NFL game summary for 10/20/1974:

Cowboys' linebacker Dave Edwards recovered a fumble at the Philadelphia 37 to set up the third of Calvin Hill's three touchdowns which tied the game at 24-24. Later Roger Staubach scored the decisive touchdown from the 1 with 9:44 remaining as Dallas ended a four-game losing streak and snapped the Eagles' four-game winning string. Hill's touchdowns were on runs of 5, 17 and 2 yards as he rushed for 140 yards on 26 carries. In the match-up of the NFC's leading pass receivers, the Cowboys' Drew Pearson caught 5 for 75 yards and Harold Carmichael had 5 for 85 yards and one TD for the Eagles as the two men remained 1 and 2 respectively.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Philadelphia Eagles	OFFENSE	135.4  (14)	152.0  (12)	287.4  (12)	9
	DEFENSE	124.0  (9)	183.8  (22)	307.8  (18)	19
Dallas Cowboys	OFFENSE	155.0  (9)	199.4  (4)	354.4  (2)	15
	DEFENSE	118.0  (8)	148.0  (14)	266.0  (8)	9

Line: Cowboys by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Philadelphia Eagles (4-2-0)	0	17	7	0	24
Dallas Cowboys (2-4-0)	0	14	10	7	31

( 0- 7) DAL Calvin Hill 5 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
( 7- 7) PHI Harold Carmichael 14 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 7-14) DAL Calvin Hill 17 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
(14-14) PHI Po James 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(17-14) PHI Tom Dempsey 39 yard field goal
(17-17) DAL Efren Herrera 29 yard field goal
(24-17) PHI Don Zimmerman 64 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)
(24-24) DAL Calvin Hill 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
(24-31) DAL Roger Staubach 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)

                     PHI             DAL
First Downs:         20              29
Rushes-yards:        17-50           49-246
Yards/rush:          2.9             5.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-36-285-1     18-27-224-0
Sacked-yards:        6-35            6-50
Net pass yards:      250             174
Net yards/pass:      6.0             5.3
Total net yards:     300             420
Total plays:         59 (28% run)    82 (59% run)  
Yards/play:          5.1             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        5-2             1-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     6-66            12-80

Attendance: 43,586

Passing:
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 21 of 36 for 285 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
DAL: Roger Staubach, 18 of 27 for 224 yards

Rushing:
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 7 for 17 yards; Po James, 6 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 2 for 6 yards; Roman Gabriel, 2 for 3 yards
DAL: Calvin Hill, 26 for 140 yards and 3 TDs; Walt Garrison, 14 for 62 yards; Roger Staubach, 6 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Robert Newhouse, 3 for 6 yards

Receiving:
PHI: Charle Young, 6 for 64 yards; Harold Carmichael, 5 for 85 yards and 1 TD; Po James, 5 for 59 yards; Tom Sullivan, 3 for 11 yards; Don Zimmerman, 2 for 66 yards and 1 TD
DAL: Drew Pearson, 5 for 77 yards; Calvin Hill, 5 for 27 yards; Walt Garrison, 3 for 33 yards; Billy Joe DuPree, 2 for 51 yards; Jean Fugett, 1 for 23 yards; Bob Hayes, 1 for 7 yards; Golden Richards, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
PHI: Po James, 5 for 107 yards; Kent Kramer, 1 for 16 yards
DAL: Charley Young, 2 for 45 yards; Dennis Morgan, 1 for 29 yards

Punt returns:
PHI: Marion Reeves, 1 for 1 yard; Bill Bradley, 1 for 0 yards
DAL: Dennis Morgan, 1 for 10 yards; Cliff Harris, 1 for 8 yards

Interceptions:
DAL: Cliff Harris, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
PHI: Merritt Kersey, 5 for 151 yards
DAL: Marv Bateman, 5 for 154 yards

Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 1/1
DAL: Efren Herrera, 1/2

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