NFL game summary for 12/31/1972:

Washington used the passing combination of Billy Kilmer and Charley Taylor, the kicking of Curt Knight and a smothering defense to control Dallas and give the Redskins the NFC championship -- their first in 30 years. After Knight had produced a 3-0 lead with the first of his four field goals 5:15 into the second quarter, Washington scored the decisive touchdown on a pair of Kilmer-to-Taylor strikes on the next possession.

The first completion covered 51 yards on third-and-10 from Washington's 28 to put the ball on the Dallas 21. Two plays later, Kilmer hit Taylor on a post pattern for a 15-yard score. Two plays into the final quarter, Kilmer and Taylor struck for a 45-yard touchdown. Knight completed the scoring with three fourth-quarter field goals. Kilmer completed 14 of 18 passes for 194 yards and a championship game record percentage of .778. Taylor caught seven passes for 146 yards. The Redskins' defense permitted Dallas RBs Calvin Hill and Walt Garrison just 37 yards and sacked QB Roger Staubach three times.

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	148.7 (10)	163.8 (11)	312.5 (7)	26
DEFENSE	123.8 (7)	133.0 (6)	256.8 (4)	32

Line: Redskins by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Dallas Cowboys (11-5-0)	0	3	0	0	3
Washington Redskins (13-3-0)	0	10	0	16	26

( 0- 3) WAS Curt Knight 18 yard field goal ( 0-10) WAS Charley Taylor 15 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) ( 3-10) DAL Toni Fritsch 35 yard field goal ( 3-17) WAS Charley Taylor 45 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick) ( 3-20) WAS Curt Knight 39 yard field goal ( 3-23) WAS Curt Knight 46 yard field goal ( 3-26) WAS Curt Knight 45 yard field goal

                     DAL             WAS
First Downs:         8               16
Rushes-yards:        21-96           44-122
Yards/rush:          4.6             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-21-98-0       14-18-194-0
Sacked-yards:        3-25            0-0
Net pass yards:      73              194
Net yards/pass:      3.0             10.8
Total net yards:     169             316
Total plays:         45 (46% run)    62 (70% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     4-30            4-38

Attendance: 53,129

Passing:
DAL: Roger Staubach, 9 of 20 for 98 yards; Calvin Hill, 0 of 1 for 0 yards WAS: Billy Kilmer, 14 of 18 for 194 yards and 2 TDs
Rushing:
DAL: Calvin Hill, 9 for 22 yards; Walt Garrison, 7 for 15 yards; Roger Staubach, 5 for 59 yards WAS: Larry Brown, 30 for 88 yards; Charlie Harraway, 11 for 19 yards; Billy Kilmer, 3 for 15 yards
Receiving:
DAL: Ron Sellers, 2 for 29 yards; Walt Garrison, 2 for 18 yards; Calvin Hill, 2 for 11 yards; Billy Parks, 1 for 21 yards; Lance Alworth, 1 for 15 yards; Mike Ditka, 1 for 4 yards WAS: Charley Taylor, 7 for 146 yards and 2 TDs; Charlie Harraway, 3 for 13 yards; Roy Jefferson, 2 for 19 yards; Larry Brown, 2 for 16 yards
Kick returns:
DAL: Cliff Harris, 2 for 29 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 25 yards
Punt returns:
DAL: Charlie Waters, 3 for -5 yards WAS: Alvin Haymond, 4 for 10 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
DAL: Marv Bateman, 7 for 302 yards WAS: Mike Bragg, 4 for 144 yards
Field Goals:
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 1/2 WAS: Curt Knight, 4/4