NFL game summary for 12/23/1972:

Roger Staubach came off the bench and led Dallas in a 17-point fourth quarter rally for a 30-28 victory over San Francisco. The 49ers took advantage of five turnovers for a 28-13 edge going into the final period. Vic Washington had returned the opening kickoff 97 yards and Larry Schreiber scored three touchdowns on one-yard plunges to build the lead. The Cowboys had two field goals by Toni Fritsch and one touchdown pass by Craig Morton to Lance Alworth before they started their big comeback.

Staubach brought his team within range for Fritsch's third field goal and passed 20 yards for a TD to Billy Parks. Shortly after the onside kick bounced off Preston Riley and was recovered by Mel Renfro on the 50, Staubach passed 10 yards to Ron Sellers for the winning score with 52 seconds to play. A final San Francisco threat was blunted by Charlie Waters' interception.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	151.7 (8)	167.3 (8)	319.0 (6)	37
DEFENSE	108.2 (1)	160.0 (18)	268.2 (6)	33
OFFENSE	115.4 (21)	195.4 (2)	310.8 (9)	37
DEFENSE	131.9 (13)	155.6 (14)	287.6 (14)	36

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Dallas Cowboys (11-4-0)	3	10	0	17	30
San Francisco 49ers (8-6-1)	7	14	7	0	28

( 0- 7) SF  Vic Washington 97 yard kickoff return (Bruce Gossett kick)
( 3- 7) DAL Toni Fritsch 37 yard field goal
( 3-14) SF  Larry Schreiber 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)
( 3-21) SF  Larry Schreiber 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)
( 6-21) DAL Toni Fritsch 45 yard field goal
(13-21) DAL Lance Alworth 28 yard pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick)
(13-28) SF  Larry Schreiber 1 yard rush (Bruce Gossett kick)
(16-28) DAL Toni Fritsch 27 yard field goal
(23-28) DAL Billy Parks 20 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick)
(30-28) DAL Ron Sellers 10 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick)

                     DAL             SF
First Downs:         22              13
Rushes-yards:        31-165          37-111
Yards/rush:          5.3             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-41-270-2     12-22-150-2
Sacked-yards:        5-33            0-0
Net pass yards:      237             150
Net yards/pass:      5.2             6.8
Total net yards:     402             261
Total plays:         77 (40% run)    59 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             5-1
Turnovers:           5               3
Penalties-yards:     3-35            7-56

Attendance: 61,214

Passing:
DAL: Craig Morton, 8 of 21 for 96 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Roger Staubach, 12 of 20 for 174 yards and 2 TDs SF: John Brodie, 12 of 22 for 150 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
DAL: Calvin Hill, 18 for 125 yards; Walt Garrison, 9 for 15 yards; Roger Staubach, 3 for 23 yards; Craig Morton, 1 for 2 yards SF: Larry Schreiber, 26 for 52 yards and 3 TDs; Vic Washington, 10 for 56 yards; Jimmy Thomas, 1 for -3 yards
Receiving:
DAL: Billy Parks, 7 for 136 yards and 1 TD; Walt Garrison, 3 for 24 yards; Lance Alworth, 2 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Ron Sellers, 2 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Mike Montgomery, 2 for 19 yards; Bob Hayes, 1 for 13 yards; Mike Ditka, 1 for 9 yards; Calvin Hill, 1 for 6 yards; Billy Truax, 1 for 2 yards SF: Preston Riley, 4 for 41 yards; Gene Washington, 3 for 76 yards; Larry Schreiber, 3 for 20 yards; Vic Washington, 1 for 8 yards; Ted Kwalick, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
DAL: Cliff Harris, 3 for 83 yards SF: Vic Washington, 3 for 136 yards and 1 TD; Ed Beard, 1 for 5 yards; Ralph McGill, 1 for 5 yards; Preston Riley, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
DAL: Charlie Waters, 1 for 2 yards SF: Bruce Taylor, 1 for -5 yards
Interceptions:
DAL: Charlie Waters, 2 for 12 yards SF: Skip Vanderbundt, 2 for 4 yards
Punting:
DAL: Marv Bateman, 5 for 213 yards SF: Jim McCann, 6 for 224 yards
Field Goals:
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 3/3 SF: Bruce Gossett, 0/2