Box Score

1971 Los Angeles 10, 1971 Dallas 44
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1971 Los Angeles	7	3	0	0	0	10
1971 Dallas	13	3	14	14	0	44

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:24	1971 Dallas	M.Clark 27 yd. field goal	3-0 DAN
1	7:12	1971 Dallas	W.Garrison 15 yd. pass from R.Staubach (M.Clark kick)	10-0 DAN
1	3:18	1971 Los Angeles	W.Ellison 15 yd. run (D.Ray kick)	10-7 DAN
1	0:54	1971 Dallas	M.Clark 11 yd. field goal	13-7 DAN
2	3:00	1971 Los Angeles	D.Ray 37 yd. field goal	13-10 DAN
2	1:15	1971 Dallas	M.Clark 26 yd. field goal	16-10 DAN
3	9:54	1971 Dallas	D.Thomas 2 yd. run (M.Clark kick)	23-10 DAN
3	2:24	1971 Dallas	W.Garrison 4 yd. pass from R.Staubach (M.Clark kick)	30-10 DAN
4	14:42	1971 Dallas	B.Hayes 7 yd. pass from R.Staubach (M.Clark kick)	37-10 DAN
4	10:12	1971 Dallas	M.Ditka 12 yd. pass from R.Staubach (M.Clark kick)	44-10 DAN

Other Highlights
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Event	Player	Yards
1	14:42	1971 Los Angeles	Return	Travis Williams	36
1	14:24	1971 Los Angeles	Fumble	Willie Ellison
1	11:06	1971 Los Angeles	Return	Travis Williams	36
1	9:36	1971 Los Angeles	Missed Field Goal	David Ray	52
1	3:00	1971 Dallas	Return	Ike Thomas	67
2	10:48	1971 Los Angeles	Missed Field Goal	David Ray	45
3	12:36	1971 Dallas	QBSack	Isiah Robertson	-3
3	1:12	1971 Dallas	Intercept	Cliff Harris	11

Team Statistics
	1971 Los Angeles	1971 Dallas
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	4-5-0-9	5-22-2-29
Third Down Efficiency	5-13-38%	7-13-54%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-2-0%	1-3-33%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	7-7-100%	41-56-73%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	190-48-4.0	451-72-6.3
Total Net Yards Rushing	80	93
Total Rushes	28	34
Average Per Rush	2.9	2.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	8/20 (40.0%)	31/37 (83.8%)
Net Yards Passing	110	358
Avg Yards Per Pass	5.5	9.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	0/0	1/3
Punts/Average	2/43.0	0/0.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	0/0	1/-3
Kickoffs/Returns	8/190	2/81
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/11
Penalties/Yards	6/47	4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	4/1	1/0
Time of Possession	24 mins 24 secs	35 mins 36 secs
Average Drive Start	LAN 29	DAN 43

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1971 Los Angeles
Roman Gabriel	18	7	103	38.9	5.7	0	0	1	5.6	26	0/0	35.2
Jerry Rhome	2	1	7	50.0	3.5	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	58.3
1971 Dallas
Roger Staubach	37	31	361	83.8	9.8	4	10.8	0	0	51	1/3	143.4

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1971 Los Angeles
Willie Ellison	15	48	3.2	15	1	0	3/1
Les Josephson	8	16	2.0	7	0	0	1/0
Larry L. Smith	4	13	3.3	6	0	0	0/0
Lee White	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0
1971 Dallas
Duane Thomas	19	78	4.1	10	1	0	0/0
Calvin Hill	8	10	1.3	7	0	0	0/0
Roger Staubach	7	5	0.7	6	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1971 Los Angeles
Willie Ellison	3	31	10.3	15	0	0
Bob Klein	2	27	13.5	16	0	0
Jack Snow	1	26	26.0	26	0	0
Les Josephson	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Lance Rentzel	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
1971 Dallas
Calvin Hill	8	82	10.3	23	0	0
Mike Ditka	7	66	9.4	13	1	0
Bob Hayes	5	107	21.4	51	1	0
Lance Alworth	4	42	10.5	15	0	0
Duane Thomas	4	30	7.5	10	0	0
Walt Garrison	2	19	9.5	15	2	0
Gloster Richardson	1	15	15.0	15	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1971 Los Angeles
David Ray	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/1	0/1	1/3	33.3
1971 Dallas
Mike Clark	1/1	2/2	0/0	0/0	0/0	3/3	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1971 Los Angeles
Pat Studstill	2	43.0	44.5	0	0	46	0
1971 Dallas

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Los Angeles
Travis Williams	5	154	30.8	36	0
Alvin Haymond	3	36	12.0	12	0
1971 Dallas
Bob Hayes	1	14	14.0	14	0
Ike Thomas	1	67	67.0	67	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Los Angeles
1971 Dallas
Charlie Waters	1	0	-3	-3.0	-3	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1971 Los Angeles
Kermit Alexander	8	0	0
Gene Howard	8	0	0
Jim Purnell	8	0	0
Isiah Robertson	7	1	0
Marlin McKeever	6	0	0
Merlin Olsen	6	0	0
Jim Nettles	5	0	0
Phil Olsen	3	0	0
Deacon Jones	3	0	0
Clancy Williams	1	0	0
Dave Elmendorf	1	0	0
Coy Bacon	1	0	0
Lance Rentzel	0	0	1
Willie Ellison	0	0	2
1971 Dallas
Lee Roy Jordan	7	0	2
Jethro Pugh	7	0	0
Chuck Howley	5	0	0
Dave Edwards	4	0	0
Larry Cole	3	0	0
Cornell Green	3	0	0
Mel Renfro	2	0	0
Cliff Harris	2	0	0
Bob Lilly	1	0	0
George Andrie	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1971 Los Angeles
1971 Dallas
Cliff Harris	1	11	11.0	11	0

Game Story
Roger Staubach had a huge game as Dallas smoked Los Angeles by the score of 44 to 10. Staubach passed for 361 yards and lit up the scoreboard for 4 touchdowns. Duane Thomas ran the ball 19 times for 78 yards and added a touchdown. Dallas consistently beat Los Angeles on third down, converting on 7 of 13 opportunities. They won the air battle out-passing Los Angeles 361 to 110 yards. Dallas had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 35:36. Dallas had a good start outscoring Los Angeles 13 to 7 in the first quarter. They led at halftime 16 to 10.

Strat-O-Matic Homepage