1970 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1970 Dallas Cowboys: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (164 points scored, 78 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (135 points scored, 143 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry

299 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 221 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:

           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   149   297   2,149   (15)   6.40   18   16    522   2,300   ( 1)    4.4   16    4,449    ( 4)      28
Defense:   193   399   1,913   ( 3)   4.35   10   24    415   1,656   (10)    4.0   10    3,569    ( 4)      39

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 ?  Bob Beldon           QB     0   6'2   205         1   Notre Dame
10  Ron Widby            P     14   6'4   210   25    3   Tennessee
12  Roger Staubach       QB     8   6'2   197   28    2   Navy
14  Craig Morton         QB    12   6'4   214   27    6   California
17  Mike Clark           K     14   6'1   205   29    8   Texas A&M
19  Lance Rentzel        WR    11   6'2   202   27    6   Oklahoma
20  Mel Renfro           DB    14   6'0   190   28    7   Oregon
22  Bob Hayes            WR    13   6'0   185   27    6   Florida A&M
23  Margene Adkins       WR     5   5'10  183   23    R   Wichita State
24  Dennis Homan         WR    10   6'1   180   24    3   Alabama
26  Herb Adderley        DB    14   6'1   200   31   10   Michigan State
30  Dan Reeves           RB    14   6'1   200   26    6   South Carolina
32  Walt Garrison        RB    11   6'0   205   26    5   Oklahoma State
33  Duane Thomas         RB    14   6'1   220   23    R   West Texas State
34  Cornell Green        DB    14   6'4   208   30    9   Utah State
35  Calvin Hill          RB    12   6'3   227   23    2   Yale
41  Charlie Waters       DB    14   6'1   193   22    R   Clemson
42  Claxton Welch        RB     8   5'11  203   23    2   Oregon
43  Cliff Harris         DB    11   6'0   184   21    R   Ouachita Baptist
45  Richmond Flowers     DB    14   6'0   180   23    2   Tennessee
46  Mark Washington      DB    14   5'10  188   22    R   Morgan State
50  D.D. Lewis           LB    12   6'2   225   25    2   Mississippi State
51  Dave Manders         C     14   6'2   250   29    6   Michigan State
52  Dave Edwards         LB    13   6'3   225   30    8   Auburn
54  Chuck Howley         LB    14   6'3   225   34   12   West Virginia
55  Lee Roy Jordan       LB    14   6'2   220   29    8   Alabama
56  Tom Stincic          LB    14   6'2   230   23    2   Michigan
60  Steve Kiner          LB    14   6'0   218   23    R   Tennessee
61  Blaine Nye           OG    14   6'4   250   24    3   Stanford
63  Larry Cole           DE    10   6'4   255   23    3   Hawaii
64  Halvor Hagen         OG     6   6'5   253   23    2   Weber State
66  George Andrie        DE    14   6'7   250   30    9   Marquette
67  Pat Toomay           DE    14   6'5   244   25    R   Vanderbilt
70  Rayfield Wright      OT    14   6'7   255   25    4   Fort Valley State
72  Tony Liscio          OT    11   6'5   255   30    7   Tulsa
73  Ralph Neely          OT    14   6'5   265   27    6   Oklahoma
74  Bob Lilly            DT    14   6'4   260   31   10   Texas Christian
75  Jethro Pugh          DT    14   6'6   260   26    6   Elizabeth City State
76  John Niland          OG    14   6'4   245   26    5   Iowa
78  Bob Asher            OT     6   6'5   250   22    R   Vanderbilt
79  Ron East             DT    14   6'4   242   27    4   Montana State
84  Pettis Norman        TE    14   6'3   220   31    9   Johnson C. Smith
88  Reggie Rucker        WR     7   6'2   190   23    R   Boston University
89  Mike Ditka           TE    14   6'3   225   31   10   Pittsburgh

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Craig Morton         207  102   49.3  1,819   8.79  17.8  15   7.2    7   3.4    20   166    89.8
Roger Staubach        82   44   53.7    542   6.61  12.3   2   2.4    8   9.8    19   130    42.9
Calvin Hill            4    1   25.0     12   3.00  12.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Dan Reeves             3    1   33.3     14   4.67  14.0   0   0.0    1  33.3     0     0     9.7
Lance Rentzel          1    1  100.0     58  58.00  58.0   1 100.0    0   0.0     0     0   158.3
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bob Hayes              34    889   26.1   10
Lance Rentzel          28    556   19.9    5
Walt Garrison          21    205    9.8    2
Calvin Hill            13     95    7.3    0
Dan Reeves             12    140   11.7    0
Duane Thomas           10     73    7.3    0
Reggie Rucker           9    200   22.2    1
Mike Ditka              8     98   12.2    0
Dennis Homan            7    105   15.0    0
Pettis Norman           6     70   11.7    0
Steve Kiner             1     14   14.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Duane Thomas          151    803    5.3    5
Calvin Hill           153    577    3.8    4
Walt Garrison         126    507    4.0    3
Roger Staubach         27    221    8.2    0
Dan Reeves             35     84    2.4    2
Craig Morton           16     37    2.3    0
Bob Hayes               4     34    8.5    1
Pettis Norman           2     16    8.0    0
Claxton Welch           5     13    2.6    1
Lance Rentzel           1     11   11.0    0
Dennis Homan            2     -3   -1.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Duane Thomas           19    416   21.9    0
Margene Adkins          7    149   21.3    0
Mark Washington         5    242   48.4    1
Steve Kiner             3     50   16.7    0
Cliff Harris            1     22   22.0    0
Charlie Waters          1      6    6.0    0
Richmond Flowers        1      3    3.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Bob Hayes              15    116    7.7    7    0
Mel Renfro             13     77    5.9    6    0
Margene Adkins          4     44   11.0    2    0
Dan Reeves              0      0      ?    2    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Ron Widby               69   2,847   41.3    0    0     1      0      0    40.7

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Mike Clark              7/7     3/6     6/9     2/5     0/0    18/27    35/35    89

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Herb Adderley                     3       69       0
George Andrie           4.0                         
Larry Cole              2.5                         
Ron East                3.0                         
Dave Edwards                      2        2       0
Cornell Green                     1       59       0
Cliff Harris                      2       66       0
Chuck Howley            4.0       2       18       0
Lee Roy Jordan          1.5       1        6       0
Steve Kiner             1.0       1       28       0
Bob Lilly               5.5                         
Jethro Pugh            13.5       1        0       0
Mel Renfro              1.0       4        3       0
Tom Stincic                       1       11       0
Pat Toomay              4.0                         
Mark Washington                   1        0       0
Charlie Waters                    5       45       0

1970 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1   23  RB   Duane Thomas              49    West Texas State        
  2   27  OT   Bob Asher                 58    Vanderbilt                [pick acquired from CHI]
  2   49  WR   Margene Adkins            35    Henderson J.C.          
  3   66  DB   Charlie Waters           160    Clemson                   [pick acquired from HOU via CLE]
  3   73  LB   Steve Kiner              114    Tennessee                 [pick acquired from CLE]
  3   75  DB   Denton Fox                      Texas Tech              
  4  101  OT   John Fitzgerald          137    Boston College          
  6  153  DE   Pat Toomay               142    Vanderbilt              
  7  179  LB   Don Abbey                       Penn State              
  8  205  OG   Jerry Dossey                    Arkansas                
  9  231  K    Zenon Andrusyshyn         16    UCLA                    
 10  257  DB   Pete Athas                79    Tennessee               
 11  283  OT   Ivan Southerland                Clemson                 
 12  309  RB   Joe Williams              26    Wyoming                 
 13  335  DB   Mark Washington          118    Morgan State            
 14  361  WR   Julian Martin                   North Carolina Central  
 15  387  TE   Ken DeLong                      Tennessee               
 16  413  DB   Seabern Hill                    Arizona State           
 17  439  C    Glenn Patterson                 Nebraska

Traded draft picks: #5 to STL (Barry Pierson)

Transactions:

01-27-1970	traded Craig Baynham and Phil Clark to Bears for Chicago's #2 pick in the 1970 draft
06-06-1970	traded John Wilbur to Cardinals for St. Louis' #3 pick in the 1971 draft
07-1970	traded Jackie Burkett to Saints for Dave Whitsell and Tom Broadhead
08-26-1970	traded Bobby Thompson to Saints for an undisclosed draft pick
09-01-1970	traded Malcolm Walker and Clarence Williams to Packers for Herb Adderley
09-05-1970	traded a draft pick to Falcons for Bruce Van Ness
09-09-1970	traded Willie Townes to Saints for New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1971 draft
09-16-1970	Giants claimed John Douglas on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/26/70    vs Detroit Lions           W 5-0
01/03/71    at San Francisco 49ers     W 17-10
Super Bowl V
01/17/71    at Baltimore Colts         L 13-16

1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/70    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 17-7        1-0-0
09/27/70    vs New York Giants         W 28-10       2-0-0
10/04/70    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 7-20        2-1-0
10/11/70    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 13-0        3-1-0
10/18/70    at Minnesota Vikings       L 13-54       3-2-0
10/25/70    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 27-16       4-2-0
11/01/70    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 21-17       5-2-0
11/08/70    at New York Giants         L 20-23       5-3-0
11/16/70    vs St. Louis Cardinals     L 0-38        5-4-0
11/22/70    at Washington Redskins     W 45-21       6-4-0
11/26/70    vs Green Bay Packers       W 16-3        7-4-0
12/06/70    vs Washington Redskins     W 34-0        8-4-0
12/12/70    at Cleveland Browns        W 6-2         9-4-0
12/20/70    vs Houston Oilers          W 52-10       10-4-0

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