1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) - The Pro Football Archives

1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) 1st place National Football Conference Eastern Division 10-4-0 .714

Head Coach: Tom Landry

Ermal Allen	Special Assistant
Bobby Franklin	Defensive Backs
Jim Myers	Offensive Line
Dan Reeves	Offensive Backs
Ray Renfro	Receivers/Passing Offense
Ernie Stautner	Defensive Line
Jerry Tubbs	Linebackers

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/8/1970	A	San Diego Chargers	20-10	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	39392
Sat	8/15/1970	A	Los Angeles Rams	10-17	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64646
Sat	8/22/1970	H	Green Bay Packers	34-35	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	72389
Sat	8/29/1970	A	Houston Oilers	21-37	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	46548
Sat	9/5/1970	H	Kansas City Chiefs	0-13	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	69055
Sun	9/13/1970	H	New York Jets	21-29	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	55297
Sun	9/20/1970	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	59728
Sun	9/27/1970	H	New York Giants	28-10	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	57239
Sun	10/4/1970	A	St. Louis Cardinals	7-20	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50780
Sun	10/11/1970	H	Atlanta Falcons	13-0	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	53611
Sun	10/18/1970	A	Minnesota Vikings	13-54	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	10/25/1970	A	Kansas City Chiefs	27-16	W	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	51158
Sun	11/1/1970	H	Philadelphia Eagles	21-17	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	55736
Sun	11/8/1970	A	New York Giants	20-23	L	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62938
Mon	11/16/1970	H	St. Louis Cardinals	0-38	L	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	69323
Sun	11/22/1970	A	Washington Redskins	45-21	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	50415
Thu	11/26/1970	H	Green Bay Packers	16-3	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	67182
Sun	12/6/1970	H	Washington Redskins	34-0	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	57936
Sat	12/12/1970	A	Cleveland Browns	6-2	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	75458
Sun	12/20/1970	H	Houston Oilers	52-10	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	50504
Sat	12/26/1970	H	Detroit Lions	5-0	W	Dallas, TX	Cotton Bowl	73167	NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/3/1971	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-10	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	59625	NFC Championship
Sun	1/17/1971	H	Baltimore Colts	13-16	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	79204	Super Bowl V

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
26	Herb Adderley	LCB	6-0	200	31	Michigan State	14	14
23	Margene Adkins	WR	5-10	183	23	Trinity Valley CC	5	0
66	George Andrie	RDE	6-7	252	30	Marquette	14	14
78	Bob Asher	OT	6-5	250	22	Vanderbilt	6	0
83	Mike Clark	K	6-1	203	30	Texas A&M	14	0
63	Larry Cole	LDE	6-4	245	24	Air Force; Houston; Hawaii	10	10
89	Mike Ditka	TE	6-3	228	31	Pittsburgh	14	0
77	Ron East	LDE	6-4	245	27	Columbia Basin JC; Montana State; Oregon State	14	1
52	Dave Edwards	LLB	6-3	224	31	Auburn	13	13
45	Richmond Flowers	RS	6-0	183	23	Tennessee	14	3
32	Walt Garrison	RB	6-0	206	26	Oklahoma State	11	10
34	Cornell Green	LS	6-4	211	30	Utah State	14	14
64	Halvor Hagen	OT-DE	6-5	249	23	Shoreline JC; Weber State	6	0
43	Cliff Harris	RS	6-0	188	22	Ouachita Baptist	11	5
22	Bob Hayes	WR	6-0	187	28	Florida A&M	13	9
35	Calvin Hill	RB	6-3	228	23	Yale	12	9
24	Dennis Homan	WR	6-1	181	24	Alabama	10	6
54	Chuck Howley	RLB	6-3	228	34	West Virginia	14	14
55	Lee Roy Jordan	MLB	6-1	219	29	Alabama	14	14
60	Steve Kiner	LB	6-0	219	23	Tennessee	14	0
50	D.D. Lewis	LLB	6-2	218	25	Mississippi State	12	1
74	Bob Lilly	RDT	6-4	256	31	Texas Christian	14	14
72	Tony Liscio	LOT	6-5	251	30	Tulsa	11	7
51	Dave Manders	C	6-2	247	29	Michigan State	14	14
14	Craig Morton	QB	6-4	213	27	California	12	11
73	Ralph Neely	LOT-ROG	6-5	265	27	Oklahoma	14	11
76	John Niland	LOG	6-4	247	26	Iowa	14	12
84	Pettis Norman	TE	6-3	220	30	Johnson C. Smith	14	14
61	Blaine Nye	ROG-LOG	6-4	255	24	Stanford	14	12
75	Jethro Pugh	LDT	6-6	258	26	Elizabeth City State	14	14
30	Dan Reeves	RB	6-1	201	26	South Carolina	14	1
20	Mel Renfro	RCB	6-0	191	29	Oregon	14	14
19	Lance Rentzel	WR	6-2	203	27	Oklahoma	11	11
88	Reggie Rucker	WR	6-2	190	23	Boston University	7	2
12	Roger Staubach	QB	6-2	198	28	New Mexico Military Institute JC; Navy	8	3
56	Tom Stincic	LB	6-2	229	24	Michigan	14	0
33	Duane Thomas	RB	6-1	205	23	West Texas A&M	14	8
67	Pat Toomay	LDE	6-6	244	22	Vanderbilt	14	3
46	Mark Washington	CB	5-11	187	23	Morgan State	14	0
41	Charlie Waters	RS	6-2	200	22	Clemson	14	6
42	Claxton Welch	RB	5-11	203	23	Oregon	8	0
10	Ron Widby	P	6-4	210	25	Tennessee	14	0
70	Rayfield Wright	ROT	6-7	242	25	Fort Valley State	14	14

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Duane Thomas	1	23	RB	West Texas A&M
Bob Asher	2	27	T	Vanderbilt
Margene Adkins	2	49	WR	Trinity Valley CC
Charlie Waters	3	66	DB	Clemson
Steve Kiner	3	73	LB	Tennessee
Denton Fox	3	75	DB	Texas Tech
John Fitzgerald	4	101	T	Boston College
Pat Toomay	6	153	DE	Vanderbilt
Don Abbey	7	179	LB	Penn State
Jerry Dossey	8	205	G	Arkansas
Zenon Andrusyshyn	9	231	K	UCLA
Pete Athas	10	257	DB	Tennessee
Ivan Southerland	11	283	T	Clemson
Joe Williams	12	309	RB	Wyoming
Mark Washington	13	335	DB	Morgan State
Julian Martin	14	361	WR	North Carolina Central
Ken DeLong	15	387	TE	Tennessee
Seabern Hill	16	411	DB	Arizona State
Glenn Patterson	17	438	C	Nebraska

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	36	82	93	88
Opponents Totals	59	49	55	58

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		229	119	95	15	63/186 33.9%	6/15 40.0%	87	934
Opponents Totals		205	87	105	13	74/202 36.6%	6/15 40.0%	70	732

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Mike Clark	0	35	35	100.0	18	27	66.7	0	89
Bob Hayes	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Walt Garrison	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Lance Rentzel	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Duane Thomas	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Calvin Hill	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dan Reeves	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Reggie Rucker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Mark Washington	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Claxton Welch	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	35	35	35	100.0	18	27	66.7	0	299
Opponents Totals	24	24	24	100.0	17	26	65.4	1	221

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mike Clark	18	27	66.7	7/7	3/6	6/9	2/5	0/0
Team Totals	18	27	66.7	7/7	3/6	6/9	2/5	0/0
Opponents Totals	17	26	65.4	2/2	4/6	7/9	3/5	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Duane Thomas	151	803	5.3	47t	5
Calvin Hill	153	577	3.8	20	4
Walt Garrison	126	507	4.0	18t	3
Roger Staubach	27	221	8.2	25	0
Dan Reeves	35	84	2.4	8	2
Craig Morton	16	37	2.3	11	0
Bob Hayes	4	34	8.5	13t	1
Pettis Norman	2	16	8.0	22	0
Claxton Welch	5	13	2.6	5t	1
Lance Rentzel	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dennis Homan	2	-3	-1.5	0	0
Team Totals	522	2300	4.4	47t	16
Opponents Totals	415	1656	4.0	48	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Craig Morton	207	102	49.3	98	1819	8.8	17.8	89t	15	7.2	7	3.4	20	166	1653	89.8
Roger Staubach	82	44	53.7	30	542	6.6	12.3	43	2	2.4	8	9.8	19	130	412	42.9
Lance Rentzel	1	1	100.0	0	58	58.0	58.0	58t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	58	158.3
Dan Reeves	3	1	33.3	1	14	4.7	14.0	14	0	0.0	1	33.3	0	0	14	9.7
Calvin Hill	4	1	25.0	3	12	3.0	12.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	12	39.6
Team Totals	297	149	50.2	132	2445	8.2	16.4	89t	18	6.1	16	5.4	39	296	2149	75.9
Opponents Totals	399	193	48.4	182	2226	5.6	11.5	78t	10	2.5	24	6.0	41	313	1913	48.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Hayes	34	889	26.1	89t	10
Lance Rentzel	28	556	19.9	86t	5
Walt Garrison	21	205	9.8	36	2
Calvin Hill	13	95	7.3	21	0
Dan Reeves	12	140	11.7	23	0
Duane Thomas	10	73	7.3	17	0
Reggie Rucker	9	200	22.2	52t	1
Mike Ditka	8	98	12.3	26	0
Dennis Homan	7	105	15.0	43	0
Pettis Norman	6	70	11.7	23	0
Steve Kiner	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	149	2445	16.4	89t	18
Opponents Totals	193	2226	11.5	78t	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Waters	5	45	9.0	20	0
Mel Renfro	4	3	0.8	3	0
Herb Adderley	3	69	23.0	30	0
Cliff Harris	2	66	33.0	60	0
Chuck Howley	2	18	9.0	17	0
Dave Edwards	2	2	1.0	2	0
Cornell Green	1	59	59.0	59	0
Steve Kiner	1	28	28.0	28	0
Tom Stincic	1	11	11.0	11	0
Lee Roy Jordan	1	6	6.0	6	0
Jethro Pugh	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mark Washington	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	24	307	12.8	60	0
Opponents Totals	16	259	16.2	43	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Ron Widby	69	2847	41.3	59	1	6	10	281	2446	35.4
Team Totals	69	2847	41.3	59	1	6	10	281	2446	36.0
Opponents Totals	74	3045	41.1	64	1	6	21	237	2688	36.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Hayes	15	7	116	7.7	34	0
Mel Renfro	13	6	77	5.9	29	0
Margene Adkins	4	2	44	11.0	24	0
Dan Reeves	0	2	0			0
Team Totals	32	17	237	7.4	34	0
Opponents Totals	38	12	281	7.4	74t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Duane Thomas	19	416	21.9	33	0
Margene Adkins	7	149	21.3	27	0
Mark Washington	5	242	48.4	100t	1
Steve Kiner	3	50	16.7	18	0
Cliff Harris	1	22	22.0	22	0
Charlie Waters	1	6	6.0	6	0
Richmond Flowers	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	37	888	24.0	100t	1
Opponents Totals	60	1142	19.0	44	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Margene Adkins	1		0	0	0	0	0
George Andrie	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mike Clark	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ron East	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Richmond Flowers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Walt Garrison	2		0	0	0	0	0
Cornell Green	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Cliff Harris	0	0	0	3	3	31	0
Bob Hayes	5		2	0	2	0	0
Calvin Hill	4		0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Howley	0	0	0	3	3	36	0
Lee Roy Jordan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
D.D. Lewis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tony Liscio	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Manders	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Craig Morton	1		1	0	1	0	0
Pettis Norman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Blaine Nye	0	0	2	0	2	3	0
Dan Reeves	4		0	0	0	-20	0
Mel Renfro	1		2	0	2	0	0
Lance Rentzel	1		1	0	1	0	0
Roger Staubach	4		1	0	1	0	0
Duane Thomas	6		1	0	1	0	0
Mark Washington	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charlie Waters	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	29	15	14	15	29	50	0
Opponents Totals	25	15	9	12	21		1