1971 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/25/1971 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 20-12 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47307 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/2/1972 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 14-3 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63409 | |
| Super Bowl VI | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/16/1972 | A | Miami Dolphins | 24-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 80591 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Herb Adderley | 26 | LCB | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| Lance Alworth | 19 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 31 | Arkansas | 3 | 3 |
| George Andrie | 66 | RDE | 6-7 | 252 | 31 | Marquette | 3 | 3 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 60 | LB | 6-3 | 247 | 30 | Texas A&M | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Clark | 83 | K | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Texas A&M | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 63 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 3 | 3 |
| Mike Ditka | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 32 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 |
| Dave Edwards | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 32 | Auburn | 3 | 3 |
| John Fitzgerald | 62 | OL | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Boston College | 3 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 3 | 1 |
| Cornell Green | 34 | LS | 6-4 | 211 | 31 | Utah State | 3 | 3 |
| Bill Gregory | 77 | DL | 6-5 | 257 | 22 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 43 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | 3 |
| Bob Hayes | 22 | WR | 6-0 | 187 | 29 | Florida A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Calvin Hill | 35 | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Yale | 3 | 2 |
| Chuck Howley | 54 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 35 | West Virginia | 3 | 3 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 219 | 30 | Alabama | 3 | 3 |
| D.D. Lewis | 50 | LB | 6-2 | 218 | 26 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Lilly | 74 | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 32 | Texas Christian | 3 | 3 |
| Tony Liscio | 64 | LOT | 6-5 | 251 | 31 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 |
| Dave Manders | 51 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 30 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| John Niland | 76 | LOG | 6-4 | 247 | 27 | Iowa | 3 | 3 |
| Blaine Nye | 61 | ROG | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Jethro Pugh | 75 | LDT | 6-6 | 258 | 27 | Elizabeth City State | 3 | 3 |
| Dan Reeves | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 201 | 27 | South Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 20 | RCB | 6-0 | 191 | 30 | Oregon | 3 | 3 |
| Tody Smith | 85 | LB | 6-5 | 248 | 23 | Michigan State; Southern California | 3 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 29 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Navy | 3 | 3 |
| Tom Stincic | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | Michigan | 2 | 0 |
| Duane Thomas | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Ike Thomas | 37 | DB | 6-2 | 193 | 24 | Bishop | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Toomay | 67 | DL | 6-6 | 244 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 238 | 28 | Louisiana State | 3 | 0 |
| Rod Wallace | 71 | OG | 6-5 | 255 | 22 | New Mexico | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 41 | DB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Clemson | 3 | 0 |
| Claxton Welch | 42 | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 24 | Oregon | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Widby | 10 | P | 6-4 | 210 | 26 | Tennessee | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Williams | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 194 | 24 | Wyoming | 3 | 0 |
| Rayfield Wright | 70 | ROT | 6-7 | 242 | 26 | Fort Valley State | 3 | 3 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 6 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 58 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 6/13 46.2% | 1/1 100.0% | 2 | 10 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 2/9 22.2% | 0/0 % | 3 | 30 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Mike Clark | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 7 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 58 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 1 | 18 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/4 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Thomas | 55 | 205 | 3.7 | 23 | 3 |
| Walt Garrison | 30 | 128 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 15 | 75 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 30 | 74 | 2.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 133 | 522 | 3.9 | 23 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1155 | 18.6 | 18 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Staubach | 51 | 31 | 60.8 | 20 | 321 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 30 | 3 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64 | 257 | 98.6 |
| Team Totals | 51 | 31 | 60.8 | 20 | 321 | 6.3 | 10.4 | 30 | 3 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64 | 257 | 98.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 91 | 45 | 49.5 | 38 | 528 | 5.8 | 11.7 | 49 | 1 | 1.1 | 8 | 8.8 | 2 | 35 | 493 | 34.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Hayes | 7 | 76 | 10.9 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Lance Alworth | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 30 | 1 | ||
| Mike Ditka | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Duane Thomas | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Billy Truax | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Dan Reeves | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 321 | 10.4 | 30 | 3 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 528 | 11.7 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Howley | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Herb Adderley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Andrie | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 142 | 17.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Widby | 18 | 715 | 39.7 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 618 | 34.3 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 715 | 39.7 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 618 | 34.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 603 | 40.2 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 563 | 37.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Waters | 2 | 0 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 6 | 40 | 8.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 5 | 37 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Thomas | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 366 | 26.1 | 61 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Lilly | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 | 35.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10.0 | 64.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jethro Pugh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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