1967 Dallas Cowboys
1967 NFL Capital Division Champions!
1967 Record: 9-5 (Reg. Season), 1-1 (Playoffs)
Head Coach: Tom Landry
Points Scored: 342 (6th out of 16 NFL teams)
Points Allowed: 268 (6th out of 16 NFL teams)
Home Stadium: The Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX.
Defensive Tackle Bob Lilly sacks the Rams' Roman Gabriel. He started all 14 games and earned his fifth NFL Pro Bowl selection. He was selected first team All-NFL by the Associated Press, New York Daily News, United Press Int'l, and the Newspaper Ent. Assoc. The Sporting News selected him as first team All-Conference.
1967 Game-by-Game Results
Regular Season
Date Opponent Result
9/17/67 at Cleveland W 21-14
9/24/67 N.Y. Giants W 38-24
10/ 1/67 Los Angeles L 13-35
10/ 8/67 at Washington W 17-14
10/15/67 New Orleans W 14-10
10/22/67 at Pittsburgh W 24-21
10/29/67 at Philadelphia L 14-27
11/ 5/67 Atlanta W 37- 7
11/12/67 New Orleans W 27-10
11/19/67 Washington L 20-27
11/23/67 St. Louis W 46-21
12/ 3/67 Baltimore L 17-23
12/10/67 Philadelphia W 38-17
12/17/67 San Francisco L 17-21
Playoffs
Round Opponent Result
NFL Div. Playoff Cleveland W 52-14
NFL Championship at Green Bay L 17-21
Quarterback "Dandy" Don Meredith finished fifth in the NFL with 14.3 yards per completion and a 6.3% TD rate, and seventh in pass rating (68.7) and passing yards per game (166.7) in 1967. He earned his second career Pro Bowl selection following the '67 campaign.
1967 Dallas Cowboys Depth Chart / Roster:
Note: ALL PLAYERS WORE STYLE 2 HELMETS!
# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment
Quarterbacks
1. 17 Don Meredith 6-3 205 29 7 SMU 71 1 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. 14 Craig Morton 6-4 216 24 2 California 58 8 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
3. 13 Jerry Rhome 6-0 185 25 2 Tulsa 73 5 brn crop 1 bar, wt sleeves, bk shoes
Halfbacks
1. 30 Dan Reeves 6-1 200 23 2 S. Carolina 73 4 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt sleeves (grass), bk shoes, wt elbowpads (turf)
2. 24 J.D. Smith 6-1 206 35 11 N. Car. A&T dk skin 215 6 blk buzz
3. 20 Mel Renfro 6-0 191 24 2 Oregon 116 9 blk balding 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, bk shoes
4. n/a (switch position to WR - use as Hayes)
5. n/a (switch position to WR)
# 46 Craig Baynham 6-1 200 23 R Georgia Tech 66 9 blk crop half cage, eye paint, wt sleeves, bk shoes
# 32 Walt Garrison 6-1 205 23 1 Oklahoma St. lt skin 24 3 brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, bk shoes
# 25 Les Shy 6-1 200 23 1 N/A dk skin 232 5 blk buzz half cage, eye paint, wt sleeves, bk shoes
# Eugene Bowen R N/A
Fullbacks
1. 43 Don Perkins 5-10 200 29 6 New Mexico 70 10 blk buzz 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to HB - use as Baynham)
# 40 Ron Lamb 6-2 225 23 1 S. Carolina half cage, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Wide Receivers
1. n/a (switch position to FB - use as Garrison)
2. n/a (switch position to HB - use as Shy)
3. n/a (switch position to CB)
4. n/a (switch position to CB)
5. n/a (switch position to CB)
# 22 Bob Hayes 5-11 185 24 2 Florida A&M 161 3 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes, right wt elbowpad (turf)
# 19 Lance Rentzel (lefty) 6-2 200 24 2 Oklahoma lt skin 44 2 l. brn crop 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt wristbands, bk shoes
# 35 Pete Gent 6-4 205 25 3 Michigan St. 81 4 brn buzz 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt wristbands, bk shoes
# 26 Buddy Dial 6-1 183 30 8 Rice lt skin 91 13 l. brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
# 31 Sims Stokes 6-1 198 23 R N. Arizona 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
Tight Ends
1. 84 Pettis Norman 6-3 225 28 5 N/A 72 4 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. 82 Frank Clarke 6-1 210 33 10 Colorado 149 6 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
# 85 Rayfield Wright 6-6 235 22 R N/A dk skin 110 13 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands, fingers taped, bk shoes
Left Tackles
1. 72 Tony Liscio 6-5 255 27 3 Tulsa 54 3 brn crop half cage, wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. 68 Jim Boeke 6-5 260 29 7 N/A 96 14 brn crop half cage, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes
Left Guards
1. 65 John Wilbur 6-3 245 24 1 Stanford 24 8 brn crop half cage, neck roll, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes
2. 76 John Niland 6-4 245 23 1 Iowa 58 9 brn crop half cage, eye paint, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Centers
1. 53 Mike Connelly 6-3 248 31 7 Utah State 70 6 brn crop wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. 57 Malcolm Walker 6-4 249 24 1 Rice 89 7 brn crop
# 51 Dave Manders 6-2 245 26 3 Michigan St. 17 12 l. brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Right Guards
1. n/a (switch position to C)
2. 62 Leon Donohue 6-4 245 28 5 San Jose St. 16 11 blk crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes
3. 64 Curtis Marker R N/A
Right Tackles
1. 73 Ralph Neely 6-5 265 24 2 Oklahoma 45 11 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to RE)
Left Defensive Ends
1. 71 Willie Townes 6-4 260 24 1 Tulsa 258 14 blk buzz 3 bar qb, wt sleeves, bk gloves, bk shoes
2. 79 Larry Stephens 6-3 250 29 7 Texas 61 10 brn crop 3 bar qb, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes
Right Defensive Ends
1. 66 George Andrie 6-7 250 27 5 N/A 57 8 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to DT)
# 65 John Wilbur 6-3 245 24 1 Stanford 24 8 brn crop half cage, neck roll, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk shoes
Defensive Tackles
1. 74 Bob Lilly (lefty) 6-5 260 28 6 TCU 28 4 blo crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes
2. 75 Jethro Pugh 6-6 260 23 1 N/A 150 11 blk crop 3 bar qb, wt elbowpads, wt gloves, bk shoes
3. 77 Ron East 6-4 242 24 R Montana State 50 10 brn crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
# 78 Coy Bacon 6-4 270 25 R Jackson St. dk skin 258 16 blk crop half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, left fingers taped, bk shoes
Left Outside Linebackers
1. n/a (switch position to HB)
2. 54 Chuck Howley 6-2 225 31 8 West Virginia 28 4 brn buzz half cage, wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, bk shoes3. George Adams R Morehead St.
Middle Linebackers
1. 55 Lee Roy Jordan 6-1 225 26 4 Alabama 49 7 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. 56 Harold Hays 6-2 225 28 4 Southern Miss 44 6 brn crop wt sleeves, bk shoes
Right Outside Linebackers
1. 52 Dave Edwards 6-1 228 28 4 Auburn 9 6 blo crop half cage, wt elbowpads, right wt wristband, wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. 50 Jerry Tubbs 6-1 230 32 9 Oklahoma 82 2 l. brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
Cornerbacks
1. 34 Cornell Green 6-3 208 27 5 Utah State 114 8 blk afro 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes, wt elbowpads (turf), wt wristbands (turf)
2. n/a (switch position to WR)
3. 23 Mike Johnson 5-11 184 23 1 Kansas 267 7 blk buzz 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, right fingers taped, bk shoes
4. n/a (switch position to WR)
5. n/a (switch position to WR)
# 21 Dick Daniels 5-9 180 22 1 N/A 133 4 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, bk shoes
# 37 Phil Clark 6-2 210 22 R Northwestern dk skin 132 3 blk buzz 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, bk shoes
# 45 Leavie Davis R N/A dk skin
# 41 Warren Livingston 5-10 187 29 6 Arizona dk skin 165 10 blk crop 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, bk shoes
Free Safeties
1. 20 Mel Renfro 6-0 191 25 3 Oregon 116 9 blk balding 2 bar (thin), wt elbowpads, wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to TE)
Strong Safeties
1. 27 Mike Gaechter 6-0 190 27 5 Oregon 100 3 brn crop 2 bar (thin), wt sleeves, bk shoes
2. n/a (switch position to CB)
3. n/a (switch position to FB)
Kicker
1. 83 Harold Deters 6-0 200 23 R N.C. State lt skin 69 3 brn crop
Punter
1. 11 Danny Villanueva 5-11 200 30 7 New Mex. St. 10 19 blk crop 1 bar, wt sleeves, bk shoes
Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acl-cth-car-jmp-bkt-tak-thp-tha-pbk-rbk-kpr-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh
D. Meredith 56-63-91-57-60-27-54-58-45-24-91-86-25-29-28-25-0-90-70-74
C. Morton 52-61-69-55-53-30-45-52-44-19-93-85-26-29-34-26-0-87-83-74
Rhome 65-52-59-60-62-26-41-62-47-19-75-85-24-25-32-26-0-77-78-68
D. Reeves 83-69-82-82-88-81-87-64-79-23-74-67-61-50-65-57-56-83-81-76
W. Garrison 88-66-68-85-88-81-72-59-84-28-41-27-46-43-33-26-65-89-73-76
L. Shy 82-65-56-80-83-72-80-66-74-26-34-32-33-35-26-19-67-83-77-73
M. Renfro 96-59-57-94-94-68-52-83-28-80-24-23-26-28-21-21-70-86-85-78
J. D. Smith 81-56-92-80-74-73-92-61-67-22-34-32-48-42-31-25-85-74-82-69
Baynham 86-64-54-85-82-68-61-62-63-24-43-30-46-40-26-23-76-76-72-67
E. Bowen 83-57-45-81-86-66-78-66-64-19-39-29-30-27-30-22-10-78-76-74
D. Perkins 84-74-90-80-81-69-88-71-85-23-43-27-50-50-30-25-55-85-90-81
R. Lamb 70-65-54-68-75-69-72-60-66-23-32-23-46-53-32-22-54-78-76-62
B. Hayes 99-61-84-99-99-85-74-85-77-19-27-24-27-29-33-28-82-84-74-73
Rentzel 96-61-63-98-96-89-74-76-74-24-62-47-26-27-30-24-85-91-90-68
P. Gent 81-65-76-78-80-80-76-69-66-21-27-26-35-39-32-27-10-79-63-65
S. Stokes 93-59-54-88-89-71-63-79-54-21-29-26-28-31-33-28-76-81-72-64
B. Dial 88-66-87-89-84-87-82-76-70-19-35-27-34-39-29-23-10-74-63-64
P. Norman 73-77-84-73-71-65-59-64-63-26-31-24-76-75-28-23-8-78-81-75
F. Clarke 78-65-88-77-72-85-75-67-61-22-33-31-42-47-29-22-8-72-94-71
R. Wright 79-78-54-77-76-54-45-66-63-24-29-22-74-76-27-23-0-79-84-77
Liscio 59-92-79-63-60-24-23-50-24-22-28-24-84-86-31-25-0-64-67-83
Boeke 57-84-87-56-56-21-21-46-28-24-27-24-78-83-26-22-0-59-82-79
Niland 59-93-72-57-60-23-22-48-24-22-26-22-85-89-25-22-0-68-86-85
J. Wilbur 58-86-57-56-64-17-15-34-24-64-24-20-76-85-24-19-0-64-79-71
M. Connelly 55-85-85-52-59-19-17-46-25-22-30-22-85-84-30-18-0-58-84-78
M. Walker 57-83-63-55-65-23-21-55-24-22-27-23-80-82-28-17-0-77-83-78
D. Manders 51-97-81-58-56-24-21-43-28-24-27-18-93-93-32-18-0-62-67-74
L. Donohue 57-86-83-59-55-20-22-52-26-23-27-22-77-85-28-20-0-61-80-84
Marker 63-85-53-66-64-23-21-60-26-22-30-20-76-80-29-22-0-67-81-75
R. Neely 53-92-87-53-58-32-27-49-26-26-29-23-96-92-29-22-0-66-78-80
W. Townes 64-84-68-62-69-18-19-57-28-79-28-24-26-37-28-24-0-68-83-78
L. Stephens 56-79-85-65-62-24-22-44-27-76-26-21-25-36-27-22-0-76-68-74
Andrie 67-89-92-69-65-22-22-44-27-88-28-21-26-35-25-23-0-85-87-82
J. Wilbur 58-86-53-56-64-17-15-34-24-64-24-20-76-85-24-19-0-64-79-71
B. Lilly 74-97-92-70-77-19-18-62-27-96-29-25-27-41-33-22-0-82-94-91
Pugh 73-84-71-72-70-20-18-63-26-87-24-21-24-32-27-22-0-77-78-80
R. East 67-84-56-64-67-20-18-52-26-85-30-23-26-34-27-23-0-85-80-76
C. Bacon 67-84-54-66-70-28-25-62-28-76-35-28-27-38-31-18-0-81-83-84
Howley 78-83-88-80-76-53-44-59-28-92-26-19-25-48-29-19-0-84-90-74
G. Adams 69-72-44-69-68-45-38-58-32-81-26-22-25-46-37-26-0-78-79-68
L. Jordan 78-79-87-77-77-52-43-57-29-96-31-20-26-49-26-23-0-86-96-88
H. Hays 71-70-73-71-70-45-41-61-23-78-25-24-24-43-28-23-0-75-84-77
D. Edwards 72-77-78-72-70-46-42-57-26-86-26-22-27-46-28-20-0-82-88-90
J. Tubbs 67-74-92-67-63-50-43-55-28-85-27-22-26-44-32-20-0-82-68-83
C. Green 88-65-87-88-87-58-43-82-31-84-28-22-20-28-26-22-10-82-95-88
M. Johnson 93-53-70-92-92-65-44-83-23-67-25-22-16-20-24-19-10-84-84-65
D. Daniels 86-54-62-87-86-63-57-82-26-70-23-21-19-26-28-18-76-82-80-73
P. Clark 84-59-57-82-86-57-46-76-27-77-24-22-25-28-28-22-10-77-69-70
L. Davis 88-51-49-88-87-56-44-79-27-57-22-17-15-20-24-20-10-78-80-65
W. Livingston 85-60-75-84-81-64-47-74-28-70-27-25-19-26-27-22-22-76-83-69
M. Renfro 96-59-85-94-94-68-52-83-28-80-24-23-26-28-21-21-70-86-85-78
Gaechter 85-56-82-83-85-62-42-75-28-75-27-23-20-26-26-22-47-85-87-76
Deters 56-38-56-55-53-52-46-53-22-17-36-28-14-16-78-72-0-58-80-52
Villanueva 63-42-81-61-58-27-25-56-27-21-44-33-15-21-80-83-0-54-90-64
Cornerback Cornell Green deflects a pass against the Browns. He finished tied for sixth in the NFL and tied for the club lead with seven interceptions in 1967. He earned his third consecutive Pro Bowl selection and was voted first team All-NFL by the AP, UPI, Newspaper Ent. Assoc., and the N.Y. Daily News. The Sporting News voted him to their first team All-Conference in 1967.
1967 Dallas Cowboys Individual Statistical Leaders:
Passing: Don Meredith, 1834 yards, 50.2 comp. pct., 16 TDs, 68.7 rating
Rushing: Don Perkins, 823 yards, 6 TDs, 4.1 yards / carry
Receiving: Bob Hayes, 49 receptions, 998 yards, 10 TDs
Touchdowns: Bob Hayes & Dan Reeves, 11
Interceptions: Cornell Green & Mel Renfro, 7
Points: Bob Hayes & Dan Reeves, 66 (11 TDs)
Wide Receiver "Bullet" Bob Hayes led the Cowboys with 998 receiving yards and 10 receiving TDs in 1967. He tied for the club lead with 11 TDs and his 11.5 yards average returning punts was second best in the NFL in 1967. He was selected to the Pro Bowl for the third straight year in 1967 and was named first team All-NFL by the New York Daily News and first team All Conf. by the Sporting News.
1967 NFL CAPITAL DIVISION STANDINGS:
1st Place - DALLAS (9-5)
2nd Place - Philadelphia (6-7-1)
3rd Place - Washington (5-6-3)
4th Place - New Orleans (3-11)
Free Safety Mel Renfro tied Cornell Green for the team lead with 7 interceptions in 1967. He was selected to his fourth Pro Bowl in as many NFL seasons and Sporting News named him to their first team All-Conference after the season.
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