
1962 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 5-8-1
Finishing 5th in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Tom Landry (5-8-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1962 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 5 wins and 8 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the NFL's East Division.
The Cowboys moved the ball well, scoring 398 points, but the shaky defensive squad allowed 402. Don Meredith threw for 1,679 yards, and Eddie LeBaron threw the ball, too. Billy Howton hauled in 49 passes, while Frank Clarke accumulated 1,043 receiving yards. Lee Folkins contributed to the receiving game as well.
Don Perkins ran for a team-best 945 yards for Dallas, and Amos Marsh also contributed to the rushing attack.
Don Bishop picked off 6 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 | 212 | 105 | 49.5 | 1679 | 7.9 | 15 | 7.1 | 8 | 3.8 | 69 | 84.2 |
Eddie LeBaron | 166 | 95 | 57.2 | 1436 | 8.7 | 16 | 9.6 | 9 | 5.4 | 85 | 95.4 |
J.W. Lockett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Sam Baker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 380 | 200 | 52.6 | 3115 | 8.2 | 31 | 8.2 | 17 | 4.5 | 85 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Perkins | 222 | 945 | 4.3 | 35 | 7 |
Amos Marsh | 144 | 802 | 5.6 | 70 | 6 |
Amos Bullocks | 33 | 196 | 5.9 | 73 | 2 |
Don Meredith | 21 | 74 | 3.5 | 14 | 0 |
J.W. Lockett | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
Eddie LeBaron | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 434 | 2040 | 4.7 | 73 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Howton | 49 | 706 | 14.4 | 69 | 6 |
Frank Clarke | 47 | 1043 | 22.2 | 66 | 14 |
Lee Folkins | 39 | 536 | 13.7 | 52 | 6 |
Amos Marsh | 35 | 467 | 13.3 | 85 | 2 |
Don Perkins | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
J.W. Lockett | 7 | 78 | 11.1 | 29 | 2 |
Glynn Gregory | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 44 | 0 |
Amos Bullocks | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 1 |
Pettis Norman | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 29 | 0 |
Donnie Davis | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 |
Totals | 200 | 3115 | 15.6 | 85 | 31 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J.W. Lockett | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
Mike Gaechter | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
Amos Marsh | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 17 | 81 | 4.8 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amos Marsh | 29 | 725 | 25.0 | 101 | 1 |
Amos Bullocks | 14 | 265 | 18.9 | 62 | 0 |
J.W. Lockett | 6 | 130 | 21.7 | 31 | 0 |
Donnie Davis | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 23 | 0 |
Mike Gaechter | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Pettis Norman | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
Andy Cvercko | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dale Memmelaar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Don Talbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 59 | 1207 | 20.5 | 101 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Bishop | 6 | 134 | 22.3 | 44 | 0 |
Mike Gaechter | 5 | 136 | 27.2 | 100 | 1 |
Jerry Tubbs | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 21 | 0 |
Chuck Howley | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 |
Jerry Norton | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 |
Mike Dowdle | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 20 | 366 | 18.3 | 100 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Norton | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | ||
Amos Bullocks | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
J.W. Lockett | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Don Bishop | 0 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 1 | 0 | |
Don Meredith | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Andrie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mike Dowdle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Lilly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andy Cvercko | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pettis Norman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dale Memmelaar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jerry Tubbs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Chuck Howley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Fry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Nolan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Meyers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Guy Reese | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Perkins | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Gaechter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Amos Marsh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Eddie LeBaron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Frank Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 32 | 29 | 95 | 1 | 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 |
Sam Baker | 14 | 50 | 0 | 92 | ||||||||||
Frank Clarke | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |||||||||
Amos Marsh | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||
Don Perkins | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Lee Folkins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Billy Howton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
J.W. Lockett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Amos Bullocks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Jerry Norton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Don Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mike Gaechter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Totals | 16 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 398 |