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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at New York Jets - December 21st, 1975
Dallas Cowboys 31 at New York Jets 21
Sunday, December 21, 1975
Dallas Cowboys 31, New York Jets 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (10-4-0) | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| New York Jets (3-11-0) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| DAL | NYJ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYJ | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NYJ | Carl Garrett 8 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Robert Newhouse 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 14 |
| DAL | Doug Dennison 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Drew Pearson 10 yard pass from Clint Longley (Toni Fritsch kick) | 21 | 14 |
| DAL | Toni Fritsch 22 yard field goal | 24 | 14 | |
| 4th | NYJ | Bob Gresham 7 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) | 24 | 21 |
| DAL | Randy Hughes 33 yard interception return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 31 | 21 |
Team Stats
| DAL | NYJ | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 53-243-2 | 41-121-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-15-94-1-1 | 2-13-15-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 2-16 |
| Net pass yards | 86 | -1 |
| Total yards | 329 | 120 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-55 | 3-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 19 | 108 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Clint Longley | DAL | 6 | 15 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 10 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Charley Young | DAL | 8 | 49 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 13 | 46 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 25 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jean Fugett | DAL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Riggins | NYJ | 27 | 62 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NYJ | 8 | 38 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Steve Davis | NYJ | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | NYJ | 2 | 7 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| J.J. Jones | NYJ | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
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 | |||
| Thomas Henderson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Percy Howard | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Hughes | DAL | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 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 | |||
| Jim Bailey | NYJ | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lou Piccone | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Sowells | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||