| Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1971 Location: Philadelphia, PA |
| Venue: Veterans Stadium Attendance: 65358 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 60 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | PHI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 1 run (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Lilly 7 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 4 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Gloster Richardson 16 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 28 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Craig Morton 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 35 | 0 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Claxton Welch 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 42 | 0 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Al Nelson 101 missed field goal return (Happy Feller kick) | 42 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 31 | WR | Gloster Richardson |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 83 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 54 | RLB | Chuck Howley |
| 26 | LCB | Herb Adderley |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 41 | RS | Charlie Waters |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Ben Hawkins |
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 72 | LOT | Wade Key |
| 65 | LOG | Hank Allison |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 74 | ROT | Steve Smith |
| 85 | TE | Gary Ballman |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 46 | RB | Lee Bouggess |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Bull |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ernie Calloway |
| 83 | LDT | Don Hultz |
| 88 | RDT | Gary Pettigrew |
| 99 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 50 | LLB | Ron Porter |
| 89 | MLB | Steve Zabel |
| 35 | RLB | Adrian Young |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 20 | LS | Leroy Keyes |
| 28 | RS | Bill Bradley |
| 24 | RCB | Nate Ramsey |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 21 | 80 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Claxton Welch | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Joe Williams | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Ronnie Bull | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Lee Bouggess | 9 | 7 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Rick Arrington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ben Hawkins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 22 | 15 | 68.2 | 2 | 188 | 8.5 | 2 | 86.9 | |||
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 28.1 | |||
| Dan Reeves | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 91.0 | |||
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 6 | 132 | 4.6 | 0 | 13.1 | |||
| Rick Arrington | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 1 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | 14.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 7 | 56 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Gloster Richardson | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Lee Bouggess | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Harold Jackson | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Ben Hawkins | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harold Carmichael | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herb Adderley | 3 | 102 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Cornell Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Keyes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 77 | 77.0 | 77 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Al Nelson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Thrower | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Steve Zabel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Philadelphia Eagles | |
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