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Dallas Cowboys 19 at Chicago Bears 23

Sunday, October 31, 1971

Dallas Cowboys 19, Chicago Bears 23

1234Final
Dallas Cowboys (4-3-0)7201019
Chicago Bears (5-2-0)1033723

Scoring

DALCHI
1stDALDuane Thomas 3 yard rush (Mike Clark kick)70
CHIBobby Douglass 9 yard rush (Mac Percival kick)77
CHIMac Percival 44 yard field goal710
2ndCHIMac Percival 38 yard field goal713
DALSafety, Welch tackled Green in end zone913
3rdCHIMac Percival 35 yard field goal916
4thDALMike Clark 10 yard field goal1216
CHIDick Gordon 28 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Bobby Douglass run)1223
DALGloster Richardson 45 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick)1923

Team Stats

DALCHI
First downs267
Rush-yards-TDs34-139-131-82-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT27-47-344-1-47-19-140-1-1
Sacked-yards1-24-28
Net pass yards342112
Total yards481194
Fumbles-lost4-32-1
Turnovers72
Penalties-yards7-802-10

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Craig Morton DAL 20 36 257 1 3 0
Duane Thomas DAL 18 65 1 0 3 19 0 0
Walt Garrison DAL 12 50 0 0 5 29 0 0
Roger Staubach DAL 7 11 87 0 1 0 4 24 0 0
Lance Alworth DAL 5 67 0 0
Bob Hayes DAL 4 62 0 0
Mike Ditka DAL 4 52 0 0
Gloster Richardson DAL 1 45 1 0
Margene Adkins DAL 2 29 0 0
Dan Reeves DAL 2 22 0 0
Billy Truax DAL 1 19 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bobby Douglass CHI 7 19 140 1 1 0 3 9 1 0
Don Shy CHI 23 62 0 0 1 16 0 0
George Farmer CHI 2 59 0 0
Dick Gordon CHI 3 58 1 0
Jim Grabowski CHI 3 7 0 0
Bill Tucker CHI 1 -1 0 0 1 7 0 0
Cyril Pinder CHI 1 5 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
Cornell Green DAL 1 12 0 0
Cliff Harris DAL 0 0 0 0 2 38 19.0 0 0 1 2 2.0 0 0
Claxton Welch DAL 0 0 0 0 2 40 20.0 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
Doug Buffone CHI 1 9 0 0
Charlie Ford CHI 1 0 0 0
Garry Lyle CHI 1 29 0 0
Ron Smith CHI 1 21 0 0 3 91 30.3 0 0 3 44 14.7 0 0
Cecil Turner CHI 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 0