| Dallas Cowboys at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 83088 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 81 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Baker 29 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 36 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 13 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Gloster Richardson 41 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 16 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 2 run (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 33 | RB | Duane Thomas |
| 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 |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Tony Baker |
| 28 | RB | Jim Ford |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 55 | MLB | Jim Flanigan |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 21 | SS | Reynaud Moore |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 16 | 58 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Claxton Welch | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Archie Manning | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 13t | 2 |
| Tony Baker | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 |
| Hoyle Granger | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 2 | 113 | 4.7 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 21.7 |
| Roger Staubach | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 1 | 117 | 11.7 | 41t | 2 | 2 | 3 | 109.2 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 1 | 83 | 5.5 | 29t | 1 | 4 | 34 | 52.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Billy Truax | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41t | 1 |
| Duane Thomas | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Al Dodd | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Baker | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Delles Howell | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 60 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 5 | 246 | 49.2 | 59 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 7 | 291 | 41.6 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Charlie Waters | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7.7 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Duane Thomas | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jim Strong | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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