1982 Dallas Cowboys: 6-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-2-0 (114 points scored, 90 allowed) Road record: 3-1-0 (112 points scored, 55 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 226 points scored (5th of 28 teams), 145 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 160 258 1,886 ( 9) 6.66 16 14 296 1,313 ( 5) 4.4 10 3,199 ( 5) 26 Defense: 152 289 1,742 (11) 5.43 10 15 260 1,011 (13) 3.9 5 2,753 (11) 25
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 9 5'10 180 28 6 Southwestern Louisiana 11 Danny White QB 9 6'2 196 30 7 Arizona State 14 Gary Hogeboom QB 4 6'4 199 24 3 Central Michigan 18 Glenn Carano QB 7 6'3 204 26 5 Nevada-Las Vegas 20 Ron Springs RB 9 6'1 210 25 4 Ohio State 22 George Peoples RB 8 6'0 211 22 R Auburn 23 James Jones RB 5 5'10 202 23 3 Mississippi State 24 Everson Walls DB 9 6'1 194 22 2 Grambling 25 Rod Hill DB 9 6'0 182 23 R Kentucky State 26 Michael Downs DB 9 6'3 203 23 2 Rice 27 Ron Fellows DB 9 6'0 174 23 2 Missouri 30 Timmy Newsome RB 9 6'1 231 24 3 Winston-Salem State 31 Benny Barnes DB 9 6'1 204 31 11 Stanford 32 Dennis Thurman DB 9 5'11 183 26 5 Southern California 33 Tony Dorsett RB 9 5'11 192 28 6 Pittsburgh 34 Monty Hunter DB 9 6'0 202 23 R Salem 44 Robert Newhouse RB 9 5'10 219 32 11 Houston 47 Dextor Clinkscale DB 9 5'11 190 24 2 South Carolina State 50 Jeff Rohrer LB 8 6'3 232 23 R Yale 51 Anthony Dickerson LB 9 6'2 222 25 3 Southern Methodist 53 Bob Breunig LB 9 6'2 225 29 8 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 9 6'4 268 29 8 Maryland 55 Danny Spradlin LB 9 6'1 241 23 2 Tennessee 57 Angelo King LB 9 6'1 230 24 2 South Carolina State 58 Mike Hegman LB 9 6'1 228 29 7 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 9 6'4 227 27 6 Houston 60 Don Smerek DT 7 6'7 257 24 2 Nevada-Reno 61 Jim Cooper OT 9 6'5 263 27 6 Temple 62 Brian Baldinger OG 4 6'4 253 22 R Duke 63 Glen Titensor OG 4 6'4 260 24 2 Brigham Young 64 Tom Rafferty C 9 6'3 259 28 7 Penn State 65 Kurt Petersen OG 9 6'4 268 25 3 Missouri 67 Pat Donovan OT 9 6'4 257 29 8 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 6 6'2 260 29 8 Virginia Union 70 Howard Richards OT 8 6'6 258 23 2 Missouri 72 Too Tall Jones DE 9 6'9 272 31 8 Tennessee State 73 Steve Wright OT 9 6'6 263 23 2 Northern Iowa 75 Phil Pozderac OT 7 6'9 270 22 R Notre Dame 76 Larry Bethea DT 8 6'5 244 26 5 Michigan State 78 John Dutton DT 9 6'7 275 31 9 Nebraska 79 Harvey Martin DE 9 6'5 260 31 10 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 9 6'2 198 26 6 Stanford 83 Doug Donley WR 6 6'0 173 23 2 Ohio State 84 Doug Cosbie TE 9 6'6 232 26 4 Santa Clara 86 Butch Johnson WR 9 6'1 187 28 7 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 5 6'3 230 28 7 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 9 6'0 193 31 10 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 9 6'4 223 32 10 Michigan State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Danny White 247 156 63.2 2,079 8.42 13.3 16 6.5 12 4.9 25 264 91.1 Gary Hogeboom 8 3 37.5 45 5.62 15.0 0 0.0 1 12.5 0 0 17.2 Drew Pearson 2 1 50.0 26 13.00 26.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 56.3 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 35 526 15.0 1 Doug Cosbie 30 441 14.7 4 Drew Pearson 26 382 14.7 3 Tony Dorsett 24 179 7.5 0 Ron Springs 17 163 9.6 2 Butch Johnson 12 269 22.4 3 Billy Joe DuPree 7 41 5.9 2 Timmy Newsome 6 118 19.7 1 Doug Donley 2 23 11.5 0 Jay Saldi 1 8 8.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Tony Dorsett 177 745 4.2 5 Ron Springs 59 243 4.1 2 Timmy Newsome 15 98 6.5 1 Danny White 17 91 5.4 0 Robert Newhouse 14 79 5.6 1 Tony Hill 1 22 22.0 0 George Peoples 7 22 3.1 0 Butch Johnson 1 9 9.0 0 Billy Joe DuPree 1 6 6.0 1 Gary Hogeboom 3 0 0.0 0 Doug Cosbie 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ron Fellows 16 359 22.4 0 Doug Donley 8 151 18.9 0 Timmy Newsome 5 74 14.8 0 James Jones 2 46 23.0 0 Dennis Thurman 1 17 17.0 0 Doug Cosbie 1 4 4.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ron Fellows 25 189 7.6 0 0 Rod Hill 4 39 9.8 0 0 Doug Donley 1 14 14.0 0 0 |
1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DB Rod Hill 48 Kentucky State 2 53 LB Jeff Rohrer 83 Yale 3 81 LB Jim Eliopulous 31 Wyoming 4 101 DB Brian Carpenter 35 Michigan [pick acquired from TB] 4 109 DB Monty Hunter 14 Salem 5 137 OT Phil Pozderac 70 Notre Dame 6 143 OG Ken Hammond Vanderbilt [pick acquired from CLE] 6 165 DT Charles Daum Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 7 193 DE Bill Purifoy Tulsa 8 216 RB George Peoples 32 Auburn [pick acquired from DEN via BUF] 8 221 RB Dwight Sullivan North Carolina State 9 249 DT Joe Gary UCLA 10 277 OT Todd Eckerson North Carolina State 11 295 WR George Thompson Albany State (Ga.) [pick acquired from TB] 11 304 RB Michael Whiting Florida State 12 332 OG Rich Burtness Montana
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 09-07-1982 | Patriots claimed Ron Spears on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/09/83 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30-17 01/16/83 vs Green Bay Packers W 37-26 01/22/83 at Washington Redskins L 17-31
1982 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/13/82 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 28-36 0-1-0 09/19/82 at St. Louis Cardinals W 24-7 1-1-0 11/21/82 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 14-9 2-1-0 11/25/82 vs Cleveland Browns W 31-14 3-1-0 12/05/82 at Washington Redskins W 24-10 4-1-0 12/13/82 at Houston Oilers W 37-7 5-1-0 12/19/82 vs New Orleans Saints W 21-7 6-1-0 12/26/82 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 20-24 6-2-0 01/03/83 at Minnesota Vikings L 27-31 6-3-0