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Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
@
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Falcons
Date
October 2, 1966
Kickoff
01:30 PM ET
10:30 AM PT
Score
DAL 47 — ATL 14 F

Stadium

Capacity: 71,000

Inaugurated: 01/01/1965

Broadcast

Announcers

Jack Buck, Eddie LeBaron / Ed Thilenius, Johnny Sauer

Summary

DAL and ATL combined for 323 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Dan Reeves led DAL with 55 rushing yards while Junior Coffey paced ATL with 60. Through the air, Frank Clarke topped DAL with 125 receiving yards while Vern Burke led ATL with 84.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat DAL ATL
First Downs 22 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 28-143-2 30-106-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16-26-251-3-0 16-27-201-0-2
Sacked-Yards 3-31 4-31
Net Pass Yards 220 170
Total Yards 363 276
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-3
Turnovers 2 5
Penalties-Yards 7-95 3-43

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat DAL ATL
First Downs 22 20
Rush-Yds-TDs 28-143-2 30-106-2
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16-26-251-3-0 16-27-201-0-2
Sacked-Yards 3-31 4-31
Net Pass Yards 220 170
Total Yards 363 276
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 4-3
Turnovers 2 5
Penalties-Yards 7-95 3-43

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Falcons Junior Coffey 1 yard rush (Lou Kirouac kick) 0-7
Cowboys Danny Villanueva 22 yard field goal 3-7
2 Cowboys Dan Reeves 2 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) 10-7
Cowboys Dan Reeves 11 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) 17-7
3 Falcons Randy Johnson 1 yard rush (Lou Kirouac kick) 17-14
Cowboys Bob Hayes 49 yard pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) 24-14
Cowboys Safety, Townes tackled Johnson in end zone 26-14
Cowboys Don Perkins 1 yard rush (Danny Villanueva kick) 33-14
4 Cowboys Chuck Howley 97 yard defensive fumble return (Danny Villanueva kick) 40-14
Cowboys Frank Clarke 10 yard pass from Craig Morton (Danny Villanueva kick) 47-14

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