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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