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New York Giants 23 at Dallas Cowboys 3
Sunday, December 17, 1972
New York Giants 23, Dallas Cowboys 3| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (8-6-0) | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Dallas Cowboys (10-4-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Scoring
| NYG | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Pete Gogolak 49 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NYG | Pete Gogolak 22 yard field goal | 6 | 0 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Toni Fritsch 43 yard field goal | 6 | 3 |
| NYG | Ron A. Johnson 9 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 13 | 3 | |
| NYG | Rich Houston 12 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) | 20 | 3 | |
| 4th | NYG | Pete Gogolak 26 yard field goal | 23 | 3 |
Team Stats
| NYG | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 52-174-0 | 20-47-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-28-175-2-1 | 12-21-110-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-25 |
| Net pass yards | 175 | 85 |
| Total yards | 349 | 132 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-52 | 7-73 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Vince Clements | NYG | 23 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ron A. Johnson | NYG | 22 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Norm Snead | NYG | 16 | 28 | 175 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | NYG | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rich Houston | NYG | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Orduna | NYG | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 6 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 6 | 9 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Sellers | DAL | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 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 | |||
| Pete Athas | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Grim | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Hughes | NYG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 1 | 6 | 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 | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||