1979 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1979 Dallas Cowboys: 11-5-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (222 points scored, 154 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (149 points scored, 159 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 371 points scored (5th of 28 teams), 313 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 287 503 3,593 ( 4) 6.60 29 13 578 2,375 (10) 4.1 15 5,968 ( 2) 34 Defense: 207 435 2,471 ( 3) 5.17 21 13 500 2,115 (11) 4.2 15 4,586 ( 8) 23

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 16 5'9 171 25 3 Southwestern Louisiana 11 Danny White QB 16 6'2 192 27 4 Arizona State 12 Roger Staubach QB 16 6'2 202 37 11 Navy 18 Glenn Carano QB 3 6'3 202 23 2 Nevada-Las Vegas 20 Ron Springs RB 16 6'1 200 22 R Ohio State 22 Wade Manning DB 9 5'11 190 24 1 Ohio State 24 Alois Blackwell RB 6 5'10 195 24 2 Houston 25 Aaron Kyle DB 16 5'11 185 25 4 Wyoming 26 Preston Pearson RB 14 6'1 206 34 13 Illinois 31 Benny Barnes DB 15 6'1 195 28 8 Stanford 32 Dennis Thurman DB 16 5'11 170 23 2 Southern California 33 Tony Dorsett RB 14 5'11 190 25 3 Pittsburgh 34 Aaron Mitchell DB 16 6'1 196 22 R Nevada-Las Vegas 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 16 6'0 205 26 5 Stanford 36 Larry Brinson RB 14 6'0 214 25 3 Florida 42 Randy Hughes DB 15 6'4 207 26 5 Oklahoma 43 Cliff Harris DB 16 6'0 192 30 10 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 14 5'10 215 29 8 Houston 50 D.D. Lewis LB 16 6'2 215 34 11 Mississippi State 52 Robert Shaw C 16 6'4 245 23 R Tennessee 53 Bob Breunig LB 16 6'2 225 26 5 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 15 6'4 250 26 5 Maryland 56 Thomas Henderson LB 11 6'2 220 26 5 Langston 57 Bruce Huther LB 16 6'1 220 25 3 New Hampshire 58 Mike Hegman LB 16 6'1 225 26 4 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 15 6'4 228 24 3 Houston 61 Jim Cooper OT 15 6'5 260 24 3 Temple 62 John Fitzgerald C 15 6'5 260 31 9 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 16 6'4 252 32 12 Hawaii 64 Tom Rafferty OG 16 6'3 250 25 4 Penn State 65 Dave Stalls DT 16 6'4 245 24 3 Northern Colorado 66 Burton Lawless OG 15 6'4 255 25 5 Florida 67 Pat Donovan OT 16 6'4 250 26 5 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 16 6'2 252 26 5 Virginia Union 70 Rayfield Wright OT 16 6'7 260 34 13 Fort Valley State 71 Andy Frederick OT 16 6'6 255 25 3 New Mexico 76 Larry Bethea DT 16 6'5 254 23 2 Michigan State 77 Bruce Thornton DE 16 6'5 265 21 R Illinois 78 John Dutton DE 8 6'7 265 28 6 Nebraska 79 Harvey Martin DE 16 6'5 250 28 7 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 16 6'2 198 23 3 Stanford 81 Steve Wilson WR 16 5'10 192 22 R Howard 84 Doug Cosbie TE 16 6'6 230 23 R Santa Clara 86 Butch Johnson WR 11 6'1 192 25 4 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 16 6'3 227 25 4 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 15 6'0 183 28 7 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 16 6'4 229 29 7 Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roger Staubach 461 267 57.9 3,586 7.78 13.4 27 5.9 11 2.4 36 240 92.3 Danny White 39 19 48.7 267 6.85 14.1 1 2.6 2 5.1 4 46 58.4 Ron Springs 3 1 33.3 30 10.00 30.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 1 4 111.1

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Hill              60  1,062   17.7   10
Drew Pearson           55  1,026   18.7    8
Tony Dorsett           45    375    8.3    1
Billy Joe DuPree       29    324   11.2    5
Preston Pearson        26    333   12.8    1
Ron Springs            25    251   10.0    1
Jay Saldi              14    181   12.9    1
Scott Laidlaw          12     59    4.9    0
Robert Newhouse         7     55    7.9    1
Butch Johnson           6    105   17.5    1
Doug Cosbie             5     36    7.2    0
Steve Wilson            3     76   25.3    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Dorsett          250  1,107    4.4    6
Robert Newhouse       124    449    3.6    3
Ron Springs            67    248    3.7    2
Scott Laidlaw          69    236    3.4    3
Roger Staubach         37    172    4.6    0
Larry Brinson          14     48    3.4    0
Drew Pearson            3     27    9.0    0
Danny White             1     25   25.0    0
Billy Joe DuPree        2     19    9.5    0
Tony Hill               2     18    9.0    0
Preston Pearson         7     14    2.0    1
Butch Johnson           1     13   13.0    0
Jay Saldi               1     -1   -1.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Springs            38    780   20.5    0
Steve Wilson           19    328   17.3    0
Wade Manning            7    145   20.7    0
Larry Brinson           2     23   11.5    0
Tony Hill               1     32   32.0    0
Bruce Huther            1      8    8.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Steve Wilson           35    236    6.7   12    0
Wade Manning           10     55    5.5    2    0
Tony Hill               6     43    7.2    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 76 3,168 41.7 9 21 0 34 252 36.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rafael Septien 0/0 7/7 7/11 3/8 2/3 19/29 40/44 97 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Benny Barnes 2 20 0 Larry Bethea 4.0 Bob Breunig 3.0 Larry Cole 2.0 John Dutton 1.0 Cliff Harris 1.0 2 35 0 Thomas Henderson 6.0 Randy Hughes 2 91 0 Aaron Kyle 2 0 0 D.D. Lewis 1.0 2 8 0 Harvey Martin 8.5 Aaron Mitchell 1 36 0 Dave Stalls 5.0 Bruce Thornton 6.5 1 3 0 Dennis Thurman 1 0 0 Randy White 5.0

1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 27 C Robert Shaw 33 Tennessee 2 55 DB Aaron Mitchell 44 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 76 TE Doug Cosbie 144 Santa Clara [pick acquired from SEA] 4 109 DE Ralph DeLoach 1 California 5 121 OG Bob Hukill North Carolina [pick acquired from CHI] 5 128 DE Curtis Anderson 6 Central State (Oh.) [pick acquired from SEA] 5 136 RB Ron Springs 112 Ohio State 6 155 DB Tim Lavender USC [pick acquired from SEA] 6 160 OG Mike Salzano North Carolina [pick acquired from DEN] 6 164 WR Chris DeFrance 4 Arizona State 7 191 LB Greg Fitzpatrick Youngstown State 8 219 DT Bruce Thornton 47 Illinois 9 247 LB Garry Cobb 140 USC 10 274 DT Mike Calhoun 7 Notre Dame 12 329 LB Quentin Lowry 27 Youngstown State

Traded draft picks: #3 to SF via SEA (Joe Montana), #11 to DET (Eddie Cole)

Transactions:

08-02-1979	Giants claimed Ken Randle on waivers
08-06-1979	traded Mike Salzano to Packers for a conditional draft pick
08-21-1979	placed Charlie Waters on injured reserve
08-28-1979	Giants claimed Todd Christensen on waivers
08-28-1979	Oilers claimed Tom Randall on waivers
10-09-1979	traded Dallas' #1 and #2 picks in the 1980 draft to Colts for John Dutton
11-19-1979	Thomas Henderson retired

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/30/79    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 19-21

1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 22-21       1-0-0
09/09/79    at San Francisco 49ers     W 21-13       2-0-0
09/16/79    vs Chicago Bears           W 24-20       3-0-0
09/24/79    at Cleveland Browns        L 7-26        3-1-0
09/30/79    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 38-13       4-1-0
10/07/79    at Minnesota Vikings       W 36-20       5-1-0
10/14/79    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 30-6        6-1-0
10/21/79    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 22-13       7-1-0
10/28/79    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 3-14        7-2-0
11/04/79    at New York Giants         W 16-14       8-2-0
11/12/79    vs Philadelphia Eagles     L 21-31       8-3-0
11/18/79    at Washington Redskins     L 20-34       8-4-0
11/22/79    vs Houston Oilers          L 24-30       8-5-0
12/02/79    vs New York Giants         W 28-7        9-5-0
12/08/79    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 24-17       10-5-0
12/16/79    vs Washington Redskins     W 35-34       11-5-0

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