NFL game summary for 09/24/1972:

Three field goals by Austrian soccer-style kicker Toni Fritsch, including one of 54 yards for a Dallas club record, lifted the Cowboys to their 12th straight regular season/championship series victory. New York had closed to within 16-14 as Norm Snead connected on a 94-yard TD pass to Rich Houston (they combined on a 55-yard score earlier), but Dallas marched 80 yards to clinch the victory on a three-yard TD toss from Craig Morton to Lance Alworth.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Dallas Cowboys	OFFENSE	154.0  (10)	235.0  (5)	389.0  (4)	3
	DEFENSE	70.0  (6)	245.0  (24)	315.0  (16)	4
New York Giants	OFFENSE	112.0  (17)	133.0  (17)	245.0  (21)	2
	DEFENSE	192.0  (21)	200.0  (18)	392.0  (24)	0

Line: Cowboys by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0)	7	3	3	10	23
New York Giants (0-2-0)	0	7	0	7	14

( 7- 0) DAL Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)
(10- 0) DAL Toni Fritsch 54 yard field goal
(10- 7) NYG Rich Houston 55 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
(13- 7) DAL Toni Fritsch 13 yard field goal
(16- 7) DAL Toni Fritsch 8 yard field goal
(16-14) NYG Rich Houston 94 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
(23-14) DAL Lance Alworth 3 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick)

                     DAL             NYG
First Downs:         18              14
Rushes-yards:        36-139          26-84
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-28-158-0     19-28-298-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-27
Net pass yards:      158             271
Net yards/pass:      5.6             8.7
Total net yards:     297             355
Total plays:         64 (56% run)    57 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             6.2
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-1
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     3-27            4-20

Attendance: 62,725

Passing:
DAL: Craig Morton, 15 of 27 for 158 yards and 1 TD; Calvin Hill, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
NYG: Norm Snead, 19 of 26 for 298 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Ron A. Johnson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards; Randy Johnson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
DAL: Calvin Hill, 20 for 91 yards; Walt Garrison, 15 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 4 yards
NYG: Ron Johnson, 14 for 42 yards; Charlie Evans, 10 for 37 yards; Randy Johnson, 1 for 4 yards; Joe Morrison, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
DAL: Billy Parks, 4 for 49 yards; Walt Garrison, 4 for 43 yards; Billy Truax, 3 for 43 yards; Calvin Hill, 2 for 5 yards; Ron Sellers, 1 for 15 yards; Lance Alworth, 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD
NYG: Rich Houston, 5 for 175 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Evans, 4 for 21 yards; Ron Johnson, 4 for 15 yards; Bob Tucker, 3 for 42 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 33 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 12 yards

Kick returns:
DAL: Cliff Harris, 1 for 30 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 22 yards
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 4 for 80 yards; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 21 yards

Punt returns:
DAL: Charlie Waters, 1 for 17 yards
NYG: Bob Grim, 1 for -1 yards

Interceptions:
DAL: Chuck Howley, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
DAL: Marv Bateman, 4 for 135 yards
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 154 yards

Field Goals:
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 3/3
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 0/2

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