| 1974 - Week 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Scoring Plays | Cowboys | Falcons | ||
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Falcons | 14:00 | Punt Return by G.Tinker for 74 yards ( N.Mike-Mayer Kick ) | 0 | 7 |
| Cowboys | 8:29 | D.Pearson 55 yd. pass from R.Staubach ( E.Herrera Kick ) ( 5-72, 2:21 ) | 7 | 7 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Cowboys | 2:03 | C.Hill 3 yd. run ( E.Herrera Kick ) ( 10-61, 6:40 ) | 14 | 7 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| Atlanta Falcons | Dallas Cowboys | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 3:10 | Atl 31 | 6 | 17 | Punt | 11:50 | 2:12 | Dal 18 | 3 | 9 | Punt |
| 9:38 | 2:07 | Atl 38 | 3 | 6 | Punt | 7:31 | 3:38 | Dal 20 | 6 | 21 | Punt |
| 3:53 | 3:12 | Atl 21 | 6 | 29 | Punt | 0:41 | 1:41 | Dal 17 | 3 | 0 | Punt |
| 12:31 | 1:41 | Atl 34 | 3 | 3 | Punt | 14:00 | 1:29 | Dal 20 | 3 | 5 | Punt |
| 8:29 | 4:17 | Atl 20 | 10 | 36 | Fumble | 10:50 | 2:21 | Dal 28 | 5 | 72 | Touchdown |
| 2:53 | 0:10 | Atl 19 | 1 | 2 | Fumble | 4:12 | 1:19 | Dal 43 | 5 | 13 | Punt |
| 1:03 | 1:03 | Atl 24 | 6 | 3 | End of Half | 2:43 | 1:40 | Atl 21 | 3 | -3 | Missed FG |
| 10:20 | 1:37 | Atl 37 | 3 | -9 | Punt | 15:00 | 4:40 | Dal 11 | 6 | 25 | Punt |
| 2:03 | 3:30 | Atl 20 | 6 | 8 | Punt | 8:43 | 6:40 | Dal 39 | 10 | 61 | Touchdown |
| 9:00 | 1:42 | Atl 20 | 3 | 2 | Punt | 13:33 | 4:33 | Dal 29 | 7 | 23 | Punt |
| 6:31 | 1:43 | Atl 42 | 5 | 25 | Downs | 7:18 | 0:47 | Atl 46 | 2 | 8 | Fumble |
| 0:54 | 0:45 | Atl 28 | 4 | -9 | Downs | 4:48 | 3:54 | Dal 33 | 10 | 39 | Missed FG |
| 0:09 | 0:09 | Atl 19 | 1 | -1 | End of Reg. | ||||||
| 24:57 | Atl 28 | 56 | 113 | 35:03 | Dal 36 | 64 | 272 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| Dallas Cowboys | 6:31 | 7:49 | 11:20 | 9:23 | 35:03 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | 8:29 | 7:11 | 3:40 | 5:37 | 24:57 |
| Team Statistics | Cowboys | Falcons |
| Total Points | 14 | 7 |
| 1st Downs | 15 | 10 |
| Rushing | 8 | 3 |
| Passing | 6 | 5 |
| Penalty | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 6-15 | 5-15 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| Penalties-Yards | 4-25 | 3-25 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 3-1 | 2-2 |
| Time Of Pos. | 35:03 | 24:57 |
| Total Net Yards | 272 | 124 |
| Total Plays | 64 | 56 |
| Average Gain | 4.3 | 2.2 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 131 | 66 |
| Rushes | 45 | 28 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Net Yards Passing | 141 | 58 |
| Completions | 11 | 11 |
| Attempts | 18 | 22 |
| Completion % | 61.1 | 50.0 |
| Yards Per Completion | 13.5 | 9.1 |
| Sacks | 1 | 6 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 1 |
| Extra Points | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | Atlanta Falcons | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Roger Staubach | 18 | 11 | 148 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 106 | Bob Lee | 22 | 11 | 100 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 63 |
| Totals | 18 | 11 | 148 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 106 | Totals | 22 | 11 | 100 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 63 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Calvin Hill | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 7 | 1 | Dave Hampton | 9 | 20 | 2.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | Art Malone | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 | Bob Lee | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Haskel Stanback | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Eddie Ray | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Les Strayhorn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Young | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 45 | 131 | 2.9 | 8 | 1 | Totals | 28 | 66 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Drew Pearson | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 55 | 1 | Ken Burrow | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 | Art Malone | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Jim Mitchell | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Charley Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Al Dodd | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Golden Richards | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 11 | 148 | 13.5 | 55 | 1 | Totals | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Duane Carrell | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 1 | 1 | 57 | John James | 7 | 286 | 40.9 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| Totals | 7 | 283 | 40.4 | 1 | 1 | 57 | Totals | 7 | 286 | 40.9 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Efren Herrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Nick Mike-Mayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Cliff Harris | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Gerald Tinker | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | 74 | 1 |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Al Dodd | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Morgan | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Totals | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Totals | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 74 | 1 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Dennis Morgan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Gerald Tinker | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Totals | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Totals | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | Totals |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Harvey Martin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | Clarence Ellis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Cal Peterson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | ||||
| D.D. Lewis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | ||||
| Ken Hutcherson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | ||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| Totals | 6 | 42 | 7.0 | Totals | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Malone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Young | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ken Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cal Peterson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 0 | Totals | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |