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New Orleans Saints 3 at Dallas Cowboys 40
Monday, September 24, 1973
Stadium: Texas Stadium, Start Time: 8:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 76 degrees, relative humidity 88%, wind 17 mph
Weather: 76 degrees, relative humidity 88%, wind 17 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (0-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0) | 12 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
Scoring
| NOR | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Calvin Hill 7 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Safety, ONeal tackled by B. Barnes in end zone | 0 | 9 | |
| Cowboys | Toni Fritsch 27 yard field goal | 0 | 12 | |
| 2nd | Saints | Happy Feller 9 yard field goal | 3 | 12 |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 19 |
| Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 2 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 26 | |
| Cowboys | Mike Montgomery 7 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 33 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Les Strayhorn 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 40 |
Team Stats
| NOR | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-138-0 | 36-169-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-21-116-0-1 | 15-22-197-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-18 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 98 | 186 |
| Total yards | 236 | 355 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-35 | 6-50 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Butler | NOR | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | NOR | 6 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 11 | 15 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jess Phillips | NOR | 11 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jubilee Dunbar | NOR | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Odell Lawson | NOR | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Davis | NOR | 2 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Brown | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 13 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 10 | 15 | 124 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 7 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 5 | 7 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Otto Stowe | DAL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Les Strayhorn | DAL | 5 | 12 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Ernie Jackson | NOR | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Odell Lawson | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Howard Stevens | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Winslow | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 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 | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Montgomery | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Washington | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Happy Feller | NOR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve O'Neal | NOR | 4 | 159 | 39.8 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Marv Bateman | DAL | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | ||||
| Toni Fritsch | DAL | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |