Shake_Tiller
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Just to be a bore... during rhe final 10 games of 71-72, including the playoffs and Super Bowl, the Dallas defense gave up a total of seven touchdowns. The Giants scored one TD on an interception return.From the start of the second half of the 1971 season -- 10 games, as it was a 14-game season and there were only three playoff games, including the Super Bowl -- the defense allowed a total of 91 points. Opponents scored less than 10 points per game during that stretch. And the Cowboys did give up a total of just 18 points in three playoff games.
The Vikings also scored on a safety.
So the defense actually gave up only 82 points during those 10 games -- seven TDs and 11 field goals.
I don't recall or have the data to show how many of the TDs resulted from short fields.