Week 1, 1985

played in New York, NY

63 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Dallas Cowboys	7	10	6	17	-	40
New York Giants	3	7	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:46 NYK - Dan Miller 38 field goal
1Q: 05:19 DAL - Eugene Goodlow 4 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)
2Q: 13:38 DAL - Eric Lane 74 run (Mike Wood extra point)
2Q: 03:44 NYK - Jerry Bell 10 pass from H. Warren Moon (Dan Miller extra point)
2Q: 00:30 DAL - Mike Wood 36 field goal
3Q: 08:27 DAL - Mike Wood 19 field goal
3Q: 02:00 DAL - Mike Wood 49 field goal
4Q: 10:34 DAL - Mike Wood 20 field goal
4Q: 09:03 DAL - Eddie Brown 1 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 01:36 DAL - Eric Lane 2 run (Mike Wood extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:46 NYK - Dan Miller 38 field goal
1Q: 05:19 DAL - Eugene Goodlow 4 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)
2Q: 13:38 DAL - Eric Lane 74 run (Mike Wood extra point)
2Q: 03:44 NYK - Jerry Bell 10 pass from H. Warren Moon (Dan Miller extra point)
2Q: 00:30 DAL - Mike Wood 36 field goal
3Q: 08:27 DAL - Mike Wood 19 field goal
3Q: 02:00 DAL - Mike Wood 49 field goal
4Q: 10:34 DAL - Mike Wood 20 field goal
4Q: 09:03 DAL - Eddie Brown 1 pass from Glenn Carano (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 01:36 DAL - Eric Lane 2 run (Mike Wood extra point)

Team Statistics DAL NYK
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 23 19
- by Rushing 6 5
- by Passing 14 14
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 425 304
- Offensive Plays 70 61
- Yards per Play 6.07 4.98
Net Rushing Yards 160 86
- Rushing Attempts 29 23
- Yards per Rush 5.52 3.74
Net Passing Yards 265 218
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 27 - 0 36 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 265 228
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 6.46 5.74
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 7/14 3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 11.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/20 4/47
Punt Returns/Yards 1/10 3/-7
Kick Returns/Yards 2/48 7/96
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 6 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/3 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 18
Time of Possession 33:48 26:12

Team Statistics	DAL	NYK
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	23	19
- by Rushing	6	5
- by Passing	14	14
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	425	304
- Offensive Plays	70	61
- Yards per Play	6.07	4.98
Net Rushing Yards	160	86
- Rushing Attempts	29	23
- Yards per Rush	5.52	3.74
Net Passing Yards	265	218
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 27 - 0	36 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	265	228
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	6.46	5.74
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	7/14	3/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	11.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/20	4/47
Punt Returns/Yards	1/10	3/-7
Kick Returns/Yards	2/48	7/96
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	6	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/3	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 18
Time of Possession	33:48	26:12

Drive Charts

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:32	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
1	9:41	4:32	OWN 22	9	78	Touchdown
2	13:38	0:16	OWN 26	1	74	Touchdown
2	9:43	3:41	OWN 7	5	15	Punt
2	3:38	3:13	OWN 41	8	40	Field Goal
3	12:19	3:59	OWN 38	11	60	Field Goal
3	7:31	0:52	OWN 38	3	3	Punt
3	4:18	2:26	OWN 28	5	40	Field Goal
3	0:12	4:44	OWN 41	12	56	Field Goal
4	10:21	1:25	OPP 17	3	17	Touchdown
4	6:58	5:29	OWN 43	12	57	Touchdown

New York Giants
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:28	3:47	OWN 27	6	52	Field Goal
1	5:09	6:31	OWN 13	12	68	Missed FG
2	13:22	3:39	OWN 16	7	31	Punt
2	6:02	2:24	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
2	0:17	0:17	OWN 32	2	4	Fumble
3	15:00	2:41	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	8:20	0:49	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
3	6:39	2:21	OWN 8	7	24	Punt
3	1:52	1:40	OWN 11	3	-4	Punt
4	8:56	1:58	OWN 20	9	37	Downs
4	1:29	1:29	OWN 11	3	13	Game

Game MVP: Glenn Carano, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Gerald Willhite	16	50	3.13	8	0	0
Eric Lane	13	110	8.46	74	1	2

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Eric Dickerson	13	33	2.54	11	1
Owen Gill	7	40	5.71	17	2
H. Warren Moon	3	13	4.33	7	0

Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Glenn Carano	41	27	265	0/0	2	39	0	100.1

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
H. Warren Moon	26	14	179	2/10	1	20	0	88.4
Pat Haden	10	4	49	0/0	0	16	0	55.8

Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Eugene Goodlow	7	13	68	9.71	28	35	1
WR Eddie Brown	6	7	58	9.67	20	20	1
RB Gerald Willhite	5	8	53	10.60	39	39	0
WR Lam Jones	4	6	61	15.25	4	25	0
TE Keith Krepfle	1	1	18	18.00	0	18	0
FB Hugh McKinnis	1	1	3	3.00	4	3	0
RB Eric Lane	1	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Mark Nichols	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Preston Gothard	1	1	1	1.00	1	1	0

New York	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ron Johnson	4	11	55	13.75	29	20	0
TE Jerry Bell	4	5	35	8.75	3	12	1
WR Willis Adams	3	5	59	19.67	11	20	0
WR Billy Campfield	2	4	24	12.00	0	15	0
FB David Sims	1	2	15	15.00	14	15	0
TE Victor Hicks	1	1	10	10.00	0	10	0
WR Leo Lewis	1	4	9	9.00	0	9	0
RB Eric Dickerson	1	2	10	10.00	2	10	0
WR Bobby Brigham	1	2	11	11.00	0	11	0

Interception Statistics

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New York	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Dallas	Recov	Force
Hugh McKinnis	1	1
Jerome Foster	1	0
Nat Moore	0	1
Andre Young	0	1

New York	Fumb	Recov
Frank Reed	1	0
H. Warren Moon	1	0
Bobby Brigham	1	0
Victor Hicks	0	1

Punting Statistics

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Miller	3	142	47.3	49.7	51	1

New York	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Kidd	5	237	47.4	45.4	62	1

Kicking Statistics

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	4/4	1/1	0/0	49	4/4

New York	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dan Miller	1/2	0/0	0/0	38	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nat Moore	1	10	10.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bobby Brigham	3	-7	-2.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lam Jones	2	48	24.0	0

New York	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bobby Brigham	6	84	14.0	0
Frank Reed	1	12	12.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Donnie Shell	6	2	0.0	18	29
ILB Dick Ambrose	5	2	0.0	18	33
S Andre Young	5	1	0.0	21	35
OLB Robert Lyles	5	0	0.0	15	24
DE Dan Hampton	3	2	0.5	22	33
S Wes Hopkins	3	2	0.0	11	18
DE Mack Moore	2	0	1.0	14	22
CB Everson Walls	2	1	0.0	16	31
DE Jerome Foster	2	1	0.0	11	12
OLB Greg Bracelin	1	0	0.5	15	22
DT Cody Jones	1	1	0.0	15	27
CB Jeff Fisher	1	1	0.0	18	30
OLB Bert Cooper	1	0	0.0	4	5
ILB Tom Graves	1	0	0.0	5	7
DT Harvey Armstrong	1	0	0.0	7	20
CB Steve Brown	1	0	0.0	14	24
ILB Michael Green	1	0	0.0	0	3
CB Bobby Johnson	0	1	0.0	14	19

New York	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Chris Beniot	8	3	27	37
S Frank Reed	7	2	20	29
CB Ron Johnson	6	1	24	31
OLB Ron Rivera	4	1	16	30
CB Kevin Williams	3	3	8	18
OLB Chris Keating	3	2	11	8
CB Lucious Smith	3	0	24	19
DE Charles Mann	2	2	18	26
S Andre Waters	2	2	26	37
CB Mark Burke	2	0	15	29
DT Johnny Robinson	2	0	9	18
OLB Darryl Talley	2	0	14	24
DE Freddie Joe Nunn	2	0	24	28
DT Reggie Kinlaw	1	1	18	23
S Jim Perryman	1	1	9	11
DT Fuzzy Ferrara	1	1	13	16
S Terry Jackson	1	0	5	8
ILB Dennis Johnson	1	0	2	4
DE Tom Strauthers	1	0	13	24
DT Mark Catano	0	3	20	29

Pass Rush Statistics

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Mack Moore	1.0	1	2	22
OLB Greg Bracelin	0.5	0	2	22
DE Dan Hampton	0.5	0	0	33
DT Cody Jones	0.0	1	1	27
DT Harvey Armstrong	0.0	0	1	20
DE Jerome Foster	0.0	0	1	12

New York	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Tom Strauthers	1	1	0	24
DT Reggie Kinlaw	1	0	0	23
DT Johnny Robinson	0	1	0	18
OLB Darryl Talley	0	1	0	24
OLB Ron Rivera	0	1	0	30
DE Freddie Joe Nunn	0	1	0	28
DE Charles Mann	0	0	1	26
ILB Chris Beniot	0	0	1	37

Pass Defense Statistics

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Andre Young	5	0	35
OLB Robert Lyles	3	0	24
S Donnie Shell	2	2	29
CB Everson Walls	2	1	31
S Wes Hopkins	1	1	18
ILB Dick Ambrose	1	0	33
OLB Bert Cooper	1	0	5
ILB Tom Graves	1	0	7
DT Harvey Armstrong	1	0	20
ILB Michael Green	1	0	3
CB Steve Brown	0	1	24

New York	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Chris Beniot	5	1	37
CB Ron Johnson	4	0	31
S Frank Reed	3	0	29
CB Lucious Smith	3	0	19
OLB Ron Rivera	2	1	30
CB Mark Burke	2	0	29
CB Kevin Williams	2	0	18
OLB Darryl Talley	1	1	24
S Andre Waters	1	1	37
S Terry Jackson	1	0	8
OLB Chris Keating	1	0	8
DE Freddie Joe Nunn	1	0	28
S Jim Perryman	1	0	11

Blocking Statistics

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
John Giesler	4	7	27	39
Phil LaPorta	3	4	27	39
Rich Moran	2	6	29	41
Rob Fada	1	5	29	41
Dan Ryczek	1	2	6	8
Ron Heller	1	2	25	35
Keith Krepfle	0	1	20	15
Bo Matthews	0	1	12	13
Hugh McKinnis	0	1	7	17

New York	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Warren Bryant	2	6	0	14	0	18
Blair Bush	2	2	0	18	0	21
Billy Shields	1	3	0	15	1	24
Randy Clark	1	2	1	11	1	18
David Sims	1	1	1	6	0	13
Sidney Thornton	1	1	0	9	0	7
Harvey Salem	0	3	0	17	0	34
Victor Hicks	0	1	0	9	0	9
Glen Titensor	0	1	0	20	0	29

Special Teams Tackles

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Hugh McKinnis	3	16
Michael Green	2	17
Wes Hopkins	2	14
Nat Moore	1	21
Bo Matthews	1	14
Zach Thomas	1	14

New York	Tackles	STPlays
David Sims	1	19
Kevin Williams	1	15
Terry Jackson	1	13
Glen Titensor	1	6

Participation

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Rob Fada	29	41	---	---	6	76
John Giesler	27	39	---	---	7	73
Rich Moran	29	41	---	---	2	72
Glenn Carano	29	41	---	---	---	70
Phil LaPorta	27	39	---	---	2	68
Ron Heller	25	35	---	---	5	65
Dan Hampton	---	---	22	33	2	57
Andre Young	---	---	21	35	1	57
Eddie Brown	26	31	---	---	---	57
Jeff Fisher	---	---	18	30	6	54
Dick Ambrose	---	---	18	33	2	53
Keith Krepfle	20	15	---	---	17	52
Eugene Goodlow	23	29	---	---	---	52
Eric Lane	13	13	---	---	24	50
Cody Jones	---	---	15	27	7	49
Donnie Shell	---	---	18	29	2	49
Lam Jones	16	27	---	---	6	49
Everson Walls	---	---	16	31	2	49
Bobby Johnson	---	---	14	19	12	45
Gerald Willhite	16	28	---	---	---	44
Wes Hopkins	---	---	11	18	14	43
Greg Bracelin	---	---	15	22	5	42
Robert Lyles	---	---	15	24	2	41
Hugh McKinnis	7	17	---	---	16	40
Steve Brown	---	---	14	24	2	40
Bo Matthews	12	13	---	---	14	39
Mack Moore	---	---	14	22	1	37
Preston Gothard	8	19	---	---	7	34
Mike Curico	---	---	7	10	12	29
Harvey Armstrong	---	---	7	20	1	28
Nat Moore	1	2	---	---	21	24
Jerome Foster	---	---	11	12	1	24
Dan Ryczek	6	8	---	---	7	21
Bert Cooper	---	---	4	5	12	21
Michael Green	---	---	0	3	17	20
Tom Graves	---	---	5	7	6	18
Mark Nichols	3	11	---	---	3	17
Mario Celotto	---	---	6	8	1	15
Zach Thomas	0	0	---	---	14	14
Jim Arneson	2	2	---	---	6	10
Terrance Hoagie	---	---	2	6	1	9
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jim Miller	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	---	0
Frank Reich	0	0	---	---	---	0

New York	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Andre Waters	---	---	26	37	6	69
Chris Beniot	---	---	27	37	4	68
Frank Reed	---	---	20	29	15	64
Freddie Joe Nunn	---	---	24	28	5	57
Ron Johnson	---	---	24	31	1	56
Glen Titensor	20	29	---	---	6	55
Leo Lewis	13	23	---	---	18	54
Mark Burke	---	---	15	29	7	51
Harvey Salem	17	34	---	---	---	51
Darryl Talley	---	---	14	24	13	51
Mark Catano	---	---	20	29	2	51
H. Warren Moon	21	28	---	---	---	49
Ron Rivera	---	---	16	30	3	49
Reggie Kinlaw	---	---	18	23	5	46
Lucious Smith	---	---	24	19	2	45
Charles Mann	---	---	18	26	1	45
Billy Shields	15	24	---	---	5	44
Blair Bush	18	21	---	---	5	44
Ron Johnson	14	29	---	---	---	43
Eric Dickerson	16	27	---	---	---	43
Tom Strauthers	---	---	13	24	6	43
Kevin Williams	---	---	8	18	15	41
Chuck Commiskey	15	25	---	---	---	40
Jerry Bell	15	22	---	---	3	40
Warren Bryant	14	18	---	---	7	39
Willis Adams	9	17	---	---	13	39
David Sims	6	13	---	---	19	38
Victor Hicks	9	9	---	---	19	37
Randy Clark	11	18	---	---	7	36
Billy Campfield	14	21	---	---	---	35
Bobby Brigham	3	14	---	---	18	35
Zach Waite	5	21	---	---	5	31
Fuzzy Ferrara	---	---	13	16	1	30
Johnny Robinson	---	---	9	18	2	29
Terry Jackson	---	---	5	8	13	26
Chris Keating	---	---	11	8	7	26
Owen Gill	7	8	---	---	7	22
Greg Hawthorne	0	0	---	---	21	21
Jim Perryman	---	---	9	11	---	20
Sidney Thornton	9	7	---	---	1	17
John Dorsey	---	---	3	2	9	14
Pat Haden	2	10	---	---	---	12
Dennis Johnson	---	---	2	4	3	9
Dan Miller	0	0	---	---	5	5
John Kidd	0	0	---	---	5	5
Rick Trocano	0	0	---	---	2	2

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	37	2.8
Middle	5	20	4.0
Right	11	103	9.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	-7	-2.3
Middle	12	60	5.0
Right	8	33	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Glenn Carano	41	27	4	2	1	4	5	2	0

New York	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
H. Warren Moon	26	14	3	1	1	2	6	0	0
Pat Haden	10	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	7	26	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	139	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	75	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	25	6.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	31	10.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	54	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	9	123	7.2
Long (19+ Yds)	9	1	20	2.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Eugene Goodlow	13	7	1	68	1	29
RB Gerald Willhite	8	5	0	53	1	28
WR Eddie Brown	7	6	0	58	1	31
WR Lam Jones	6	4	0	61	1	27
RB Eric Lane	2	1	0	0	0	13
WR Mark Nichols	2	1	0	3	0	11
TE Keith Krepfle	1	1	0	18	0	15
FB Hugh McKinnis	1	1	0	3	0	17
TE Preston Gothard	1	1	0	1	0	19

New York	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ron Johnson	11	4	1	55	1	29
WR Willis Adams	5	3	0	59	2	17
TE Jerry Bell	5	4	0	35	0	22
WR Billy Campfield	4	2	0	24	0	21
WR Leo Lewis	4	1	0	9	0	23
FB David Sims	2	1	0	15	0	13
RB Eric Dickerson	2	1	0	10	0	27
WR Bobby Brigham	2	1	1	11	0	14
TE Victor Hicks	1	1	0	10	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eric Lane	5	10	2.00	8.46
Gerald Willhite	5	20	4.00	3.13

New York	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eric Dickerson	1	0	0.00	2.54

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Glenn Carano	11	6	34	3.09	6.46

New York	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
H. Warren Moon	4	2	18	4.50	6.88

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	1	4	1.33	5.23
RB Gerald Willhite	3	2	7	2.33	6.63
WR Eddie Brown	3	2	14	4.67	8.29
WR Lam Jones	1	1	9	9.00	10.17
RB Eric Lane	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

New York	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Jerry Bell	2	2	18	9.00	7.00
WR Leo Lewis	1	0	0	0.00	2.25
WR Bobby Brigham	1	0	0	0.00	5.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Eric Lane	2	2

New York	Rushes	Conversions
H. Warren Moon	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Glenn Carano	12	8	5

New York	Att	Comp	Conversions
H. Warren Moon	7	4	2
Pat Haden	2	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eugene Goodlow	4	3	3
WR Eddie Brown	3	3	2
WR Mark Nichols	2	1	0
RB Gerald Willhite	2	1	0
RB Eric Lane	1	0	0

New York	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willis Adams	4	3	2
WR Billy Campfield	1	0	0
TE Victor Hicks	1	1	1
WR Ron Johnson	1	0	0
TE Jerry Bell	1	1	0
WR Bobby Brigham	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,200 (81,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,400 (24,900)
End Zone 13,200 (17,900)
Mezzanine 7,600 (10,300)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (15,800)
Club Seats 5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 4,100 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,200 (81,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,400 (24,900)
End Zone	13,200 (17,900)
Mezzanine	7,600 (10,300)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (15,800)
Club Seats	5,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	4,100 (4,800)