Week 15, 1975

played in Dallas, TX

37 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

New York (N) Giants	7	0	0	0	-	7
Dallas Cowboys	0	13	0	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:06 NYG - Lydell Mitchell 1 pass from Brandon Hermeling (Pete Gogolak extra point)
2Q: 06:39 DAL - Garo Yepremian 26 field goal
2Q: 04:32 DAL - Irving Merchant 79 pass from Roger Staubach (Garo Yepremian extra point)
2Q: 00:19 DAL - Garo Yepremian 43 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 02:06 NYG - Lydell Mitchell 1 pass from Brandon Hermeling (Pete Gogolak extra point)
2Q: 06:39 DAL - Garo Yepremian 26 field goal
2Q: 04:32 DAL - Irving Merchant 79 pass from Roger Staubach (Garo Yepremian extra point)
2Q: 00:19 DAL - Garo Yepremian 43 field goal

Team Statistics NYG DAL
Record 6-8 9-5
First Downs 14 19
- by Rushing 5 9
- by Passing 8 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 252 391
- Offensive Plays 62 65
- Yards per Play 4.06 6.02
Net Rushing Yards 97 149
- Rushing Attempts 21 36
- Yards per Rush 4.62 4.14
Net Passing Yards 155 242
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 16 - 0 28 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 155 247
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 3.78 8.34
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/14 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 9.7
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 10/63 10/71
Punt Returns/Yards 4/27 4/14
Kick Returns/Yards 3/75 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 21
Time of Possession 25:18 34:42

Team Statistics	NYG	DAL
Record	6-8	9-5
First Downs	14	19
- by Rushing	5	9
- by Passing	8	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	252	391
- Offensive Plays	62	65
- Yards per Play	4.06	6.02
Net Rushing Yards	97	149
- Rushing Attempts	21	36
- Yards per Rush	4.62	4.14
Net Passing Yards	155	242
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 16 - 0	28 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	155	247
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	3.78	8.34
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/14	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	9.7
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	10/63	10/71
Punt Returns/Yards	4/27	4/14
Kick Returns/Yards	3/75	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 21
Time of Possession	25:18	34:42

Drive Charts

New York (N) Giants
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:09	7:13	OWN 31	14	69	Touchdown
2	13:42	1:46	OWN 9	4	18	Punt
2	6:31	1:35	OWN 39	3	-8	Punt
2	4:15	1:01	OWN 29	3	0	Punt
2	1:44	0:28	OPP 36	3	0	Missed FG
2	0:11	0:11	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	2:50	OWN 20	5	33	Punt
3	7:38	4:00	OWN 20	6	32	Punt
3	1:43	1:51	OWN 35	3	9	Punt
4	11:27	1:56	OWN 7	3	8	Punt
4	7:59	1:08	OWN 27	3	6	Punt
4	4:11	0:40	OWN 17	3	1	Punt
4	2:21	1:48	OWN 23	11	50	Downs

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:51	OWN 38	9	37	Missed FG
1	1:56	3:14	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
2	11:56	5:25	OWN 8	9	83	Field Goal
2	4:56	0:41	OWN 13	2	87	Touchdown
2	3:14	1:30	OWN 7	3	-3	Punt
2	1:16	1:05	OWN 43	5	31	Field Goal
3	12:10	4:32	OWN 6	7	55	Punt
3	3:38	1:55	OWN 7	4	11	Punt
4	14:52	3:25	OWN 13	6	32	Punt
4	9:31	1:32	OWN 37	3	-6	Punt
4	6:51	2:40	OWN 29	5	22	Punt
4	3:31	1:10	OWN 36	3	0	Punt
4	0:33	0:33	OWN 27	3	-3	Game

Game MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

New York (N)	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lydell Mitchell	15	73	4.87	15	3
Emerson Boozer	4	20	5.00	7	0
Brandon Hermeling	2	4	2.00	5	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Art Malone	22	110	5.00	44	5
Roger Staubach	7	16	2.29	6	0
Pete Van Valkenberg	7	23	3.29	13	1

Passing Statistics

New York (N)	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brandon Hermeling	41	16	155	0/0	1	23	0	58.5

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roger Staubach	28	20	247	1/5	1	79	0	110.3

Receiving Statistics

New York (N)	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Lydell Mitchell	4	4	45	11.25	24	23	1
WR Ted Newton	3	8	44	14.67	0	20	0
WR Andy Sawyer	3	7	34	11.33	9	19	0
RB Emerson Boozer	2	4	7	3.50	0	4	0
WR Haven Moses	2	10	15	7.50	4	12	0
TE Pat Curran	1	2	7	7.00	0	7	0
FB Joe Dawkins	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Jim McFarland	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Percy Jordan	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Art Malone	4	4	26	6.50	0	12	0
WR Bob Hayes	3	6	39	13.00	18	16	0
FB Larry Watkins	3	3	23	7.67	1	15	0
WR Irving Merchant	3	5	95	31.67	68	79	1
WR Fred Biletnikoff	2	4	22	11.00	0	13	0
TE Rich McGeorge	2	2	25	12.50	6	20	0
RB Pete Van Valkenberg	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Drew Lincoln	1	1	10	10.00	1	10	0
WR Tony Rogers	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

New York (N)	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New York (N)	Fumb	Recov
Lydell Mitchell	2	0
Pete Athas	1	0
Royce Berry	0	1
Pat Curran	0	1
Mike Current	0	1

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Willie Alexander	0	0	1	0
Forrest Blue	0	0	1	0
Bob Maddox	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

New York (N)	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ray Guy	9	447	49.7	48.1	64	6

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Grady Grier	8	348	43.5	37.6	51	4

Kicking Statistics

New York (N)	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Pete Gogolak	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Garo Yepremian	2/3	1/2	0/0	43	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

New York (N)	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Spider Lockhart	3	17	5.7	0
Pete Athas	1	10	10.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Henry Stuckey	3	3	1.0	0
Cliff Harris	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New York (N)	Ret	Yards	Avg
Emerson Boozer	1	32	32.0
George Hoey	1	24	24.0
Nemiah Wilson	1	19	19.0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

New York (N)	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Pete Athas	9	2	0.0	34	29
DE Royce Berry	6	1	1.0	32	28
S Johnny Fuller	5	4	0.0	34	28
ILB Jamie Rivers	5	3	0.0	30	26
OLB Terry Miller	5	1	0.0	34	29
DT John Small	5	1	0.0	30	27
OLB Randy Wheaton	4	1	0.0	18	10
ILB Brian Kelley	3	1	0.0	35	29
CB George Hoey	3	0	0.0	31	29
CB Rolly Woolsey	2	2	0.0	18	19
S Spider Lockhart	2	1	0.0	25	20
DE Roy Hilton	2	0	0.0	18	17
DE Louis Ross	1	0	0.0	16	7
S Rich Sowells	1	0	0.0	6	4

Dallas	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Dick Ambrose	6	1	21	40
CB Cliff Harris	5	1	21	41
S Phil Wise	5	1	19	41
DE Larry Cole	5	0	20	41
OLB Ken Avery	4	2	21	41
CB Willie Alexander	2	1	15	29
DT Larry Brooks	2	1	21	41
OLB Billy Andrews	2	0	6	6
CB Henry Stuckey	1	1	21	40
S C.L. Whittington	1	1	17	36
OLB Doug Adams	1	0	0	6
DT Bob Maddox	1	0	16	26
S Bruce Finch	0	2	7	16

Pass Rush Statistics

New York (N)	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Royce Berry	1.0	1	1	28
OLB Randy Wheaton	0.0	0	2	10
ILB Brian Kelley	0.0	0	1	29

Dallas	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ken Sanders	7	1	39
DE Larry Cole	3	0	41
DT Larry Brooks	2	1	41
OLB Ken Avery	1	1	41
ILB Dick Ambrose	1	0	40

Pass Defense Statistics

New York (N)	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Pete Athas	3	2	29
CB George Hoey	3	1	29
ILB Brian Kelley	3	0	29
ILB Jamie Rivers	3	0	26
S Johnny Fuller	2	0	28
DE Royce Berry	1	0	28
S Spider Lockhart	1	0	20
OLB Terry Miller	1	0	29
S Rich Sowells	1	0	4
OLB Randy Wheaton	1	0	10
CB Rolly Woolsey	1	0	19

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Cliff Harris	4	2	41
ILB Dick Ambrose	4	0	40
OLB Ken Avery	3	0	41
S Phil Wise	2	1	41
S C.L. Whittington	1	2	36
OLB Doug Adams	1	1	6
DE Larry Cole	1	0	41
CB Henry Stuckey	0	1	40

Blocking Statistics

New York (N)	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Bob Hyland	2	7	20	40
Glen Ray Goodman	1	2	19	31
Joe Dawkins	1	1	14	19
Halvor Hagen	1	1	18	35
Jim McFarland	1	1	9	20
Ed White	0	3	15	28
Mike Current	0	2	16	34
Andy Byrd	0	1	7	14
Adrian McConnell	0	1	4	9

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Forrest Blue	3	6	34	0	25
Blaine Nye	2	6	32	0	26
Dick Stevens	2	4	27	0	21
Jim Miller	1	4	31	1	25
Rich McGeorge	1	1	16	0	12
Don Kanell	1	1	5	0	8
Rayfield Wright	0	4	31	0	21
Larry Watkins	0	1	20	0	12
Drew Lincoln	0	1	4	0	5
Chris Daniels	0	1	7	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

New York (N)	Tackles	STPlays
Calvin Hill	4	17

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Josh Ashton	3	26
Ben Unverzagt	2	21
Billy Joe Dupree	1	15
Forrest Blue	1	10

Participation

New York (N)	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Royce Berry	---	---	32	28	11	71
Pete Athas	---	---	34	29	5	68
Brian Kelley	---	---	35	29	3	67
Johnny Fuller	---	---	34	28	4	66
George Hoey	---	---	31	29	6	66
Terry Miller	---	---	34	29	3	66
Bob Hyland	20	40	---	---	5	65
Brandon Hermeling	21	41	---	---	---	62
John Small	---	---	30	27	3	60
Jamie Rivers	---	---	30	26	3	59
Spider Lockhart	---	---	25	20	10	55
Halvor Hagen	18	35	---	---	---	53
Mike Current	16	34	---	---	2	52
Ed White	15	28	---	---	8	51
Glen Ray Goodman	19	31	---	---	---	50
Emerson Boozer	5	20	---	---	24	49
Rolly Woolsey	---	---	18	19	12	49
Haven Moses	13	31	---	---	1	45
Percy Jordan	8	23	---	---	13	44
Joe Dawkins	14	19	---	---	10	43
Andy Sawyer	11	25	---	---	6	42
Pat Curran	14	13	---	---	14	41
Ted Newton	11	28	---	---	1	40
Roy Hilton	---	---	18	17	2	37
Randy Wheaton	---	---	18	10	8	36
Jim McFarland	9	20	---	---	6	35
Lydell Mitchell	16	17	---	---	---	33
Andy Maurer	5	16	---	---	10	31
Louis Ross	---	---	16	7	8	31
Andy Byrd	7	14	---	---	9	30
Adrian McConnell	4	9	---	---	16	29
Rich Sowells	---	---	6	4	15	25
Walter Johnson	---	---	15	9	---	24
Don Ratliff	---	---	8	6	9	23
Billy Shields	5	7	---	---	10	22
Calvin Hill	0	0	---	---	17	17
Ray Guy	0	0	---	---	10	10
Nemiah Wilson	---	---	5	0	5	10
Monte Johnson	---	---	3	0	6	9
Ronnie Moore	---	---	0	0	8	8
Mike Hammond	---	---	0	0	7	7
Bo Harris	---	---	2	0	4	6
Ike Thomas	---	---	2	2	---	4
Pete Gogolak	0	0	---	---	3	3
Daryle Lamonica	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kenyon Hill	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Henry Stuckey	---	---	21	40	9	70
Forrest Blue	34	25	---	---	10	69
Phil Wise	---	---	19	41	8	68
Cliff Harris	---	---	21	41	4	66
Bob Hayes	36	29	---	---	---	65
Roger Staubach	36	29	---	---	---	65
Ken Avery	---	---	21	41	1	63
Larry Brooks	---	---	21	41	1	63
Jim Miller	31	25	---	---	7	63
Larry Cole	---	---	20	41	1	62
Dick Ambrose	---	---	21	40	1	62
Ken Sanders	---	---	21	39	1	61
Blaine Nye	32	26	---	---	---	58
C.L. Whittington	---	---	17	36	2	55
Rayfield Wright	31	21	---	---	---	52
Willie Alexander	---	---	15	29	7	51
Irving Merchant	20	16	---	---	14	50
Dick Stevens	27	21	---	---	---	48
Fred Biletnikoff	24	22	---	---	1	47
Art Malone	27	19	---	---	---	46
Billy Joe Dupree	14	13	---	---	15	42
Bob Maddox	---	---	16	26	---	42
Larry Watkins	20	12	---	---	10	42
Bruce Finch	---	---	7	16	19	42
Rich McGeorge	16	12	---	---	11	39
Dave Guyton	9	8	---	---	11	28
Josh Ashton	0	1	---	---	26	27
Don Kanell	5	8	---	---	11	24
Tony Rogers	9	6	---	---	9	24
Randy Beisler	4	6	---	---	11	21
Ben Unverzagt	---	---	0	0	21	21
Jim O'Malley	---	---	0	0	18	18
Pete Van Valkenberg	9	9	---	---	---	18
Drew Lincoln	4	5	---	---	8	17
Chris Daniels	7	5	---	---	4	16
Dave Hampton	1	1	---	---	12	14
Billy Andrews	---	---	6	6	1	13
Doug Adams	---	---	0	6	6	12
Mario Johnson	---	---	1	2	9	12
Grady Grier	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ernie Holmes	---	---	4	5	---	9
Doug Sutherland	---	---	0	0	9	9
Garo Yepremian	0	0	---	---	7	7
Gerald Irons	---	---	0	1	1	2
Joe Reed	0	0	---	---	---	0
J.J. Jones	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	22	5.5
Middle	8	41	5.1
Right	8	35	4.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	102	9.3
Middle	18	46	2.6
Right	4	4	1.0
None	3	-3	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New York (N)	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brandon Hermeling	41	16	2	1	3	7	14	3	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roger Staubach	28	20	2	0	0	3	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	61	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	6	74	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	10	1	20	2.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	9	4.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	71	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	8	167	16.7
Long (19+ Yds)	4	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New York (N)	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Haven Moses	10	2	2	15	0	31
WR Ted Newton	8	3	0	44	1	28
WR Andy Sawyer	7	3	0	34	0	25
RB Emerson Boozer	4	2	0	7	0	20
RB Lydell Mitchell	4	4	0	45	1	17
TE Jim McFarland	3	0	1	0	0	20
TE Pat Curran	2	1	0	7	0	13
WR Percy Jordan	2	0	0	0	0	23
FB Joe Dawkins	1	1	0	3	0	19

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Bob Hayes	6	3	39	0	29
WR Irving Merchant	5	3	95	1	16
WR Fred Biletnikoff	4	2	22	0	22
RB Art Malone	4	4	26	0	19
FB Larry Watkins	3	3	23	0	12
TE Rich McGeorge	2	2	25	1	12
WR Tony Rogers	2	1	4	0	6
RB Pete Van Valkenberg	1	1	3	0	9
FB Drew Lincoln	1	1	10	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New York (N)	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lydell Mitchell	1	1	1.00	4.87

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Art Malone	2	-2	-1.00	5.00
Pete Van Valkenberg	1	6	6.00	3.29

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New York (N)	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brandon Hermeling	6	3	18	3.00	3.78

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Roger Staubach	1	1	4	4.00	8.82

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New York (N)	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Lydell Mitchell	2	2	6	3.00	11.25
TE Pat Curran	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
TE Jim McFarland	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Andy Sawyer	1	1	12	12.00	4.86
WR Percy Jordan	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tony Rogers	1	1	4	4.00	2.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New York (N)	Rushes	Conversions
Lydell Mitchell	1	0

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Art Malone	1	0
Roger Staubach	1	0
Pete Van Valkenberg	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New York (N)	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brandon Hermeling	13	6	2

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roger Staubach	10	6	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New York (N)	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Emerson Boozer	4	2	0
WR Haven Moses	3	0	0
WR Ted Newton	3	2	1
WR Andy Sawyer	3	2	1

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bob Hayes	2	0	0
RB Art Malone	2	2	0
WR Tony Rogers	2	1	0
WR Irving Merchant	2	1	0
WR Fred Biletnikoff	1	1	1
TE Rich McGeorge	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 50,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,600 (21,400)
End Zone 10,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	50,600 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,600 (21,400)
End Zone	10,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,200 (3,300)