Sunday, October 17, 1971
Dallas Cowboys 14, New Orleans Saints 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (3-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| New Orleans Saints (2-2-1) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| DAL | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Tony Baker 29 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | NOR | Charlie Durkee 36 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| NOR | Archie Manning 13 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Gloster Richardson 41 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4th | DAL | Bob Hayes 16 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 17 |
| NOR | Archie Manning 2 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 24 |
| DAL | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 10 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-96-0 | 31-108-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-34-230-2-3 | 6-15-83-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-26 | 4-34 |
| Net pass yards | 204 | 49 |
| Total yards | 300 | 157 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-58 | 7-63 |
| 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 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||