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1971 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-3-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (11-3-0)

Points For: 406 (29.0/g) 1st of 26

Points Against: 222 (15.9/g) 7th of 26

Expected W-L: 11.3-2.7

SRS: 9.86 (2nd of 26), SOS: -3.29

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 20-12 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Won Conference Championship 14-3 vs. San Francisco 49ers
Won Super Bowl 24-3 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: Jim Myers

Other Notable Asst.: Ron Meyer (Scout) and Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

1971 Super Bowl Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	406	5035	905	5.6	35	21	288	206	361	2786	22	14	7.1	144	512	2249	25	4.4	135	94	952	9
Opp. Stats	222	3468	817	4.2	51	25	200	209	421	2324	15	26	5.0	125	353	1144	8	3.2	59	61	647	16
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			11	26	1		14	2	2	5	2		2	3	1	7
Lg Rank Defense	7	3			1	1	4		26	19	11	7	6		2	2	5	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	49	37	19	371	211	160	1	18	401	335	66	4
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	42	7	23	369	219	150	4	12	170	138	32	8
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Washington Redskins	16	20	20	267	185	82	1	14	285	85	200	3
4	Mon	October 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		New York Giants	20	13	21	401	179	222	6	18	332	265	67	5
5	Sun	October 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	New Orleans Saints	14	24	20	300	204	96	6	10	157	49	108	2
6	Sun	October 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		New England Patriots	44	21	20	406	238	168		17	259	183	76	3
7	Sun	October 31	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Chicago Bears	19	23	26	481	342	139	7	7	194	112	82	2
8	Sun	November 7	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	16	13	20	372	199	173		11	228	192	36	1
9	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Philadelphia Eagles	20	7	21	308	129	179	1	14	286	242	44	5
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Washington Redskins	13	0	16	279	133	146	1	15	232	167	65	2
11	Thu	November 25	3:30PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Los Angeles Rams	28	21	15	280	166	114		21	313	227	86	3
12	Sat	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		New York Jets	52	10	26	439	221	218	1	12	149	19	130	6
13	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3	@	New York Giants	42	14	23	439	242	197	3	17	247	183	64	4
14	Sat	December 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3		St. Louis Cardinals	31	12	18	323	118	205	4	14	215	127	88	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3	@	Minnesota Vikings	20	12	10	183	85	98		17	311	210	101	5
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 2	1:30PM ET	boxscore	W		13-3		San Francisco 49ers	14	3	16	244	72	172	1	9	239	178	61	3
SuperBowl	Sun	January 16	2:50PM ET	boxscore	W		14-3	N	Miami Dolphins	24	3	23	352	100	252	1	10	185	105	80	3

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	29	QB	13	10	10-0-0	126	211	59.7	1882	15	7.1	4	1.9	85	8.9	9.49	14.9	144.8	104.8	23	175	9.83	7.29	7.81	1	2	PB,AP MVP-2
2	Craig Morton	28	QB	10	4	1-3-0	78	143	54.5	1131	7	4.9	8	5.6	76	7.9	6.37	14.5	113.1	73.5	9	76	5.92	6.94	5.49	0	0
3	Dan Reeves	27	RB	14	0		2	5	40.0	24	0	0.0	1	20.0	14	4.8	-4.20	12.0	1.7	15.8	0	0	0.00	4.80	-4.20	0	0
4	Calvin Hill	24	RB	8	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
5	Duane Thomas	24	RB	11	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11-3-0	206	361	57.1	2786	22	6.1	14	3.9	85	8.4	7.19	14.7	199.0	88.8	32	251	8.14	7.09	6.61	1	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	29	QB	3	3	3-0-0	31	51	60.8	321	3	5.9	0	0.0	30	6.3	7.47	10.4	107.0	98.6	10	64	16.39	4.21	5.20	0	0	SB MVP
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	31	51	60.8	257	3	5.9	0	0.0	76	5.7	6.22	11.4	85.7	67.6	10	64	16.39	3.00	3.00

Rushing & Receiving

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Kicking

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Punting

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Defense & Fumbles

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Scoring Summary

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Touchdown Log

Opponent Touchdown Log

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