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1961 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 6th in NFL East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (4-9-1)

Points For: 236 (16.9/g) 13th of 14

Points Against: 380 (27.1/g) 12th of 14

Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6

SRS: -12.36 (13th of 14), SOS: -2.08

Stadium: Cotton Bowl

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	236	4480	838	5.3	48	21	239	215	422	2661	23	27	6.3	130	416	1819	6	4.4	100	47	427	9
Opp. Stats	380	4592	780	5.9	43	18	254	168	326	2431	21	25	7.5	120	454	2161	20	4.8	122	38	362	12
Lg Rank Offense	13	8			13	12	7		3	6	4	10	10		10	10	14	7
Lg Rank Defense	12	10			6	5	10		1	7	8	5	11		10	12	12	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17		boxscore	W		1-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	24	20	403	307	96	2	15	342	237	105	4
2	Sun	September 24		boxscore	W		2-0		Minnesota Vikings	21	7	22	437	229	208	3	16	251	126	125	3
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	7	25	9	152	100	52	3	18	316	100	216	4
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	W		3-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	28	0	18	297	180	117		14	183	100	83	5
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	L		3-2		New York Giants	10	31	15	331	139	192	7	21	375	117	258	6
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	L		3-3		Philadelphia Eagles	7	43	26	346	169	177	2	23	480	191	289
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		4-3	@	New York Giants	17	16	17	333	187	146	4	15	262	150	112	4
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		4-4		St. Louis Cardinals	17	31	18	374	238	136	5	13	193	71	122	1
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	L		4-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	37	8	185	122	63	2	22	371	204	167	1
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	T		4-5-1		Washington Redskins	28	28	27	441	271	170	4	18	292	210	82	3
11	Sun	November 26		boxscore	L		4-6-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	35	21	358	240	118	3	20	454	337	117	4
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	L		4-7-1		Cleveland Browns	17	38	19	376	202	174	6	23	373	143	230	3
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	L		4-8-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	13	31	8	126	16	110	3	14	334	260	74	3
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	L		4-9-1	@	Washington Redskins	24	34	11	321	261	60	4	22	366	185	181	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Eddie LeBaron	31	QB	14	10	2-8-0	120	236	50.8	1741	14	5.9	16	6.8	80	7.4	5.51	14.5	124.4	66.7	13	103	5.22	6.58	4.81	3	2
2	Don Meredith	23	QB	8	4	2-1-1	94	182	51.6	1161	9	4.9	11	6.0	56	6.4	4.65	12.4	145.1	63.0	18	154	9.00	5.04	3.46	0	0
3	Buddy Humphrey	26	QB	2	0		1	2	50.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	8.0	8.00	16.0	8.0	77.1						0	0
4	J.W. Lockett	24	FB	12	7		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	215	422	50.9	2661	23	5.5	27	6.4	80	6.9	5.13	13.6	190.1	64.9	31	257	6.90	6.31	4.52	3	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Don Perkins	23	LHB	14	14	200	815	4	47	4.1	58.2	14.3	32	298	9.3	1	38	2.3	21.3	232	4.8	1113	5	5	PB
2	Frank Clarke	27	RHB	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	919	22.4	9	80	2.9	65.6	41	22.4	919	9	1
3	Billy Howton	31	LE	14	14	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	56	785	14.0	4	53	4.0	56.1	57	13.9	794	4	1
4	Amos Marsh	22	FB	14	7	84	379	1	71	4.5	27.1	6.0	21	189	9.0	2	46	1.5	13.5	105	5.4	568	3	12
5	J.W. Lockett	24	FB	12	7	66	280	0	21	4.2	23.3	5.5	15	114	7.6	2	26	1.3	9.5	81	4.9	394	2	7
6	Dick Bielski	29	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	377	14.5	3	28	1.9	26.9	26	14.5	377	3	0	PB
7	Don Meredith	23	QB	8	4	22	176	1	28	8.0	22.0	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	8.0	176	1	9
8	Jim Doran	34	E	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	153	11.8	2	29	0.9	10.9	13	11.8	153	2	1
9	L.G. Dupre	29	HB	10	0	16	60	0	12	3.8	6.0	1.6	6	49	8.2	0	17	0.6	4.9	22	5.0	109	0	2
10	Eddie LeBaron	31	QB	14	10	20	72	0	21	3.6	5.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	20	3.6	72	0	7
11	Glynn Gregory	22	DB	14	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	30	10.0	0	13	0.2	2.1	3	10.0	30	0	0
12	Merrill Douglas	25	HB	6	0	5	24	0	6	4.8	4.0	0.8	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.2	-0.3	6	3.7	22	0	0
13	Don McIlhenny	27	HB	3	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	1.3	0.7	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.3	2.0	3	3.3	10	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	416	1819	6	71	4.4	129.9	29.7	215	2918	13.6	23	80	15.4	208.4	631	7.5	4737	29	45

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Don Bishop	27	RCB	14	14	8	172	0	57	0	1	13	0	0.0	0
2	Nate Borden	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
3	Frank Clarke	27	RHB	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Don Healy	25	LDT	14	14	1	11	0	11	0	5	0	0	2.0	0
5	Bill Herchman	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
6	Billy Howton	31	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0.0	0
7	Bob Lilly	22	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
8	Dicky Moegle	27	FS	14	14	2	31	0	25	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Don Perkins	23	LHB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	4	24	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Jerry Tubbs	26	MLB	14	14	3	33	0	33	0	2	8	0	1.5	0
11	Chuck Howley	25	LLB	13	13	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
12	Gene Babb	27	RLB	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0
13	Eddie LeBaron	31	QB	14	10	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0.0	0
14	Warren Livingston	23	LCB	8	8	1	3	0	3	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	John Houser	26	LG	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	J.W. Lockett	24	FB	12	7	0	0	0	0	7	3	1	0	0.0	0
17	Amos Marsh	22	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bob Bercich	25	SS	6	6	3	48	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Jimmy Harris	27	LCB	11	6	2	13	0	12	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Mike Dowdle	24	LLB	14	4	1	14	0	14	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
21	Tom Franckhauser	24	DB	6	4	1	23	0	23	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Glynn Gregory	22	DB	14	4	1	21	0	21	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Don Meredith	23	QB	8	4	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jim Doran	34	E	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10	0	1.0	0
25	L.G. Dupre	29	HB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Ken Frost	23	DT	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
27	Lee Murchison	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	25	374	0	57	46	43	61	0	22.0	0

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