1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
| 2nd place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 12-4-0 .750 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| 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 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Benny Barnes | 31 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 29 | Contra Costa JC; Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Bethea | 76 | DT | 6-5 | 251 | 24 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Breunig | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 27 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 |
| Guy Brown | 59 | LLB | 6-4 | 223 | 25 | Houston | 3 | 2 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 47 | DB | 5-11 | 195 | 22 | South Carolina State | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 63 | LDT | 6-4 | 245 | 34 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Cooper | 61 | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Temple | 3 | 3 |
| Doug Cosbie | 84 | TE | 6-6 | 238 | 24 | Holy Cross; DeAnza JC; Santa Clara | 3 | 0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 23 | Trinity Valley CC; Southern Methodist | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Donovan | 67 | LOT | 6-5 | 260 | 27 | Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Tony Dorsett | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 189 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 30 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| John Dutton | 78 | DT | 6-7 | 261 | 29 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| John Fitzgerald | 62 | C | 6-5 | 255 | 32 | Boston College | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Frederick | 71 | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 26 | New Mexico | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Hegman | 68 | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Alabama A&M; Tennessee State | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Stanford | 3 | 2 |
| Randy Hughes | 42 | FS | 6-4 | 207 | 27 | Oklahoma | 1 | 1 |
| Bruce Huther | 57 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | New Hampshire | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | UC Riverside | 3 | 1 |
| Ed Jones | 72 | LDE | 6-9 | 277 | 29 | Tennessee State | 3 | 3 |
| James Jones | 23 | RB | 5-10 | 203 | 22 | Mississippi State | 3 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 50 | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 35 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 |
| Harvey Martin | 79 | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 30 | East Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Aaron Mitchell | 34 | RCB | 6-1 | 196 | 24 | Morris Brown; Canyons JC; Nevada-Las Vegas | 3 | 3 |
| Robert Newhouse | 44 | FB | 5-10 | 219 | 30 | Houston | 3 | 3 |
| Timmy Newsome | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 236 | 22 | Winston-Salem State | 3 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 29 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 |
| Preston Pearson | 26 | RB | 6-1 | 190 | 35 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Kurt Petersen | 65 | OG | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Missouri | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Rafferty | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 262 | 26 | Penn State | 3 | 3 |
| Bill Roe | 56 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 26 | South Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| Herbert Scott | 68 | LOG | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Virginia Union | 3 | 3 |
| Rafael Septien | 1 | K | 5-9 | 171 | 27 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Shaw | 52 | C | 6-4 | 261 | 24 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
| Ron Springs | 20 | RB | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Ohio State | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce Thornton | 77 | DE | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 32 | FS | 5-11 | 178 | 24 | Southern California | 3 | 2 |
| Charlie Waters | 41 | SS | 6-2 | 200 | 32 | Clemson | 3 | 3 |
| Norm Wells | 66 | OG | 6-5 | 261 | 23 | Northwestern | 1 | 0 |
| Danny White | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 195 | 28 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 |
| Randy White | 54 | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 27 | Maryland | 3 | 3 |
| Steve Wilson | 45 | DB | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Howard | 3 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 6 | 24 | 14 | 27 | 71 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 60 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:56 | 62 | 29 | 31 | 2 | 16/36 44.4% | / % | 11 | 79 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:04 | 52 | 25 | 23 | 4 | 20/44 45.5% | / % | 14 | 143 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rafael Septien | 0 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Waters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 9 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 71 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 60 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Septien | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Dorsett | 45 | 252 | 5.6 | 23 | 2 |
| Robert Newhouse | 24 | 121 | 5.0 | 18 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 32 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 |
| James Jones | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Danny White | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 92 | 540 | 5.9 | 32 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 91 | 441 | 4.8 | 55 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny White | 95 | 49 | 51.6 | 41 | 639 | 6.7 | 13.0 | 37 | 6 | 6.3 | 5 | 5.3 | 2 | 23 | 616 | 72.2 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 97 | 49 | 50.5 | 43 | 639 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 37 | 6 | 6.2 | 5 | 5.2 | 2 | 23 | 616 | 70.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 92 | 41 | 44.6 | 45 | 586 | 6.4 | 14.3 | 60t | 3 | 3.3 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 56 | 530 | 49.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Pearson | 11 | 165 | 15.0 | 23t | 3 | ||
| Tony Dorsett | 11 | 95 | 8.6 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Preston Pearson | 6 | 83 | 13.8 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Tony Hill | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Ron Springs | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 35t | 1 | ||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Jay Saldi | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 49 | 639 | 13.0 | 37 | 6 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 586 | 14.3 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Mitchell | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny White | 13 | 480 | 36.9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 401 | 30.8 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 480 | 36.9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 401 | 30.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 517 | 36.9 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 416 | 29.7 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jones | 10 | 2 | 81 | 8.1 | 43 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 0 | 81 | 8.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 0 | 79 | 7.9 | 13 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Jones | 9 | 200 | 22.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Steve Wilson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 14 | 280 | 20.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 268 | 20.6 | 39 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey Martin | 4.0 | 33.0 |
| Bruce Thornton | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| John Dutton | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Ed Jones | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Randy White | 0.5 | 6.0 |
| Team Totals | 7.0 | 56.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Cooper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herbert Scott | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny White | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
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