1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)

1st place National Football Conference Eastern Division 11-3-0 .786

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
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
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
Sun	12/19/1976	H	Los Angeles Rams	12-14	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	62436	NFC Divisional Playoff

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
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
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
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	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Efren Herrera	18	23	78.3	1/1	8/8	6/8	3/5	0/1
Team Totals	18	23	78.3	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
Butch Johnson	45	11	489	10.9	55
Charlie Waters	0	1	0
Team Totals	45	12	489	10.9	55
Opponents Totals	28	9	252	9.0	59

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Butch Johnson	28	693	24.8	74
Jim Jensen	13	313	24.1	35
Jay Saldi	1	9	9.0	9
Thomas Henderson	0	12		12L
Team Totals	42	1027	24.5	74
Opponents Totals	62	1275	20.6	35

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