1961 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 6th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 236 points (16.9/g), 13th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 380 points (27.1/g), 12th.
Differential of -144 points (-10.3/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 10th.

Coached by Tom Landry (4-9-1)

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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	box	W	1-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	24	20	403	307	96	2	15	342	237	105	4
2	Sun	September 24	box	W	2-0		Minnesota Vikings	21	7	22	437	229	208	3	16	251	126	125	3
3	Sun	October 1	box	L	2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	7	25	9	152	100	52	3	18	316	100	216	4
4	Sun	October 8	box	W	3-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	28	0	18	297	180	117		14	183	100	83	5
5	Sun	October 15	box	L	3-2		New York Giants	10	31	15	331	139	192	7	21	375	117	258	6
6	Sun	October 22	box	L	3-3		Philadelphia Eagles	7	43	26	346	169	177	2	23	480	191	289
7	Sun	October 29	box	W	4-3	@	New York Giants	17	16	17	333	187	146	4	15	262	150	112	4
8	Sun	November 5	box	L	4-4		St. Louis Cardinals	17	31	18	374	238	136	5	13	193	71	122	1
9	Sun	November 12	box	L	4-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	37	8	185	122	63	2	22	371	204	167	1
10	Sun	November 19	box	T	4-5-1		Washington Redskins	28	28	27	441	271	170	4	18	292	210	82	3
11	Sun	November 26	box	L	4-6-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	35	21	358	240	118	3	20	454	337	117	4
12	Sun	December 3	box	L	4-7-1		Cleveland Browns	17	38	19	376	202	174	6	23	373	143	230	3
13	Sun	December 10	box	L	4-8-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	13	31	8	126	16	110	3	14	334	260	74	3
14	Sun	December 17	box	L	4-9-1	@	Washington Redskins	24	34	11	321	261	60	4	22	366	185	181	2

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	236	4480	870	5.1	239	215	422	2661	23	27	5.9	130	416	1819	6	4.4	100	48	21	9
Team Defense	380	4592	806	5.7	386	168	326	2431	21	25	6.9	120	454	2161	20	4.8	254	43	18	12
Lg Rank Offense	13	8			7		3	6	4	10	9		10	10	14	7		13	12
Lg Rank Defense	12	10			9		1	7	8	5	11		10	12	12	12		6	5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Eddie LeBaron	31	QB	14	10	120	236	50.8	1741	14	5.9	16	6.8	80	7.4	4.9	14.5	124.4	66.7
Don Meredith	23	qb	8	4	94	182	51.6	1161	9	4.9	11	6.0	56	6.4	4.2	12.4	145.1	63.0
Buddy Humphrey	26		2	0	1	2	50.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	8.0	8.0	16.0	8.0	77.1
J.W. Lockett	24	fb	12	7	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Team Total	25.7		14		215	422	50.9	2918	23	5.5	27	6.4	80	6.9	4.6	13.6	208.4	64.9
Opp Total			14		168	326	51.5	2431	21	6.4	25	7.7		7.5	4.7	14.5	173.6	65.6	26	204	6.9	3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Don Perkins*	23	HB	14	0	200	815	4	47	4.1	58.2	14.3	32	298	9.3	1	38	2.3	21.3	1113	5	5
Amos Marsh	22	FB	14	7	84	379	1	71	4.5	27.1	6.0	21	189	9.0	2	46	1.5	13.5	568	3	12
J.W. Lockett	24	fb	12	7	66	280	0	21	4.2	23.3	5.5	15	114	7.6	2	26	1.3	9.5	394	2	7
Don Meredith	23	qb	8	4	22	176	1	28	8.0	22.0	2.8								176	1	9
Eddie LeBaron	31	QB	14	10	20	72	0	21	3.6	5.1	1.4								72	0	7
L.G. Dupre	29		10	0	16	60	0	12	3.8	6.0	1.6	6	49	8.2	0	17	0.6	4.9	109	0	2
Merrill Douglas	25		6	0	5	24	0	6	4.8	4.0	0.8	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.2	-0.3	22	0	0
Don McIlhenny	27		3	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	1.3	0.7	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.3	2.0	10	0	0
Billy Howton	31	SE	14	0	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	56	785	14.0	4	53	4.0	56.1	794	4	1
Frank Clarke	27	FL	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	41	919	22.4	9	80	2.9	65.6	919	9	1
Dick Bielski*	29	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	26	377	14.5	3	28	1.9	26.9	377	3	0
Jim Doran	34		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	153	11.8	2	29	0.9	10.9	153	2	1
Glynn Gregory	22		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	30	10.0	0	13	0.2	2.1	30	0	0
Team Total	25.7		14		416	1819	6	71	4.4	129.9	29.7	215	2918	13.6	23	80	15.4	208.4	4737	29	46
Opp Total			14		454	2161	20		4.8	154.4	32.4	168	2431	14.5	21		12.0	173.6	4592	41	30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Amos Marsh	22	FB	14	7	14	71	0	19	5.1	26	667	0	79	25.7	1306
Don Perkins*	23	HB	14	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	22	443	0	30	20.1	1564
L.G. Dupre	29		10	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	6	110	0	24	18.3	223
Warren Livingston	23	LCB	8	8	6	20	0	12	3.3						20
J.W. Lockett	24	fb	12	7						4	46	0	21	11.5	440
Gene Babb	27	RLB	14	9						2	34	0	19	17.0	34
Mike Dowdle	24	llb	14	6						2	33	0	19	16.5	33
Jim Doran	34		14	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	153
Merrill Douglas	25		6	0						1	12	0	12	12.0	34
Team Total	25.7		14		23	103	0	19	4.5	64	1345	0	79	21.0	6185
Opp Total			14		17		0			43	978	0		22.7

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Allen Green	23	P	14	0	3	2	4	1	3	2	4		1		15	5	33.3%	19	19	100.0%	61	2236	53	1	36.7
Dick Bielski*	29	TE	14	0			3	3	3	2	3	1			9	6	66.7%	10	10	100.0%
Team Total	25.7		14		3	2	7	4	6	4	7	1	1		24	11	45.8%	29	29	100.0%	61	2236	53	1	36.7
Opp Total			14												28	14	50.0%	49	44	89.8%	43	1956			45.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Gene Babb	27	RLB	14	9								0	1	0	0
Bob Bercich	25	LS	6	6		3	48	0	28
Don Bishop	27	RCB	14	0		8	172	0	57			0	1	13	0
Frank Clarke	27	FL	14	0								1	1	0	0
Jim Doran	34		14	0								1	1	10	0
Mike Dowdle	24	llb	14	6		1	14	0	14			0	2	0	0
L.G. Dupre	29		10	0								2	1	0	0
Tom Franckhauser	24		6	4		1	23	0	23
Ken Frost	23		14	0		1	0	0	0			0	1	0	0
Glynn Gregory	22		14	0		1	21	0	21			0	1	0	0
Jimmy Harris	27		11	4		2	13	0	12			0	2	0	0
Don Healy	25	LDT	14	0		1	11	0	11			0	5	0	0
Bill Herchman	28	RDT	14	0								0	1	0	0
John Houser	26	lg/rt	14	7								0	1	0	0
Chuck Howley	25	LLB/rlb	13	13		1	5	0	5
Billy Howton	31	SE	14	0								1	1	4	0
Eddie LeBaron	31	QB	14	10								7	2	1	0
Bob Lilly	22	LDE	14	0								0	1	0	0
Warren Livingston	23	LCB	8	8		1	3	0	3			1	2	0	0
J.W. Lockett	24	fb	12	7								7	3	1	0
Amos Marsh	22	FB	14	7								12	3	0	0
Don Meredith	23	qb	8	4								9	5	0	0
Dicky Moegle	27	RS	14	0		2	31	0	25			0	1	0	0
Lee Murchison	23		14	0								0	1	0	0
Don Perkins*	23	HB	14	0								5	4	24	0
Jerry Tubbs	26	MLB	14	0		3	33	0	33			0	2	8	0
Team Total	25.7		14			25	374	0	57			46	43	61	0
Opp Total			14		32							30	12

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Frank Clarke	27	FL	14	0		9			54
Dick Bielski*	29	TE	14	0		3	10	6	46
Allen Green	23	P	14	0			19	5	34
Don Perkins*	23	HB	14	0	4	1			30
Billy Howton	31	SE	14	0		4			24
Amos Marsh	22	FB	14	7	1	2			18
Jim Doran	34		14	0		2			12
J.W. Lockett	24	fb	12	7		2			12
Don Meredith	23	qb	8	4	1				6
Team Total	25.7		14		6	23	29	11	236
Opp Total			14		20	21	44	14	380

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