Sunday October 26, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/26/1975:



Toni Fritsch kicked a 42-yard field goal as time elapsed to climax a five-play march in 35 seconds from the Dallas 40 to the Philadelphia 25 to give the Cowboys their fifth victory and protect their one-game lead in the NFC Eastern Division. Dallas tied the score at 17-17 on a 21-yard pass from Roger Staubach to Drew Pearson with 1:04 left. Staubach, throwing a dozen times from the shotgun formation, completed 27 of 49 for 314 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE170.6  (3)170.4  (9)341.0  (5)11
DEFENSE133.4  (12)117.4  (4)250.8  (5)18
OFFENSE128.4  (16)192.4  (4)320.8  (9)12
DEFENSE156.0  (18)157.0  (16)313.0  (15)14

Line: Cowboys by 7

Team1234F
Dallas Cowboys (5-1-0)01001020
Philadelphia Eagles (1-5-0)770317

( 0- 7) PHI Harold Carmichael 1 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Horst Muhlmann kick) ( 7- 7) DAL Golden Richards 43 yard punt return (Toni Fritsch kick) ( 7-14) PHI Harold Carmichael 18 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Horst Muhlmann kick) (10-14) DAL Toni Fritsch 20 yard field goal (10-17) PHI Horst Muhlmann 28 yard field goal (17-17) DAL Drew Pearson 21 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) (20-17) DAL Toni Fritsch 42 yard field goal
                     DAL             PHI
First Downs:         21              13
Rushes-yards:        25-78           34-111
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     27-50-314-1     9-23-166-0
Sacked-yards:        2-14            1-10
Net pass yards:      300             156
Net yards/pass:      5.8             6.5
Total net yards:     378             267
Total plays:         77 (32% run)    58 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     6-55            6-73

Attendance: 64,889

Passing:
DAL: Roger Staubach, 27 of 49 for 314 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Mitch Hoopes, 0 of 1 for 0 yards PHI: Roman Gabriel, 9 of 23 for 166 yards and 2 TDs
Rushing:
DAL: Robert Newhouse, 8 for 13 yards; Preston Pearson, 7 for 30 yards; Doug Dennison, 7 for 22 yards; Roger Staubach, 3 for 13 yards PHI: Tom Sullivan, 16 for 31 yards; Art Malone, 7 for 23 yards; Po James, 5 for 16 yards; Roman Gabriel, 3 for 39 yards; James McAlister, 2 for 4 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for -2 yards
Receiving:
DAL: Jean Fugett, 7 for 93 yards; Robert Newhouse, 6 for 55 yards; Drew Pearson, 4 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Preston Pearson, 4 for 43 yards; Charley Young, 4 for 28 yards; Golden Richards, 1 for 46 yards; Doug Dennison, 1 for 1 yard PHI: Charlie Smith, 4 for 72 yards; Harold Carmichael, 3 for 26 yards and 2 TDs; Charle Young, 2 for 68 yards
Kick returns:
DAL: Rolly Woolsey, 3 for 69 yards PHI: James McAlister, 3 for 70 yards; Po James, 1 for 26 yards
Punt returns:
DAL: Golden Richards, 4 for 75 yards and 1 TD PHI: Larry Marshall, 2 for 26 yards
Interceptions:
PHI: John Outlaw, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
DAL: Mitch Hoopes, 5 for 151 yards PHI: Spike Jones, 8 for 302 yards
Field Goals:
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 2/4 PHI: Horst Muhlmann, 1/1


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