1970 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| 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 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/26/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 5-0 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 73167 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/3/1971 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 17-10 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 59625 | |
| Super Bowl V | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/17/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 13-16 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 79204 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Herb Adderley | 26 | LCB | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Margene Adkins | 23 | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 23 | Trinity Valley CC | 5 | 0 |
| George Andrie | 66 | RDE | 6-7 | 252 | 30 | Marquette | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Asher | 78 | OT | 6-5 | 250 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Clark | 83 | K | 6-1 | 203 | 30 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 63 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 10 | 10 |
| Mike Ditka | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Ron East | 77 | LDE | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Oregon State; Columbia Basin JC; Oregon State; Montana State | 14 | 1 |
| Dave Edwards | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 224 | 31 | Auburn | 13 | 13 |
| Richmond Flowers | 45 | RS | 6-0 | 183 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 3 |
| Walt Garrison | 32 | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 10 |
| Cornell Green | 34 | LS | 6-4 | 211 | 30 | Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| Halvor Hagen | 64 | OT-DE | 6-5 | 249 | 23 | Shoreline CC; Weber State | 6 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 43 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Ouachita Baptist | 11 | 5 |
| Bob Hayes | 22 | WR | 6-0 | 187 | 28 | Florida A&M | 13 | 9 |
| Calvin Hill | 35 | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Yale | 12 | 9 |
| Dennis Homan | 24 | WR | 6-1 | 181 | 24 | Alabama | 10 | 6 |
| Chuck Howley | 54 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 34 | West Virginia | 14 | 14 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 55 | MLB | 6-1 | 219 | 29 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Kiner | 60 | LB | 6-0 | 219 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 50 | LLB | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Mississippi State | 12 | 1 |
| Bob Lilly | 74 | RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 31 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Tony Liscio | 72 | LOT | 6-5 | 251 | 30 | Tulsa | 11 | 7 |
| Dave Manders | 51 | C | 6-2 | 247 | 29 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Craig Morton | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 27 | California | 12 | 11 |
| Ralph Neely | 73 | LOT-ROG | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Oklahoma | 14 | 11 |
| John Niland | 76 | LOG | 6-4 | 247 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | 12 |
| Pettis Norman | 84 | TE | 6-3 | 220 | 30 | Johnson C. Smith | 14 | 14 |
| Blaine Nye | 61 | ROG-LOG | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Stanford | 14 | 12 |
| Jethro Pugh | 75 | LDT | 6-6 | 258 | 26 | Elizabeth City State | 14 | 14 |
| Dan Reeves | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 201 | 26 | South Carolina | 14 | 1 |
| Mel Renfro | 20 | RCB | 6-0 | 191 | 29 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Lance Rentzel | 19 | WR | 6-2 | 203 | 27 | Oklahoma | 11 | 11 |
| Reggie Rucker | 88 | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Boston University | 7 | 2 |
| Roger Staubach | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 28 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Navy | 8 | 3 |
| Tom Stincic | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Duane Thomas | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 8 |
| Pat Toomay | 67 | LDE | 6-6 | 244 | 22 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 3 |
| Mark Washington | 46 | CB | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | Morgan State | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 41 | RS | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Clemson | 14 | 6 |
| Claxton Welch | 42 | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 23 | Oregon | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Widby | 10 | P | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| Rayfield Wright | 70 | ROT | 6-7 | 242 | 25 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 23 | Duane Thomas | RB | West Texas A&M |
| 2 | 27 | Bob Asher | T | Vanderbilt |
| 2 | 49 | Margene Adkins | WR | Trinity Valley CC |
| 3 | 66 | Charlie Waters | DB | Clemson |
| 3 | 73 | Steve Kiner | LB | Tennessee |
| 3 | 75 | Denton Fox | DB | Texas Tech |
| 4 | 101 | John Fitzgerald | T | Boston College |
| 6 | 153 | Pat Toomay | DE | Vanderbilt |
| 7 | 179 | Don Abbey | LB | Penn State |
| 8 | 205 | Jerry Dossey | G | Arkansas |
| 9 | 231 | Zenon Andrusyshyn | K | UCLA |
| 10 | 257 | Pete Athas | DB | Tennessee |
| 11 | 283 | Ivan Southerland | T | Clemson |
| 12 | 309 | Joe Williams | RB | Wyoming |
| 13 | 335 | Mark Washington | DB | Morgan State |
| 14 | 361 | Julian Martin | WR | North Carolina Central |
| 15 | 387 | Ken DeLong | TE | Tennessee |
| 16 | 411 | Seabern Hill | DB | Arizona State |
| 17 | 438 | Glenn Patterson | C | Nebraska |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36 | 82 | 93 | 88 | 299 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 49 | 55 | 58 | 221 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Clark | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 1 | 43 | 7/7 | 3/6 | 6/9 | 2/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 1 | 43 | 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 | FC | 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 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jethro Pugh | 13.5 | |
| Bob Lilly | 5.5 | |
| Chuck Howley | 4.0 | |
| Pat Toomay | 4.0 | |
| Ron East | 3.0 | |
| Larry Cole | 2.5 | |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1.5 | |
| Steve Kiner | 1.0 | |
| Mel Renfro | 1.0 | |
| (Unidentified) | 5.0 | |
| Team Totals | 41.0 | 313.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39.0 | 296.0 |
| 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 |
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