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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Dallas Cowboys - September 15th, 1968
Detroit Lions 13 at Dallas Cowboys 59
Sunday, September 15, 1968
Detroit Lions 13, Dallas Cowboys 59| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (0-1-0) | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 7 | 24 | 7 | 21 | 59 |
Scoring
| DET | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Mel Farr 45 yard pass from Greg Landry (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes 50 yard pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Mike Clark 16 yard field goal | 6 | 10 |
| DAL | Dan Reeves 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| DAL | Craig Baynham 23 yard pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 24 | |
| DAL | Chuck Howley 35 yard interception return (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 31 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Dan Reeves 2 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 38 |
| DET | Earl McCullouch 80 yard pass from Greg Landry (Wayne H. Walker kick) | 13 | 38 | |
| 4th | DAL | Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 45 |
| DAL | Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 52 | |
| DAL | Dennis Homan 36 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 13 | 59 |
Team Stats
| DET | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-68-0 | 38-161-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-31-231-2-4 | 25-36-392-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-42 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 189 | 381 |
| Total yards | 257 | 542 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-3 | 5-35 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl McCullouch | DET | 5 | 132 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 15 | 31 | 231 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Farr | DET | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Phil Odle | DET | 4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry DePoyster | DET | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Kopay | DET | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Triplett | DET | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Meredith | DAL | 16 | 19 | 228 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 2 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Homan | DAL | 3 | 77 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 7 | 15 | 121 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lance Rentzel | DAL | 4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 13 | 66 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Baynham | DAL | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Gent | DAL | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Les Shy | DAL | 2 | -1 | 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 | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Gambrell | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Nowatzke | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Vaughn | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 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 | |||
| Craig Baynham | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Simmons | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||