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1971 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

1971 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 406 points (29.0/g), 1st of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 222 points (15.9/g), 7th.
 Differential of 184 points (13.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 11.3-2.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 2nd.

Coached by Tom Landry (11-3-0)

1971 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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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 @ Buffalo Bills 49 37 19 371 211 160 1 18 401 335 66 4
2 Sun September 26 box W 2-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 42 7 23 369 219 150 4 12 170 138 32 8
3 Sun October 3 box L 2-1 Washington Redskins 16 20 20 267 185 82 1 14 285 85 200 3
4 Mon October 11 box W 3-1 New York Giants 20 13 21 401 179 222 6 18 332 265 67 5
5 Sun October 17 box L 3-2 @ New Orleans Saints 14 24 20 300 204 96 6 10 157 49 108 2
6 Sun October 24 box W 4-2 New England Patriots 44 21 20 406 238 168 17 259 183 76 3
7 Sun October 31 box L 4-3 @ Chicago Bears 19 23 26 481 342 139 7 7 194 112 82 2
8 Sun November 7 box W 5-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 16 13 20 372 199 173 11 228 192 36 1
9 Sun November 14 box W 6-3 Philadelphia Eagles 20 7 21 308 129 179 1 14 286 242 44 5
10 Sun November 21 box W 7-3 @ Washington Redskins 13 0 16 279 133 146 1 15 232 167 65 2
11 Thu November 25 box W 8-3 Los Angeles Rams 28 21 15 280 166 114 21 313 227 86 3
12 Sat December 4 box W 9-3 New York Jets 52 10 26 439 221 218 1 12 149 19 130 6
13 Sun December 12 box W 10-3 @ New York Giants 42 14 23 439 242 197 3 17 247 183 64 4
14 Sat December 18 box W 11-3 St. Louis Cardinals 31 12 18 323 118 205 4 14 215 127 88 3
Playoffs
Division Sat December 25 box W 12-3 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 12
ConfChamp Sun January 2 box W 13-3 San Francisco 49ers 14 3
SuperBowl Sun January 16 box W 14-3 N Miami Dolphins 24 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 406 5035 905 5.6 288 206 361 2786 22 14 7.1 144 512 2249 25 4.4 135 35 21 9
Team Defense 222 3468 817 4.2 341 209 421 2324 15 26 5.0 125 353 1144 8 3.2 200 51 25 16
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 14 2 2 5 1 2 3 1 7 11 26
Lg Rank Defense 7 3 8 26 19 11 7 6 2 2 5 2 1 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 Sk%
Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 126 211 59.7 1882 15 7.1 4 1.9 85 8.9 8.8 14.9 144.8 104.8 23 175 7.3 7.2 9.8
Craig Morton 28 10 4 78 143 54.5 1131 7 4.9 8 5.6 76 7.9 5.9 14.5 113.1 73.5 9 76 6.9 5.0 5.9
Dan Reeves 27 14 0 2 5 40.0 24 0 0.0 1 20.0 14 4.8 -4.2 12.0 1.7 15.8 0 0 4.8 -4.2 0.0
Calvin Hill 24 rb 8 5 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 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
Team Total 27.4 14 206 361 57.1 3037 22 6.1 14 3.9 85 8.4 7.3 14.7 216.9 88.8 32 251 7.1 6.0 8.1
Opp Total 14 209 421 49.6 2324 15 3.6 26 6.2 5.5 3.1 11.1 166.0 52.6 43 336 5.0 2.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 175 793 11 56 4.5 72.1 15.9 13 153 11.8 2 34 1.2 13.9 946 13 3
Walt Garrison 27 FB 13 0 127 429 1 34 3.4 33.0 9.8 40 396 9.9 1 36 3.1 30.5 825 2 6
Calvin Hill 24 rb 8 5 106 468 8 17 4.4 58.5 13.3 19 244 12.8 3 27 2.4 30.5 712 11 2
Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 41 343 2 31 8.4 26.4 3.2 343 2 6
Joe Williams 24 12 0 21 67 1 16 3.2 5.6 1.8 3 59 19.7 0 35 0.3 4.9 126 1 3
Dan Reeves 27 14 0 17 79 0 22 4.6 5.6 1.2 3 25 8.3 0 11 0.2 1.8 104 0 1
Claxton Welch 24 14 0 14 51 1 14 3.6 3.6 1.0 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0.1 -0.1 50 1 1
Craig Morton 28 10 4 4 9 1 4 2.3 0.9 0.4 9 1 1
Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 3 18 0 11 6.0 1.3 0.2 35 840 24.0 8 85 2.5 60.0 858 8 0
Lance Alworth 31 WR 12 11 2 -10 0 -4 -5.0 -0.8 0.2 34 487 14.3 2 26 2.8 40.6 477 2 0
Mike Ditka 32 14 4 2 2 0 11 1.0 0.1 0.1 30 360 12.0 1 29 2.1 25.7 362 1 0
Billy Truax 28 TE 12 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 232 15.5 1 25 1.3 19.3 232 1 0
Gloster Richardson 29 11 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 170 21.3 3 45 0.7 15.5 170 3 0
Margene Adkins 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 53 13.3 0 23 1.3 17.7 53 0 0
Reggie Rucker 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 1 19 0.5 9.5 19 1 0
Team Total 27.4 14 512 2249 25 56 4.4 160.6 36.6 206 3037 14.7 22 85 14.7 216.9 5286 47 30
Opp Total 14 353 1144 8 3.2 81.7 25.2 209 2324 11.1 15 14.9 166.0 3468 23 40

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Cliff Harris 23 FS 14 11 17 129 0 35 7.6 29 823 0 77 28.4 952
Charlie Waters 23 14 3 9 109 0 42 12.1 1 18 0 18 18.0 127
Ike Thomas 24 7 0 7 295 2 101 42.1 295
Margene Adkins 24 3 0 4 5 0 10 1.3 58
Claxton Welch 24 14 0 4 105 0 39 26.3 155
Mike Ditka 32 14 4 3 30 0 29 10.0 392
Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 14 0 14 14.0 877
Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 2 64 0 15 32.0 1010
Cornell Green* 31 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
D.D. Lewis 26 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Joe Williams 24 12 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 138
Team Total 27.4 14 31 248 0 42 8.0 50 1376 2 101 27.5 6910
Opp Total 14 26 0 70 1681 0 24.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Mike Clark 31 K 12 0 5 5 6 4 1 12 4 1 25 13 52.0% 47 47 100.0%
Ron Widby* 26 P 14 0 56 2329 59 1 41.6
Toni Fritsch 26 2 0 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 8 5 62.5% 2 2 100.0%
Dan Reeves 27 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 27.4 14 6 6 9 7 2 15 5 1 33 18 54.5% 50 50 100.0% 56 2329 59 1 41.6
Opp Total 14 25 16 64.0% 25 24 96.0% 65 2698 41.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Herb Adderley 32 LCB 12 0 6 182 0 46
Margene Adkins 24 3 0 0 1 0 0
George Andrie 31 RDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Clark 31 K 12 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Cole 25 LDE 14 0 0 4 20 0
Mike Ditka 32 14 4 0 1 0 0
Dave Edwards 32 LLB 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
John Fitzgerald 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Walt Garrison 27 FB 13 0 6 0 0 0
Cornell Green* 31 SS 14 0 2 16 0 12 1 0 0 0
Cliff Harris 23 FS 14 11 2 0 0 0 4 3 -6 0
Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 0 2 0 0
Calvin Hill 24 rb 8 5 2 0 0 0
Chuck Howley* 35 RLB 14 0 5 122 0 53 0 3 0 0
Lee Roy Jordan 30 MLB 14 0 2 34 0 23 0 3 0 0
D.D. Lewis 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Lilly*+ 32 RDT 14 0 0 1 7 1
Craig Morton 28 10 4 1 1 0 0
Jethro Pugh 27 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Dan Reeves 27 14 0 1 0 0 0
Mel Renfro* 30 RCB 14 0 4 11 0 7
Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 6 1 -10 0
Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 3 1 0 0
Rodney Wallace 22 11 0 0 1 0 0
Charlie Waters 23 14 3 2 37 0 30 2 0 0 0
Claxton Welch 24 14 0 1 2 1 0 1
Joe Williams 24 12 0 3 0 0 0
Rayfield Wright*+ 26 RT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 26 402 0 53 30 34 17 1 1
Opp Total 14 32 40 15

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mike Clark 31 K 12 0 47 13 86
Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 11 2 78
Calvin Hill 24 rb 8 5 8 3 66
Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 8 48
Gloster Richardson 29 11 3 3 18
Toni Fritsch 26 2 0 2 5 17
Lance Alworth 31 WR 12 11 2 12
Walt Garrison 27 FB 13 0 1 1 12
Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 2 12
Ike Thomas 24 7 0 2 12
Claxton Welch 24 14 0 1 1 8
Mike Ditka 32 14 4 1 6
Bob Lilly*+ 32 RDT 14 0 1 6
Craig Morton 28 10 4 1 6
Reggie Rucker 24 2 0 1 6
Billy Truax 28 TE 12 10 1 6
Joe Williams 24 12 0 1 6
Dan Reeves 27 14 0 1 1
Team Total 27.4 14 25 22 2 1 50 18 1 406
Opp Total 14 8 15 24 16 222