| New York Jets at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 JetsNYJ | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 28 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ike Thomas 101 kickoff return (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 27 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 27 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Calvin Hill 9 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 35 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 35 FG | 3 | 35 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 45 FG | 3 | 38 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Duane Thomas 18 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 45 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | George Nock 1 pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 10 | 45 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Lance Alworth 20 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 10 | 52 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 56 | LB | Paul Crane |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 43 | LCB | John Dockery |
| 33 | LS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| 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 |
| 83 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Bob Davis | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 24 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Harkey | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| George Nock | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 14 | 112 | 8.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Calvin Hill | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 12 | 1 |
| Joe Williams | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Claxton Welch | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 6 | 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 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25.0 |
| Joe Namath | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 0 | 168 | 11.2 | 27t | 3 | 1 | 8 | 143.9 |
| Craig Morton | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 75 | 12.5 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 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 | 27t | 2 |
| Mike Ditka | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 20t | 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 | 29 | 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 | 47 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 1 | 35 | 17.5 | 35 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 23 | 0 | |
| Vern Studdard | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 37 | 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 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 101 | 101.0 | 101t | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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