| New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1971 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 66689 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 79% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 28 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Ike Thomas 101 kickoff return (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 27 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 27 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Calvin Hill 9 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 2 | New York Jets | Bobby Howfield 35 FG | 3 | 35 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Clark 45 FG | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 18 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 45 |
| 3 | New York Jets | George Nock 1 pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Lance Alworth 20 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 52 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bob Davis | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Nock | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 14 | 112 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Calvin Hill | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Williams | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Claxton Welch | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 15 | 5 | 33.3 | 2 | 7 | 0.5 | 1 | 25.0 | |||
| Joe Namath | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 | 4.2 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 168 | 11.2 | 3 | 143.9 | |||
| Craig Morton | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| George Nock | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 27 | 2 |
| Mike Ditka | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Duane Thomas | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 |
| Billy Truax | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herb Adderley | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Vern Studdard | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| George Nock | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 101 | 101.0 | 101t | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
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