Sunday, November 5, 1972
Dallas Cowboys 34, San Diego Chargers 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (6-2-0) | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| San Diego Chargers (2-5-1) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 28 |
| DAL | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Mike Montgomery 54 yard fumble return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 0 |
| DAL | Toni Fritsch 25 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Walt Garrison 9 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 0 |
| DAL | Mike Ditka 1 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 0 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Craig Morton 7 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 0 |
| SDG | Chuck Dicus 46 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 31 | 7 | |
| 4th | SDG | Gary Garrison 42 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 31 | 14 |
| SDG | Chuck Dicus 20 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 31 | 21 | |
| DAL | Toni Fritsch 31 yard field goal | 34 | 21 | |
| SDG | Dave L. Williams 47 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 34 | 28 |
| DAL | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-100-2 | 29-144-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-23-192-1-1 | 11-26-211-4-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-23 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 169 | 202 |
| Total yards | 269 | 346 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-52 | 3-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig Morton | DAL | 15 | 21 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Sellers | DAL | 3 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 13 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 1 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 4 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Parks | DAL | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Alworth | DAL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jean Fugett | DAL | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 1 | -15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Hadl | SDG | 11 | 26 | 211 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 17 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chuck Dicus | SDG | 4 | 77 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cid Edwards | SDG | 10 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 3 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave L. Williams | SDG | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Mackey | SDG | 1 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | DAL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| D.D. Lewis | DAL | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 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 | |||
| Reggie Berry | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lenny Dunlap | SDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jesse Taylor | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||