Sunday, September 24, 1972
Dallas Cowboys 23, New York Giants 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| New York Giants (0-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| DAL | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DAL | Toni Fritsch 54 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| NYG | Rich Houston 55 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Toni Fritsch 13 yard field goal | 13 | 7 |
| 4th | DAL | Toni Fritsch 8 yard field goal | 16 | 7 |
| NYG | Rich Houston 94 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 16 | 14 | |
| DAL | Lance Alworth 3 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 23 | 14 |
| DAL | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-139-1 | 26-84-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-28-158-1-0 | 19-28-298-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-27 |
| Net pass yards | 158 | 271 |
| Total yards | 297 | 355 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-27 | 4-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 15 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 15 | 27 | 158 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Billy Parks | DAL | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Truax | DAL | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Sellers | DAL | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Alworth | DAL | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rich Houston | NYG | 5 | 175 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norm Snead | NYG | 19 | 26 | 298 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie Evans | NYG | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron A. Johnson | NYG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | NYG | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | NYG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 1 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 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 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Grim | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||