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Dallas Cowboys 19 at Chicago Bears 23
Sunday, October 31, 1971
Stadium: Soldier Field (I), Start Time: 1:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 55 degrees, relative humidity 56%, wind 19 mph
Weather: 55 degrees, relative humidity 56%, wind 19 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (4-3-0) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| Chicago Bears (5-2-0) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
Scoring
| DAL | CHI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Duane Thomas 3 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Bears | Bobby Douglass 9 yard rush (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Bears | Mac Percival 44 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Bears | Mac Percival 38 yard field goal | 7 | 13 |
| Cowboys | Safety, Welch tackled Green in end zone | 9 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Bears | Mac Percival 35 yard field goal | 9 | 16 |
| 4th | Cowboys | Mike Clark 10 yard field goal | 12 | 16 |
| Bears | Dick Gordon 28 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Bobby Douglass run) | 12 | 23 | |
| Cowboys | Gloster Richardson 45 yard pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 19 | 23 |
Team Stats
| DAL | CHI | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 7 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-139-1 | 31-82-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-47-344-1-4 | 7-19-140-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 4-28 |
| Net pass yards | 342 | 112 |
| Total yards | 481 | 194 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 7 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-80 | 2-10 |
Passing, 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Mike Clark | DAL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Widby | DAL | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Joe Green | CHI | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 0 | ||||
| Mac Percival | CHI | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |