1978 Dallas Cowboys: 12-4-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (188 points scored, 70 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (196 points scored, 138 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry
384 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 208 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 251 449 3,176 ( 3) 6.59 25 17 625 2,783 ( 3) 4.5 22 5,959 ( 2) 35
Defense: 202 432 2,288 ( 5) 4.67 11 23 477 1,721 ( 1) 3.6 13 4,009 ( 2) 36
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 16 5'9 171 24 2 Southwestern Louisiana 11 Danny White QB 16 6'2 192 26 3 Arizona State 12 Roger Staubach QB 15 6'2 202 36 10 Navy 18 Glenn Carano QB 2 6'3 195 22 1 Nevada-Las Vegas 21 Doug Dennison RB 5 6'1 204 26 5 Kutztown 24 Alois Blackwell RB 13 5'10 195 23 R Houston 25 Aaron Kyle DB 16 5'11 185 24 3 Wyoming 26 Preston Pearson RB 16 6'1 206 33 12 Illinois 31 Benny Barnes DB 14 6'1 195 27 7 Stanford 32 Dennis Thurman DB 16 5'11 170 22 R Southern California 33 Tony Dorsett RB 16 5'11 192 24 2 Pittsburgh 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 16 6'0 205 25 4 Stanford 36 Larry Brinson RB 10 6'0 214 24 2 Florida 41 Charlie Waters DB 16 6'1 198 30 9 Clemson 42 Randy Hughes DB 16 6'4 208 25 4 Oklahoma 43 Cliff Harris DB 16 6'0 192 29 9 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 13 5'10 205 28 7 Houston 46 Mark Washington DB 13 5'11 187 30 9 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 16 6'2 215 33 10 Mississippi State 53 Bob Breunig LB 16 6'2 227 25 4 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 16 6'4 245 25 4 Maryland 56 Thomas Henderson LB 15 6'2 220 25 4 Langston 57 Bruce Huther LB 16 6'1 217 24 2 New Hampshire 58 Mike Hegman LB 16 6'1 225 25 3 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 15 6'4 215 23 2 Houston 60 Tom Randall OG 11 6'5 245 22 R Iowa State 61 Jim Cooper C 14 6'5 252 23 2 Temple 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 260 30 8 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 16 6'4 260 31 11 Hawaii 64 Tom Rafferty OG 16 6'3 250 24 3 Penn State 65 Dave Stalls DE 16 6'4 236 23 2 Northern Colorado 66 Burton Lawless OG 16 6'4 250 24 4 Florida 67 Pat Donovan OT 16 6'4 255 25 4 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 16 6'2 250 25 4 Virginia Union 70 Rayfield Wright OT 15 6'7 260 33 12 Fort Valley State 71 Andy Frederick OT 16 6'6 245 24 2 New Mexico 72 Too Tall Jones DE 16 6'9 265 27 5 Tennessee State 75 Jethro Pugh DT 13 6'6 250 34 14 Elizabeth City State 76 Larry Bethea DT 16 6'5 254 22 R Michigan State 79 Harvey Martin DE 16 6'5 252 27 6 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 16 6'2 196 22 2 Stanford 81 Jackie Smith TE 12 6'4 232 38 16 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Robert Steele WR 14 6'4 196 22 R North Alabama 83 Golden Richards WR 1 6'0 180 27 6 Brigham Young 86 Butch Johnson WR 16 6'1 191 24 3 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 4 6'3 224 24 3 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 16 6'0 183 27 6 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 16 6'4 226 28 6 Michigan State
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Roger Staubach 413 231 55.9 3,190 7.72 13.8 25 6.1 16 3.9 32 219 84.9
Danny White 34 20 58.8 215 6.32 10.8 0 0.0 1 2.9 1 10 65.2
Tony Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Tony Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Preston Pearson 47 526 11.2 0 Tony Hill 46 823 17.9 6 Drew Pearson 44 714 16.2 3 Tony Dorsett 37 378 10.2 2 Billy Joe DuPree 34 509 15.0 9 Robert Newhouse 20 176 8.8 2 Butch Johnson 12 155 12.9 0 Scott Laidlaw 6 108 18.0 1 Jay Saldi 3 8 2.7 2 Doug Dennison 1 6 6.0 0 Golden Richards 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Tony Dorsett 290 1,325 4.6 7 Robert Newhouse 140 584 4.2 8 Scott Laidlaw 75 312 4.2 3 Roger Staubach 42 182 4.3 1 Preston Pearson 25 104 4.2 0 Larry Brinson 18 96 5.3 2 Doug Dennison 14 75 5.4 1 Alois Blackwell 9 37 4.1 0 Drew Pearson 3 29 9.7 0 Tony Hill 3 17 5.7 0 Billy Joe DuPree 1 15 15.0 0 Danny White 5 7 1.4 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Butch Johnson 29 603 20.8 0 Larry Brinson 6 93 15.5 0 Alois Blackwell 3 70 23.3 0 Doug Dennison 3 63 21.0 0 Dennis Thurman 3 42 14.0 0 Randy White 1 15 15.0 0 Burton Lawless 1 10 10.0 0 Jay Saldi 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Butch Johnson 51 401 7.9 12 0 Tony Hill 11 101 9.2 0 0 Dennis Thurman 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1978 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 28 DE Larry Bethea 81 Michigan State 2 56 TE Todd Christensen 137 Brigham Young 3 84 OT Dave Hudgens Oklahoma 4 110 RB Alois Blackwell 19 Houston 5 138 OG Rich Rosen Syracuse 6 166 LB Harold Randolph East Carolina 7 194 DT Tom Randall 24 Iowa State 8 222 WR Homer Butler UCLA 9 250 DB Russ Williams Tennessee 10 278 OT Barry Tomasetti Iowa 11 306 DB Dennis Thurman 137 USC 12 334 OG Lee Washburn Montana State
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 07-07-1978 | claimed Ove Johansson on waivers from ? |
| 08-03-1978 | traded Richard Rosen to Giants for future considerations |
| 08-08-1978 | Seahawks claimed Barrett Paige on waivers |
| 08-15-1978 | traded Efren Herrera to Seahawks for Seattle's #5 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-16-1978 | traded Dallas' #11 pick in the 1979 draft to Lions for Skip Butler |
| 08-23-1978 | placed Ken Randle on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | placed Todd Christensen on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1978 | traded Bill Gregory and Dallas' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Seahawks for Seattle's #3 and #6 picks in the 1979 draft |
| 08-30-1978 | Seahawks claimed Dave Kraayeveld on waivers |
| 09-1978 | traded Golden Richards to Bears for Chicago's #5 pick in the 1979 draft and #3 pick in the 1980 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/30/78 vs Atlanta Falcons W 27-20 01/07/79 at Los Angeles Rams W 28-0 Super Bowl XIII 01/21/79 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 31-35
1978 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/04/78 vs Baltimore Colts W 38-0 1-0-0 09/10/78 at New York Giants W 34-24 2-0-0 09/17/78 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-27 2-1-0 09/24/78 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 21-12 3-1-0 10/02/78 at Washington Redskins L 5-9 3-2-0 10/08/78 vs New York Giants W 24-3 4-2-0 10/15/78 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24-21 (OT) 5-2-0 10/22/78 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 14-7 6-2-0 10/26/78 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-21 6-3-0 11/05/78 at Miami Dolphins L 16-23 6-4-0 11/12/78 at Green Bay Packers W 42-14 7-4-0 11/19/78 vs New Orleans Saints W 27-7 8-4-0 11/23/78 vs Washington Redskins W 37-10 9-4-0 12/03/78 vs New England Patriots W 17-10 10-4-0 12/10/78 at Philadelphia Eagles W 31-13 11-4-0 12/17/78 at New York Jets W 30-7 12-4-0
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