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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 (11-3-0)
Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)
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Drafted Players
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 25 | DAL | Tody Smith | DE | 6 | 1971 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 69 | USC | |||||||||||
| 2 | 51 | DAL | Ike Thomas | DB | 4 | 1971 | 1975 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | Bishop | |||||||||||
| 3 | 69 | DAL | Sam Scarber | RB | 2 | 1975 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 76 | 304 | 2 | 26 | 164 | 2 | New Mexico | |||||
| 3 | 77 | DAL | Bill Gregory | DE | 10 | 1971 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 142 | Wisconsin | |||||||||||
| 4 | 80 | DAL | Joe Carter | TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Grambling St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 103 | DAL | Adam Mitchell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 129 | DAL | Ron Kadziel | LB | 1 | 1972 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Stanford | |||||||||||
| 6 | 155 | DAL | Steve Maier | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Northern Arizona | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 181 | DAL | Bill Griffin | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Catawba | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 206 | DAL | Ron Jessie | WR | 11 | 1971 | 1981 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 138 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 91 | 2 | 265 | 4278 | 26 | Kansas |
| 9 | 233 | DAL | Honor Jackson | DB | 3 | 1972 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 32 | Pacific | |||||||||||
| 10 | 259 | DAL | Rodney Wallace | T | 3 | 1971 | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | New Mexico | |||||||||||
| 11 | 285 | DAL | Ernest Bonwell | DT | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lane | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 311 | DAL | Steve Goepel | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Colgate | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 337 | DAL | James Ford | RB | 2 | 1971 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 104 | 407 | 2 | 8 | 63 | 0 | Texas Southern | |||||
| 14 | 363 | DAL | Tyrone Covey | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 389 | DAL | Bob Young | TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Delaware | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 415 | DAL | John Brennan | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Boston Col. | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 440 | DAL | John Bomer | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Memphis | ||||||||||||||||