most takeaways in a season by the cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys had their most opponent turnovers in a season in 1981, with 53 opponent turnovers.

	TEAM	OPP TOV	SEASON	OPP LOST	OPP INT	GP	W	L	T	TD	PTS	PPG	OPP PTS	OPP PPG	1DWN	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Cowboys	53	1981	16	37	16	12	4	0	40	367	22.9	277	17.3	321
2	Cowboys	51	1971	25	26	14	11	3	0	50	406	29.0	222	15.9	288
3	Cowboys	48	1985	15	33	16	10	6	0	43	357	22.3	333	20.8	336
4	Cowboys	48	1983	21	27	16	12	4	0	59	479	29.9	360	22.5	342
5	Cowboys	48	1967	19	29	14	9	5	0	45	342	24.4	268	19.1	261
6	Cowboys	47	1980	20	27	16	12	4	0	60	454	28.4	311	19.4	337
7	Cowboys	44	1984	16	28	16	9	7	0	34	308	19.3	308	19.3	323
8	Cowboys	44	1975	19	25	14	10	4	0	41	350	25.0	268	19.1	288
9	Cowboys	43	1987	20	23	15	7	8	0	38	340	22.7	348	23.2	293
10	Cowboys	43	1961	18	25	14	4	9	1	29	236	16.9	380	27.1	239
11	Cowboys	41	1973	23	18	14	10	4	0	46	382	27.3	203	14.5	281
12	Cowboys	41	1968	15	26	14	12	2	0	54	431	30.8	186	13.3	297
13	Cowboys	39	1970	15	24	14	10	4	0	35	299	21.4	221	15.8	229
14	Cowboys	38	1965	20	18	14	7	7	0	40	325	23.2	280	20.0	211
15	Cowboys	38	1964	20	18	14	5	8	1	30	250	17.9	289	20.6	230
16	Cowboys	37	1963	11	26	14	4	10	0	40	305	21.8	378	27.0	248
17	Cowboys	36	1978	13	23	16	12	4	0	48	384	24.0	208	13.0	342
18	Cowboys	36	1962	16	20	14	5	8	1	51	398	28.4	402	28.7	246
19	Cowboys	35	1986	18	17	16	7	9	0	43	346	21.6	337	21.1	325
20	Cowboys	35	1969	11	24	14	11	2	1	44	369	26.4	223	15.9	275
21	Cowboys	34	2021	8	26	17	12	5	0	64	530	31.2	358	21.1	390	43.4	58.3
22	Cowboys	33	1999	9	24	16	8	8	0	42	352	22.0	276	17.3	295	35.2	35.3
23	Cowboys	33	1996	14	19	16	10	6	0	27	286	17.9	250	15.6	286	41.8	50.0
24	Cowboys	33	1972	17	16	14	10	4	0	36	319	22.8	240	17.1	256
25	Cowboys	32	2022	16	16	17	12	5	0	55	467	27.5	342	20.1	347	45.5	52.6

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Sun 10/4	DAL	@	HOU	1:00 PM
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Bears	1	0	0	1.000
Lions	1	0	0	1.000
Packers	0	1	0	.000
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Falcons	0	1	0	.000
Buccaneers	0	1	0	.000
Saints	0	1	0	.000
Panthers	0	1	0	.000
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Cardinals	1	0	0	1.000
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Rams	0	1	0	.000

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Steelers	1	0	0	1.000
Bengals	1	0	0	1.000
Browns	0	1	0	.000
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Jaguars	1	0	0	1.000
Texans	0	1	0	.000
Titans	0	1	0	.000
Colts	0	1	0	.000
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Chiefs	0	0	0
Broncos	0	0	0
Chargers	0	1	0	.000