1972 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1972 Dallas Cowboys: 10-4-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (153 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (166 points scored, 95 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 319 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 240 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 196 367 2,342 ( 8) 5.88 16 23 499 2,124 ( 8) 4.3 17 4,466 ( 6) 38 Defense: 187 382 2,240 (19) 5.41 18 16 428 1,515 ( 1) 3.5 7 3,755 ( 6) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Roger Staubach QB 4 6'2 197 30 4 Navy 14 Craig Morton QB 14 6'4 214 29 8 California 15 Toni Fritsch K 14 5'7 185 27 2 None 19 Lance Alworth WR 14 6'0 180 32 11 Arkansas 20 Mel Renfro DB 14 6'0 190 30 9 Oregon 21 Billy Parks WR 12 6'1 185 24 2 Long Beach State 22 Bob Hayes WR 12 6'0 185 29 8 Florida A&M 23 Mike Montgomery RB 12 6'2 210 23 2 Kansas State 26 Herb Adderley DB 13 6'1 200 33 12 Michigan State 27 Bill Thomas RB 7 6'2 225 23 R Boston College 30 Dan Reeves RB 14 6'1 200 28 8 South Carolina 31 Benny Barnes DB 4 6'1 190 21 R Stanford 32 Walt Garrison RB 14 6'0 205 28 7 Oklahoma State 34 Cornell Green DB 14 6'4 208 32 11 Utah State 35 Calvin Hill RB 14 6'3 227 25 4 Yale 41 Charlie Waters DB 14 6'1 193 24 3 Clemson 43 Cliff Harris DB 14 6'0 184 23 3 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 14 5'10 202 22 R Houston 46 Mark Washington DB 10 5'10 188 24 3 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 12 6'2 225 27 4 Mississippi State 51 Dave Manders C 14 6'2 250 31 8 Michigan State 52 Dave Edwards LB 14 6'3 225 32 10 Auburn 53 John Babinecz LB 14 6'1 222 22 R Villanova 54 Chuck Howley LB 13 6'3 225 36 14 West Virginia 55 Lee Roy Jordan LB 14 6'2 220 31 10 Alabama 57 Mike Keller LB 5 6'4 220 22 R Michigan 61 Blaine Nye OG 14 6'4 250 26 5 Stanford 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 250 24 2 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 9 6'4 250 25 5 Hawaii 66 George Andrie DE 3 6'7 250 32 11 Marquette 67 Pat Toomay DE 14 6'5 244 27 3 Vanderbilt 70 Rayfield Wright OT 14 6'7 255 27 6 Fort Valley State 71 Rodney Wallace OT 14 6'5 255 23 2 New Mexico 73 Ralph Neely OT 13 6'5 265 29 8 Oklahoma 74 Bob Lilly DT 14 6'4 260 33 12 Texas Christian 75 Jethro Pugh DT 14 6'6 260 28 8 Elizabeth City State 76 John Niland OG 14 6'4 245 28 7 Iowa 77 Bill Gregory DT 13 6'5 255 22 2 Wisconsin 81 Marv Bateman P 14 6'4 213 22 R Utah 84 Jean Fugett TE 14 6'3 220 20 R Amherst 85 Tody Smith DE 10 6'5 245 23 2 Southern California 86 Ralph Coleman LB 1 6'4 216 22 R North Carolina A&T 87 Billy Truax TE 6 6'5 240 29 9 Louisiana State 88 Ron Sellers WR 14 6'4 195 25 4 Florida State 89 Mike Ditka TE 14 6'3 225 33 12 Pittsburgh

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Craig Morton 339 185 54.6 2,396 7.07 13.0 15 4.4 21 6.2 23 179 65.9 Roger Staubach 20 9 45.0 98 4.90 10.9 0 0.0 2 10.0 8 59 20.4 Calvin Hill 3 1 33.3 55 18.33 55.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 121.5 Mike Montgomery 3 1 33.3 31 10.33 31.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 72.9 Dan Reeves 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Calvin Hill            43    364    8.5    3
Walt Garrison          37    390   10.5    3
Ron Sellers            31    653   21.1    5
Billy Parks            18    298   16.6    1
Mike Ditka             17    198   11.6    1
Bob Hayes              15    200   13.3    0
Lance Alworth          15    195   13.0    2
Mike Montgomery         8    131   16.4    1
Jean Fugett             7     94   13.4    0
Billy Truax             4     49   12.2    0
Robert Newhouse         1      8    8.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Calvin Hill           245  1,036    4.2    6
Walt Garrison         167    784    4.7    7
Robert Newhouse        28    116    4.1    1
Mike Montgomery        35     81    2.3    1
Roger Staubach          6     45    7.5    0
Craig Morton            8     26    3.2    2
Dan Reeves              3     14    4.7    0
Ralph Neely             1     10   10.0    0
Bob Hayes               2      8    4.0    0
Lance Alworth           1      2    2.0    0
Jean Fugett             3      2    0.7    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cliff Harris           26    615   23.7    0
Robert Newhouse        18    382   21.2    0
Bill Thomas             2     50   25.0    0
Charlie Waters          2     18    9.0    0
Mike Montgomery         1     15   15.0    0
Jean Fugett             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Cliff Harris           19     78    4.1   16    0
Charlie Waters          9     56    6.2    7    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Marv Bateman 51 1,949 38.2 0 0 0 0 0 38.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Fritsch 6/6 5/5 3/6 5/13 2/6 21/36 36/36 99 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Larry Cole 4.0 Dave Edwards 1.0 Cornell Green 0.5 2 1 0 Bill Gregory 2.5 Cliff Harris 3 40 0 Chuck Howley 2.0 1 7 0 Lee Roy Jordan 1.5 2 18 0 D.D. Lewis 1 15 0 Bob Lilly 2.5 Jethro Pugh 8.5 Mel Renfro 1 0 0 Tody Smith 3.0 Pat Toomay 6.5 Charlie Waters 6 132 1

1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 26 RB Bill Thomas 27 Boston College 2 35 RB Robert Newhouse 168 Houston [pick acquired from NE] 2 39 LB John Babinecz 40 Villanova [pick acquired from NYJ via OAK, NO] 2 52 WR Charlie McKee Arizona 3 64 LB Mike Keller 5 Michigan [pick acquired from NE] 3 78 P Marv Bateman 81 Utah 4 83 LB Tim Kearney 106 Northern Michigan [pick acquired from DEN via NO] 4 90 WR Robert West 29 San Diego State [pick acquired from NE] 4 93 LB Charlie Zapiec Penn State [pick acquired from DET] 6 156 DB Charles Bolden Iowa 8 208 LB Ralph Coleman 1 North Carolina A&T 9 234 RB Roy Bell Oklahoma 10 260 DT Richard Amman 28 Florida State 11 286 DE Lonnie Leonard North Carolina A&T 12 312 WR Jimmy Harris Ohio State 13 338 TE Jean Fugett 103 Amherst 14 363 RB Alan Thompson Wisconsin 15 390 WR Carlos Alvarez Florida 16 416 QB Gordon Longmire Utah 17 442 DT Alfonso Cain Bethune-Cookman

Traded draft picks: #4 to BAL via NO (Eric Allen), #5 to SD (Harry Gooden), #7 to CHI (Jim Osborne)

Transactions:

01-31-1972	traded Joe Williams to Saints for Denver's #4 pick in the 1972 draft
02-01-1972	traded Margene Adkins to Saints for the Jets' #2 pick in the 1972 draft
07-13-1972	Tony Liscio retired
07-14-1972	traded Dallas' #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Ron Sellers
07-23-1972	traded Tom Stincic to Saints for Houston's #3 pick in the 1973 draft
07-27-1972	traded Jim Benien to Lions for an undisclosed draft pick
07-31-1972	traded Duane Thomas to Chargers for Billy Parks and Mike Montgomery
07-31-1972	traded Gloster Richardson to Raiders for Oakland's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
08-02-1972	Redskins claimed George Starke on waivers
08-17-1972	traded Bill Line, Bob Asher and Dallas' #2 pick in the 1973 draft to Bears for the rights to Jack Concannon
09-05-1972	traded Ron Widby and Ike Thomas to Packers for Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1973 draft
09-11-1972	Packers claimed Tim Kearney on waivers
09-14-1972	Chiefs claimed Robert West on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/72    at San Francisco 49ers     W 30-28
12/31/72    at Washington Redskins     L 3-26

1972 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 28-6        1-0-0
09/24/72    at New York Giants         W 23-14       2-0-0
10/01/72    at Green Bay Packers       L 13-16       2-1-0
10/08/72    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 17-13       3-1-0
10/15/72    at Baltimore Colts         W 21-0        4-1-0
10/22/72    at Washington Redskins     L 20-24       4-2-0
10/30/72    vs Detroit Lions           W 28-24       5-2-0
11/05/72    at San Diego Chargers      W 34-28       6-2-0
11/12/72    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 33-24       7-2-0
11/19/72    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 28-7        8-2-0
11/23/72    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 10-31       8-3-0
12/03/72    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 27-6        9-3-0
12/09/72    vs Washington Redskins     W 34-24       10-3-0
12/17/72    vs New York Giants         L 3-23        10-4-0

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