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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
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1961 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 13 | DAL | Bob Lilly HOF | DT | 14 | 1961 | 1974 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 196 | TCU | |||||||||||
| 2 | 16 | DAL | E.J. Holub | LB | 10 | 1961 | 1970 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 127 | Texas Tech | |||||||||||
| 3 | 30 | DAL | Stew Barber | T | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 125 | Penn State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 44 | DAL | Sonny Davis | LB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Baylor | |||||||||||
| 7 | 86 | DAL | Art Gilmore | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oregon State | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 100 | DAL | Don Talbert | T | 8 | 1962 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 103 | Texas | |||||||||||
| 9 | 114 | DAL | Glynn Gregory | E | 2 | 1961 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 100 | 0 | SMU | ||||||||
| 11 | 142 | DAL | Norris Stevenson | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 156 | DAL | Lowndes Shingler | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clemson | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 170 | DAL | Don Goodman | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida | |||||||||||||||
| 14 | 184 | DAL | Billy Shaw HOF | G | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 119 | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||
| 15 | 198 | DAL | Julius Varnado | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | San Francisco State | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 212 | DAL | Jerry Steffen | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Colorado | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 226 | DAL | Everett Cloud | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maryland | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 240 | DAL | Randy Williams | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Indiana | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 254 | DAL | Lynn Hoyem | G | 6 | 1962 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 84 | Long Beach State | |||||||||||
| 20 | 268 | DAL | Jerry Morgan | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iowa State | |||||||||||||||