 |
| DAL | Frank Clarke 10 yard pass from Craig Morton (Danny Villanueva kick) | 47 | 14 |
Team Stats
| DAL | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-143-2 | 30-106-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-26-251-3-0 | 16-27-201-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-31 | 4-31 |
| Net pass yards | 220 | 170 |
| Total yards | 363 | 276 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-95 | 3-43 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 7 | 125 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Meredith | DAL | 12 | 22 | 184 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 10 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 9 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 1 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 4 | 4 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Buddy Dial | DAL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Gent | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Les Shy | DAL | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Vern Burke | ATL | 5 | 84 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Junior Coffey | ATL | 14 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Johnson | ATL | 10 | 18 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Martin | ATL | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Wheelwright | ATL | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Barnes | ATL | 5 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alex Hawkins | ATL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Sloan | ATL | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dennis Claridge | ATL | 5 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Perry Lee Dunn | ATL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Warren Livingston | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Tubbs | DAL | 1 | 6 | 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 | |||
| Ralph Heck | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Morris | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Reaves | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Smith | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||