NFL game summary for 12/17/1972:

Pete Gogolak had three field goals and Norm Snead passed for a pair of touchdowns while the Giants defense completely dominated the Cowboys, enabling New York to finish with an 8-6 record. Dallas, which went on to the NFC Divisional Playoffs as the "wild card" team, suffered its worst defeat of the season.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	142.2  (13)	175.8  (6)	318.0  (6)	28
	DEFENSE	139.1  (14)	173.4  (23)	312.5  (20)	34
Dallas Cowboys	OFFENSE	159.8  (6)	173.6  (7)	333.4  (4)	33
	DEFENSE	103.2  (1)	158.8  (17)	262.0  (5)	32

Line: Cowboys by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (8-6-0)	6	14	0	3	23
Dallas Cowboys (10-4-0)	0	3	0	0	3

( 3- 0) NYG Pete Gogolak 49 yard field goal
( 6- 0) NYG Pete Gogolak 22 yard field goal
( 6- 3) DAL Toni Fritsch 43 yard field goal
(13- 3) NYG Ron Johnson 9 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
(20- 3) NYG Rich Houston 12 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
(23- 3) NYG Pete Gogolak 26 yard field goal

                     NYG             DAL
First Downs:         25              10
Rushes-yards:        52-174          20-47
Yards/rush:          3.3             2.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-28-175-1     12-21-110-3
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-25
Net pass yards:      175             85
Net yards/pass:      6.2             3.4
Total net yards:     349             132
Total plays:         80 (65% run)    45 (44% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             2.9
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             3-1
Turnovers:           1               4
Penalties-yards:     5-52            7-73

Attendance: 64,602

Passing:
NYG: Norm Snead, 16 of 28 for 175 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
DAL: Craig Morton, 6 of 11 for 61 yards (2 int); Roger Staubach, 6 of 9 for 49 yards (1 int); Mike Montgomery, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
NYG: Vince Clements, 23 for 105 yards; Ron Johnson, 22 for 53 yards; Rocky Thompson, 3 for 13 yards; Joe Morrison, 2 for 0 yards; Joe Orduna, 1 for 3 yards; Norm Snead, 1 for 0 yards
DAL: Calvin Hill, 8 for 26 yards; Walt Garrison, 6 for 16 yards; Roger Staubach, 2 for 4 yards; Robert Newhouse, 2 for 4 yards; Mike Montgomery, 2 for -3 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 5 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Bob Tucker, 3 for 39 yards; Don Herrmann, 3 for 39 yards; Rich Houston, 3 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Vince Clements, 2 for 20 yards
DAL: Bob Hayes, 3 for 23 yards; Walt Garrison, 2 for 21 yards; Calvin Hill, 2 for 9 yards; Mike Montgomery, 2 for 4 yards; Mike Ditka, 1 for 26 yards; Ron Sellers, 1 for 19 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 2 for 71 yards
DAL: Cliff Harris, 5 for 114 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 30 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Pete Athas, 2 for 19 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 0 yards
DAL: Cliff Harris, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Willie Williams, 1 for 6 yards; Pat Hughes, 1 for 1 yard; Spider Lockhart, 1 for 0 yards
DAL: Charlie Waters, 1 for 56 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 114 yards
DAL: Marv Bateman, 5 for 197 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 3/4
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 1/1

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