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Dallas Cowboys 31 at New York Jets 21

Sunday, December 21, 1975

Dallas Cowboys 31, New York Jets 21

1234Final
Dallas Cowboys (10-4-0)01410731
New York Jets (3-11-0)1400721

Scoring

DALNYJ
1stNYJJohn Riggins 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)07
NYJCarl Garrett 8 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)014
2ndDALRobert Newhouse 3 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)714
DALDoug Dennison 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)1414
3rdDALDrew Pearson 10 yard pass from Clint Longley (Toni Fritsch kick)2114
DALToni Fritsch 22 yard field goal2414
4thNYJBob Gresham 7 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)2421
DALRandy Hughes 33 yard interception return (Toni Fritsch kick)3121

Team Stats

DALNYJ
First downs2113
Rush-yards-TDs53-243-241-121-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT6-15-94-1-12-13-15-0-1
Sacked-yards1-82-16
Net pass yards86-1
Total yards329120
Fumbles-lost2-11-1
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards7-553-15

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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