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1979 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-5-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (11-5-0)

Points For: 371 (23.2/g) 5th of 28

Points Against: 313 (19.6/g) 12th of 28

Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4

SRS: 3.31 (8th of 28), SOS: -0.32

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 19-21 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Offensive Coordinator: Dan Reeves

Defensive Coordinator: Ernie Stautner

Other Notable Asst.: Mike Ditka (Special Teams/Receivers), Jim Myers (Assistant Head Coach/OL) and Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +200

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	371	5968	1122	5.3	34	21	339	287	503	3593	29	13	6.6	195	578	2375	15	4.1	122	100	845	22
Opp. Stats	313	4586	978	4.7	23	10	259	207	435	2471	21	13	5.2	134	500	2115	15	4.2	105	70	704	20
Lg Rank Offense	5	2			6	24	2		8	4	2	1	4		8	10	18	11
Lg Rank Defense	12	8			28	28	3		6	3	15	28	8		4	11	10	20

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 2	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	22	21	24	455	294	161	1	17	342	105	237	2
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	21	13	19	347	249	98	1	16	294	231	63	2
3	Sun	September 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Chicago Bears	24	20	26	420	206	214	3	14	318	118	200	2
4	Mon	September 24	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	7	26	20	394	271	123	5	15	311	229	82	1
5	Sun	September 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Cincinnati Bengals	38	13	24	370	176	194	1	20	285	181	104	3
6	Sun	October 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	36	20	25	446	167	279	2	14	240	179	61	2
7	Sun	October 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1		Los Angeles Rams	30	6	23	403	202	201	1	11	158	99	59	3
8	Sun	October 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		St. Louis Cardinals	22	13	12	319	164	155	3	18	235	98	137	2
9	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	14	16	278	199	79	1	16	288	115	173
10	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2	@	New York Giants	16	14	19	344	238	106	1	12	249	133	116	1
11	Mon	November 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3		Philadelphia Eagles	21	31	17	408	285	123	3	17	328	158	170
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Washington Redskins	20	34	27	384	299	85	5	19	306	202	104
13	Thu	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		Houston Oilers	24	30	20	371	279	92	3	17	378	154	224
14	Sun	December 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		New York Giants	28	7	21	316	150	166		14	197	98	99	3
15	Sat	December 8	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5	@	Philadelphia Eagles	24	17	19	279	94	185	1	18	284	204	80	1
16	Sun	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-5		Washington Redskins	35	34	27	434	320	114	3	21	373	167	206	1
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-6		Los Angeles Rams	19	21	17	280	124	156	1	16	361	202	159	2

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	Roger Staubach	37	QB	16	16	11-5-0	267	461	57.9	3586	27	5.9	11	2.4	75	7.8	7.88	13.4	224.1	92.3	36	240	7.24	6.73	6.82	4	4	PB,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
2	Danny White	27	P	16	0		19	39	48.7	267	1	2.6	2	5.1	45	6.8	5.05	14.1	16.7	58.4	4	46	9.30	5.14	3.51	0	0
3	Ron Springs	23	RB	16	2		1	3	33.3	30	1	33.3	0	0.0	30	10.0	16.67	30.0	1.9	111.1	1	4	25.00	6.50	11.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	287	503	57.1	3593	29	5.8	13	2.6	75	7.7	7.71	13.5	224.6	90.2	41	290	7.54	6.60	6.60	4	4

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	37	QB	1	1	0-1-0	12	28	42.9	124	1	3.6	1	3.6	29	4.4	3.54	10.3	124.0	53.3	1	0	3.45	4.28	3.41	0	0
2	Ron Springs	23	RB	1	0		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			1	1	0-1-0	12	29	41.4	124	1	3.4	1	3.4	29	4.3	3.41	10.3	124.0	51.5	1	0	3.33	4.13	3.30	0	0

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	Tony Dorsett	25	RB	14	14	250	1107	6	41	4.4	79.1	17.9	45	375	8.3	1	32	3.2	26.8	295	5.0	1482	7	9
2	Tony Hill	23	WR	16	15	2	18	0	12	9.0	1.1	0.1	60	1062	17.7	10	75	3.8	66.4	62	17.4	1080	10	1	PB
3	Drew Pearson	28	WR	15	14	3	27	0	16	9.0	1.8	0.2	55	1026	18.7	8	56	3.7	68.4	58	18.2	1053	8	0
4	Robert Newhouse	29	FB	14	11	124	449	3	21	3.6	32.1	8.9	7	55	7.9	1	21	0.5	3.9	131	3.8	504	4	2
5	Ron Springs	23	RB	16	2	67	248	2	15	3.7	15.5	4.2	25	251	10.0	1	27	1.6	15.7	92	5.4	499	3	2
6	Preston Pearson	34	RB	14	0	7	14	1	11	2.0	1.0	0.5	26	333	12.8	1	26	1.9	23.8	33	10.5	347	2	0
7	Billy Joe DuPree	29	TE	16	16	2	19	0	20	9.5	1.2	0.1	29	324	11.2	5	33	1.8	20.3	31	11.1	343	5	1
8	Scott Laidlaw	26	RB	16	4	69	236	3	15	3.4	14.8	4.3	12	59	4.9	0	12	0.8	3.7	81	3.6	295	3	5
9	Jay Saldi	25	WR	16	2	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	14	181	12.9	1	23	0.9	11.3	15	12.0	180	1	0
10	Roger Staubach	37	QB	16	16	37	172	0	20	4.6	10.8	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	37	4.6	172	0	8	PB,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
11	Butch Johnson	25	WR	11	1	1	13	0	13	13.0	1.2	0.1	6	105	17.5	1	28	0.5	9.5	7	16.9	118	1	0
12	Steve Wilson	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	76	25.3	0	45	0.2	4.8	3	25.3	76	0	1
13	Larry Brinson	25	RB	14	0	14	48	0	10	3.4	3.4	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	14	3.4	48	0	1
14	Doug Cosbie	23	TE	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	36	7.2	0	12	0.3	2.3	5	7.2	36	0	1
15	Danny White	27	P	16	0	1	25	0	25	25.0	1.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	25.0	25	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	578	2375	15	41	4.1	148.4	36.1	287	3883	13.5	29	75	17.9	242.7	865	7.2	6258	44	32

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	Tony Dorsett	25	RB	1	1	19	87	0	26	4.6	87.0	19.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	19	4.6	87	0	0
2	Drew Pearson	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	61	20.3	0	29	3.0	61.0	3	20.3	61	0	0
3	Billy Joe DuPree	29	TE	1	1	1	27	0	27	27.0	27.0	1.0	2	26	13.0	0	17	2.0	26.0	3	17.7	53	0	0
4	Ron Springs	23	RB	1	0	5	20	1	15	4.0	20.0	5.0	1	2	2.0	0	2	1.0	2.0	6	3.7	22	1	0
5	Robert Newhouse	29	FB	1	0	7	21	0	6	3.0	21.0	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	3.0	21	0	0
6	Jay Saldi	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	17	8.5	1	15	2.0	17.0	2	8.5	17	1	0
7	Preston Pearson	34	RB	1	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0	2	15	7.5	0	10	2.0	15.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
8	Butch Johnson	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	0	3	1.0	3.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
9	Roger Staubach	37	QB	1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
10	Tony Hill	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0		1.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	34	156	1	27	4.6	156.0	34.0	12	124	10.3	1	29	12.0	124.0	46	6.1	280	2	0

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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	Bob Breunig	26	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	PB
2	Larry Cole	33	LDE/LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
3	Pat Donovan	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Billy Joe DuPree	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Cliff Harris	31	FS	16	16	2	35	0	20	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	PB
6	Aaron Kyle	25	RCB	16	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	D.D. Lewis	34	RLB	16	16	2	8	0	5	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
8	Harvey Martin	29	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	1	PB,AP-2
9	Tom Rafferty	25	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Roger Staubach	37	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP MVP-4,AP OPoY-4
11	Benny Barnes	28	LCB	15	15	2	20	0	11	0	2	33	1	0.0	0
12	Tony Hill	23	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Randy Hughes	26	SS	15	15	2	91	0	68	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Tony Dorsett	25	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Randy White	26	RDT	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	PB,AP-1
16	Dave Stalls	24	LDT	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0
17	Jim Cooper	24	RT	15	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Robert Newhouse	29	FB	14	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Thomas Henderson	26	LLB	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
20	John Dutton	28	LDE	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Scott Laidlaw	26	RB	16	4	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Larry Bethea	23	DT	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
23	Ron Springs	23	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
24	Doug Cosbie	23	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Aaron Mitchell	23	DB	16	1	1	36	0	36	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Robert Shaw	23	C	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-34	0	0.0	0
27	Dennis Thurman	23	DB	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Larry Brinson	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Wade Manning	24	CB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Bruce Thornton	21	DT	16	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
31	Danny White	27	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Steve Wilson	22	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	13	193	0	68	34	22	-1	1	43.0	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	Cliff Harris	31	FS	1	1	1	22	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Randy White	26	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1
3	Dennis Thurman	23	DB	1	0	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	2	40	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1

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