1980 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1980 Dallas Cowboys: 12-4-0
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Home record: 8-0-0 (284 points scored, 130 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (170 points scored, 181 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 454 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 311 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 265 449 3,104 (14) 6.47 30 25 595 2,378 ( 6) 4.0 26 5,482 ( 9) 39 Defense: 231 484 3,210 (16) 6.09 21 27 469 2,069 (18) 4.4 15 5,279 (17) 47

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 16 5'9 171 26 4 Southwestern Louisiana 11 Danny White QB 16 6'2 192 28 5 Arizona State 14 Gary Hogeboom QB 2 6'4 201 22 R Central Michigan 18 Glenn Carano QB 3 6'3 202 24 3 Nevada-Las Vegas 20 Ron Springs RB 15 6'1 200 23 2 Ohio State 23 James Jones RB 16 5'10 201 21 R Mississippi State 26 Preston Pearson RB 11 6'1 196 35 14 Illinois 30 Timmy Newsome RB 16 6'1 227 22 R Winston-Salem State 31 Benny Barnes DB 11 6'1 195 29 9 Stanford 32 Dennis Thurman DB 16 5'11 170 24 3 Southern California 33 Tony Dorsett RB 15 5'11 190 26 4 Pittsburgh 34 Aaron Mitchell DB 15 6'1 196 23 2 Nevada-Las Vegas 40 Eric Hurt DB 4 5'11 171 23 1 San Jose State 41 Charlie Waters DB 16 6'1 200 32 10 Clemson 42 Randy Hughes DB 5 6'4 207 27 6 Oklahoma 44 Robert Newhouse RB 16 5'10 215 30 9 Houston 45 Steve Wilson DB 16 5'10 192 23 2 Howard 46 Roland Solomon DB 10 6'0 196 24 1 Utah 47 Dextor Clinkscale DB 16 5'11 189 22 R South Carolina State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 16 6'2 215 35 12 Mississippi State 51 Anthony Dickerson LB 16 6'2 214 23 R Southern Methodist 52 Robert Shaw C 14 6'4 245 24 2 Tennessee 53 Bob Breunig LB 16 6'2 225 27 6 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 16 6'4 250 27 6 Maryland 56 Bill Roe LB 16 6'3 230 22 R Colorado 57 Bruce Huther LB 15 6'1 220 26 4 New Hampshire 58 Mike Hegman LB 16 6'1 225 27 5 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 16 6'4 228 25 4 Houston 61 Jim Cooper OT 15 6'5 260 25 4 Temple 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 260 32 10 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DT 16 6'4 252 33 13 Hawaii 64 Tom Rafferty OG 16 6'3 250 26 5 Penn State 65 Kurt Petersen OG 16 6'4 251 23 R Missouri 66 Norm Wells OG 3 6'5 261 23 R Northwestern 67 Pat Donovan OT 16 6'4 250 27 6 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 16 6'2 252 27 6 Virginia Union 71 Andy Frederick OT 16 6'6 255 26 4 New Mexico 72 Too Tall Jones DE 16 6'9 260 29 6 Tennessee State 76 Larry Bethea DT 11 6'5 254 24 3 Michigan State 77 Bruce Thornton DE 13 6'5 265 22 2 Illinois 78 John Dutton DT 16 6'7 265 29 7 Nebraska 79 Harvey Martin DE 16 6'5 250 29 8 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 16 6'2 198 24 4 Stanford 84 Doug Cosbie TE 16 6'6 230 24 2 Santa Clara 86 Butch Johnson WR 16 6'1 192 26 5 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 16 6'3 227 26 5 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 16 6'0 183 29 8 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 16 6'4 229 30 8 Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Danny White 436 260 59.6 3,287 7.54 12.6 28 6.4 25 5.7 30 252 80.7 Glenn Carano 12 5 41.7 69 5.75 13.8 2 16.7 0 0.0 1 0 100.3 Tony Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Hill              60  1,055   17.6    8
Drew Pearson           43    568   13.2    6
Tony Dorsett           34    263    7.7    0
Billy Joe DuPree       29    312   10.8    7
Jay Saldi              25    311   12.4    1
Preston Pearson        20    213   10.7    2
Butch Johnson          19    263   13.8    4
Ron Springs            15    212   14.1    1
Robert Newhouse         8     75    9.4    0
James Jones             5     39    7.8    0
Timmy Newsome           4     43   10.8    0
Doug Cosbie             2     11    5.5    1
Danny White             1     -9   -9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Dorsett          278  1,185    4.3   11
Robert Newhouse       118    451    3.8    6
Ron Springs            89    326    3.7    6
James Jones            41    135    3.3    0
Danny White            27    114    4.2    1
Timmy Newsome          25     79    3.2    2
Drew Pearson            2     30   15.0    0
Tony Hill               4     27    6.8    0
Billy Joe DuPree        4     19    4.8    0
Preston Pearson         3      6    2.0    0
Glenn Carano            4      6    1.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
James Jones            32    720   22.5    0
Timmy Newsome          12    293   24.4    0
Steve Wilson            7    139   19.9    0
Eric Hurt               4     71   17.8    0
Jay Saldi               1     23   23.0    0
Doug Cosbie             1     13   13.0    0
Charlie Waters          1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
James Jones            54    548   10.1    4    0
Roland Solomon          1      8    8.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 71 2,903 40.9 11 17 0 32 215 34.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rafael Septien 1/1 3/4 6/6 0/3 1/3 11/17 59/60 92 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Benny Barnes 1 30 0 Bob Breunig 1.0 3 34 0 Dextor Clinkscale 2.0 Larry Cole 4.5 1 43 1 Anthony Dickerson 2 46 0 John Dutton 3.0 1 38 1 Mike Hegman 3.0 2 2 0 Too Tall Jones 8.0 D.D. Lewis 1.0 Harvey Martin 12.0 Aaron Mitchell 3 56 0 Bruce Thornton 3.0 Dennis Thurman 5 114 1 Charlie Waters 0.5 5 78 0 Randy White 6.0 Steve Wilson 4 82 0

1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 78 LB Bill Roe 19 Colorado [pick acquired from CHI] 3 80 RB James Jones 62 Mississippi State 4 105 DE Kurt Petersen 84 Missouri 5 133 QB Gary Hogeboom 79 Central Michigan 6 162 RB Timmy Newsome 121 Winston-Salem 7 189 RB Lester Brown Clemson 8 216 LB Larry Savage Michigan State 9 246 WR Jackie Flowers Florida State 10 273 DE Matthew Teague Prairie View 11 300 LB Gary Padjen 41 Arizona State 12 330 DE Norm Wells 3 Northwestern

Traded draft picks: #1 to BAL (Derrick Hatchett), #2 to BAL (Tim Foley)

Transactions:

03-31-1980	Roger Staubach retired
05-15-1980	traded Thomas Henderson to 49ers for San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1981 draft
08-06-1980	traded Dave Stalls to Buccaneers for Tampa's #7 pick in the 1981 draft and #4 pick in the 1982 draft
09-01-1980	traded Wade Manning to Bills for an unspecified 1981 draft pick
10-08-1980	Saints claimed Aaron Kyle on waivers

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

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/28/80    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 34-13
01/04/81    at Atlanta Falcons         W 30-27
01/11/81    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 7-20

1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/08/80    at Washington Redskins     W 17-3        1-0-0
09/14/80    at Denver Broncos          L 20-41       1-1-0
09/21/80    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 28-17       2-1-0
09/28/80    at Green Bay Packers       W 28-7        3-1-0
10/05/80    vs New York Giants         W 24-3        4-1-0
10/12/80    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 59-14       5-1-0
10/19/80    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 10-17       5-2-0
10/26/80    vs San Diego Chargers      W 42-31       6-2-0
11/02/80    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 27-24       7-2-0
11/09/80    at New York Giants         L 35-38       7-3-0
11/16/80    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 31-21       8-3-0
11/23/80    vs Washington Redskins     W 14-10       9-3-0
11/27/80    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 51-7        10-3-0
12/07/80    at Oakland Raiders         W 19-13       11-3-0
12/15/80    at Los Angeles Rams        L 14-38       11-4-0
12/21/80    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 35-27       12-4-0

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