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 |
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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