THE COWBOYS GALLERY
PICTURES, BIOS AND STATS OF OUR FAVORITE COWBOY HEROS
THE HISTORY ARCHIVES
ANNUAL ROSTERS, STATS, SCHEDULES, SCORES AND DRAFTS
THE  LEGENDS THE  ALL-PROS THE  COWBOYS 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1970 Home : Cotton Bowl

1970 Team Roster

26 Herb Adderley DB
23 Margene Adkins WR
66 George Andrie DE
78 Bob Asher T
83 Mike Clark K
63 Larry Cole T
89 Mike Ditka TE
77 Ron East DT
52 Dave Edwards LB
45 Richmond Flowers WR
32 Walt Garrison FB
34 Cornell Green DB
64 Halvor Hagen DT
43 Cliff Harris DB
22 Bob Hayes WR
35 Calvin Hill HB
24 Dennis Homan E
54 Chuck Howley LB
55 Lee Roy Jordan LB
60 Steve Kiner LB
50 D.D. Lewis LB
74 Bob Lilly AP PB DT
72 Tony Liscio T
51 Dave Manders C
14 Craig Morton QB
73 Ralph Neely T
76 John Niland AP PB G
84 Pettis Norman TE
61 Blain Nye G
75 Jethro Pugh DT
30 Dan Reeves HB
20 Mel Renfro AP PB DB
19 Lance Rentzel WR
88 Reggie Rucker WR
12 Roger Staubach QB
56 Tom Stinic LB
33 Duane Thomas HB
67 Pat Toomay DE
46 Mark Washington DB
41 Charlie Waters DB
42 Claxton Welch HB
10 Rod Widby P
85 Rayfield Wright T
*starters - all pro - probowl


1970 Draft

1 Duane Thomas HB W. Texas State
2 Bob Asher T Vanderbilt
2 Margene Adkins WR Henderson JC
3 Charlie Waters DB Clemson
3 Steve Kiner LB Tennessee
3 Denton Fox DB Texas Tech
4 John Fitzgerald T Boston College
5 to St. Louis
6 Pat Toomay DE Vanderbilt
7 Don Abbey LB Penn State
8 Jerry Dossey G Arkansas
9 ZenonAndrusyshyn K UCLA
10 Pete Anthas DB Tennessee
11 Ivan Southerland T Clemson
12 Joe Williams HB Wyoming
13 Mark Washington DB Morgan State
14 Julian Martin WR N.CarolinaCentral
15 Ken DeLong TE Tennessee
16 Seaburn Hill DB Arizona State
17 Glenn Patterson C Nebraska






1970 Schedule

Sept.20 at Philadelphia 17-7
Sept. 27 NY GIANTS 28-10
Oct. 4 at St. Louis 20-7
Oct. 11 ATLANTA 13-0
Oct. 18 at Minnesotta 54-13
Oct. 25 at Kansas City 27-16
Nov. 1 PHILADELPHIA 21-17
Nov. 8 at NY Giants 23-20
Nov. 16 ST. LOUIS 38-0
Nov. 22 at Washington 45-21
Nov. 26 GREEN BAY 16-3
Dec. 6 WASHINGTON 34-0
Dec. 12 at Cleveland 6-2
Dec. 20 HOUSTON 52-10
Dec. 26

Division Playoff Game  DETROIT

5-0
Jan. 3 NFC Championship Game at San Francisco 17-10
Jan. 17 SUPER BOWL V BALTIMORE v DALLAS at Miami, Fla. 16-13


1970 NFC East Standings

DAL 10 4 0 .714
NYG 9 5 0 .643
StL 8 5 1 .615
WAS 6 8 0 .429
PHI 3 10 1 .231


1970 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 297 149 50.2 2445 8.2 18 16
OPP 399 193 48.4 2226 5.6 10 24
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 522 2300 4.4 16 299 21.4
OPP 415 1856 4.0 10 221 15.8
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]


Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

M.Clark

18/27 35/35 89
OPP 17/26 24/24 75


Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Thomas 19 416 21.9 33 0
Adkins 7 149 21.3 27 0
Washington 5 242 48.4 100t 1
Kiner 3 50 16.7 18 0
Harris 1 22 22.0 22 0
Waters 1 6 6.0 6 0
Flowers 1 3 3.0 3 0
DAL 37 888 24.0 100t 1
OPP 60 1142 19.0 44 0


Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Widby 69 2847 41.3 6 10 59 1 35.4
OPP 74 3045 41.1 6 21 64 1 36.3


Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hayes 15 7 116 7.7 34 0
Renfro 13 6 77 5.9 29 0
Adkins 4 2 44 11.0 24 0
Reeves 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 32 17 237 7.4 34 0
OPP 38 12 281 7.4 74t 1




Passing
  Att Comp % Yds TD Int Rtg
Morton 207 102 49.3 1819 15 7 89.8
Staubach 82 44 53.7 542 2 8 42.9
Reeves 3 1 33.3 14 0 1 9.7
Hill 4 1 25.0 12 0 0 39.6
Rentzel 1 1 100.0 58 1 0 158.3
DAL 297 149 50.2 2445 18 16 75.9
OPP 399 193 48.4 2226 10 24 48.9


Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Thomas 151 803 5.3 47 5
Hill 153 577 3.8 20 4
Garrison 126 507 4.0 18 3
Staubach 27 221 8.2 25 0
Reeves 35 84 2.4 8 2
Morton 16 37 2.3 11 0
Hayes 4 34 8.5 13t 1
Norman 2 16 8.0 22 0
Welch 5 13 2.6 5t 1
Rentzel 1 11 11.0 11 0
Homan 2 -3 -1.5 0 0
DAL 522 2300 4.4 47 16
OPP 415 1656 4.0 48 10


Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hayes 34 889 26.1 89t 10
Rentzel 28 556 19.9 86t 5
Garrison 21 205 9.8 36 2
Hill 13 95 7.3 21 0
Reeves 12 140 11.7 23 0
Thomas 10 73 7.3 17 0
Rucker 9 200 22.2 52t 1
Ditka 8 98 12.3 26 0
Homan 7 105 15.0 43 0
Norman 6 70 11.7 23 0
Kiner 1 14 14.0 14 0
DAL 149 2445 16.4 89t 18
OPP 193 2226 11.5 78t 10


Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Waters 5 45 9.0 20 0
Renfro 4 3 0.8 3 0
Adderley 3 69 23.0 30 0
Harris 2 66 33.0 60 0
Howley 2 18 9.0 17 0
Edwards 2 2 1.0 2 0
Green 1 59 59.0 59 0
Kiner 1 28 28.0 28 0
Stincic 1 11 11.0 11 0
Jordan 1 6 6.0 6 0
Pugh 1 0 0.0 0 0
Washington 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 24 307 12.8 60 0
OPP 16 259 16.2 43 1