1977 Dallas Cowboys: 12-2-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (190 points scored, 88 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (155 points scored, 124 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 345 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 212 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 215 372 2,443 ( 4) 6.03 18 10 564 2,369 ( 4) 4.2 21 4,812 ( 1) 24 Defense: 154 371 1,562 ( 2) 3.68 14 21 457 1,651 ( 3) 3.6 9 3,213 ( 1) 31
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Efren Herrera K 14 5'9 190 26 3 UCLA 11 Danny White QB 14 6'2 192 25 2 Arizona State 12 Roger Staubach QB 14 6'2 202 35 9 Navy 20 Mel Renfro DB 11 6'0 192 35 14 Oregon 21 Doug Dennison RB 8 6'1 204 25 4 Kutztown 25 Aaron Kyle DB 14 5'11 185 23 2 Wyoming 26 Preston Pearson RB 14 6'1 206 32 11 Illinois 31 Benny Barnes DB 14 6'1 195 26 6 Stanford 33 Tony Dorsett RB 14 5'11 192 23 R Pittsburgh 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 14 6'0 205 24 3 Stanford 36 Larry Brinson RB 14 6'0 214 23 R Florida 41 Charlie Waters DB 14 6'1 198 29 8 Clemson 42 Randy Hughes DB 13 6'4 208 24 3 Oklahoma 43 Cliff Harris DB 14 6'0 192 28 8 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 14 5'10 205 27 6 Houston 46 Mark Washington DB 13 5'10 187 29 8 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 14 6'2 215 32 9 Mississippi State 53 Bob Breunig LB 14 6'2 227 24 3 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 14 6'4 245 24 3 Maryland 56 Thomas Henderson LB 14 6'2 220 24 3 Langston 57 Bruce Huther LB 14 6'1 217 23 R New Hampshire 58 Mike Hegman LB 14 6'1 225 24 2 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 14 6'4 215 22 R Houston 61 Jim Cooper OG 14 6'5 252 22 R Temple 62 John Fitzgerald C 12 6'5 260 29 7 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 12 6'4 260 30 10 Hawaii 64 Tom Rafferty OG 14 6'3 250 23 2 Penn State 65 Dave Stalls DE 11 6'4 236 22 R Northern Colorado 66 Burton Lawless OG 14 6'4 250 23 3 Florida 67 Pat Donovan OT 14 6'4 255 24 3 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 11 6'2 250 24 3 Virginia Union 70 Rayfield Wright OT 2 6'7 260 32 11 Fort Valley State 71 Andy Frederick OT 13 6'6 241 23 R New Mexico 72 Too Tall Jones DE 14 6'9 265 26 4 Tennessee State 73 Ralph Neely OT 14 6'5 255 34 13 Oklahoma 75 Jethro Pugh DT 12 6'6 250 33 13 Elizabeth City State 77 Bill Gregory DT 13 6'5 260 27 7 Wisconsin 79 Harvey Martin DE 14 6'5 252 26 5 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 14 6'2 196 21 R Stanford 83 Golden Richards WR 14 6'0 180 26 5 Brigham Young 86 Butch Johnson WR 14 6'1 191 23 2 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 14 6'3 224 23 2 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 14 6'0 183 26 5 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 14 6'4 226 27 5 Michigan State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roger Staubach 361 210 58.2 2,620 7.26 12.5 18 5.0 9 2.5 30 219 87.0 Danny White 10 4 40.0 35 3.50 8.8 0 0.0 1 10.0 2 15 10.4 Tony Dorsett 1 1 100.0 34 34.00 34.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Charlie Waters 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Drew Pearson 48 870 18.1 2 Preston Pearson 46 535 11.6 4 Tony Dorsett 29 273 9.4 1 Billy Joe DuPree 28 347 12.4 3 Golden Richards 17 225 13.2 3 Robert Newhouse 16 106 6.6 1 Butch Johnson 12 135 11.2 1 Jay Saldi 11 108 9.8 2 Scott Laidlaw 5 60 12.0 1 Tony Hill 2 21 10.5 0 Doug Dennison 1 9 9.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Tony Dorsett 208 1,007 4.8 12 Robert Newhouse 180 721 4.0 3 Preston Pearson 89 341 3.8 1 Roger Staubach 51 171 3.4 3 Doug Dennison 12 60 5.0 1 Larry Brinson 8 28 3.5 1 Drew Pearson 2 22 11.0 0 Scott Laidlaw 9 15 1.7 0 Billy Joe DuPree 3 9 3.0 0 Danny White 1 -2 -2.0 0 Butch Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Butch Johnson 22 536 24.4 0 Larry Brinson 17 409 24.1 0 Tony Hill 3 64 21.3 0 Doug Dennison 1 30 30.0 0 Thomas Henderson 1 8 8.0 0 Billy Joe DuPree 0 24 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Butch Johnson 50 423 8.5 15 0 Tony Hill 10 124 12.4 1 0 Cliff Harris 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 2 RB Tony Dorsett 173 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from SEA] 2 54 QB Glenn Carano 36 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 62 WR Tony Hill 141 Stanford [pick acquired from PHI] 3 81 OG Val Belcher Houston 4 108 LB Guy Brown 85 Houston 5 137 OT Andy Frederick 132 New Mexico 6 164 OT Jim Cooper 133 Temple 7 191 DT Dave Stalls 99 Northern Colorado 8 208 DE Al Cleveland Pacific [pick acquired from SD] 8 221 RB Fred Williams Arizona State 9 248 C Mark Cantrell North Carolina 10 275 QB Steve DeBerg 206 San Jose State 11 305 TE Don Wardlow Washington 12 332 OG Greg Peters California
Traded draft picks: #1 to SD (Bob Rush)
Transactions:
| 05-03-1977 | traded San Diego's #1 and #2 picks, Buffalo's #2 pick and Dallas' #2 pick in the 1977 draft to Seahawks for Seattle's #1 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 05-03-1977 | traded Duke Ferguson to Seahawks for Dallas' #2 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-11-1977 | traded Jim Jensen to Broncos for Denver's #6 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 09-12-1977 | 49ers claimed Steve DeBerg on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/77 vs Chicago Bears W 37-7 01/01/78 vs Minnesota Vikings W 23-6 Super Bowl XII 01/15/78 vs Denver Broncos W 27-10
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at Minnesota Vikings W 16-10 (OT) 1-0-0 09/25/77 vs New York Giants W 41-21 2-0-0 10/02/77 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 23-7 3-0-0 10/09/77 at St. Louis Cardinals W 30-24 4-0-0 10/16/77 vs Washington Redskins W 34-16 5-0-0 10/23/77 at Philadelphia Eagles W 16-10 6-0-0 10/30/77 vs Detroit Lions W 37-0 7-0-0 11/06/77 at New York Giants W 24-10 8-0-0 11/14/77 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 17-24 8-1-0 11/20/77 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 13-28 8-2-0 11/27/77 at Washington Redskins W 14-7 9-2-0 12/04/77 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 24-14 10-2-0 12/12/77 at San Francisco 49ers W 42-35 11-2-0 12/18/77 vs Denver Broncos W 14-6 12-2-0