Sunday, October 24, 1971
| NWE | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Duane Thomas 56 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Cowboys | Mike Clark 16 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| Patriots | Jim Nance 1 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Roger Staubach 2 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 17 |
| Cowboys | Mike Clark 17 yard field goal | 7 | 20 | |
| Cowboys | Bob Hayes 35 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 27 | |
| Cowboys | Bob Hayes 28 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 34 | |
| 4th | Cowboys | Mike Clark 12 yard field goal | 7 | 37 |
| Patriots | Randy Vataha 33 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 14 | 37 | |
| Cowboys | Joe Williams 2 yard rush (Mike Clark kick) | 14 | 44 | |
| Patriots | Tom Beer 31 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 21 | 44 |
| NWE | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-76-1 | 34-168-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-29-228-2-1 | 16-25-241-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-45 | 1-3 |
| Net pass yards | 183 | 238 |
| Total yards | 259 | 406 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-59 | 5-58 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 16 | 29 | 228 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 7 | 107 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roland Moss | NWE | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 9 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alfred Sykes | NWE | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Sellers | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 13 | 21 | 197 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 3 | 83 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Duane Thomas | DAL | 7 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 15 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Williams | DAL | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Lance Alworth | DAL | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Morton | DAL | 3 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Ditka | DAL | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Truax | DAL | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Claxton Welch | DAL | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Gardin | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 172 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Margene Adkins | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chuck Howley | DAL | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Claxton Welch | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Janik | NWE | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Clark | DAL | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Widby | DAL | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | ||||