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Dallas Cowboys 14 at New Orleans Saints 24

Sunday, October 17, 1971

Dallas Cowboys 14, New Orleans Saints 24

1234Final
Dallas Cowboys (3-2-0)007714
New Orleans Saints (2-2-1)7100724

Scoring

DALNOR
1stNORTony Baker 29 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick)07
2ndNORCharlie Durkee 36 yard field goal010
NORArchie Manning 13 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)017
3rdDALGloster Richardson 41 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick)717
4thDALBob Hayes 16 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick)1417
NORArchie Manning 2 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)1424

Team Stats

DALNOR
First downs2010
Rush-yards-TDs31-96-031-108-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT17-34-230-2-36-15-83-1-1
Sacked-yards5-264-34
Net pass yards20449
Total yards300157
Fumbles-lost3-31-1
Turnovers62
Penalties-yards5-587-63

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Walt Garrison DAL 11 19 0 0 3 54 0 0
Roger Staubach DAL 7 10 117 2 1 0 2 12 0 0
Craig Morton DAL 10 24 113 0 2 0
Duane Thomas DAL 16 58 0 0 1 -2 0 0
Lance Alworth DAL 5 46 0 0
Gloster Richardson DAL 1 41 1 0
Billy Truax DAL 2 38 0 0
Bob Hayes DAL 3 30 1 0
Mike Ditka DAL 2 23 0 0
Dan Reeves DAL 1 4 0 0
Claxton Welch DAL 1 3 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Archie Manning NOR 6 15 83 1 1 0 7 52 2 0
Tony Baker NOR 12 35 0 0 1 29 1 0
Al Dodd NOR 2 28 0 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 2 26 0 0
James Ford NOR 10 19 0 0
Hoyle Granger NOR 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Cliff Harris DAL 0 0 0 0 3 70 23.3 0 0 2 5 2.5 0 0
Mel Renfro DAL 1 4 0 0
Duane Thomas DAL 0 0 0 0 2 64 32.0 0 0
Charlie Waters DAL 0 0 0 0 3 9 3.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Al Dodd NOR 0 0 0 0 3 23 7.7 0 0
Hugo Hollas NOR 1 15 0 0
Delles Howell NOR 2 98 0 0
Jim Strong NOR 0 0 0 0 2 29 14.5 0 0