1966 Cowboys 44 - 1984 Seahawks 31

This was a matchup of two excellent defensive teams - really, I swear! The biggest difference is that the 84 Seahawks depend upon forcing a ton of turnovers, and they didn't force any at all. The Cowboys for their part played perfect 60's football, which means run a lot and administer the kill shot via the long pass. The best 60's QB's are excellent long passers, and while Don Meredith isn't a true elite QB, even in this era, he is very good as a deep passer. In this game he was Dandy indeed, averaging a blistering 17 yards per attempt, though he threw sparingly. Dan Reeves put in an outstanding game catching the ball, as he is practically a 3rd WR who also runs effectively, and FB Don Perkins did yeoman work himself. Dave Krieg of Seattle had an outstanding game himself, but the Seahawks could not mount a real running game, and four turnovers doomed them in the end.

1984 Seattle 31, 1966 Dallas 44
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1984 Seattle	7	10	7	7	0	31
1966 Dallas	13	14	10	7	0	44

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	12:06	1984 Seattle	C.Young 2 yd. pass from D.Krieg (N.Johnson kick)	7-0 SEA
1	9:42	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 38 yd. field goal	7-3 SEA
1	7:22	1966 Dallas	D.Reeves 18 yd. pass from D.Meredith (D.Villanueva kick)	10-7 DAN
1	0:36	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 29 yd. field goal	13-7 DAN
2	13:09	1984 Seattle	D.Krieg 12 yd. run (N.Johnson kick)	14-13 SEA
2	7:44	1966 Dallas	D.Reeves 3 yd. run (D.Villanueva kick)	20-14 DAN
2	2:47	1966 Dallas	D.Reeves 54 yd. pass from D.Meredith (D.Villanueva kick)	27-14 DAN
2	0:22	1984 Seattle	N.Johnson 43 yd. field goal	27-17 DAN
3	11:36	1966 Dallas	D.Reeves 23 yd. pass from D.Meredith (D.Villanueva kick)	34-17 DAN
3	3:04	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 10 yd. field goal	37-17 DAN
3	0:18	1984 Seattle	D.Turner 20 yd. pass from D.Krieg (N.Johnson kick)	37-24 DAN
4	8:39	1984 Seattle	S.Largent 22 yd. pass from D.Krieg (N.Johnson kick)	37-31 DAN
4	6:20	1966 Dallas	D.Perkins 13 yd. run (D.Villanueva kick)	44-31 DAN

Team Statistics
	1984 Seattle	1966 Dallas
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-17-2-24	9-14-1-24
Third Down Efficiency	4-10-40%	8-17-47%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-21-81%	27-42-64%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	402-63-6.4	512-73-7.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	81	193
Total Rushes	23	49
Average Per Rush	3.5	3.9
Passes Completed/Attempted	21/35 (60.0%)	14/20 (70.0%)
Net Yards Passing	321	319
Avg Yards Per Pass	10.1	17.1
Sacked/Yards Lost	5/34	4/23
Punts/Average	4/33.0	4/41.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/-3	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	8/151	5/117
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	2/20
Penalties/Yards	6/61	7/51
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	5/2	1/0
Time of Possession	26 mins 15 secs	33 mins 45 secs
Average Drive Start	SEA 25	DAN 33

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1984 Seattle
Dave Krieg	35	21	355	60.0	10.1	3	8.6	2	5.7	35	5/34	99.1
1966 Dallas
Don Meredith	19	14	342	73.7	18.0	3	15.8	0	0	54	1/5	155.2
Craig Morton	1	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	3/18	39.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1984 Seattle
Eric Lane	7	37	5.3	15	0	0	0/0
David Hughes	7	22	3.1	6	0	0	1/0
Randall Morris	4	4	1.0	4	0	0	0/0
Franco Harris	3	5	1.7	4	0	0	1/1
Dave Krieg	2	13	6.5	12	1	0	1/0
1966 Dallas
Don Perkins	22	128	5.8	15	1	0	0/0
Dan Reeves	15	31	2.1	8	1	0	0/0
Jerry Rhome	4	-2	-0.5	1	0	0	0/0
Walt Garrison	3	14	4.7	6	0	0	0/0
Don Meredith	2	10	5.0	6	0	0	0/0
Les Shy	2	7	3.5	4	0	0	1/0
Craig Morton	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1984 Seattle
Steve Largent	8	120	15.0	31	1	0
Daryl Turner	6	145	24.2	35	1	0
Charle Young	3	26	8.7	14	1	0
Dan Doornink	2	42	21.0	31	0	0
Mike Tice	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Paul Johns	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
1966 Dallas
Frank Clarke	5	88	17.6	35	0	0
Dan Reeves	5	140	28.0	54	3	0
Pete Gent	1	34	34.0	34	0	0
Buddy Dial	1	32	32.0	32	0	0
Bob Hayes	1	33	33.0	33	0	0
Don Perkins	1	15	15.0	15	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1984 Seattle
Norm Johnson	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100
1966 Dallas
Danny Villanueva	1/1	1/2	1/1	0/0	0/0	3/4	75.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1984 Seattle
Jeff West	4	33.0	33.0	0	2	39	0
1966 Dallas
Danny Villanueva	4	41.3	42.0	0	1	51	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 Seattle
Zachary Dixon	5	89	17.8	24	0
David Hughes	3	62	20.7	24	0
1966 Dallas
Mel Renfro	5	117	23.4	31	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 Seattle
Paul Skansi	1	0	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Kenny Easley	1	2	-2	-2.0	-2	0
1966 Dallas
Mel Renfro	0	2	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1984 Seattle
Bruce Scholtz	12	0	0
Keith Butler	7	0	0
Shelton Robinson	6	0	0
John E. Harris	6	0	0
Jacob Green	4	1	0
Joe Nash	4	1	0
Jeff Bryant	4	2	0
Dave S. Brown	4	0	0
Keith Simpson	4	0	0
Dino Mangiero	2	0	0
Greg Gaines	2	0	0
Kenny Easley	2	0	0
Terry Taylor	2	0	0
Dave Krieg	0	0	2
Eric Lane	0	0	1
1966 Dallas
Lee Roy Jordan	7	0	1
Mel Renfro	7	0	0
Cornell Green	6	0	0
Chuck Howley	4	1	0
Warren Livingston	4	0	0
Harold Hays	4	1	0
Willie Townes	4	0	0
George Andrie	3	1	0
Bob Lilly	2	2	0
Dave Edwards	2	0	0
Dick Daniels	1	0	0
Mike A. Johnson	1	0	0
Leon Donohue	0	0	1
Walt Garrison	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1984 Seattle
1966 Dallas
Cornell Green	1	10	10.0	10	0
Dick Daniels	1	10	10.0	10	0

Game Story

Don Perkins led the way to victory as Dallas topped Seattle by the score of 44 to 31. Perkins ran for 128 yards and added a touchdown. Dallas controlled the ground game, out-rushing Seattle 193 to 81 yards. They controlled the ball for 33:45. The fans were brought to their feet by a touchdown pass to Dan Reeves that covered 54 yards with 2:47 left in the 2nd quarter. Dallas took the early lead outscoring Seattle 13 to 7 in the first quarter. They led at halftime 27 to 17. Dallas led after three quarters 37 to 24. Dave Krieg passed 35 times for 355 yards and 3 touchdowns for Seattle, but it wasn't enough.

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