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Melvin Lacy "Mel" Renfro (born December 30, 1941 in Houston, Texas) is a former American football cornerback and safety who spent his entire career with the Dallas Cowboys.Mel Renfro, a track star and All-American halfback from the University of Oregon, was drafted by the Cowboys in the second round of the 1964 NFL Draft. Renfro was initially placed as a safety, but was switched to cornerback in his fifth season. The speedy Renfro become an exceptional threat to wide receivers and was selected to the Pro Bowl for each of his first ten seasons in the League. Renfro was also a significant threat in special teams, performing punt and kickoff return duties in addition to playing on defense.
In the 1970 NFC title game, Renfro had a key interception that led to the Cowboys' game-winning touchdown over the San Francisco 49ers that helped them get to Super Bowl V, where they lost to the Baltimore ColtsThere have been two unrelated American football teams called the Baltimore Colts based in Baltimore, Maryland. The first Colts team started in the All-America Football Conference in 1946 as the Miami Seahawks . They moved to Baltimore in 1947. In 1950, th. Renfro would later play in Super Bowls VISuper Bowl 006 Super Bowl VI took place on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Louisiana, between the Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins. The Dallas Cowboys won by 24 points to 3. The attendance was 80,591. Scoring by quarter: Dallas3777 and XSuper Bowl 010 Super Bowl X was played on January 18, 1976 in Miami, Florida. The Pittsburgh Steelers won, beating the Dallas Cowboys 21 to 17. and XIISuper Bowl 012 Super Bowl XII was played on January 15, 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Dallas Cowboys won the game, beating the Denver Broncos 27 to 10. Asked after the game what he thought made the difference between the two teams, Denver placekicke, retiring after the final one: a Cowboys victory over the Denver BroncosThe Denver Broncos are a National Football League team based in Denver, Colorado. A charter member of the American Football League, they were a backwater small-market team that met with little success in their early years but have since become one of the. In his fourteen seasons, Renfro interceptedIn Canadian or American football, an interception occurs when a quarterback's pass is caught by a player on the opposing team. This leads to an immediate change of possession during the play: the defender who caught the ball immediately assumes the role o 52 passes, returning them for 626 yards. He also returned 109 punts for 842 yards and 85 kickoffs for 2,246 yards.
Renfro was added to the Texas StadiumTexas Stadium has been the home field of the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys since 1971. It is located in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Built to replace the aging Cotton Bowl, the stadium was to have originally been a domed stadium, but the Ring of Honor in 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996.
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