1976 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1976 Dallas Cowboys: 11-3-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (147 points scored, 109 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (149 points scored, 85 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 296 points scored (10th of 28 teams), 194 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 222 390 2,737 ( 6) 6.52 17 13 538 2,147 (12) 4.0 16 4,884 ( 4) 29 Defense: 187 391 1,909 ( 7) 4.39 12 16 484 1,821 ( 6) 3.8 12 3,730 ( 7) 28

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Efren Herrera K 14 5'9 190 25 2 UCLA 11 Danny White QB 14 6'2 180 24 1 Arizona State 12 Roger Staubach QB 14 6'2 197 34 8 Navy 20 Mel Renfro DB 9 6'0 190 34 13 Oregon 21 Doug Dennison RB 14 6'1 208 24 3 Kutztown 25 Aaron Kyle DB 14 5'11 181 22 R Wyoming 26 Preston Pearson RB 10 6'1 208 31 10 Illinois 30 Charley Young RB 11 6'1 220 24 3 North Carolina State 31 Benny Barnes DB 14 6'1 190 25 5 Stanford 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 13 6'0 206 23 2 Stanford 37 Jim Jensen RB 14 6'3 230 22 R Iowa 41 Charlie Waters DB 14 6'1 195 28 7 Clemson 42 Randy Hughes DB 14 6'4 210 23 2 Oklahoma 43 Cliff Harris DB 14 6'0 190 27 7 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 14 5'10 205 26 5 Houston 46 Mark Washington DB 13 5'10 186 28 7 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 14 6'2 215 31 8 Mississippi State 52 Jim Eidson OG 9 6'3 264 22 R Mississippi State 53 Bob Breunig LB 14 6'2 228 23 2 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 14 6'4 240 23 2 Maryland 55 Lee Roy Jordan LB 14 6'2 220 35 14 Alabama 56 Thomas Henderson LB 14 6'2 223 23 2 Langston 58 Mike Hegman LB 14 6'1 221 23 1 Tennessee State 61 Blaine Nye OG 14 6'4 255 30 9 Stanford 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 252 28 6 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DT 14 6'4 250 29 9 Hawaii 64 Tom Rafferty C 13 6'3 250 22 R Penn State 66 Burton Lawless OG 14 6'4 250 22 2 Florida 67 Pat Donovan OT 14 6'4 250 23 2 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 14 6'2 250 23 2 Virginia Union 70 Rayfield Wright OT 14 6'7 255 31 10 Fort Valley State 72 Too Tall Jones DE 14 6'9 265 25 3 Tennessee State 73 Ralph Neely OT 14 6'5 255 33 12 Oklahoma 75 Jethro Pugh DT 13 6'6 248 32 12 Elizabeth City State 77 Bill Gregory DT 14 6'5 252 26 6 Wisconsin 78 Greg Schaum DE 12 6'4 246 22 R Michigan State 79 Harvey Martin DE 14 6'5 252 25 4 East Texas State 82 Beasley Reece DB 10 6'1 186 22 R North Texas State 83 Golden Richards WR 11 6'0 190 25 4 Brigham Young 86 Butch Johnson WR 14 6'1 187 22 R California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 13 6'3 217 22 R South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 14 6'0 185 25 4 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 14 6'4 230 26 4 Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roger Staubach 369 208 56.4 2,715 7.36 13.1 14 3.8 11 3.0 29 215 79.9 Danny White 20 13 65.0 213 10.65 16.4 2 10.0 2 10.0 1 15 94.4 Drew Pearson 1 1 100.0 39 39.00 39.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Drew Pearson           58    806   13.9    6
Billy Joe DuPree       42    680   16.2    2
Scott Laidlaw          38    325    8.6    1
Preston Pearson        23    316   13.7    2
Golden Richards        19    414   21.8    3
Robert Newhouse        15     86    5.7    0
Charley Young          11    134   12.2    1
Doug Dennison           8     67    8.4    0
Butch Johnson           5     84   16.8    2
Benny Barnes            1     43   43.0    0
Beasley Reece           1      6    6.0    0
Jay Saldi               1      6    6.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Doug Dennison         153    542    3.5    6
Robert Newhouse       116    450    3.9    3
Scott Laidlaw          94    424    4.5    3
Preston Pearson        68    233    3.4    1
Charley Young          48    208    4.3    0
Roger Staubach         43    184    4.3    3
Billy Joe DuPree        7     50    7.1    0
Drew Pearson            2     20   10.0    0
Jay Saldi               1     19   19.0    0
Danny White             6     17    2.8    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Butch Johnson          28    693   24.8    0
Jim Jensen             13    313   24.1    0
Jay Saldi               1      9    9.0    0
Thomas Henderson        0     12      ?    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Butch Johnson          45    489   10.9   11    0
Charlie Waters          0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 70 2,690 38.4 12 13 2 28 252 30.5 Efren Herrera 2 49 24.5 0 2 0 0 0 24.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Efren Herrera 1/1 8/8 6/8 3/5 0/1 18/23 34/34 88 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Benny Barnes 1 23 0 Bob Breunig 2.0 Larry Cole 4.5 Bill Gregory 3.0 Cliff Harris 3 32 0 Thomas Henderson 2.5 Randy Hughes 1.0 1 0 0 Too Tall Jones 6.0 Lee Roy Jordan 1.0 Aaron Kyle 3.0 Harvey Martin 14.5 1 0 0 Jethro Pugh 1.0 Mel Renfro 3 23 0 Mark Washington 4 49 0 Charlie Waters 1.0 3 6 0 Randy White 5.0

1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 27 DB Aaron Kyle 95 Wyoming 2 40 RB Jim Jensen 78 Iowa [pick acquired from NYG] 2 55 OG Jim Eidson 9 Mississippi State 3 73 WR Duke Ferguson 42 San Diego State [pick acquired from SF] 3 75 RB John Smith Boise State [pick acquired from DEN] 3 87 WR Butch Johnson 144 California-Riverside 4 119 OG Tom Rafferty 203 Penn State 5 151 OT Wally Pesuit 48 Kentucky 6 181 OT Greg McGuire Indiana 7 186 DT Greg Schaum 26 Michigan State [pick acquired from SD] 7 208 RB Dave Williams 66 Colorado 8 236 DB Henry Laws South Carolina 9 264 DB Beasley Reece 117 North Texas 10 290 DE Leroy Cook Alabama 11 318 QB Cornelius Greene Ohio State 12 346 LB Charles McShane 29 California Lutheran 13 374 QB Mark Driscoll Colorado State 14 402 TE Larry Mushinskie Nebraska 15 430 LB Dale Curry UCLA 16 458 OT Rick Costanzo Nebraska 17 486 K Stan Woodfill Oregon

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected Cal Peterson in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Rolly Woolsey in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Ron Howard in expansion draft
04-03-1976	Redskins signed Calvin Hill as a free agent
08-03-1976	traded Mitch Hoopes to Chargers for San Diego's #10 pick in the 1977 draft
08-30-1976	traded Clint Longley and Dallas' #1 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for San Diego's #1 and #2 picks in the 1977 draft
09-06-1976	traded Toni Fritsch and San Diego's #10 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for San Diego's #8 pick in the 1977 draft

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/19/76    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 12-14

1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 27-7        1-0-0
09/19/76    at New Orleans Saints      W 24-6        2-0-0
09/26/76    vs Baltimore Colts         W 30-27       3-0-0
10/03/76    at Seattle Seahawks        W 28-13       4-0-0
10/10/76    at New York Giants         W 24-14       5-0-0
10/17/76    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-21       5-1-0
10/24/76    vs Chicago Bears           W 31-21       6-1-0
10/31/76    at Washington Redskins     W 20-7        7-1-0
11/07/76    vs New York Giants         W 9-3         8-1-0
11/15/76    vs Buffalo Bills           W 17-10       9-1-0
11/21/76    at Atlanta Falcons         L 10-17       9-2-0
11/25/76    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 19-14       10-2-0
12/05/76    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 26-7        11-2-0
12/12/76    vs Washington Redskins     L 14-27       11-3-0

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