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Sunday November 18, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/18/1973:



Dallas avenged an earlier defeat at Philadelphia on the running of Walt Garrison and the passing of Roger Staubach. Garrison ran for 88 yards and a TD and Staubach threw TD passes to Garrison and Bob Hayes. Roman Gabriel suffered an injury to his passing arm after leading the Eagles to an early 10-0 lead on a Tom Dempsey field goal and an 80-yard pass to rookie Charle Young.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE124.7  (19)213.7  (1)338.3  (3)17
DEFENSE153.8  (19)184.7  (25)338.4  (24)18
Dallas CowboysOFFENSE169.7  (7)158.7  (9)328.3  (5)20
DEFENSE102.2  (2)167.8  (21)270.0  (12)28

Line: Cowboys by 12

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (3-6-1)370010
Dallas Cowboys (7-3-0)01471031

( 3- 0) PHI Tom Dempsey 17 yard field goal
(10- 0) PHI Charle Young 80 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)
(10- 7) DAL Roger Staubach 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)
(10-14) DAL Walt Garrison 2 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick)
(10-21) DAL Bob Hayes 28 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick)
(10-28) DAL Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick)
(10-31) DAL Toni Fritsch 23 yard field goal
                     PHI             DAL
First Downs:         12              16
Rushes-yards:        29-118          40-286
Yards/rush:          4.1             7.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-33-152-1     7-17-108-3
Sacked-yards:        3-19            1-1
Net pass yards:      133             107
Net yards/pass:      3.7             5.9
Total net yards:     251             393
Total plays:         65 (44% run)    58 (68% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             6.8
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             0-0
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     1-5             5-55

Attendance: 59,375
Passing:
PHI: John Reaves, 5 of 19 for 17 yards (1 int); Roman Gabriel, 8 of 14 for 135 yards and 1 TD
DAL: Roger Staubach, 7 of 16 for 108 yards and 2 TDs (3 int); Craig Morton, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 12 for 52 yards; Lee Bouggess, 7 for 29 yards; Tom Bailey, 3 for 19 yards; Norm Bulaich, 3 for 12 yards; Roman Gabriel, 2 for 4 yards; John Reaves, 2 for 2 yards
DAL: Calvin Hill, 15 for 71 yards; Walt Garrison, 13 for 88 yards and 1 TD; Robert Newhouse, 7 for 81 yards; Les Strayhorn, 3 for 11 yards; Jean Fugett, 1 for 34 yards; Roger Staubach, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD

Receiving:
PHI: Charle Young, 4 for 113 yards and 1 TD; Harold Carmichael, 3 for 24 yards; Norm Bulaich, 3 for 3 yards; Lee Bouggess, 2 for 10 yards; Don Zimmerman, 1 for 2 yards
DAL: Walt Garrison, 3 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Bob Hayes, 1 for 28 yards and 1 TD; Billy Joe DuPree, 1 for 9 yards; Drew Pearson, 1 for 9 yards; Calvin Hill, 1 for -3 yards

Kick returns:
PHI: Stan Davis, 4 for 94 yards; Kermit Alexander, 1 for 19 yards
DAL: Golden Richards, 1 for 17 yards

Punt returns:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 3 for 8 yards
DAL: Golden Richards, 3 for 38 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 1 for 3 yards; Randy Logan, 1 for 0 yards; John Sodaski, 1 for 0 yards
DAL: Pat Toomay, 1 for 35 yards

Punting:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 4 for 191 yards; Tom McNeill, 4 for 149 yards
DAL: Marv Bateman, 6 for 273 yards

Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 1/2
DAL: Toni Fritsch, 1/1




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