| Dallas Cowboys at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55049 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidty: 41% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Bobby Douglass 9 run (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 44 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 38 FG | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Safety, Bobby Joe Green tackled in end zone by Claxton Welch | 9 | 13 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 35 FG | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 10 FG | 12 | 16 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dick Gordon 28 pass from Bobby Douglass (Bobby Douglass run) | 12 | 23 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Gloster Richardson 45 pass from Craig Morton (Mike Clark kick) | 19 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 19 | WR | Lance Alworth |
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison |
| 33 | RB | Duane Thomas |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 54 | RLB | Chuck Howley |
| 26 | LCB | Herb Adderley |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 45 | WR | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 73 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 89 | TE | Bob Wallace |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 24 | RB | Don Shy |
| 34 | RB | Bill Tucker |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 67 | LDT | George Seals |
| 71 | RDT | Tony McGee |
| 87 | RDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 44 | RS | Garry Lyle |
| 29 | RCB | Bob Jeter |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 18 | 65 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Walt Garrison | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Shy | 23 | 62 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Grabowski | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 3 | 257 | 7.1 | 1 | 52.7 | |||
| Roger Staubach | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 1 | 87 | 7.9 | 0 | 50.2 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 1 | 140 | 7.4 | 1 | 59.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | |
| Walt Garrison | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Hayes | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Duane Thomas | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Margene Adkins | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Dan Reeves | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45t | 1 |
| Billy Truax | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Gordon | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| George Farmer | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cornell Green | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 3 | 145 | 48.3 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 227 | 37.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Claxton Welch | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Chicago Bears | |
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