1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
1st place National Football Conference Eastern Division 11-3-0 .786 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Tom Landry |
Ermal Allen | Special Assistant-Research and Development |
Mike Ditka | Special Teams/Tight Ends |
Ed Hughes | Offensive Backs |
Jim Myers | Offensive Line |
Dan Reeves | Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers |
Gene Stallings | Defensive Backs |
Ernie Stautner | Defensive Line |
Jerry Tubbs | Linebackers |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 7/31/1976 | A | Oakland Raiders | 14-17 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 52391 | |
Sat | 8/7/1976 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-26 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 60158 | |
Sat | 8/14/1976 | H | Denver Broncos | 9-13 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 54567 | |
Sat | 8/21/1976 | N | Detroit Lions | 36-16 | W | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 30340 | |
Sat | 8/28/1976 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64264 | |
Sat | 9/4/1976 | H | Houston Oilers | 26-20 | W | OT | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 58844 |
Sun | 9/12/1976 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-7 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 53540 | |
Sun | 9/19/1976 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-6 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 61413 | |
Sun | 9/26/1976 | H | Baltimore Colts | 30-27 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63725 | |
Sun | 10/3/1976 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 28-13 | W | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 62027 | |
Sun | 10/10/1976 | A | New York Giants | 24-14 | W | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 76042 | |
Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-21 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50317 | |
Sun | 10/24/1976 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-21 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 60790 | |
Sun | 10/31/1976 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-7 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55004 | |
Sun | 11/7/1976 | H | New York Giants | 9-3 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 58230 | |
Mon | 11/15/1976 | H | Buffalo Bills | 17-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 51779 | |
Sun | 11/21/1976 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 10-17 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54992 | |
Thu | 11/25/1976 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 19-14 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62498 | |
Sun | 12/5/1976 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 26-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 55072 | |
Sun | 12/12/1976 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-27 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 59916 | |
NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Sun | 12/19/1976 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 12-14 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62436 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
31 | Benny Barnes | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Contra Costa JC; Stanford | 14 | 14 |
53 | Bob Breunig | LLB | 6-2 | 236 | 23 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
63 | Larry Cole | RDT | 6-4 | 245 | 30 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 14 | 8 |
21 | Doug Dennison | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Kutztown | 14 | 10 |
67 | Pat Donovan | OT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Stanford | 14 | 0 |
89 | Billy Joe DuPree | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
52 | Jim Eidson | C-OG | 6-3 | 264 | 22 | Mississippi State | 9 | 0 |
62 | John Fitzgerald | C | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
77 | Bill Gregory | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 257 | 27 | Wisconsin | 14 | 7 |
43 | Cliff Harris | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | Ouachita Baptist | 14 | 12 |
58 | Mike Hegman | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Alabama A&M; Tennessee State | 14 | 0 |
56 | Thomas Henderson | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Langston | 14 | 0 |
1 | Efren Herrera | K | 5-9 | 190 | 25 | UCLA | 14 | 0 |
42 | Randy Hughes | RS | 6-4 | 207 | 23 | Oklahoma | 14 | 2 |
37 | Jim Jensen | RB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
86 | Butch Johnson | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 22 | UC Riverside | 14 | 2 |
72 | Ed Jones | LDE | 6-9 | 277 | 25 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
55 | Lee Roy Jordan | MLB | 6-1 | 219 | 35 | Alabama | 14 | 14 |
25 | Aaron Kyle | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Wyoming | 14 | 1 |
35 | Scott Laidlaw | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Stanford | 13 | 7 |
66 | Burton Lawless | LOG | 6-4 | 255 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 4 |
50 | D.D. Lewis | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 31 | Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
69 | Harvey Martin | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 26 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 14 |
73 | Ralph Neely | LOT | 6-5 | 265 | 33 | Oklahoma | 14 | 14 |
44 | Robert Newhouse | RB | 5-10 | 219 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 7 |
61 | Blaine Nye | ROG | 6-4 | 255 | 30 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
88 | Drew Pearson | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Tulsa | 14 | 14 |
26 | Preston Pearson | RB | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Illinois | 10 | 2 |
75 | Jethro Pugh | LDT | 6-6 | 258 | 32 | Elizabeth City State | 13 | 13 |
64 | Tom Rafferty | ROG-C | 6-3 | 262 | 22 | Penn State | 13 | 0 |
82 | Beasley Reece | WR | 6-1 | 186 | 22 | North Texas | 10 | 0 |
20 | Mel Renfro | RCB | 6-0 | 191 | 35 | Oregon | 9 | 8 |
83 | Golden Richards | WR | 6-0 | 181 | 26 | Brigham Young; Hawaii | 11 | 9 |
87 | Jay Saldi | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 22 | South Carolina | 13 | 3 |
78 | Greg Schaum | DT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Michigan State | 12 | 0 |
68 | Herbert Scott | LOG | 6-2 | 260 | 23 | Virginia Union | 14 | 10 |
12 | Roger Staubach | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 34 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Navy | 14 | 14 |
46 | Mark Washington | RCB | 5-11 | 187 | 29 | Morgan State | 13 | 5 |
41 | Charlie Waters | LS | 6-2 | 200 | 28 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
11 | Danny White | QB-P | 6-3 | 195 | 24 | Arizona State | 14 | 0 |
54 | Randy White | MLB | 6-4 | 260 | 23 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
70 | Rayfield Wright | ROT | 6-7 | 242 | 31 | Fort Valley State | 14 | 14 |
30 | Charley Young | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | North Carolina State | 11 | 2 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 27 | Aaron Kyle | DB | Wyoming |
2 | 40 | Jim Jensen | RB | Iowa |
2 | 55 | Jim Eidson | G | Mississippi State |
3 | 73 | Duke Fergerson | WR | San Diego State |
3 | 75 | John Smith | RB | Boise State |
3 | 87 | Butch Johnson | WR | California-Riverside |
4 | 119 | Tom Rafferty | G | Penn State |
5 | 151 | Wally Pesuit | OT | Kentucky |
6 | 181 | Greg McGuire | T | Indiana |
7 | 186 | Greg Schaum | DT | Michigan State |
7 | 208 | Dave Williams | RB | Colorado |
8 | 236 | Henry Laws | DB | South Carolina |
9 | 264 | Beasley Reece | DB | North Texas |
10 | 290 | Leroy Cook | DE | Alabama |
11 | 317 | Cornelius Greene | QB | Ohio State |
12 | 346 | Charles McShane | LB | California Lutheran |
13 | 374 | Mark Driscoll | QB | Colorado State |
14 | 402 | Larry Mushinskie | TE | Nebraska |
15 | 430 | Dale Curry | LB | UCLA |
16 | 458 | Rich Costanzo | T | Nebraska |
17 | 486 | Stan Woodfill | K | Oregon |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 49 | 117 | 65 | 65 | |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 58 | 34 | 85 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 269 | 111 | 140 | 18 | 98/220 44.5% | 9/14 64.3% | 94 | 761 | |
Opponents Totals | 246 | 113 | 111 | 22 | 81/213 38.0% | 8/16 50.0% | 71 | 643 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Efren Herrera | 0 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | 0 | 88 |
Drew Pearson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Doug Dennison | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Scott Laidlaw | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Robert Newhouse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Preston Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Golden Richards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Roger Staubach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Charley Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Thomas Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Aaron Kyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 34 | 34 | 34 | 100.0 | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | 2 | 296 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 23 | 25 | 92.0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 194 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Efren Herrera | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 8/8 | 6/8 | 3/5 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 18 | 23 | 78.3 | 0 | 46 | 1/1 | 8/8 | 6/8 | 3/5 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/1 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Dennison | 153 | 542 | 3.5 | 14 | 6 |
Robert Newhouse | 116 | 450 | 3.9 | 24t | 3 |
Scott Laidlaw | 94 | 424 | 4.5 | 28 | 3 |
Preston Pearson | 68 | 233 | 3.4 | 21 | 1 |
Charley Young | 48 | 208 | 4.3 | 24 | 0 |
Roger Staubach | 43 | 184 | 4.3 | 18 | 3 |
Billy Joe DuPree | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 13 | 0 |
Drew Pearson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
Jay Saldi | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Danny White | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
Team Totals | 538 | 2147 | 4.0 | 28 | 16 |
Opponents Totals | 484 | 1821 | 3.8 | 35t | 12 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger Staubach | 369 | 208 | 56.4 | 150 | 2715 | 7.4 | 13.1 | 53 | 14 | 3.8 | 11 | 3.0 | 29 | 215 | 2500 | 79.9 |
Danny White | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 5 | 213 | 10.7 | 16.4 | 56 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 15 | 198 | 94.4 |
Drew Pearson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 158.3 |
Team Totals | 390 | 222 | 56.9 | 155 | 2967 | 7.6 | 13.4 | 56 | 17 | 4.4 | 13 | 3.3 | 30 | 230 | 2737 | 81.9 |
Opponents Totals | 391 | 187 | 47.8 | 188 | 2236 | 5.7 | 12.0 | 54t | 12 | 3.1 | 16 | 4.1 | 44 | 327 | 1909 | 58.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Drew Pearson | 58 | 806 | 13.9 | 40t | 6 |
Billy Joe DuPree | 42 | 680 | 16.2 | 38t | 2 |
Scott Laidlaw | 38 | 325 | 8.6 | 26 | 1 |
Preston Pearson | 23 | 316 | 13.7 | 30 | 2 |
Golden Richards | 19 | 414 | 21.8 | 56 | 3 |
Robert Newhouse | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 16 | 0 |
Charley Young | 11 | 134 | 12.2 | 25t | 1 |
Doug Dennison | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 33 | 0 |
Butch Johnson | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 43t | 2 |
Benny Barnes | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
Beasley Reece | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Jay Saldi | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Team Totals | 222 | 2967 | 13.4 | 56 | 17 |
Opponents Totals | 187 | 2236 | 12.0 | 54t | 12 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Washington | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 22 | 0 |
Cliff Harris | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 29 | 0 |
Mel Renfro | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 23 | 0 |
Charlie Waters | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
Benny Barnes | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Randy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Harvey Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 16 | 133 | 8.3 | 29 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 13 | 155 | 11.9 | 37t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 70 | 2690 | 38.4 | 54 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 252 | 2198 | 30.5 |
Efren Herrera | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 24.5 |
Team Totals | 74 | 2739 | 37.0 | 54 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 252 | 2247 | 30.4 |
Opponents Totals | 95 | 3680 | 38.7 | 58 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 489 | 2911 | 30.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Johnson | 45 | 11 | 489 | 10.9 | 55 | 0 |
Charlie Waters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 45 | 12 | 489 | 10.9 | 55 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 28 | 9 | 252 | 9.0 | 59 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Butch Johnson | 28 | 693 | 24.8 | 74 | 0 | |
Jim Jensen | 13 | 313 | 24.1 | 35 | 0 | |
Jay Saldi | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
Thomas Henderson | 0 | 12 | 12L | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 42 | 1027 | 24.5 | 74 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 62 | 1275 | 20.6 | 35 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Harvey Martin | 14.5 | |
Ed Jones | 6.0 | |
Randy White | 5.0 | |
Larry Cole | 4.5 | |
Bill Gregory | 3.0 | |
Thomas Henderson | 2.5 | |
Bob Breunig | 2.0 | |
Randy Hughes | 1.0 | |
Jethro Pugh | 1.0 | |
Charlie Waters | 1.0 | |
Lee Roy Jordan | 0.5 | |
Aaron Kyle | 3.0 | |
Team Totals | 44.0 | 327.0 |
Opponents Totals | 30.0 | 230.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Breunig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Dennison | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
John Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hegman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Randy Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Butch Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lee Roy Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Scott Laidlaw | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
D.D. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Newhouse | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Drew Pearson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Preston Pearson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Beasley Reece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Roger Staubach | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Charlie Waters | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charley Young | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 26 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 0 |
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