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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 9.9, Offense: 8.3, Defense: 1.6, SoS: -3.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Tom Landry

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


Super Bowl Champ

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 4.2 200 209 421 2324 15 26 5.0 125 353 1144 8 3.2 59 51 25 16
Lg Rank Offense 1 1 1 14 2 2 5 2 2 3 1 7 11 26
Lg Rank Defense 7 3 4 26 19 11 7 6 2 2 5 2 1 1

Team Games & Schedule

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

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 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 7.29 7.81 9.8 1 2
14 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 6.94 5.49 5.9
30 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 4.80 -4.20 0.0
35 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 0.00 -45.00 0.0
33 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 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 27.4 14 11-3-0 206 361 57.1 3037 22 6.1 14 3.9 85 8.4 7.9 14.7 216.9 88.8 32 251 7.09 6.61 8.1 1 2
Opp Total 14 209 421 49.6 2660 15 3.6 26 6.2 6.3 4.25 12.7 190.0 55.9 43 336 5.0 3.1 9.3

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
33 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
32 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
35 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
12 Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 41 343 2 31 8.4 26.4 3.2 343 2 6
36 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
30 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
42 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
14 Craig Morton 28 qb 10 4 4 9 1 4 2.3 0.9 0.4 9 1 1
22 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
19 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
89 Mike Ditka 32 te 14 4 2 2 0 11 1.0 0.1 0.1 30 360 12.0 1 29 2.1 25.7 362 1 0
87 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
31 Gloster Richardson 29 wr 11 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 170 21.3 3 45 0.7 15.5 170 3 0
23 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
88 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
43 Cliff Harris 23 FS/KR/PR 14 11 17 129 0 35 7.6 29 823 0 77 28.4 952
41 Charlie Waters 23 db 14 3 9 109 0 42 12.1 1 18 0 18 18.0 127
37 Ike Thomas 24 7 0 7 295 2 101 42.1 295
23 Margene Adkins 24 3 0 4 5 0 10 1.3 58
42 Claxton Welch 24 14 0 4 105 0 39 26.3 155
89 Mike Ditka 32 te 14 4 3 30 0 29 10.0 392
22 Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 14 0 14 14.0 877
33 Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 2 64 0 15 32.0 1010
34 Cornell Green* 31 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
50 D.D. Lewis 26 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
36 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
83 Mike Clark 31 K 12 0 5 5 6 4 1 12 4 1 25 13 52.0% 47 47 100.0%
10 Ron Widby* 26 P 14 0 56 2329 59 1 41.6
15 Toni Fritsch 26 k 2 0 1 1 3 3 1 3 1 8 5 62.5% 2 2 100.0%
30 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

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
43 Cliff Harris 23 FS/KR/PR 14 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 -6 0
54 Chuck Howley* 35 RLB 14 0 5 122 0 53 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 0 6 1 -10 0
26 Herb Adderley 32 LCB 12 0 6 182 0 46 0
32 Walt Garrison 27 FB 13 0 0 6 0 0 0
55 Lee Roy Jordan 30 MLB 14 0 2 34 0 23 0 0 0 3 0 0
63 Larry Cole 25 LDE 14 0 0 0 4 20 0
52 Dave Edwards 32 LLB 14 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
20 Mel Renfro* 30 RCB 14 0 4 11 0 7 0
33 Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 0 3 1 0 0
41 Charlie Waters 23 db 14 3 2 37 0 30 0 0 2 0 0 0
34 Cornell Green* 31 SS 14 0 2 16 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
50 D.D. Lewis 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
42 Claxton Welch 24 14 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
36 Joe Williams 24 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
22 Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
35 Calvin Hill 24 rb 8 5 0 2 0 0 0
14 Craig Morton 28 qb 10 4 0 1 1 0 0
70 Rayfield Wright*+ 26 RT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
23 Margene Adkins 24 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
66 George Andrie 31 RDE 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
83 Mike Clark 31 K 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
89 Mike Ditka 32 te 14 4 0 0 1 0 0
62 John Fitzgerald 23 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
74 Bob Lilly*+ 32 RDT 14 0 0 0 1 7 1
75 Jethro Pugh 27 LDT 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Dan Reeves 27 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
71 Rodney Wallace 22 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.4 14 26 402 0 53 0 0 30 34 17 1 1
Opp Total 14 32 40 15

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
83 Mike Clark 31 K 12 0 47 13 86
33 Duane Thomas 24 RB 11 9 11 2 13 78
35 Calvin Hill 24 rb 8 5 8 3 11 66
22 Bob Hayes 29 WR 14 0 8 8 48
31 Gloster Richardson 29 wr 11 3 3 3 18
15 Toni Fritsch 26 k 2 0 2 5 17
19 Lance Alworth 31 WR 12 11 2 2 12
32 Walt Garrison 27 FB 13 0 1 1 2 12
12 Roger Staubach* 29 QB 13 10 2 2 12
37 Ike Thomas 24 7 0 2 2 12
42 Claxton Welch 24 14 0 1 1 1 8
89 Mike Ditka 32 te 14 4 1 1 6
74 Bob Lilly*+ 32 RDT 14 0 1 1 6
14 Craig Morton 28 qb 10 4 1 1 6
88 Reggie Rucker 24 2 0 1 1 6
87 Billy Truax 28 TE 12 10 1 1 6
36 Joe Williams 24 12 0 1 1 6
30 Dan Reeves 27 14 0 1 1
Team Total 27.4 14 25 22 2 1 50 50 18 1 406
Opp Total 14 8 15 24 16 222