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1972 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 2nd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (10-4-0)

Points For: 319 (22.8/g) 10th of 26

Points Against: 240 (17.1/g) 6th of 26

Expected W-L: 9.3-4.7

SRS: 6.12 (7th of 26), SOS: .48

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 30-28 vs. San Francisco 49ers
Lost Conference Championship 3-26 vs. Washington Redskins

Offensive Coordinator: Jim Myers

Other Notable Asst.: Sid Gillman (Quality Control), Ron Meyer (Scout), Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs) and Ernie Stautner (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	319	4466	897	5.0	38	15	256	196	367	2342	16	23	5.9	126	499	2124	17	4.3	118	90	841	12
Opp. Stats	240	3755	842	4.5	33	17	217	187	382	2240	18	16	5.4	113	428	1515	7	3.5	81	59	586	23
Lg Rank Offense	10	6			21	14	5		14	8	12	19	10		10	8	6	9
Lg Rank Defense	6	6			12	6	5		24	19	16	18	12		5	1	2	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Philadelphia Eagles	28	6	22	389	235	154	3	17	315	245	70	4
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	New York Giants	23	14	18	297	158	139		14	355	271	84	2
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	13	16	16	269	131	138	5	11	168	44	124
4	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	13	21	367	176	191	4	14	272	142	130	2
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Baltimore Colts	21	0	21	390	265	125	2	14	175	70	105	3
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Washington Redskins	20	24	18	276	160	116	2	17	305	172	133	1
7	Mon	October 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Detroit Lions	28	24	19	365	206	159	2	14	283	224	59
8	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	San Diego Chargers	34	28	17	269	169	100	2	17	346	202	144	4
9	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		St. Louis Cardinals	33	24	23	427	197	230	1	16	328	274	54	3
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	28	7	20	321	158	163	3	12	126	6	120	3
11	Thu	November 23	3:30PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3		San Francisco 49ers	10	31	19	308	201	107	4	17	280	157	123	1
12	Sun	December 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	27	6	18	349	140	209	5	10	141	89	52	5
13	Sat	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Washington Redskins	34	24	14	307	61	246	1	19	312	169	143	4
14	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4		New York Giants	3	23	10	132	85	47	4	25	349	175	174	1
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	30	28	22	402	237	165	5	13	255	150	105	3
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 31	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-5	@	Washington Redskins	3	26	8	169	73	96	1	16	316	194	122	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Craig Morton	29	QB	14	14	10-4-0	185	339	54.6	2396	15	4.4	21	6.2	46	7.1	5.17	13.0	171.1	65.9	23	179	6.35	6.12	4.34	0	0
2	Roger Staubach	30	QB	4	0		9	20	45.0	98	0	0.0	2	10.0	21	4.9	0.40	10.9	24.5	20.4	8	59	28.57	1.39	-1.82	0	0
3	Calvin Hill	25	RB	14	14		1	3	33.3	55	1	33.3	0	0.0	55	18.3	25.00	55.0	3.9	121.5	0	0	0.00	18.33	25.00	0	0	PB
4	Mike Montgomery	23	RB	12	0		1	3	33.3	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	31	10.3	10.33	31.0	2.6	72.9	0	0	0.00	10.33	10.33	0	0
5	Dan Reeves	28	RB	14	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	196	367	53.4	2342	16	4.4	23	6.3	55	7.0	5.08	13.2	167.3	64.3	31	238	7.79	5.88	4.09	0	0

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	30	QB	2	1	0-1-0	21	40	52.5	272	2	5.0	0	0.0	27	6.8	7.80	13.0	136.0	90.8	7	56	14.89	4.60	5.45	1	1
2	Craig Morton	29	QB	1	1	1-0-0	8	21	38.1	96	1	4.8	2	9.5	28	4.6	1.24	12.0	96.0	29.2	1	2	4.55	4.27	1.09	0	0
3	Calvin Hill	25	RB	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	29	62	46.8	310	3	4.8	2	3.2	28	4.7	5.45	12.7	155.0	57.2	8	58	11.43	3.04	3.04	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Calvin Hill	25	RB	14	14	245	1036	6	26	4.2	74.0	17.5	43	364	8.5	3	33	3.1	26.0	288	4.9	1400	9	7	PB
2	Walt Garrison	28	FB	14	14	167	784	7	41	4.7	56.0	11.9	37	390	10.5	3	26	2.6	27.9	204	5.8	1174	10	6	PB
3	Ron Sellers	25	WR	14	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	653	21.1	5	55	2.2	46.6	31	21.1	653	5	1
4	Billy Parks	24	WR	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	298	16.6	1	38	1.5	24.8	18	16.6	298	1	0
5	Mike Montgomery	23	RB	12	0	35	81	1	10	2.3	6.8	2.9	8	131	16.4	1	46	0.7	10.9	43	4.9	212	2	1
6	Bob Hayes	30	WR	12	5	2	8	0	7	4.0	0.7	0.2	15	200	13.3	0	29	1.3	16.7	17	12.2	208	0	1
7	Mike Ditka	33	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	198	11.6	1	26	1.2	14.1	17	11.6	198	1	0
8	Lance Alworth	32	WR	14	7	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	15	195	13.0	2	30	1.1	13.9	16	12.3	197	2	0
9	Robert Newhouse	22	RB	14	0	28	116	1	19	4.1	8.3	2.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.6	29	4.3	124	1	1
10	Jean Fugett	21	TE	14	0	3	2	0	9	0.7	0.1	0.2	7	94	13.4	0	29	0.5	6.7	10	9.6	96	0	0
11	Billy Truax	29	TE	6	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	49	12.3	0	18	0.7	8.2	4	12.3	49	0	0
12	Roger Staubach	30	QB	4	0	6	45	0	20	7.5	11.3	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	7.5	45	0	1
13	Craig Morton	29	QB	14	14	8	26	2	12	3.3	1.9	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.3	26	2	4
14	Dan Reeves	28	RB	14	0	3	14	0	14	4.7	1.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.7	14	0	0
15	Ralph Neely	29	LT	13	13	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	499	2124	17	41	4.3	151.7	35.6	196	2580	13.2	16	55	14.0	184.3	695	6.8	4704	33	22

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Calvin Hill	25	RB	2	2	27	147	0	48	5.4	73.5	13.5	3	17	5.7	0	8	1.5	8.5	30	5.5	164	0	3
2	Billy Parks	24	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	157	19.6	1	27	4.0	78.5	8	19.6	157	1	0
3	Roger Staubach	30	QB	2	1	8	82	0	29	10.3	41.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	10.3	82	0	1
4	Walt Garrison	28	FB	2	2	16	30	0	7	1.9	15.0	8.0	5	42	8.4	0	13	2.5	21.0	21	3.4	72	0	0
5	Lance Alworth	32	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	55	18.3	1	28	1.5	27.5	3	18.3	55	1	0
6	Ron Sellers	25	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	50	12.5	1	22	2.0	25.0	4	12.5	50	1	0
7	Mike Montgomery	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	19	9.5	0	12	2.0	19.0	2	9.5	19	0	0
8	Mike Ditka	33	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	13	6.5	0	9	1.0	6.5	2	6.5	13	0	0
9	Bob Hayes	30	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	1.0	13.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
10	Craig Morton	29	QB	1	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	1
11	Billy Truax	29	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	52	261	0	48	5.0	130.5	26.0	29	368	12.7	3	28	14.5	184.0	81	7.8	629	3	5

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dave Edwards	33	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	1.0	0
2	Walt Garrison	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Cornell Green	32	SS	14	14	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	PB
4	Cliff Harris	24	FS	14	14	3	40	0	23	4	3	13	0	0.0	0
5	Calvin Hill	25	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Lee Roy Jordan	31	MLB	14	14	2	18	0	12	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
7	Bob Lilly	33	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.5	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-4
8	Dave Manders	31	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Craig Morton	29	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	John Niland	28	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Jethro Pugh	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	0
12	Pat Toomay	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0
13	Chuck Howley	36	RLB	13	13	1	7	0	7	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
14	Ralph Neely	29	LT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mel Renfro	31	RCB	14	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-9
16	Ron Sellers	25	WR	14	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Herb Adderley	33	LCB	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
18	Larry Cole	26	LDE	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
19	Charlie Waters	24	LCB	14	7	6	132	1	56	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tody Smith	24	LDE	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
21	Bob Hayes	30	WR	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bill Gregory	23	DE	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
23	D.D. Lewis	27	LB	12	1	1	15	0	15	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mark Washington	25	DB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	1
25	John Babinecz	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jean Fugett	21	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mike Montgomery	23	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	54	1	0.0	0
28	Robert Newhouse	22	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Roger Staubach	30	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	213	1	56	27	27	86	2	32.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Calvin Hill	25	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Cliff Harris	24	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Craig Morton	29	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Charlie Waters	24	LCB	1	1	2	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Roger Staubach	30	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Billy Truax	29	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	2	12	0	12	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	0

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