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Dallas Cowboys 20 at Cleveland Browns 31

Saturday, December 21, 1968

Dallas Cowboys 20, Cleveland Browns 31

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Dallas Cowboys (12-3-0)733720
Cleveland Browns (11-4-0)3714731

Scoring

DALCLE
1stCLEDon Cockroft 38 yard field goal03
DALChuck Howley 44 yard fumble return (Mike Clark kick)73
2ndDALMike Clark 16 yard field goal103
CLELeroy Kelly 45 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick)1010
3rdCLEDale Lindsey 27 yard interception return (Don Cockroft kick)1017
CLELeroy Kelly 35 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)1024
DALMike Clark 47 yard field goal1324
4thCLEErnie Green 2 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)1331
DALWalt Garrison 2 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick)2031

Team Stats

DALCLE
First downs1312
Rush-yards-TDs30-86-030-102-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-32-205-1-413-25-203-1-1
Sacked-yards1-53-25
Net pass yards200178
Total yards286280
Fumbles-lost1-01-1
Turnovers42
Penalties-yards4-206-40

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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

Cleveland Browns Starting Lineup