1975 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1975 Dallas Cowboys: 10-4-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (175 points scored, 121 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (175 points scored, 147 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 350 points scored (8th of 26 teams), 268 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 207 376 2,593 ( 4) 6.25 19 17 571 2,432 ( 5) 4.3 17 5,025 ( 3) 35 Defense: 162 373 2,040 ( 9) 4.93 19 25 474 1,699 ( 4) 3.6 13 3,739 ( 6) 44

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 9 Mitch Hoopes P 14 6'1 210 22 R Arizona 12 Roger Staubach QB 13 6'2 197 33 7 Navy 15 Toni Fritsch K 14 5'7 195 30 4 None 19 Clint Longley QB 4 6'1 193 23 2 Abilene Christian 20 Mel Renfro DB 11 6'0 190 33 12 Oregon 21 Doug Dennison RB 13 6'1 195 23 2 Kutztown 26 Preston Pearson RB 14 6'1 205 30 9 Illinois 30 Charley Young RB 12 6'1 210 23 2 North Carolina State 31 Benny Barnes DB 14 6'1 185 24 4 Stanford 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 8 6'0 206 22 R Stanford 41 Charlie Waters DB 14 6'1 193 27 6 Clemson 42 Randy Hughes DB 14 6'4 200 22 R Oklahoma 43 Cliff Harris DB 14 6'0 190 26 6 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 14 5'10 200 25 4 Houston 45 Rolly Woolsey DB 14 6'1 182 22 R Boise State 46 Mark Washington DB 14 5'10 186 27 6 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 14 6'2 218 30 7 Mississippi State 52 Dave Edwards LB 14 6'3 225 35 13 Auburn 53 Bob Breunig LB 10 6'2 227 22 R Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 14 6'4 245 22 R Maryland 55 Lee Roy Jordan LB 14 6'2 220 34 13 Alabama 56 Thomas Henderson LB 13 6'2 220 22 R Langston 57 Kyle Davis C 14 6'4 240 23 R Oklahoma 58 Cal Peterson LB 14 6'3 220 23 2 UCLA 59 Warren Capone LB 5 6'1 218 24 1 Louisiana State 61 Blaine Nye OG 14 6'4 255 29 8 Stanford 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 255 27 5 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DT 13 6'4 250 28 8 Hawaii 66 Burton Lawless OG 14 6'4 250 21 R Florida 67 Pat Donovan OT 13 6'4 250 22 R Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 14 6'2 250 22 R Virginia Union 70 Rayfield Wright OT 13 6'7 260 30 9 Fort Valley State 72 Too Tall Jones DE 14 6'9 260 24 2 Tennessee State 73 Ralph Neely OT 14 6'5 260 32 11 Oklahoma 75 Jethro Pugh DT 13 6'6 250 31 11 Elizabeth City State 77 Bill Gregory DT 14 6'5 252 25 5 Wisconsin 78 Bruce Walton OT 13 6'6 252 24 3 UCLA 79 Harvey Martin DE 13 6'5 257 24 3 East Texas State 81 Percy Howard WR 8 6'4 210 23 1 Austin Peay 83 Golden Richards WR 14 6'0 183 24 3 Brigham Young 84 Jean Fugett TE 14 6'3 226 23 4 Amherst 87 Ron Howard TE 10 6'4 225 24 2 Seattle 88 Drew Pearson WR 14 6'0 180 24 3 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 14 6'4 228 25 3 Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roger Staubach 348 198 56.9 2,666 7.66 13.5 17 4.9 16 4.6 36 213 78.5 Clint Longley 23 7 30.4 102 4.43 14.6 1 4.3 1 4.3 3 29 42.3 Mitch Hoopes 3 1 33.3 21 7.00 21.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 59.0 Robert Newhouse 2 1 50.0 46 23.00 46.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 135.4

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Drew Pearson           46    822   17.9    8
Jean Fugett            38    488   12.8    3
Robert Newhouse        34    275    8.1    0
Preston Pearson        27    351   13.0    2
Golden Richards        21    451   21.5    4
Charley Young          18    184   10.2    1
Scott Laidlaw          11    100    9.1    0
Billy Joe DuPree        9    138   15.3    1
Doug Dennison           2      5    2.5    0
Bob Breunig             1     21   21.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Robert Newhouse       209    930    4.4    2
Preston Pearson       133    509    3.8    2
Doug Dennison         111    383    3.5    7
Roger Staubach         55    316    5.7    4
Charley Young          50    225    4.5    2
Golden Richards         3     18    6.0    0
Mitch Hoopes            1     13   13.0    0
Clint Longley           3     12    4.0    0
Drew Pearson            1     11   11.0    0
Scott Laidlaw           3     10    3.3    0
Billy Joe DuPree        1      3    3.0    0
Jean Fugett             1      2    2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Preston Pearson        16    391   24.4    0
Doug Dennison          13    262   20.2    0
Rolly Woolsey          12    247   20.6    0
Thomas Henderson        4    130   32.5    1
Charley Young           3     54   18.0    0
Percy Howard            2     51   25.5    0
Bob Breunig             2     13    6.5    0
Cal Peterson            1     10   10.0    0
Charlie Waters          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Golden Richards        28    288   10.3   13    1
Rolly Woolsey           4     25    6.2    2    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mitch Hoopes 68 2,676 39.4 0 0 1 0 0 38.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Toni Fritsch 2/2 13/14 4/9 3/9 0/1 22/35 38/40 104 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Larry Cole 3.0 Bill Gregory 5.5 1 3 0 Cliff Harris 1.0 3 58 1 Randy Hughes 2 33 1 Too Tall Jones 3.5 1 2 0 Lee Roy Jordan 1.0 6 80 0 D.D. Lewis 5.5 Harvey Martin 9.5 Cal Peterson 1 19 0 Jethro Pugh 5.0 Mel Renfro 4 70 0 Mark Washington 4 26 0 Charlie Waters 1.0 3 55 1 Randy White 6.0

1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 DT Randy White 209 Maryland [pick acquired from NYG] 1 18 LB Thomas Henderson 75 Langston (Ok.) 2 44 OG Burton Lawless 82 Florida 3 70 LB Bob Breunig 135 Arizona State 4 90 DE Pat Donovan 129 Stanford [pick acquired from HOU] 4 96 DB Randy Hughes 77 Oklahoma 5 113 C Kyle Davis 21 Oklahoma [pick acquired from GB] 6 148 DB Rolly Woolsey 44 Boise State 7 173 LB Mike Hegman 170 Tennessee State 8 200 P Mitch Hoopes 25 Arizona 9 226 DB Ed Jones 12 Rutgers 10 252 RB Dennis Booker Millersville (Pa.) 11 278 C Greg Krpalek Oregon State 12 304 DB Charles Bland Cincinnati 13 330 OG Herbert Scott 140 Virginia Union 14 356 RB Scott Laidlaw 74 Stanford 15 382 RB Willie Hamilton Arizona 16 407 TE Pete Clark Colorado State 17 434 TE Jim Testerman Dayton

Traded draft picks: #5 to CIN (Jeff West)

Transactions:

07-18-1975	traded Bob Hayes to 49ers for San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1976 draft
07-22-1975	traded Pat Toomay to Bills for Buffalo's #2 pick in the 1977 draft
08-1975	Bob Lilly retired
09-03-1975	traded Jim Arneson to Browns for an undisclosed draft pick
09-09-1975	traded Ken Hutcherson to Chargers for a #7 pick in the 1977 draft
09-09-1975	Cornell Green retired
09-15-1975	traded John Niland to Eagles for Philadelphia's #3 pick in the 1977 draft

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/28/75    at Minnesota Vikings       W 17-14
01/04/76    at Los Angeles Rams        W 37-7
Super Bowl X
01/18/76    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 17-21

1975 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/21/75    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 18-7        1-0-0
09/28/75    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 37-31 (OT)  2-0-0
10/06/75    at Detroit Lions           W 36-10       3-0-0
10/12/75    at New York Giants         W 13-7        4-0-0
10/19/75    vs Green Bay Packers       L 17-19       4-1-0
10/26/75    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 20-17       5-1-0
11/02/75    at Washington Redskins     L 24-30 (OT)  5-2-0
11/10/75    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 31-34       5-3-0
11/16/75    at New England Patriots    W 34-31       6-3-0
11/23/75    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 27-17       7-3-0
11/30/75    vs New York Giants         W 14-3        8-3-0
12/07/75    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-31       8-4-0
12/13/75    vs Washington Redskins     W 31-10       9-4-0
12/21/75    at New York Jets           W 31-21       10-4-0

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