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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)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |
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