Dallas Cowboys

Vs.

Houston Oilers

August 31, 1969

COWBOY AERIALS TOP OILERS, 14-11

Morton Fires for 221 Yards Before Crowd of 55,310

HOUSTON, Aug. 28 (UPI) Craig Morton threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Lance Rentzel and set up another touch­down with a 34-yard pass to¹ Bob Hayes to lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 14-11 victory tonight over the Houston Oilers before 55,310, the largest football crowd in Astrodome history.

Calvin Hill, the rookie run­ning back from Yale, scored the Cowboys' second touchdown on a 3-yard run, after Hayes was tripped at the 3 on the opening play of the fourth quarter.

A reserve quarterback, Don Trull, fired a 3-yard touchdown pass to Jim Bierne with 1:34 to go in the game and then hit Hoyle Granger, a fullback, for a 2-point conversion. Roy Gerela kicked a 30-yard field goal in the first quarter to give the Oilers' a 3-0 halftime lead.

The Cowboys, who made only 97 yards total offense the first half and never penetrated the Houston 40-yard line, rolled up 173 yards in the third period. They scored once and were in the midst of their other drive when the period ended.

Morton, who completed 13 of 31 passes for 221 yards, hit 10 of 19 for 131 yards in the big third quarter and then opened the fourth period with the strike to Hayes.

Dallas' Calvin Hill tries to score against George Webster (80) and the Oilers

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

HOU- FG  Gerela. 30

Third Quarter

DAL- Rentzel 34 yard pass from Morton (Clark kick).

Fourth Quarter

DAL- Hill 3 run  (Clark kick)

HOU- Beirne 3 yard pass from Trull  (Granger pass  from  Trull).

Att- 55,310

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