| New York Giants at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 11, 1971 Location: Dallas, TX Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 68378 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 42 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 35 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 41 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 20 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Truax 4 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 48 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Clifton McNeil 24 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 13 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 18 | WR | Clifton McNeil |
| 65 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 70 | LOG | Bob Hyland |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 34 | RB | Junior Coffey |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Duhon |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Bob Lurtsema |
| 75 | LDT | Jerry Shay |
| 76 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 55 | LLB | Ralph Heck |
| 58 | MLB | Jimmy Files |
| 51 | RLB | John Douglas |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 33 | LS | Joe Green |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Duhon | 11 | 28 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 8 | 58 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 6 | 31 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joe Williams | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 46 | 26 | 56.5 | 0 | 294 | 6.4 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 83.1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 0 | 106 | 6.2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 86.9 |
| Craig Morton | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 79 | 15.8 | 48t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.8 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Duhon | 9 | 111 | 12.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Clifton McNeil | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 24t | 1 |
| Bob Tucker | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Junior Coffey | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Truax | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Bob Hayes | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 48t | 1 |
| Duane Thomas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 2 | 94 | 47.0 | 55 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 4 | 0 | 45 | 11.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| D.D. Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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