1966 Cowboys 29 - 1964 Bills 16

The Bills started hot, moving the ball well on their first drive, only to have Cookie Gilchrist cough it up at the Dallas six. The Bills sacked Don Meredith on 3rd and 10 for a Safety for the lead. The Cowboys scored a TD on their next possession with a 34 yard TD run by versatile HB Dan Reeves, but on the Bills next possession Jack Kemp hit dangerous WR Elbert Dubenion with a 58 yard bomb, then connected with a short TD pass. That was pretty much the last appearance the Buffalo offense would make all game. Dallas scratched out four FGs and a late TD against the solid Bills defense, and the Bills got a late consolation TD on a punt return by Ed Rutkowski, and that was that. This Dallas team, remember, is the one that was in the record books for most points over the first four games. They are a touch erratic, though, and depend on big plays much more than on a methodical ball control attack. A dangerous team anyway you look at it, because their defense is rock solid.

1966 Dallas 29, 1964 Buffalo 16
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1966 Dallas	7	9	3	10	0	29
1964 Buffalo	9	0	0	7	0	16

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	8:25	1964 Buffalo	Safety, D.Meredith sacked by J.Dunaway in the end zone.	2-0 BUA
1	6:35	1966 Dallas	D.Reeves 35 yd. run (D.Villanueva kick)	7-2 DAN
1	4:37	1964 Buffalo	E.Dubenion 10 yd. pass from J.Kemp (P.Gogolak kick)	9-7 BUA
2	12:24	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 27 yd. field goal	10-9 DAN
2	3:22	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 25 yd. field goal	13-9 DAN
2	0:00	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 22 yd. field goal	16-9 DAN
3	11:05	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 48 yd. field goal	19-9 DAN
4	14:42	1966 Dallas	D.Meredith 7 yd. run (D.Villanueva kick)	26-9 DAN
4	7:33	1966 Dallas	D.Villanueva 14 yd. field goal	29-9 DAN
4	3:38	1964 Buffalo	E.Rutkowski 69 yd. return (P.Gogolak kick)	29-16 DAN

Team Statistics
	1966 Dallas	1964 Buffalo
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-8-2-19	4-6-1-11
Third Down Efficiency	7-19-37%	4-12-33%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-3-67%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	16-35-46%	7-14-50%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	279-76-3.7	201-54-3.7
Total Net Yards Rushing	156	88
Total Rushes	45	24
Average Per Rush	3.5	3.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	11/27 (40.7%)	8/25 (32.0%)
Net Yards Passing	123	113
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.6	5.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/27	5/33
Punts/Average	4/40.0	4/48.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/13	2/69
Kickoffs/Returns	2/50	7/124
Interceptions/Returns	3/34	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/35	5/35
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/0	2/1
Time of Possession	36 mins 35 secs	23 mins 25 secs
Average Drive Start	DAN 39	BUA 24

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1966 Dallas
Don Meredith	27	11	150	40.7	5.6	0	0	0	0	34	4/27	59.2
1964 Buffalo
Jack Kemp	19	8	146	42.1	7.7	1	5.3	1	5.3	58	2/11	64.8
Daryle Lamonica	6	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	2	33.3	0	3/22	0.0

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1966 Dallas
Don Perkins	19	62	3.3	10	0	0	0/0
Dan Reeves	12	61	5.1	35	1	0	1/0
Don Meredith	6	13	2.2	7	1	0	0/0
Walt Garrison	5	15	3.0	8	0	0	1/0
Mel Renfro	2	4	2.0	3	0	0	0/0
Craig Morton	1	1	1.0	1	0	0	0/0
1964 Buffalo
Cookie Gilchrist	13	34	2.6	7	0	0	1/1
Daryle Lamonica	4	28	7.0	19	0	0	0/0
Wray Carlton	3	7	2.3	6	0	0	0/0
Bobby L. Smith	2	2	1.0	3	0	0	0/0
Joe Auer	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0
Jack Kemp	1	14	14.0	14	0	0	1/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1966 Dallas
Dan Reeves	4	58	14.5	34	0	0
Bob Hayes	3	52	17.3	21	0	0
Frank Clarke	2	19	9.5	12	0	0
Pettis Norman	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Pete Gent	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
1964 Buffalo
Glenn Bass	3	53	17.7	27	0	0
Elbert Dubenion	2	68	34.0	58	1	0
Bill Groman	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Bobby L. Smith	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
Cookie Gilchrist	1	14	14.0	14	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1966 Dallas
Danny Villanueva	1/1	3/3	0/0	1/1	0/0	5/5	100
1964 Buffalo
Pete Gogolak	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/1	0.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1966 Dallas
Danny Villanueva	4	40.0	22.8	0	1	41	0
1964 Buffalo
Paul Maguire	4	48.3	45.0	0	1	64	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1966 Dallas
Mel Renfro	1	23	23.0	23	0
Walt Garrison	1	27	27.0	27	0
1964 Buffalo
Ed Rutkowski	6	106	17.7	24	0
Hagood Clarke	1	18	18.0	18	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1966 Dallas
Bob Hayes	3	0	13	4.3	10	0
Mel Renfro	0	1	0		0	0
1964 Buffalo
Ed Rutkowski	1	1	69	69.0	69	1
Hagood Clarke	1	1	0	0.0	0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1966 Dallas
Bob Lilly	8	2	0
Lee Roy Jordan	5	1	0
Cornell Green	4	0	0
Jethro Pugh	3	0	0
George Andrie	3	0	0
Willie Townes	3	1	1
Mike A. Johnson	3	0	0
Chuck Howley	3	1	0
Dave Edwards	1	0	0
Mike Gaechter	1	0	1
Warren Livingston	1	0	0
Mel Renfro	1	0	0
Leon Donohue	0	0	1
Walt Garrison	0	0	1
1964 Buffalo
Harry Jacobs	15	1	0
Jim Dunaway	7	1	0
George Saimes	6	0	0
Ron McDole	6	1	0
John Tracey	4	0	0
Booker Edgerson	4	0	0
Butch Byrd	4	0	0
Mike Stratton	3	0	0
Tom Sestak	2	0	0
Paul Maguire	2	0	0
Dudley Meredith	1	0	0
Hagood Clarke	1	0	0
Tom Day	1	1	0
Al Bemiller	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1966 Dallas
Mike Gaechter	2	12	6.0	12	0
Mel Renfro	1	22	22.0	22	0
1964 Buffalo

Game Story

Danny Villanueva was the star of the game as the visitors from Dallas defeated Buffalo by the score of 29 to 16. Villanueva booted 5 field goals, including a long one of 48 yards for the winners. Don Meredith passed 27 times for 150 yards. Don Perkins led all rushers, carrying the ball 19 times for 62 yards. Dallas controlled the ground game, out-rushing Buffalo 156 to 88 yards. They had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 36:35. Buffalo got out to an early lead outscoring Dallas 9 to 7 in the first quarter. Dallas took the lead into the locker room at the half 16 to 9. A hightlight for Buffalo was a pass to Elbert Dubenion that gained 58 yards with 5:10 left in the 1st quarter. But it was not enough to bring his team a victory..

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