The Dallas Cowboys were 11-3 in 1971. They finished 1st in the NFC East and 1st in the NFC. They emerged victorious over the Miami Dolphins, 24 to 3, in Super Bowl VI. It was their first Super Bowl win in 2 appearances.

1971 Division Standings

TEAMWLTPCT
Cowboys Cowboys
11
3
0
.786
9
4
1
.679
6
7
1
.464
4
9
1
.321
4
10
0
.286

1971 Stats

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GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
14
406
5,035
905
5.6
2,249
512
4.4
3,037
361
8.4
32
251
288
135
144
9
94
952
Team Rank
1st
1st
1st
1st
3rd
2nd
7th
3rd
14th
2nd
18th
12th
1st
1st
2nd
25th
26th
25th
Opponent
14
222
3,468
817
4.2
1,144
353
3.2
2,660
421
6.3
43
336
200
59
125
16
61
647
Opponent Rank
7th
3rd
8th
4th
2nd
2nd
2nd
22nd
26th
6th
2nd
24th
4th
1st
22nd
9th
22nd
20th
Net
+184
+1,567
+88
+1.3
+1,105
+159
+1.2
+377
-60
+2.1
-11
-85
+88
+76
+19
-7
+33
+305
Net Rank
1st
1st
5th
1st
1st
2nd
1st
5th
20th
2nd
4th
21st
1st
1st
6th
22nd
26th
25th

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176