1965 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Tom Landry (7-7)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1965 Dallas Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Tom Landry (7-7)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1965 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1965 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
The Cowboys chalked up 325 points, and the solid defense allowed 280. Don Meredith passed for 2,415 yards. Bob Hayes hauled in 46 passes for 1,003 yards. Frank Clarke contributed to the receiving game, too.
Don Perkins ran for a team-best 690 yards for Dallas.
Cornell Green, Warren Livingston and Obert Logan each seized 3 opponent throws.
Tom Landry coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Don Meredith | 305 | 141 | 46.2 | 2415 | 7.9 | 22 | 7.2 | 13 | 4.3 | 65 | 79.9 | Craig Morton | 34 | 17 | 50.0 | 173 | 5.1 | 2 | 5.9 | 4 | 11.8 | 49 | 45.0 | Jerry Rhome | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 157 | 7.5 | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 82 | 65.0 | Dan Reeves | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 66.7 |
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| Totals | 362 | 168 | 46.4 | 2756 | 7.6 | 25 | 6.9 | 18 | 5.0 | 82 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Don Perkins | 177 | 690 | 3.9 | 43 | 0 | J.D. Smith | 86 | 295 | 3.4 | 24 | 2 | Don Meredith | 35 | 247 | 7.1 | 22 | 1 | Perry Dunn | 54 | 171 | 3.2 | 12 | 2 | Dan Reeves | 33 | 102 | 3.1 | 13 | 2 | Frank Clarke | 8 | 58 | 7.2 | 21 | 0 | Jim Stiger | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 | Jerry Rhome | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 | A.D. Whitfield | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Morton | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | 5 | 0 | Bob Hayes | 4 | -8 | -2.0 | 11 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 416 | 1608 | 3.9 | 43 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Hayes | 46 | 1003 | 21.8 | 82 | 12 | Frank Clarke | 41 | 682 | 16.6 | 53 | 4 | Buddy Dial | 17 | 283 | 16.6 | 46 | 1 | Pete Gent | 16 | 233 | 14.6 | 20 | 2 | Don Perkins | 14 | 142 | 10.1 | 27 | 0 | Pettis Norman | 11 | 110 | 10.0 | 21 | 3 | Dan Reeves | 9 | 210 | 23.3 | 47 | 1 | Perry Dunn | 8 | 74 | 9.2 | 22 | 1 | J.D. Smith | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 | Jim Stiger | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 168 | 2756 | 16.4 | 82 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Danny Villanueva | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 85 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 85 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Danny Villanueva | 60 | 2505 | 41.8 | 58 | Colin Ridgway | 13 | 510 | 39.2 | 44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 3015 | 41.3 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Hayes | 12 | 153 | 12.8 | 47 | 0 | Mel Renfro | 24 | 145 | 6.0 | 35 | 0 | Jim Stiger | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 312 | 8.0 | 47 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mel Renfro | 21 | 630 | 30.0 | 100 | 1 | Bob Hayes | 17 | 450 | 26.5 | 66 | 0 | Dan Reeves | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 24 | 0 | Jim Stiger | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 | Ralph Neely | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 1166 | 26.5 | 100 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cornell Green | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 43 | 0 | Obert Logan | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 | Warren Livingston | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 | Mel Renfro | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 90 | 1 | Mike Gaechter | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 | Jerry Tubbs | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 | Dave Edwards | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lilly | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 198 | 11.0 | 90 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Don Meredith | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Edwards | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Howley | 0 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | Jim Colvin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cornell Green | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Obert Logan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lilly | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | Mel Renfro | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | George Andrie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bob Hayes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Rhome | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Perkins | 2 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | J.D. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Stiger | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Gaechter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garry Porterfield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren Livingston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Perry Dunn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Gent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Morton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pettis Norman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 34 | 104 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Danny Villanueva | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 85 | Bob Hayes | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Frank Clarke | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dan Reeves | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Pettis Norman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | J.D. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Perry Dunn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Pete Gent | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mel Renfro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Buddy Dial | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Lilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Meredith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Obert Logan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Gaechter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cornell Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | George Andrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 8 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 325 |
