1964 Dallas Cowboys season

1964 Dallas Cowboys season
1964 Dallas Cowboys season
Owner	Clint Murchison, Jr.
Head coach	Tom Landry
Home field	Cotton Bowl
Results
Record	5–8–1
Division place	5th NFL Eastern
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1963; Cowboys seasons; 1965 →;

The 1964 Dallas Cowboys season was their fifth in the league. The team improved on their previous output of 4–10, winning five games.^[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. The Cowboys would not have another losing season until 1986.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1964 Dallas Cowboys draft
1	4	Scott Appleton	DT	Texas	He was immediately traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers
2	17	Mel Renfro * ^†	CB	Oregon
4	43	Perry Lee Dunn	RB	Ole Miss
6	73	Billy Lothridge	QB	Georgia Tech
6	82	Jim Curry	End	Cincinnati
6	83	Jim Evans	End	Texas Western
7	88	Bob Hayes * ^†	WR	Florida A&M
8	101	Al Geverink	RB	UCLA
9	116	Jake Kupp *	OG	Washington
10	129	Roger Staubach * ^†	QB	Navy
11	144	Bob Crenshaw	OG	Baylor
12	157	Johnny Norman	End	Northwestern State (LA)
13	172	Jerry Rhome	QB	Tulsa
14	185	Jim Worden	LB	Wittenberg
15	200	Bill Van Burkleo	RB	Tulsa
16	213	Paul Cercel	C	Pittsburgh
17	228	Bud Abell	LB	Missouri
18	241	Theo Viltz	DB	USC	He signed with the Houston Oilers of the AFL
19	256	H.D. Murphy	RB	Oregon
20	269	John Hughes	LB	SMU
Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance	Recap
1	September 12	St. Louis Cardinals	L 6–16	0–1	Cotton Bowl	36,605	Recap
2	September 20	Washington Redskins	W 24–18	1–1	Cotton Bowl	25,158	Recap
3	September 27	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–23	1–2	Pitt Stadium	35,594	Recap
4	October 4	at Cleveland Browns	L 6–27	1–3	Cleveland Stadium	72,062	Recap
5	October 11	New York Giants	T 13–13	1–3–1	Cotton Bowl	33,324	Recap
6	October 18	Cleveland Browns	L 16–20	1–4–1	Cotton Bowl	37,456	Recap
7	October 25	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 31–13	2–4–1	Busch Stadium	28,253	Recap
8	November 1	at Chicago Bears	W 24–10	3–4–1	Wrigley Field	47,527	Recap
9	November 8	at New York Giants	W 31–21	4–4–1	Yankee Stadium	63,061	Recap
10	November 15	Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–17	4–5–1	Cotton Bowl	55,972	Recap
11	November 22	at Washington Redskins	L 16–28	4–6–1	D.C. Stadium	49,219	Recap
12	November 29	Green Bay Packers	L 21–45	4–7–1	Cotton Bowl	44,975	Recap
13	December 6	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–24	4–8–1	Franklin Field	60,671	Recap
14	December 13	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 17–14	5–8–1	Cotton Bowl	35,271	Recap

Conference opponents are in bold text

Game summaries

Week 4: at Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 27, Dallas Cowboys 6

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	6	0	0	6
Browns	7	6	7	7	27

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Date: October 4
Game time: 12:30 p.m. CDT
Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C), relative humidity 58%, wind 13 mph
Game attendance: 72,062
TV announcers (CBS): Frank Glieber (DAL) (second half) and Ken Coleman (CLE) (first half) (play-by-play), Ray Renfro (DAL) (second half) and Warren Lahr (CLE) (first half) (color commentators)
Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter

CLE – Ernie Green 7 yard pass from Frank Ryan Browns 7-0

Second Quarter

CLE – Lou Groza 19 yard field goal – Browns 10-0
DAL – Pettis Norman 5 yard pass from John Roach – (kick failed) Browns 10-6
CLE – Lou Groza 21 yard field goal – Browns 13-6

Third Quarter

CLE – Paul Warfield 40 yard pass from Frank Ryan – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 20-6

Fourth Quarter

CLE – Gary Collins 38 yard pass from Frank Ryan Browns 27-6

Cowboys

Browns

Week 6: vs. Cleveland Browns

Cleveland Browns 20, Dallas Cowboys 16

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	7	6	0	7	20
Cowboys	0	6	10	0	16

at Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas

Date: October 18
Game time: 1:30 p.m. CDT
Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), relative humidity 60%, wind 16 mph
Game attendance: 37,456
TV announcers (CBS): Ken Coleman (CLE) (second half) and Frank Glieber (DAL) (first half) (play-by-play), Warren Lahr (CLE) (second half) and Ray Renfro (DAL) (first half) (color commentators)
Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter

CLE – Ernie Green 1 yard run – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 7-0

Second Quarter

DAL – Dick Van Raaphorst 34 yard field goal – Browns 7-3
CLE – Lou Groza 34 yard field goal – Browns 10-3
CLE – Lou Groza 30 yard field goal – Browns 13-3
DAL – Dick Van Raaphorst 20 yard field goal – Browns 13-6

Third Quarter

DAL – Dick Van Raaphorst 37 yard field goal – Browns 13-9
DAL – Don Perkins 1 yard run – (Dick Van Raaphorst kick) Cowboys 16-13

Fourth Quarter

CLE – Bernie Parrish 54 yard interception return – (Lou Groza kick) Browns 20-16

Browns

Cowboys

Standings

NFL Eastern Conference
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Cleveland Browns	10	3	1	.769	9–2–1	415	293	W1
St. Louis Cardinals	9	3	2	.750	8–2–2	357	331	W4
Philadelphia Eagles	6	8	0	.429	6–6	312	313	L1
Washington Redskins	6	8	0	.429	5–7	307	305	L2
Dallas Cowboys	5	8	1	.385	4–7–1	250	289	W1
Pittsburgh Steelers	5	9	0	.357	5–7	253	315	L1
New York Giants	2	10	2	.167	2–8–2	241	399	L4

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Season recap

With one year left on his original contract, Tom Landry is re-signed to an additional 10-year extension, in effect giving him an 11-year deal, the longest in major pro sports history in the United States.