1971 Dallas Cowboys: 11-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (211 points scored, 104 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (195 points scored, 118 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 406 points scored (1st of 26 teams), 222 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 206 361 2,786 ( 2) 7.09 22 14 512 2,249 ( 3) 4.4 25 5,035 ( 1) 35 Defense: 209 421 2,324 (19) 5.01 15 26 353 1,144 ( 1) 3.2 8 3,468 ( 3) 51
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Ron Widby P 14 6'4 210 26 4 Tennessee 12 Roger Staubach QB 13 6'2 197 29 3 Navy 14 Craig Morton QB 10 6'4 214 28 7 California 15 Toni Fritsch K 2 5'7 185 26 1 None 17 Mike Clark K 12 6'1 205 30 9 Texas A&M 19 Lance Alworth WR 12 6'0 180 31 10 Arkansas 20 Mel Renfro DB 14 6'0 190 29 8 Oregon 22 Bob Hayes WR 14 6'0 185 28 7 Florida A&M 23 Margene Adkins WR 3 5'10 183 24 2 Wichita State 26 Herb Adderley DB 12 6'1 200 32 11 Michigan State 30 Dan Reeves RB 14 6'1 200 27 7 South Carolina 31 Gloster Richardson WR 11 6'0 200 29 5 Jackson State 32 Walt Garrison RB 13 6'0 205 27 6 Oklahoma State 33 Duane Thomas RB 11 6'1 210 24 2 West Texas State 34 Cornell Green DB 14 6'4 208 31 10 Utah State 35 Calvin Hill RB 8 6'3 235 24 3 Yale 36 Joe Williams RB 12 6'0 195 24 1 Wyoming 37 Ike Thomas DB 7 6'2 193 23 R Bishop 41 Charlie Waters DB 14 6'1 193 23 2 Clemson 42 Claxton Welch RB 14 5'11 203 24 3 Oregon 43 Cliff Harris DB 14 6'0 184 22 2 Ouachita Baptist 45 Richmond Flowers DB 5 6'0 180 24 3 Tennessee 46 Mark Washington DB 2 5'10 183 23 2 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 14 6'2 225 26 3 Mississippi State 51 Dave Manders C 14 6'2 250 30 7 Michigan State 52 Dave Edwards LB 14 6'3 225 31 9 Auburn 54 Chuck Howley LB 14 6'3 225 35 13 West Virginia 55 Lee Roy Jordan LB 14 6'2 220 30 9 Alabama 56 Tom Stincic LB 7 6'2 230 24 3 Michigan 60 Lee Roy Caffey LB 6 6'3 250 30 9 Texas A&M 61 Blaine Nye OG 14 6'4 250 25 4 Stanford 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 250 23 1 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 14 6'4 255 24 4 Hawaii 64 Tony Liscio OT 5 6'5 255 31 8 Tulsa 66 George Andrie DE 14 6'7 250 31 10 Marquette 67 Pat Toomay DE 14 6'5 244 26 2 Vanderbilt 70 Rayfield Wright OT 14 6'7 255 26 5 Fort Valley State 71 Rodney Wallace OG 11 6'5 255 22 R New Mexico 72 Don Talbert OT 9 6'5 255 32 8 Texas 73 Ralph Neely OT 7 6'5 265 28 7 Oklahoma 74 Bob Lilly DT 14 6'4 260 32 11 Texas Christian 75 Jethro Pugh DT 12 6'6 260 27 7 Elizabeth City State 76 John Niland OG 14 6'4 245 27 6 Iowa 77 Bill Gregory DT 14 6'5 255 21 R Wisconsin 79 Forrest Gregg OT 6 6'4 250 38 15 Southern Methodist 85 Tody Smith DE 7 6'5 245 22 R Southern California 87 Billy Truax TE 12 6'5 235 28 8 Louisiana State 88 Reggie Rucker WR 2 6'2 190 24 2 Boston University 89 Mike Ditka TE 14 6'3 225 32 11 Pittsburgh
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roger Staubach 211 126 59.7 1,882 8.92 14.9 15 7.1 4 1.9 23 175 104.8 Craig Morton 143 78 54.5 1,131 7.91 14.5 7 4.9 8 5.6 9 76 73.5 Dan Reeves 5 2 40.0 24 4.80 12.0 0 0.0 1 20.0 0 0 15.8 Calvin Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0 Duane Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Walt Garrison 40 396 9.9 1 Bob Hayes 35 840 24.0 8 Lance Alworth 34 487 14.3 2 Mike Ditka 30 360 12.0 1 Calvin Hill 19 244 12.8 3 Billy Truax 15 232 15.5 1 Duane Thomas 13 153 11.8 2 Gloster Richardson 8 170 21.2 3 Margene Adkins 4 53 13.2 0 Joe Williams 3 59 19.7 0 Dan Reeves 3 25 8.3 0 Reggie Rucker 1 19 19.0 1 Claxton Welch 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Duane Thomas 175 793 4.5 11 Calvin Hill 106 468 4.4 8 Walt Garrison 127 429 3.4 1 Roger Staubach 41 343 8.4 2 Dan Reeves 17 79 4.6 0 Joe Williams 21 67 3.2 1 Claxton Welch 14 51 3.6 1 Bob Hayes 3 18 6.0 0 Craig Morton 4 9 2.2 1 Mike Ditka 2 2 1.0 0 Lance Alworth 2 -10 -5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Cliff Harris 29 823 28.4 0 Ike Thomas 7 295 42.1 2 Claxton Welch 4 105 26.2 0 Mike Ditka 3 30 10.0 0 Duane Thomas 2 64 32.0 0 Charlie Waters 1 18 18.0 0 D.D. Lewis 1 15 15.0 0 Bob Hayes 1 14 14.0 0 Joe Williams 1 12 12.0 0 Cornell Green 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Cliff Harris 17 129 7.6 8 0 Charlie Waters 9 109 12.1 5 0 Margene Adkins 4 5 1.2 0 0 Bob Hayes 1 5 5.0 0 0 Mel Renfro 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DE Tody Smith 69 USC 2 51 DB Ike Thomas 37 Bishop 3 69 RB Sam Scarber 25 New Mexico [pick acquired from STL] 3 77 DT Bill Gregory 142 Wisconsin 4 80 TE Joe Carter Grambling [pick acquired from NO] 4 103 OT Adam Mitchell Mississippi 5 129 LB Ron Kadziel 14 Stanford 6 155 WR Steve Maier Northern Arizona 7 181 OT Bill Griffin Catawba 8 206 WR Ron Jessie 138 Kansas 9 233 WR Honor Jackson 34 Pacific 10 259 DT Rodney Wallace 37 New Mexico 11 285 DT Ernest Bonwell Lane 12 311 QB Steve Goepel Colgate 13 337 RB Jim Ford 14 Texas Southern 14 363 DB Tyrone Covey Utah State 15 389 TE Bob Young Delaware 16 415 OT John Brennan Boston College 17 440 C John Bomer Memphis
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 04-18-1971 | traded Dennis Homan to Chiefs for Gloster Richardson |
| 04-24-1971 | Bob Belden retired |
| 05-19-1971 | traded Pettis Norman, Tony Liscio and Ron East to Chargers for Lance Alworth |
| 05-20-1971 | traded Lance Rentzel to Rams for Billy Truax and Wendell Tucker |
| 07-07-1971 | traded Mike Gaechter to Giants for a draft pick |
| 07-21-1971 | Blaine Nye retired |
| 07-23-1971 | traded Steve Kiner to Patriots for New England's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-27-1971 | traded Ron Jessie to Lions for Detroit's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 07-31-1971 | traded Doug Mooers and Dallas' #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Saints for Don Talbert |
| 08-04-1971 | traded Halvor Hagen and Honor Jackson to Patriots for New England's #2 and #3 picks in the 1972 draft |
| 08-18-1971 | Broncos claimed Wendell Tucker on waivers |
| 08-18-1971 | Packers claimed Dave Conway on waivers |
| 08-30-1971 | claimed Forrest Gregg on waivers from Packers |
| 09-15-1971 | Saints claimed James Ford on waivers |
| 09-21-1971 | traded Dallas' #7 pick in the 1972 draft to Bears for Lee Roy Caffey |
| 10-25-1971 | Redskins claimed Richmond Flowers on waivers |
| 11-19-1971 | traded Dallas' #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Chargers for Tony Liscio |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/25/71 at Minnesota Vikings W 20-12 01/02/72 vs San Francisco 49ers W 14-3 Super Bowl VI 01/16/72 vs Miami Dolphins W 24-3
1971 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at Buffalo Bills W 49-37 1-0-0 09/26/71 at Philadelphia Eagles W 42-7 2-0-0 10/03/71 vs Washington Redskins L 16-20 2-1-0 10/11/71 vs New York Giants W 20-13 3-1-0 10/17/71 at New Orleans Saints L 14-24 3-2-0 10/24/71 vs New England Patriots W 44-21 4-2-0 10/31/71 at Chicago Bears L 19-23 4-3-0 11/07/71 at St. Louis Cardinals W 16-13 5-3-0 11/14/71 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 20-7 6-3-0 11/21/71 at Washington Redskins W 13-0 7-3-0 11/25/71 vs Los Angeles Rams W 28-21 8-3-0 12/04/71 vs New York Jets W 52-10 9-3-0 12/12/71 at New York Giants W 42-14 10-3-0 12/18/71 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 31-12 11-3-0