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1971 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-3-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (11-3-0)

Points For: 406 (29.0/g) 1st of 26

Points Against: 222 (15.9/g) 7th of 26

Expected W-L: 11.3-2.7

SRS: 9.86 (2nd of 26), SOS: -3.29

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 20-12 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Won Conference Championship 14-3 vs. San Francisco 49ers
Won Super Bowl 24-3 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: Jim Myers

Other Notable Asst.: Ron Meyer (Scout) and Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

1971 Super Bowl Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	406	5035	905	5.6	35	21	288	206	361	2786	22	14	7.1	144	512	2249	25	4.4	135	94	952	9
Opp. Stats	222	3468	817	4.2	51	25	200	209	421	2324	15	26	5.0	125	353	1144	8	3.2	59	61	647	16
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			11	26	1		14	2	2	5	2		2	3	1	7
Lg Rank Defense	7	3			1	1	4		26	19	11	7	6		2	2	5	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	49	37	19	371	211	160	1	18	401	335	66	4
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	42	7	23	369	219	150	4	12	170	138	32	8
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Washington Redskins	16	20	20	267	185	82	1	14	285	85	200	3
4	Mon	October 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		New York Giants	20	13	21	401	179	222	6	18	332	265	67	5
5	Sun	October 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	New Orleans Saints	14	24	20	300	204	96	6	10	157	49	108	2
6	Sun	October 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		New England Patriots	44	21	20	406	238	168		17	259	183	76	3
7	Sun	October 31	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Chicago Bears	19	23	26	481	342	139	7	7	194	112	82	2
8	Sun	November 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	16	13	20	372	199	173		11	228	192	36	1
9	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Philadelphia Eagles	20	7	21	308	129	179	1	14	286	242	44	5
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Washington Redskins	13	0	16	279	133	146	1	15	232	167	65	2
11	Thu	November 25	3:30PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Los Angeles Rams	28	21	15	280	166	114		21	313	227	86	3
12	Sat	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		New York Jets	52	10	26	439	221	218	1	12	149	19	130	6
13	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3	@	New York Giants	42	14	23	439	242	197	3	17	247	183	64	4
14	Sat	December 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3		St. Louis Cardinals	31	12	18	323	118	205	4	14	215	127	88	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	12	10	183	85	98		17	311	210	101	5
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 2	1:30PM ET	boxscore	W		13-3		San Francisco 49ers	14	3	16	244	72	172	1	9	239	178	61	3
SuperBowl	Sun	January 16	2:50PM ET	boxscore	W		14-3	N	Miami Dolphins	24	3	23	352	100	252	1	10	185	105	80	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	29	QB	13	10	10-0-0	126	211	59.7	1882	15	7.1	4	1.9	85	8.9	9.5	14.9	144.8	104.8	23	175	9.83	7.29	7.8	1	2	PB,AP MVP-2
2	Craig Morton	28	QB	10	4	1-3-0	78	143	54.5	1131	7	4.9	8	5.6	76	7.9	6.4	14.5	113.1	73.5	9	76	5.92	6.94	5.5	0	0
3	Dan Reeves	27	RB	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	0.00	4.80	-4.2	0	0
4	Calvin Hill	24	RB	8	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
5	Duane Thomas	24	RB	11	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11-3-0	206	361	57.1	2786	22	6.1	14	3.9	85	8.4	7.9	14.7	199.0	88.8	32	251	8.14	7.09	6.61	1	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	29	QB	3	3	3-0-0	31	51	60.8	321	3	5.9	0	0.0	30	6.3	7.5	10.4	107.0	98.6	10	64	16.39	4.21	5.2	0	0	SB MVP
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	31	51	60.8	257	3	5.9	0	0.0	30	5.7	7.5	10.4	85.7	67.6	10	64	16.39	3.00	3.00	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Duane Thomas	24	RB	11	10	175	793	11	56	4.5	72.1	15.9	13	153	11.8	2	34	1.2	13.9	188	5.0	946	13	3
2	Bob Hayes	29	WR	14	13	3	18	0	11	6.0	1.3	0.2	35	840	24.0	8	85	2.5	60.0	38	22.6	858	8	0
3	Walt Garrison	27	FB	13	11	127	429	1	34	3.4	33.0	9.8	40	396	9.9	1	36	3.1	30.5	167	4.9	825	2	6
4	Calvin Hill	24	RB	8	7	106	468	8	17	4.4	58.5	13.3	19	244	12.8	3	27	2.4	30.5	125	5.7	712	11	2
5	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	36	13.3	477	2	0
6	Mike Ditka	32	TE	14	4	2	2	0	11	1.0	0.1	0.1	30	360	12.0	1	29	2.1	25.7	32	11.3	362	1	0
7	Roger Staubach	29	QB	13	10	41	343	2	31	8.4	26.4	3.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	41	8.4	343	2	6	PB,AP MVP-2
8	Billy Truax	28	TE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	232	15.5	1	25	1.3	19.3	15	15.5	232	1	0
9	Gloster Richardson	29	WR	11	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	170	21.3	3	45	0.7	15.5	8	21.3	170	3	0
10	Joe Williams	24	RB	12	0	21	67	1	16	3.2	5.6	1.8	3	59	19.7	0	35	0.3	4.9	24	5.3	126	1	3
11	Dan Reeves	27	RB	14	0	17	79	0	22	4.6	5.6	1.2	3	25	8.3	0	11	0.2	1.8	20	5.2	104	0	1
12	Margene Adkins	24	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	53	13.3	0	23	1.3	17.7	4	13.3	53	0	0
13	Claxton Welch	24	RB	14	0	14	51	1	14	3.6	3.6	1.0	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	0.1	-0.1	15	3.3	50	1	1
14	Reggie Rucker	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	1	19	0.5	9.5	1	19.0	19	1	0
15	Craig Morton	28	QB	10	4	4	9	1	4	2.3	0.9	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	2.3	9	1	1
	Team Totals			14	14	512	2249	25	56	4.4	160.6	36.6	206	3037	14.7	22	85	14.7	216.9	718	7.4	5286	47	23

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Duane Thomas	24	RB	3	3	55	205	3	23	3.7	68.3	18.3	5	27	5.4	0	11	1.7	9.0	60	3.9	232	3	0
2	Walt Garrison	27	FB	3	1	30	128	0	17	4.3	42.7	10.0	3	3	1.0	0	7	1.0	1.0	33	4.0	131	0	1
3	Calvin Hill	24	RB	3	2	30	74	1	13	2.5	24.7	10.0	3	26	8.7	0	12	1.0	8.7	33	3.0	100	1	1
4	Bob Hayes	29	WR	3	3	1	16	0	16	16.0	5.3	0.3	7	76	10.9	1	18	2.3	25.3	8	11.5	92	1	0
5	Lance Alworth	31	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	78	15.6	1	30	1.7	26.0	5	15.6	78	1	0
6	Roger Staubach	29	QB	3	3	15	75	0	12	5.0	25.0	5.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	5.0	75	0	1	SB MVP
7	Mike Ditka	32	TE	3	3	1	17	0	17	17.0	5.7	0.3	5	51	10.2	1	21	1.7	17.0	6	11.3	68	1	0
8	Billy Truax	28	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	43	21.5	0	22	2.0	43.0	2	21.5	43	0	0
9	Dan Reeves	27	RB	2	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	3.5	0.5	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.5	8.5	2	12.0	24	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	133	522	4	23	3.9	174.0	44.3	31	321	10.4	3	30	10.3	107.0	164	5.1	843	7	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	George Andrie	31	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
2	Larry Cole	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	20	0	8.0	0
3	Dave Edwards	32	LLB	14	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.0	0
4	Cornell Green	31	SS	14	14	2	16	0	12	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Chuck Howley	35	RLB	14	14	5	122	0	53	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Lee Roy Jordan	30	MLB	14	14	2	34	0	23	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
7	Bob Lilly	32	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	5.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-9,AP DPoY-2
8	Mel Renfro	30	RCB	14	14	4	11	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Rayfield Wright	26	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Bob Hayes	29	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Herb Adderley	32	LCB	12	12	6	182	0	46	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Jethro Pugh	27	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13.5	0
13	Walt Garrison	27	FB	13	11	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Cliff Harris	23	FS	14	11	2	0	0	0	4	3	-6	0	0.0	0
15	Roger Staubach	29	QB	13	10	0	0	0	0	6	1	-10	0	0.0	0	PB,AP MVP-2
16	Duane Thomas	24	RB	11	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Calvin Hill	24	RB	8	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Mike Ditka	32	TE	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Craig Morton	28	QB	10	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Charlie Waters	23	DB	14	4	2	37	0	30	2	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Bill Gregory	22	DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
22	Margene Adkins	24	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Mike Clark	31	K	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Fitzgerald	23	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	D.D. Lewis	26	LB	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Dan Reeves	27	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Tody Smith	23	DE	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
28	Pat Toomay	23	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
29	Rodney Wallace	22	G	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Claxton Welch	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	1
31	Joe Williams	24	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	402	0	53	30	34	17	1	45.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Cliff Harris	23	FS	2	2	2	32	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Chuck Howley	35	RLB	2	2	2	67	0	41	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
3	Lee Roy Jordan	30	MLB	2	2	2	28	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Bob Lilly	32	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0
5	Herb Adderley	32	LCB	1	1	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	George Andrie	31	RDE	1	1	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Larry Cole	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
8	Jethro Pugh	27	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Roger Staubach	29	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	SB MVP
10	Walt Garrison	27	FB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Calvin Hill	24	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Billy Truax	28	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	8	142	0	41	0	3	4	0	0	2.0	5	0

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