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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns - December 21st, 1968
Dallas Cowboys 20 at Cleveland Browns 31
Saturday, December 21, 1968
Dallas Cowboys 20, Cleveland Browns 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (12-3-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Cleveland Browns (11-4-0) | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| DAL | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Don Cockroft 38 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DAL | Chuck Howley 44 yard fumble return (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Mike Clark 16 yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| CLE | Leroy Kelly 45 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Dale Lindsey 27 yard interception return (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 17 |
| CLE | Leroy Kelly 35 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| DAL | Mike Clark 47 yard field goal | 13 | 24 | |
| 4th | CLE | Ernie Green 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 13 | 31 |
| DAL | Walt Garrison 2 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 20 | 31 |
Team Stats
| DAL | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-86-0 | 30-102-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-32-205-1-4 | 13-25-203-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 3-25 |
| Net pass yards | 200 | 178 |
| Total yards | 286 | 280 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-20 | 6-40 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DAL | 9 | 23 | 163 | 1 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 5 | 83 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | DAL | 3 | 75 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 14 | 51 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Craig Baynham | DAL | 10 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Don Meredith | DAL | 3 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Les Shy | DAL | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 20 | 87 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 45 | ||||||
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 13 | 25 | 203 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Paul Warfield | CLE | 4 | 86 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 4 | 47 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Gary Collins | CLE | 2 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Harraway | CLE | 5 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||
| Ernie Green | CLE | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Craig Baynham | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 17 | |||||||||
| Dick Daniels | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ron East | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Edwards | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don Meredith | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Les Shy | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Erich Barnes | CLE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Davis | CLE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Gregory | CLE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Howell | CLE | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Dale Lindsey | CLE | 1 | 27 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy McDonald | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
Dallas Cowboys Starting Lineup
| Don Meredith | QB |
| Craig Baynham | HB |
| Don Perkins | FB |
| Lance Rentzel | FL |
| Bob Hayes | SE |
| Pettis Norman | TE |
| Tony Liscio | LT |
| John Niland | LG |
| Malcolm Walker | C |
| John Wilbur | RG |
| Ralph Neely | RT |
| Larry Cole | LDE |
| Jethro Pugh | LDT |
| Bob Lilly | RDT |
| George Andrie | RDE |
| Chuck Howley | LLB |
| Lee Roy Jordan | MLB |
| Dave Edwards | RLB |
| Cornell Green | LCB |
| Mel Renfro | RCB |
| Mike Gaechter | SS |
| Dick Daniels | FS |
Cleveland Browns Starting Lineup
| Bill Nelsen | QB |
| Leroy Kelly | HB |
| Charlie Harraway | FB |
| Gary Collins | FL |
| Paul Warfield | SE |
| Milt Morin | TE |
| Dick Schafrath | LT |
| John Demarie | LG |
| Fred Hoaglin | C |
| Gene Hickerson | RG |
| Monte Clark | RT |
| Ron Snidow | LDE |
| Jack Gregory | LDE |
| Walter Johnson | LDT |
| Jim Kanicki | RDT |
| Jim Houston | LLB |
| Bob Matheson | MLB |
| Dale Lindsey | RLB |
| Erich Barnes | LCB |
| Ben Davis | RCB |
| Ernie Kellermann | SS |
| Mike Howell | FS |