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1985 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (10-6-0)

Points For: 357 (22.3/g) 11th of 28

Points Against: 333 (20.8/g) 14th of 28

Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3

SRS: .23 (12th of 28), SOS: -1.27

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 0-20 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Defensive Coordinator: Ernie Stautner

Other Notable Asst.: Neill Armstrong (Quality Control), Jim Myers (Assistant Head Coach/OL), Dick Nolan (Receivers), Jim Shofner (Quarterbacks) and Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Harvey Bright

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1500

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	357	5602	1093	5.1	41	16	336	344	587	3861	27	25	6.1	208	462	1741	11	3.8	95	100	759	33
Opp. Stats	333	5608	1076	5.2	48	15	312	279	549	3755	20	33	6.1	193	465	1853	18	4.0	98	108	990	21
Lg Rank Offense	11	8			19	11	9		3	3	6	21	10		16	17	23	22
Lg Rank Defense	14	20			2	17	15		25	26	12	2	19		10	11	17	11

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	Mon	September 9	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Washington Redskins	44	14	19	319	206	113	1	24	369	249	120	7
2	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Detroit Lions	21	26	33	554	452	102	5	13	200	128	72	1
3	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Cleveland Browns	20	7	20	343	212	131	2	15	297	169	128	3
4	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Houston Oilers	17	10	16	339	183	156		13	214	133	81	5
5	Sun	October 6	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	New York Giants	30	29	27	423	317	106	4	19	473	403	70	5
6	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	13	18	374	241	133	2	14	315	231	84	3
7	Sun	October 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	16	22	310	163	147	4	22	402	347	55	1
8	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2		Atlanta Falcons	24	10	28	461	352	109	4	18	253	91	162	4
9	Mon	November 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	10	21	18	248	159	89	3	19	286	237	49
10	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	Washington Redskins	13	7	14	338	219	119		15	267	143	124	3
11	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4		Chicago Bears	0	44	12	171	119	52	5	18	378	162	216	1
12	Sun	November 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Philadelphia Eagles	34	17	28	377	234	143	1	20	402	277	125	3
13	Thu	November 28	3:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		St. Louis Cardinals	35	17	23	393	277	116	1	24	365	281	84	3
14	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-5	@	Cincinnati Bengals	24	50	20	260	196	64	4	31	570	296	274	2
15	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		New York Giants	28	21	13	273	172	101	1	25	396	296	100	4
16	Sun	December 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	16	31	25	419	359	60	4	22	421	312	109	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-7	@	Los Angeles Rams	0	20	15	243	182	61	6	15	316	47	269	2

Passing

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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	Danny White	33	QB	14	14	10-4-0	267	450	59.3	3157	21	4.7	17	3.8	56	7.0	6.25	11.8	225.5	80.6	30	257	6.25	6.04	5.32	1	2
2	Gary Hogeboom	27	QB	16	2	0-2-0	70	126	55.6	978	5	4.0	7	5.6	58	7.8	6.06	14.0	61.1	70.8	14	118	10.00	6.14	4.61	0	0
3	Steve Pelluer	23	QB	2	0		5	8	62.5	47	0	0.0	0	0.0	28	5.9	5.88	9.4	23.5	78.6	0	0	0.00	5.88	5.88	0	0
4	Tony Hill	29	WR	15	14		1	1	100.0	42	0	0.0	0	0.0	42	42.0	42.00	42.0	2.8	118.7	0	0	0.00	42.00	42.00	0	0	PB
5	James Jones	27	RB	16	2		1	2	50.0	12	1	50.0	1	50.0	12	6.0	-6.50	12.0	0.8	68.7	0	0	0.00	6.00	-6.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	344	587	58.6	3861	27	4.6	25	4.3	58	7.2	5.58	12.3	241.3	78.6	44	375	6.97	6.12	5.19	1	2

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	Danny White	33	QB	1	1	0-1-0	24	43	55.8	217	0	0.0	3	7.0	22	5.0	1.91	9.0	217.0	40.6	5	35	10.42	3.79	0.98	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	24	43	55.8	182	0	0.0	3	7.0	28	5.0	1.09	9.0	182.0	40.6	5	35	10.42	3.79	0.98

Rushing & Receiving

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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	31	RB	16	16	305	1307	7	60	4.3	81.7	19.1	46	449	9.8	3	56	2.9	28.1	351	5.0	1756	10	7
2	Tony Hill	29	WR	15	14	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1	74	1113	15.0	7	53	4.9	74.2	75	14.8	1107	7	2	PB
3	Mike Renfro	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	60	955	15.9	8	58	3.8	59.7	60	15.9	955	8	3
4	Doug Cosbie	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	64	793	12.4	6	42	4.0	49.6	64	12.4	793	6	2	PB
5	Timmy Newsome	27	FB	14	14	88	252	2	15	2.9	18.0	6.3	46	361	7.8	1	24	3.3	25.8	134	4.6	613	3	2
6	Karl Powe	23	WR	15	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	237	16.9	0	34	0.9	15.8	14	16.9	237	0	1
7	James Jones	27	RB	16	2	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	24	179	7.5	0	35	1.5	11.2	25	7.2	179	0	0
8	Fred Cornwell	24	TE	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	77	12.8	1	32	0.4	4.8	6	12.8	77	1	0
9	Danny White	33	QB	14	14	22	44	1	21	2.0	3.1	1.6	1	12	12.0	1	12	0.1	0.9	23	2.4	56	2	6
10	Todd Fowler	23	TE	8	0	7	25	0	6	3.6	3.1	0.9	5	24	4.8	0	10	0.6	3.0	12	4.1	49	0	0
11	Gary Hogeboom	27	QB	16	2	8	48	1	15	6.0	3.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	6.0	48	1	0
12	Robert Lavette	22	RB	12	0	13	34	0	10	2.6	2.8	1.1	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.1	0.7	14	3.0	42	0	0
13	John Williams	25	RB	8	0	13	40	0	9	3.1	5.0	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	3.1	40	0	3
14	Leon Gonzalez	22	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	13	0.3	2.5	3	9.3	28	0	1
15	Gordon Banks	27	WR	2	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
16	Steve Pelluer	23	QB	2	0	3	-2	0	1	-0.7	-1.0	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-0.7	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	462	1741	11	60	3.8	108.8	28.9	344	4236	12.3	27	58	21.5	264.8	806	7.4	5977	38	29

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	31	RB	1	1	17	58	0	14	3.4	58.0	17.0	8	80	10.0	0	22	8.0	80.0	25	5.5	138	0	0
2	Doug Cosbie	29	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	61	10.2	0	21	6.0	61.0	6	10.2	61	0	0
3	Tony Hill	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	41	8.2	0	14	5.0	41.0	5	8.2	41	0	0
4	Karl Powe	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	19	19.0	0	19	1.0	19.0	1	19.0	19	0	0
5	Timmy Newsome	27	FB	1	1	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	3	10	3.3	0	7	3.0	10.0	4	3.3	13	0	0
6	James Jones	27	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	18	61	0	16	3.4	61.0	18.0	24	217	9.0	0	22	24.0	217.0	42	6.6	278	0	3

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Dextor Clinkscale	27	SS	16	16	3	16	0	11		0	2	0	0	2.0		0
2	Doug Cosbie	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
3	Tony Dorsett	31	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0		7	3	0	0	0.0		0
4	Michael Downs	26	FS	16	16	3	11	0	11		0	3	0	0	0.5		0
5	Jim Jeffcoat	24	RDE	16	16	1	65	1	65	1	0	2	0	0	12.0	77	0
6	Too Tall Jones	34	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	13.0		0
7	Kurt Petersen	28	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
8	Tom Rafferty	31	C	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	0.0		0
9	Mike Renfro	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0.0		0
10	Everson Walls	26	LCB	16	16	9	31	0	19		0	1	4	0	0.0		0	PB,AP-2
11	Randy White	32	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	10.5		0	PB,AP-1
12	John Dutton	34	LDT	16	15	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	4.0		0
13	Mike Hegman	32	LLB	16	15	1	7	0	7		0	1	0	0	5.5		0
14	Eugene Lockhart	24	MLB	16	15	1	19	1	19		0	4	17	0	3.5		0
15	Tony Hill	29	WR	15	14	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB
16	Timmy Newsome	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0.0		0
17	Danny White	33	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0		6	2	-6	0	0.0		0
18	Jeff Rohrer	27	RLB	15	12	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.5		0
19	Ron Fellows	27	RCB	13	11	4	52	0	29		0	0	0	0	0.0		0
20	Victor Scott	23	DB	16	3	2	26	1	26		1	0	0	0	3.0		0
21	Dennis Thurman	29	DB	16	3	5	21	1	21		0	0	0	0	1.0		0
22	Bill Bates	24	DB	16	2	4	15	0	8		0	0	0	0	1.0	51	0
23	Jesse Penn	23	LB	16	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0.0		0
24	Karl Powe	23	WR	15	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
25	Don Smerek	28	DT	10	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	2.0		0
26	Kevin Brooks	22	DE	11	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	2.0		0
27	Kenny Duckett	26	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0.0		0
28	Leon Gonzalez	22	WR	11	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0.0		0
29	David Ponder	23	DT	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0.5		0
30	John Williams	25	RB	8	0	0	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	33	0	4			29	13	15	0	62		0

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	Too Tall Jones	34	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Everson Walls	26	LCB	1	1	1	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Danny White	33	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Gordon Banks	27	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Kenny Duckett	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Dennis Thurman	29	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						3	0	0	0	1		0

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