1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
2nd place National Football Conference Eastern Division 12-4-0 .750 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Tom Landry |
Ermal Allen | Special Assistant-Research and Development |
Mike Ditka | Special Teams/Tight Ends |
Al Lavan | Running Backs |
Jim Myers | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line |
Dan Reeves | Offensive Coordinator/Quaterbacks/Wide Receivers |
Gene Stallings | Defensive Backs |
Ernie Stautner | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
Jerry Tubbs | Linebackers |
Bob Ward | Conditioning |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/9/1980 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-14 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 54876 | |
Sat | 8/16/1980 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 19-16 | W | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 63283 | |
Sat | 8/23/1980 | H | Houston Oilers | 20-13 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63658 | |
Sat | 8/30/1980 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-31 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62795 | |
Mon | 9/8/1980 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-3 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55045 | |
Sun | 9/14/1980 | A | Denver Broncos | 20-41 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 74919 | |
Sun | 9/21/1980 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 28-17 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62750 | |
Sun | 9/28/1980 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54776 | |
Sun | 10/5/1980 | H | New York Giants | 24-3 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 59126 | |
Sun | 10/12/1980 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 59-14 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63399 | |
Sun | 10/19/1980 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-17 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 70696 | |
Sun | 10/26/1980 | H | San Diego Chargers | 42-31 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 60639 | |
Sun | 11/2/1980 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-24 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50701 | |
Sun | 11/9/1980 | A | New York Giants | 35-38 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 68343 | |
Sun | 11/16/1980 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-21 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 52567 | |
Sun | 11/23/1980 | H | Washington Redskins | 14-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 58809 | |
Thu | 11/27/1980 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 51-7 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 57540 | |
Sun | 12/7/1980 | A | Oakland Raiders | 19-13 | W | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53194 | |
Mon | 12/15/1980 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 14-38 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 65154 | |
Sun | 12/21/1980 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-27 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62548 | |
NFC Wild Card Playoff | |||||||||
Sun | 12/28/1980 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 34-13 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64533 | |
NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Sun | 1/4/1981 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 30-27 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 60022 | |
NFC Championship | |||||||||
Sun | 1/11/1981 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-20 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 70696 |
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 | 29 | Contra Costa JC; Stanford | 11 | 6 |
76 | Larry Bethea | DT | 6-5 | 251 | 24 | Michigan State | 11 | 0 |
53 | Bob Breunig | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 27 | Arizona State | 16 | 16 |
59 | Guy Brown | LB | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Houston | 16 | 0 |
18 | Glenn Carano | QB | 6-3 | 201 | 25 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 3 | 0 |
47 | Dextor Clinkscale | S | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | South Carolina State | 16 | 0 |
63 | Larry Cole | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 34 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 16 | 16 |
61 | Jim Cooper | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Temple | 15 | 15 |
84 | Doug Cosbie | TE | 6-6 | 238 | 24 | Holy Cross; DeAnza JC; Santa Clara | 16 | 0 |
51 | Anthony Dickerson | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Trinity Valley CC; Southern Methodist | 16 | 0 |
67 | Pat Donovan | LOT | 6-5 | 260 | 27 | Stanford | 16 | 16 |
33 | Tony Dorsett | RB | 5-11 | 189 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 15 |
89 | Billy Joe DuPree | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Michigan State | 16 | 16 |
78 | John Dutton | DT | 6-7 | 261 | 29 | Nebraska | 16 | 0 |
62 | John Fitzgerald | C | 6-5 | 255 | 32 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
71 | Andy Frederick | ROT | 6-6 | 265 | 26 | New Mexico | 16 | 1 |
68 | Mike Hegman | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Alabama A&M; Tennessee State | 16 | 16 |
80 | Tony Hill | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Stanford | 16 | 13 |
14 | Gary Hogeboom | QB | 6-4 | 208 | 22 | Central Michigan | 2 | 0 |
42 | Randy Hughes | FS | 6-4 | 207 | 27 | Oklahoma | 5 | 0 |
40 | Eric Hurt | CB | 5-11 | 171 | 23 | San Jose State | 4 | 0 |
57 | Bruce Huther | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | New Hampshire | 15 | 0 |
86 | Butch Johnson | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | UC Riverside | 16 | 1 |
72 | Ed Jones | LDE | 6-9 | 277 | 29 | Tennessee State | 16 | 16 |
23 | James Jones | RB | 5-10 | 203 | 22 | Mississippi State | 16 | 0 |
50 | D.D. Lewis | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 35 | Mississippi State | 16 | 16 |
79 | Harvey Martin | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 16 | 16 |
34 | Aaron Mitchell | RCB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Morris Brown; Canyons JC; Nevada-Las Vegas | 15 | 15 |
44 | Robert Newhouse | FB-RB | 5-10 | 219 | 30 | Houston | 16 | 10 |
30 | Timmy Newsome | FB | 6-1 | 236 | 22 | Winston-Salem State | 16 | 1 |
88 | Drew Pearson | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Tulsa | 16 | 15 |
26 | Preston Pearson | RB | 6-1 | 190 | 35 | Illinois | 11 | 0 |
65 | Kurt Petersen | OG | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Missouri | 16 | 0 |
64 | Tom Rafferty | ROG | 6-3 | 262 | 26 | Penn State | 16 | 16 |
56 | Bill Roe | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Colorado | 16 | 0 |
87 | Jay Saldi | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 26 | South Carolina | 16 | 3 |
68 | Herbert Scott | LOG | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Virginia Union | 16 | 16 |
1 | Rafael Septien | K | 5-9 | 171 | 27 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 16 | 0 |
52 | Robert Shaw | C | 6-4 | 261 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 2 |
46 | Roland Solomon | CB | 5-11 | 180 | 24 | Utah | 10 | 0 |
20 | Ron Springs | FB | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Ohio State | 15 | 6 |
77 | Bruce Thornton | DE-DT | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Illinois | 13 | 0 |
32 | Dennis Thurman | FS | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
41 | Charlie Waters | SS | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | Clemson | 16 | 16 |
66 | Norm Wells | OG | 6-5 | 261 | 23 | Northwestern | 3 | 0 |
11 | Danny White | QB-P | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Arizona State | 16 | 16 |
54 | Randy White | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Maryland | 16 | 16 |
45 | Steve Wilson | LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Howard | 16 | 11 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
3 | 78 | Bill Roe | LB | Colorado |
3 | 80 | James Jones | RB | Mississippi State |
4 | 105 | Kurt Petersen | DE | Missouri |
5 | 133 | Gary Hogeboom | QB | Central Michigan |
6 | 162 | Timmy Newsome | RB | Winston-Salem State |
7 | 189 | Lester Brown | RB | Clemson |
8 | 216 | Larry Savage | LB | Michigan State |
9 | 246 | Jackie Flowers | WR | Florida State |
10 | 273 | Matthew Teague | DE | Prairie View A&M |
11 | 300 | Gary Padjen | LB | Arizona State |
12 | 330 | Norm Wells | DE | Northwestern |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 96 | 153 | 86 | 119 | |
Opponents Totals | 59 | 130 | 44 | 78 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 337 | 143 | 171 | 23 | 120/243 49.4% | 5/11 45.5% | 109 | 908 | |
Opponents Totals | 286 | 98 | 160 | 28 | 89/222 40.1% | 7/15 46.7% | 106 | 989 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 0 | 59 | 60 | 98.3 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 0 | 92 |
Tony Dorsett | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
Tony Hill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Billy Joe DuPree | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Ron Springs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Robert Newhouse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Drew Pearson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Butch Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Preston Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Larry Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Dutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Hegman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jay Saldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dennis Thurman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 60 | 59 | 60 | 98.3 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 1 | 454 |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 38 | 38 | 100.0 | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 0 | 311 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 0 | 52 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 6/6 | 0/3 | 1/3 |
Team Totals | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 0 | 52 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 6/6 | 0/3 | 1/3 |
Opponents Totals | 15 | 28 | 53.6 | 1/1 | 5/8 | 3/7 | 4/9 | 2/3 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Dorsett | 278 | 1185 | 4.3 | 56 | 11 |
Robert Newhouse | 118 | 451 | 3.8 | 29t | 6 |
Ron Springs | 89 | 326 | 3.7 | 20t | 6 |
James Jones | 41 | 135 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
Danny White | 27 | 114 | 4.2 | 48 | 1 |
Timmy Newsome | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 23 | 2 |
Drew Pearson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 32 | 0 |
Tony Hill | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
Billy Joe Dupree | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
Preston Pearson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Glenn Carano | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 595 | 2378 | 4.0 | 56 | 26 |
Opponents Totals | 469 | 2069 | 4.4 | 61 | 15 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 436 | 260 | 260 | 151 | 3287 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 58t | 28 | 6.4 | 25 | 5.7 | 30 | 252 | 3035 | 80.7 |
Glenn Carano | 12 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 69 | 5.8 | 13.8 | 25 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 100.3 |
Tony Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 449 | 265 | 265 | 159 | 3356 | 7.5 | 12.7 | 58t | 30 | 6.7 | 25 | 5.6 | 31 | 252 | 3104 | 81.5 |
Opponents Totals | 484 | 231 | 231 | 226 | 3568 | 7.4 | 15.4 | 69t | 21 | 4.3 | 27 | 5.6 | 43 | 358 | 3210 | 63.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Hill | 60 | 1055 | 17.6 | 58t | 8 |
Drew Pearson | 43 | 568 | 13.2 | 30 | 6 |
Tony Dorsett | 34 | 263 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
Billy Joe Dupree | 29 | 312 | 10.8 | 39 | 7 |
Jay Saldi | 25 | 311 | 12.4 | 43 | 1 |
Preston Pearson | 20 | 213 | 10.7 | 20 | 2 |
Butch Johnson | 19 | 263 | 13.8 | 29t | 4 |
Ron Springs | 15 | 212 | 14.1 | 58t | 1 |
Robert Newhouse | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
James Jones | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 |
Danny White | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 265 | 3356 | 12.7 | 58t | 30 |
Opponents Totals | 231 | 3568 | 15.4 | 69t | 21 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Thurman | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 78t | 1 |
Charlie Waters | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 29 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
Aaron Mitchell | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 56 | 0 |
Bob Breunig | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
Anthony Dickerson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
Mike Hegman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Larry Cole | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43t | 1 |
John Dutton | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
Benny Barnes | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Team Totals | 27 | 523 | 19.4 | 78t | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 25 | 179 | 7.2 | 36 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 71 | 2903 | 40.9 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 215 | 2468 | 34.8 |
Team Totals | 71 | 2903 | 40.9 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 215 | 2468 | 34.8 |
Opponents Totals | 76 | 3303 | 43.5 | 58 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 556 | 2627 | 34.6 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 54 | 4 | 548 | 10.1 | 52 | 0 |
Roland Solomon | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Team Totals | 55 | 4 | 556 | 10.1 | 52 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 32 | 10 | 215 | 6.7 | 53 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 32 | 720 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 | |
Timmy Newsome | 12 | 293 | 24.4 | 36 | 0 | |
Steve Wilson | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 34 | 0 | |
Eric Hurt | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 24 | 0 | |
Jay Saldi | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 58 | 1259 | 21.7 | 41 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 73 | 1568 | 21.5 | 53 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Harvey Martin | 12.0 | |
Ed Jones | 7.0 | |
Randy White | 6.5 | |
Larry Cole | 4.5 | |
Bruce Thornton | 3.0 | |
Mike Hegman | 3.0 | |
John Dutton | 2.5 | |
Dextor Clinkscale | 2.0 | |
Bob Breunig | 1.0 | |
D.D. Lewis | 1.0 | |
Charlie Waters | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 43.0 | 358.0 |
Opponents Totals | 31.0 | 252.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dextor Clinkscale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Cole | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Cooper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Anthony Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Donovan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Dorsett | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Hegman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bruce Huther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Ed Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
James Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
D.D. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Robert Newhouse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Timmy Newsome | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kurt Petersen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Rafferty | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Jay Saldi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Rafael Septien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dennis Thurman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
Charlie Waters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny White | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -15 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 26 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 1 |
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