| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (6-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Dallas Cowboys (7-2-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Cotton Bowl |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 50 degrees, relative humidity 68%, wind 16 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| NYG | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Giants | Fran Tarkenton 22 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Giants | Joe Morrison 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 0 |
| Cowboys | Bob Hayes 9 yard pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| Cowboys | Lance Rentzel 20 yard pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Giants | Homer Jones 60 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4th | Giants | Pete Gogolak 25 yard field goal | 24 | 14 |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Craig Baynham 1 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 24 | 21 |
| 4th | Giants | Pete Gogolak 10 yard field goal | 27 | 21 |
| NYG | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-112-1 | 32-99-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-24-187-2-0 | 20-35-272-2-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-6 | 3-22 |
| Net pass yards | 181 | 250 |
| Total yards | 293 | 349 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 5-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | NYG | 16 | 24 | 187 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Homer Jones | NYG | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 94 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 11 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Aaron Thomas | NYG | 2 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 4 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Meredith | DAL | 19 | 33 | 256 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 6 | 85 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Baynham | DAL | 12 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Gent | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | DAL | 4 | 57 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 14 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 1 | 2 | 16 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Holifield | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bruce Maher | NYG | 1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 1 | 21 | 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 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Pete Gogolak | NYG | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Koy | NYG | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 0 | ||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Ron Widby | DAL | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||