1972 Dallas Cowboys 12-2 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Dallas 73 147 66 70 0 356 Opponent 12 84 43 80 0 219 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 356 219 1-0 44 Philadelphia 7 First Downs 287 220 2-0 13 @New York(N) 10 Rush 122 103 2-1 6 @Green Bay 13 Pass 153 102 2-2 17 Pittsburgh 20 Pen 12 15 3-2 34 @Baltimore 31 Penalties 70 77 4-2 21 @Washington 20 Yards 572 632 5-2 35 Detroit 29 6-2 27 @San Diego 21 Rushing Att 519 456 7-2 21 St. Louis 7 Yards 2364 1957 8-2 17 @Philadelphia 13 Ave 4.6 4.3 9-2 28 San Francisco 13 TD 16 11 10-2 24 @St. Louis 13 11-2 31 Washington 0 Passing Att 294 355 12-2 38 New York(N) 22 Comp 194 174 % 66.0 49.0 Int 7 14 % 2.4 3.9 TD 27 10 % 9.2 2.8 Yards 2841 2088 Sacked 26 19 Punt Return 31 17 Yards 20 38 Ave 0.6 2.2 Kick Return 48 66 Yards 1059 1402 Ave 22.1 21.2 Punts 57 68 Yards 2211 2729 Ave 38.8 40.1 FG Att 23 28 Made 16 19 % 69.6 67.9 Third Downs 168 197 Made 77 74 % 45.8 37.6 Fourth Downs 7 17 Made 3 7 % 42.9 41.2 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 32 24 Lost 13 7 Turnovers 20 21 Net Offense 4990 3919 Per Play 5.9 4.7 1972 Dallas Cowboys Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Hill,C 244 1187 4.9 26 56 26 7 Hill,C 43 3 525 12.2 3 31 30 2 Garrison 163 924 5.7 32 55 41 9 Garrison 36 3 461 12.8 3 29 31 10 Newhouse 29 123 4.2 0 5 9 0 Sellers 31 3 622 20.1 9 27 53 3 Montgomery 45 72 1.6 2 3 13 0 Ditka 19 1 230 12.1 1 11 33 2 Morton 23 22 1.0 0 1 5 0 Parks,B 17 1 302 17.8 3 15 43 3 Staubach 4 15 3.8 1 0 10 0 Hayes 17 0 299 17.6 4 14 40 0 Thomas,B 7 13 1.9 1 1 12 0 Alworth 13 2 196 15.1 0 12 22 2 Reeves 1 9 9.0 0 1 9 0 Montgomery 8 1 80 10.0 1 7 28 3 Alworth 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Fugett 8 0 98 12.3 1 6 29 2 Nye 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Newhouse 2 0 28 14.0 0 1 20 0 Fugett 1 -4 -4.0 0 0 0 0 194 14 2841 14.6 25153 53 27 519 2364 4.6 62 122 41 16 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Morton 286 188 65.7 2735 14.5 53 21 23 7 2.4 25 27 9.4 118.0 Staubach 8 6 75.0 106 17.7 34 0 2 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 116.7 294 194 66.0 2841 14.6 53 21 25 7 2.4 26 27 9.2 118.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Fritsch 44 44 100.0 23 16 69.6 55.6 0.0 49 92 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Bateman 57 2211 55 4 0 12 17 38 36.7 38.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Newhouse 16 385 24.1 35 0 Waters 12 5 18 1.5 10 0 Harris,C 28 603 21.5 54 0 Harris,C 19 11 2 0.1 11 0 Montgomery 1 21 21.0 21 0 31 16 20 0.6 11 0 Thomas,B 2 38 19.0 25 0 Waters 1 12 12.0 12 0 Niland 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nye 1 0 0.0 0 0 48 1059 22.1 54 0 Fumbles Hill,C 9 Harris,C 5 Thomas,B 2 Newhouse 1 Montgome 1 Morton 7 Garrison 4 Fritsch 1 Parks,B 1 Waters 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Pugh 5 Lilly 13 Lilly 11 Waters 14 Cole 3 Morton 4 Toomay 5 Pugh 12 Howley 9 Renfro 12 Green 3 Gregory 2 Cole 4 Toomay 11 Jordan 7 Harris,C 9 Edwards 2 Manders 2 Lilly 4 Cole 2 Edwards 6 Green 5 Lilly 2 Garrison 2 Howley 1 Andrie 2 Pugh 5 Howley 4 Pugh 2 Waters 2 Cole 2 Jordan 4 Toomay 2 Hayes 1 Andrie 2 Edwards 3 Howley 1 Hill,C 1 Toomay 2 Lilly 3 Jordan 1 Howley 1 Smith,T 1 Cole 2 Keller 1 Jordan 1 Waters 1 Adderly 2 Lewis,D. 1 Lilly 1 Pugh 2 Andrie 1 Edwards 1 Toomay 1 Alworth 1 Cole 1 Renfro 1 Neely 1 Smith,T 1 Nye 1 Harris,C 1 Pugh 1 Waters 1 Toomay 1 Wallace 1 Ditka 1 Wright 1 Tackles Green 82 Lilly 63 Toomay 35 Barnes,B 19 Alworth 13 Washingt 9 Jordan 81 Pugh 47 Waters 35 Lewis,D. 15 Smith,T 12 Adderly 9 Edwards 79 Renfro 42 Cole 23 Coleman 15 Hayes 10 Gregory 7 Howley 73 Harris,C 35 Keller 21 Babinecz 13 Andrie 9 Parks,B 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Harris,C 3 40 13.3 19 0 Waters 3 52 17.3 32 0 Howley 2 10 5.0 5 0 Jordan 2 21 10.5 15 0 Renfro 2 0 0.0 0 0 Green 2 0 0.0 0 0 14 123 8.8 32 0 1972 Dallas Cowboys Coach:Tom Landry Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Morton,Craig 5 O 2 1 QB Staubach,Roger 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Garrison,Walt 2 0 5 B 3 4 RB Hill,Calvin 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Montgomery,Mike 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Newhouse,Robert 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Reeves,Dan 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Thomas,Bill 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR WR Alworth,Lance 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Hayes,Bob 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Parks,Billy 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Sellers,Ron 0 0 5 O 1 1 TE Ditka,Mike 3 0 5 O 1 1 TE Fugett,Jean 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE Truax,Billy 2 0 2 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Niland,John 10 10 5 G Nye,Blaine 8 8 5 T Neely,Ralph 5 5 4 T Wright,Rayfield 10 10 5 C Fitzgerald,John 5 5 5 C Manders,Dave 5 5 5 G-T Wallace,Rodney 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Gregory,Bill 4 3 0 1 4 DT Lilly,Bob 9 7 0 2 5 DT Pugh,Jethro 8 6 0 2 5 DE Andrie,George 3 2 0 1 2 DE Cole,Larry 6 5 0 1 3 DE Smith,Tody 4 3 0 1 3 DE Toomay,Pat 5 3 0 2 5 ILB Babinecz,John 3 2 1 0 5 ILB Jordan,LeeRoy 7 4 2 1 5 ILB Keller,Mike 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Coleman,Ralph 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Edwards,Dave 7 5 2 0 5 OLB Howley,Chuck 7 4 2 1 5 OLB Lewis,D.D. 5 3 2 0 4 CB Adderly,Herb 5 0 5 0 4 CB Renfro,Mel 9 0 9 0 5 CB Washington,Mark 4 0 4 0 3 CB Waters,Charlie 6 0 6 0 5 RET DB Barnes,Benny 4 0 4 0 2 S Green,Cornell 8 1 7 0 5 S Harris,Cliff 6 1 5 0 5 RET Special Teams P Bateman,Marv K Fritsch,Toni