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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