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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants - December 12th, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 42 at New York Giants 14
Sunday, December 12, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 42, New York Giants 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (10-3-0) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 42 |
| New York Giants (4-9-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Scoring
| DAL | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Bob Hayes 46 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Duane Thomas 3 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Calvin Hill 10 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 0 |
| DAL | Bob Hayes 85 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 0 | |
| NYG | Don Herrmann 6 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 28 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Duane Thomas 7 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 7 |
| DAL | Calvin Hill 4 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 42 | 7 | |
| 4th | NYG | Pete Athas 37 yard interception return (Pete Gogolak kick) | 42 | 14 |
Team Stats
| DAL | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-197-3 | 20-64-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-22-262-3-2 | 25-43-225-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 5-42 |
| Net pass yards | 242 | 183 |
| Total yards | 439 | 247 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 2-17 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 10 | 14 | 232 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Duane Thomas | DAL | 16 | 94 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Alworth | DAL | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 2 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Claxton Welch | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Herrmann | NYG | 7 | 91 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | NYG | 17 | 29 | 151 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 8 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 5 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | NYG | 8 | 14 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Junior Coffey | NYG | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 2 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| D.D. Lewis | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ike Thomas | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 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 | |||
| Pete Athas | NYG | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Richmond Flowers | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||