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 |
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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