| Los Angeles Rams at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 25, 1971 Location: Irving, TX Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 66595 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 52 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ike Thomas 89 kickoff return (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Larry Smith 1 run (David Ray kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Klein 33 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 51 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Alworth 21 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Pat Curran 2 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Duane Thomas 5 run (Mike Clark kick) | 21 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 76 | ROT | Harry Schuh |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 34 | HB | Les Josephson |
| 33 | FB | Willie Ellison |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 72 | RDT | Phil Olsen |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 19 | LCB | Jim Nettles |
| 39 | LS | Kermit Alexander |
| 42 | RS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 64 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 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 |
| 33 | RB | Duane Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 77 | LDT | Bill Gregory |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 5 | 1 |
| Les Josephson | 7 | 16 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 14 | 49 | 3.5 | 7 | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 35 | 20 | 57.1 | 1 | 234 | 6.7 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 84.7 |
| Jerry Rhome | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 14 | 8 | 57.1 | 0 | 176 | 12.6 | 51t | 2 | 1 | 10 | 141.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Snow | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 33t | 1 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Pat Curran | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Duane Thomas | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 204 | 51.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Kermit Alexander | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mel Renfro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Travis Williams | 5 | 141 | 28.2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Ike Thomas | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 89t | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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