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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 274 points (19.6/g), 13th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 277 points (19.8/g), 13th.
Differential of -3 points (-0.2/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 11th.
Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (7-6-1)
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1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 17 | 16 | 266 | 165 | 101 | 1 | 22 | 372 | 206 | 166 | 7 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | box | T | 1-0-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 20 | 20 | 437 | 287 | 150 | 1 | 20 | 317 | 125 | 192 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | box | L | 1-1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 38 | 41 | 16 | 342 | 295 | 47 | 5 | 23 | 318 | 95 | 223 | 2 |
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | box | L | 1-2-1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 26 | 15 | 213 | 119 | 94 | 6 | 16 | 263 | 112 | 151 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | box | L | 1-3-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 16 | 24 | 14 | 249 | 135 | 114 | 4 | 18 | 306 | 182 | 124 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 2-3-1 | New Orleans Saints | 28 | 6 | 25 | 364 | 80 | 284 | 1 | 15 | 202 | 144 | 58 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | W | 3-3-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 31 | 14 | 17 | 317 | 142 | 175 | 10 | 153 | 88 | 65 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | W | 4-3-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | 6 | 15 | 267 | 112 | 155 | 1 | 10 | 167 | 73 | 94 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | L | 4-4-1 | New York Giants | 17 | 21 | 13 | 219 | 139 | 80 | 2 | 19 | 324 | 152 | 172 | 3 | |
| 10 | Mon | November 22 | box | W | 5-4-1 | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 21 | 27 | 386 | 182 | 204 | 2 | 7 | 143 | 40 | 103 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 28 | box | L | 5-5-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 24 | 4 | 123 | 55 | 68 | 3 | 19 | 304 | 47 | 257 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | December 5 | box | W | 6-5-1 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 13 | 17 | 327 | 214 | 113 | 5 | 20 | 328 | 120 | 208 | 5 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | box | L | 6-6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 3 | 24 | 8 | 130 | 69 | 61 | 4 | 18 | 290 | 119 | 171 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 19 | box | W | 7-6-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 20 | 14 | 319 | 262 | 57 | 1 | 20 | 300 | 135 | 165 | 1 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 274 | 3959 | 810 | 4.9 | 221 | 167 | 285 | 2256 | 16 | 21 | 7.1 | 108 | 494 | 1703 | 12 | 3.4 | 99 | 36 | 15 | 14 |
| Team Defense | 277 | 3787 | 874 | 4.3 | 360 | 164 | 343 | 1638 | 9 | 20 | 4.4 | 106 | 500 | 2149 | 19 | 4.3 | 237 | 38 | 18 | 17 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 13 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 13 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Berry | 29 | QB | 11 | 11 | 136 | 226 | 60.2 | 2005 | 11 | 4.9 | 16 | 7.1 | 84 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 14.7 | 182.3 | 75.9 | 21 | 150 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 8.5 |
| Dick Shiner | 29 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 57 | 52.6 | 463 | 5 | 8.8 | 5 | 8.8 | 47 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 15.4 | 46.3 | 72.5 | 10 | 89 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 14.9 | |
| Leo Hart | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Billy Lothridge | 29 | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 3.0 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 167 | 285 | 58.6 | 2495 | 16 | 5.6 | 21 | 7.4 | 84 | 8.8 | 6.0 | 14.9 | 178.2 | 75.4 | 31 | 239 | 7.1 | 4.7 | 9.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 164 | 343 | 47.8 | 1638 | 9 | 2.6 | 20 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 2.4 | 10.0 | 117.0 | 46.3 | 31 | 257 | 4.4 | 1.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Cannonball Butler | 28 | FB | 13 | 0 | 186 | 594 | 2 | 19 | 3.2 | 45.7 | 14.3 | 15 | 143 | 9.5 | 2 | 27 | 1.2 | 11.0 | 737 | 4 | 7 |
| Art Malone | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 120 | 438 | 6 | 19 | 3.7 | 33.7 | 9.2 | 34 | 380 | 11.2 | 2 | 46 | 2.6 | 29.2 | 818 | 8 | 5 |
| Harmon Wages | 25 | 14 | 0 | 64 | 266 | 1 | 27 | 4.2 | 19.0 | 4.6 | 19 | 249 | 13.1 | 1 | 47 | 1.4 | 17.8 | 515 | 2 | 2 | |
| Willie Belton | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 56 | 237 | 1 | 16 | 4.2 | 16.9 | 4.0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 259 | 1 | 9 |
| Sonny Campbell | 23 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 79 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 29 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 119 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Berry | 29 | QB | 11 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 31 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Dick Shiner | 29 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | 24 | TE | 13 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 6.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 33 | 593 | 18.0 | 5 | 43 | 2.5 | 45.6 | 618 | 5 | 3 |
| Joe Profit | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ken Burrow | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 33 | 741 | 22.5 | 6 | 84 | 2.4 | 52.9 | 746 | 6 | 1 |
| Wes Chesson | 22 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 20 | 224 | 11.2 | 0 | 24 | 1.4 | 16.0 | 220 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Jarvis | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6.5 | 0.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ray Poage | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 31 | 1.0 | 17.8 | 71 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Brezina | 25 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Kunz* | 24 | RT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mallory | 25 | SS | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 27 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 494 | 1703 | 12 | 27 | 3.4 | 121.6 | 35.3 | 167 | 2495 | 14.9 | 16 | 84 | 11.9 | 178.2 | 4198 | 28 | 39 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 500 | 2149 | 19 | 4.3 | 153.5 | 35.7 | 164 | 1638 | 10.0 | 9 | 11.7 | 117.0 | 3787 | 28 | 32 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Willie Belton | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 30 | 163 | 0 | 32 | 5.4 | 28 | 706 | 0 | 58 | 25.2 | 1128 |
| Cannonball Butler | 28 | FB | 13 | 0 | 13 | 372 | 0 | 82 | 28.6 | 1109 | |||||
| Joe Profit | 22 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 247 | 0 | 35 | 24.7 | 257 | ||||||
| John Mallory | 25 | SS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.6 | 30 | |||||
| Sonny Campbell | 23 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 33 | 23.8 | 214 | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 22 | FS | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Dick Enderle | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | ||||||
| John Matlock | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | ||||||
| Tom McCauley | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| John Small | 25 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | |||||
| Harmon Wages | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 536 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 37 | 174 | 0 | 32 | 4.7 | 59 | 1477 | 0 | 82 | 25.0 | 5849 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 26 | 0 | 52 | 1228 | 1 | 23.6 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Bill Bell | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 16 | 577 | 48 | 0 | 36.1 | ||
| Billy Lothridge | 29 | P | 9 | 0 | 44 | 1639 | 58 | 1 | 37.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 60 | 2216 | 58 | 1 | 36.9 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 23 | 20 | 87.0% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 63 | 2608 | 41.4 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Ron Acks | 27 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Belton | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 29 | QB | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Greg Brezina | 25 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Brown | 22 | FS | 10 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Burrow | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cannonball Butler | 28 | FB | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sonny Campbell | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Glen Condren | 29 | RDT | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Hansen | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Hayes | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 1 | ||||||
| Greg Lens | 26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Mallory | 25 | SS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Art Malone | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom McCauley | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Miller | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | 24 | TE | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 55 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Nobis | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Profit | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ken Reaves | 27 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Sandeman | 29 | LT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 29 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Small | 25 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Van Note | 25 | C | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harmon Wages | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 20 | 180 | 1 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 233 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 31 | 32 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bell | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 68 | |||||||||
| Art Malone | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 48 | |||||||||
| Ken Burrow | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Jim R. Mitchell | 24 | TE | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36 | |||||||||
| Cannonball Butler | 28 | FB | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||||||
| Tom Hayes | 25 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| Harmon Wages | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Willie Belton | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Don Hansen | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| John Mallory | 25 | SS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Joe Profit | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dick Shiner | 29 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Zook | 24 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.1 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 1 | 274 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 277 |