Sunday November 11, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/11/1973:



Charlie Waters intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble in Dallas' victory over the Giants as Walt Garrison scored twice for the Cowboys after blocked kicks. The Giants, trailing 13-10, threatened to take the lead until Waters picked off a Randy Johnson pass midway through the third quarter. New York lost four interceptions, two fumbles, and had a field goal blocked.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE173.2  (6)171.8  (7)345.0  (2)18
DEFENSE104.9  (2)165.5  (21)270.4  (10)22
OFFENSE102.2  (23)198.9  (3)301.1  (13)25
DEFENSE151.4  (16)131.8  (10)283.1  (16)19

Line: Cowboys by 13

Team1234F
Dallas Cowboys (6-3-0)673723
New York Giants (1-7-1)0100010

( 3- 0) DAL Toni Fritsch 13 yard field goal ( 6- 0) DAL Toni Fritsch 37 yard field goal (13- 0) DAL Walt Garrison 4 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) (13- 7) NYG Ron Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) (13-10) NYG Pete Gogolak 43 yard field goal (16-10) DAL Toni Fritsch 17 yard field goal (23-10) DAL Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)
                     DAL             NYG
First Downs:         14              18
Rushes-yards:        36-141          30-81
Yards/rush:          3.9             2.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-16-76-0       18-31-232-4
Sacked-yards:        3-22            5-46
Net pass yards:      54              186
Net yards/pass:      2.8             5.2
Total net yards:     195             267
Total plays:         55 (65% run)    66 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          3.5             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             4-2
Turnovers:           2               6
Penalties-yards:     7-42            7-75

Attendance: 70,128

Passing:
DAL: Roger Staubach, 7 of 16 for 76 yards and 1 TD NYG: Randy Johnson, 18 of 31 for 232 yards (4 int)
Rushing:
DAL: Calvin Hill, 19 for 95 yards; Walt Garrison, 9 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Cyril Pinder, 4 for 2 yards; Robert Newhouse, 3 for 23 yards; Roger Staubach, 1 for 0 yards NYG: Ron Johnson, 19 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Johnny Roland, 10 for 37 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for -10 yards
Receiving:
DAL: Bob Hayes, 2 for 21 yards; Walt Garrison, 2 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Billy Joe DuPree, 1 for 21 yards; Drew Pearson, 1 for 19 yards; Mike Montgomery, 1 for 9 yards NYG: Johnny Roland, 6 for 76 yards; Bob Grim, 5 for 79 yards; Ron Johnson, 4 for 47 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 23 yards; Bob Tucker, 1 for 7 yards
Kick returns:
NYG: Rich Houston, 4 for 93 yards; Walt Love, 1 for 27 yards
Punt returns:
DAL: Golden Richards, 1 for 6 yards NYG: Pete Athas, 3 for 7 yards
Interceptions:
DAL: Charlie Waters, 2 for 44 yards; Lee Roy Jordan, 1 for 4 yards; Benny Barnes, 1 for 1 yard
Punting:
DAL: Marv Bateman, 5 for 213 yards NYG: Tom Blanchard, 4 for 121 yards
Field Goals:
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 3/3 NYG: Pete Gogolak, 1/2


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