1971 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Tom Landry (11-3)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1971 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Tom Landry (11-3)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1971 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1971 Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Herb Adderley | LCB | June 8, 1939 | 6'0" | 205 | Michigan St. | Philadelphia, PA USA | 12 | 12 |
| 23 | Margene Adkins | WR | April 30, 1947 | 5'10" | 183 | Henderson JC | Fort Worth, TX USA | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Lance Alworth | WR | August 3, 1940 | 6'0" | 184 | Arkansas | Houston, TX USA | 12 | 11 |
| 66 | George Andrie | RDE | April 20, 1940 | 6'6" | 250 | Marquette | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 14 | 14 |
| 60 | Lee Caffey | LB | June 3, 1941 | 6'4" | 240 | Texas A&M | Thorndale, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 83 | Mike Clark | K | November 7, 1940 | 6'1" | 205 | Texas A&M | Marshall, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Larry Cole | LDE | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 252 | Air Force | Clarkfield, MN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 89 | Mike Ditka | TE | October 18, 1939 | 6'3" | 228 | Pittsburgh | Carnegie, PA USA | 14 | 4 |
| 52 | Dave Edwards | LLB | December 14, 1939 | 6'1" | 225 | Auburn | Columbia, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | John Fitzgerald | OT | April 16, 1948 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | Southbridge, MA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Richmond Flowers | DB-WR | June 13, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Tennessee | Montgomery, AL USA | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | Toni Fritsch | K | July 10, 1945 | 5'7" | 190 | none | Petronell, Austria | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Walt Garrison | FB | July 23, 1944 | 6'0" | 205 | Oklahoma St. | Denton, TX USA | 13 | 11 |
| 34 | Cornell Green | SS | February 10, 1940 | 6'3" | 208 | Utah St. | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Forrest Gregg | OT | October 18, 1933 | 6'4" | 249 | SMU | Birthright, TX USA | 6 | 0 |
| 77 | Bill Gregory | DE-DT | December 14, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Wisconsin | Galveston, TX USA | 14 | 2 |
| 43 | Cliff Harris | FS | November 12, 1948 | 6'0" | 188 | Ouachita Baptist | Fayetteville, AR USA | 14 | 11 |
| 22 | Bob Hayes | WR | December 20, 1942 | 6'0" | 187 | Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL USA | 14 | 13 |
| 35 | Calvin Hill | RB | January 2, 1947 | 6'4" | 227 | Yale | Baltimore, MD USA | 8 | 5 |
| 54 | Chuck Howley | RLB | June 28, 1936 | 6'3" | 228 | West Virginia | Wheeling, WV USA | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Lee Roy Jordan | MLB | April 27, 1941 | 6'1" | 221 | Alabama | Excel, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | D.D. Lewis | LB | October 16, 1945 | 6'1" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Knoxville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Bob Lilly | RDT | July 26, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | TCU | Olney, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 64 | Tony Liscio | LT | July 2, 1940 | 6'5" | 264 | Tulsa | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 5 | 5 |
| 51 | Dave Manders | C | February 20, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Michigan St. | Milwaukee, WI USA | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Craig Morton | QB | February 5, 1943 | 6'4" | 214 | California | Flint, MI USA | 10 | 4 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | LT | September 12, 1943 | 6'6" | 265 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 7 | 7 |
| 76 | John Niland | LG | February 29, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Iowa | Quincy, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Blaine Nye | RG | March 29, 1946 | 6'4" | 251 | Stanford | Ogden, UT USA | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | LDT | July 3, 1944 | 6'6" | 260 | Elizabeth City St. | Windsor, NC USA | 12 | 12 |
| 30 | Dan Reeves | RB | January 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 200 | South Carolina | Rome, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | RCB | December 30, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Reggie Rucker | WR | September 21, 1947 | 6'2" | 195 | Boston Univ. | Washington, DC USA | 2 | 0 |
| 85 | Tody Smith | DE | December 24, 1948 | 6'5" | 250 | Michigan St. | Orange, TX USA | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Roger Staubach | QB | February 5, 1942 | 6'3" | 197 | New Mex. Mil. Inst. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 13 | 10 |
| 56 | Thomas Stincic | LB | November 24, 1946 | 6'4" | 230 | Michigan | Cleveland, OH USA | 7 | 0 |
| 72 | Don Talbert | LOT | March 1, 1939 | 6'5" | 255 | Texas | Louisville, MS USA | 9 | 2 |
| 33 | Duane Thomas | RB | June 21, 1947 | 6'1" | 220 | West Texas A&M | Dallas, TX USA | 11 | 9 |
| 37 | Ike Thomas | DB-WR | November 4, 1947 | 6'2" | 193 | Bishop | Newton, LA USA | 7 | 1 |
| 67 | Pat Toomay | DE | May 17, 1948 | 6'5" | 247 | Vanderbilt | Pomona, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Billy Truax | TE | July 15, 1943 | 6'5" | 240 | LSU | Gulfport, MS USA | 12 | 10 |
| 31 | Gloster Van Richardson | WR | July 18, 1942 | 6'2" | 200 | Jackson St. | Greenville, MS USA | 11 | 3 |
| 71 | Rodney Wallace | DT | February 10, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | New Mexico | Pueblo, CO USA | 11 | 0 |
| 46 | Mark Washington | CB | December 28, 1947 | 5'10" | 188 | Morgan St. | Chicago, IL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | Charlie Waters | DB | September 10, 1948 | 6'1" | 193 | Clemson | Miami, FL USA | 14 | 3 |
| 42 | Claxton Welch | RB | July 3, 1947 | 5'11" | 203 | Oregon | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Ron Widby | P | March 9, 1945 | 6'4" | 210 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Joe Williams | RB | March 30, 1947 | 6'0" | 193 | Wyoming | Center, TX USA | 12 | 0 |
| 70 | Rayfield Wright | RT | August 23, 1945 | 6'6" | 255 | Fort Valley St. | Griffin, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
