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Philadelphia Eagles 6 at Dallas Cowboys 28
Sunday, September 17, 1972
Philadelphia Eagles 6, Dallas Cowboys 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles (0-1-0) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
Scoring
| PHI | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PHI | Tom Dempsey 30 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | PHI | Tom Dempsey 42 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Sellers 37 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Lance Alworth 13 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 14 |
| DAL | Calvin Hill 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 21 | |
| 4th | DAL | Robert Newhouse 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 6 | 28 |
Team Stats
| PHI | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-70-0 | 39-154-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-36-250-0-3 | 13-29-235-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 245 | 235 |
| Total yards | 315 | 389 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-57 | 10-85 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Harold Jackson | PHI | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 161 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Reaves | PHI | 11 | 19 | 143 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Liske | PHI | 9 | 17 | 107 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ben Hawkins | PHI | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Po James | PHI | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Watkins | PHI | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Sullivan | PHI | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Ballman | PHI | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Bailey | PHI | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harold Carmichael | PHI | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Baker | PHI | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DAL | 13 | 26 | 235 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | DAL | 3 | 88 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 17 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lance Alworth | DAL | 3 | 46 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Bill Bradley | PHI | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Gibbs | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Al Nelson | PHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nate Ramsey | PHI | 1 | 10 | 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 | |||
| Cornell Green | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mel Renfro | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||