1978 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1978 Dallas Cowboys: 12-4-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (188 points scored, 70 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (196 points scored, 138 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 384 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 208 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 251 449 3,176 ( 3) 6.59 25 17 625 2,783 ( 3) 4.5 22 5,959 ( 2) 35 Defense: 202 432 2,288 ( 5) 4.67 11 23 477 1,721 ( 1) 3.6 13 4,009 ( 2) 36

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 16 5'9 171 24 2 Southwestern Louisiana 11 Danny White QB 16 6'2 192 26 3 Arizona State 12 Roger Staubach QB 15 6'2 202 36 10 Navy 18 Glenn Carano QB 2 6'3 195 22 1 Nevada-Las Vegas 21 Doug Dennison RB 5 6'1 204 26 5 Kutztown 24 Alois Blackwell RB 13 5'10 195 23 R Houston 25 Aaron Kyle DB 16 5'11 185 24 3 Wyoming 26 Preston Pearson RB 16 6'1 206 33 12 Illinois 31 Benny Barnes DB 14 6'1 195 27 7 Stanford 32 Dennis Thurman DB 16 5'11 170 22 R Southern California 33 Tony Dorsett RB 16 5'11 192 24 2 Pittsburgh 35 Scott Laidlaw RB 16 6'0 205 25 4 Stanford 36 Larry Brinson RB 10 6'0 214 24 2 Florida 41 Charlie Waters DB 16 6'1 198 30 9 Clemson 42 Randy Hughes DB 16 6'4 208 25 4 Oklahoma 43 Cliff Harris DB 16 6'0 192 29 9 Ouachita Baptist 44 Robert Newhouse RB 13 5'10 205 28 7 Houston 46 Mark Washington DB 13 5'11 187 30 9 Morgan State 50 D.D. Lewis LB 16 6'2 215 33 10 Mississippi State 53 Bob Breunig LB 16 6'2 227 25 4 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 16 6'4 245 25 4 Maryland 56 Thomas Henderson LB 15 6'2 220 25 4 Langston 57 Bruce Huther LB 16 6'1 217 24 2 New Hampshire 58 Mike Hegman LB 16 6'1 225 25 3 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 15 6'4 215 23 2 Houston 60 Tom Randall OG 11 6'5 245 22 R Iowa State 61 Jim Cooper C 14 6'5 252 23 2 Temple 62 John Fitzgerald C 14 6'5 260 30 8 Boston College 63 Larry Cole DE 16 6'4 260 31 11 Hawaii 64 Tom Rafferty OG 16 6'3 250 24 3 Penn State 65 Dave Stalls DE 16 6'4 236 23 2 Northern Colorado 66 Burton Lawless OG 16 6'4 250 24 4 Florida 67 Pat Donovan OT 16 6'4 255 25 4 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 16 6'2 250 25 4 Virginia Union 70 Rayfield Wright OT 15 6'7 260 33 12 Fort Valley State 71 Andy Frederick OT 16 6'6 245 24 2 New Mexico 72 Too Tall Jones DE 16 6'9 265 27 5 Tennessee State 75 Jethro Pugh DT 13 6'6 250 34 14 Elizabeth City State 76 Larry Bethea DT 16 6'5 254 22 R Michigan State 79 Harvey Martin DE 16 6'5 252 27 6 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 16 6'2 196 22 2 Stanford 81 Jackie Smith TE 12 6'4 232 38 16 Northwestern State-Louisiana 82 Robert Steele WR 14 6'4 196 22 R North Alabama 83 Golden Richards WR 1 6'0 180 27 6 Brigham Young 86 Butch Johnson WR 16 6'1 191 24 3 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 4 6'3 224 24 3 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 16 6'0 183 27 6 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 16 6'4 226 28 6 Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roger Staubach 413 231 55.9 3,190 7.72 13.8 25 6.1 16 3.9 32 219 84.9 Danny White 34 20 58.8 215 6.32 10.8 0 0.0 1 2.9 1 10 65.2 Tony Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Tony Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Preston Pearson        47    526   11.2    0
Tony Hill              46    823   17.9    6
Drew Pearson           44    714   16.2    3
Tony Dorsett           37    378   10.2    2
Billy Joe DuPree       34    509   15.0    9
Robert Newhouse        20    176    8.8    2
Butch Johnson          12    155   12.9    0
Scott Laidlaw           6    108   18.0    1
Jay Saldi               3      8    2.7    2
Doug Dennison           1      6    6.0    0
Golden Richards         1      2    2.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Dorsett          290  1,325    4.6    7
Robert Newhouse       140    584    4.2    8
Scott Laidlaw          75    312    4.2    3
Roger Staubach         42    182    4.3    1
Preston Pearson        25    104    4.2    0
Larry Brinson          18     96    5.3    2
Doug Dennison          14     75    5.4    1
Alois Blackwell         9     37    4.1    0
Drew Pearson            3     29    9.7    0
Tony Hill               3     17    5.7    0
Billy Joe DuPree        1     15   15.0    0
Danny White             5      7    1.4    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Butch Johnson          29    603   20.8    0
Larry Brinson           6     93   15.5    0
Alois Blackwell         3     70   23.3    0
Doug Dennison           3     63   21.0    0
Dennis Thurman          3     42   14.0    0
Randy White             1     15   15.0    0
Burton Lawless          1     10   10.0    0
Jay Saldi               1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Butch Johnson          51    401    7.9   12    0
Tony Hill              11    101    9.2    0    0
Dennis Thurman          1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 76 3,076 40.5 11 16 1 40 311 33.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rafael Septien 2/3 8/8 3/5 3/10 0/0 16/26 46/47 94 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Benny Barnes 5 72 0 Bob Breunig 1.0 1 2 0 Larry Cole 3.0 1 13 0 Cliff Harris 1.0 4 26 0 Mike Hegman 2.5 Thomas Henderson 2.5 Randy Hughes 2 80 0 Too Tall Jones 9.5 Aaron Kyle 3 20 0 D.D. Lewis 2.5 Harvey Martin 14.5 1 7 0 Jethro Pugh 1.0 Dave Stalls 4.0 Dennis Thurman 2 35 0 Charlie Waters 0.5 4 61 0 Randy White 16.0

1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 28 DE Larry Bethea 81 Michigan State 2 56 TE Todd Christensen 137 Brigham Young 3 84 OT Dave Hudgens Oklahoma 4 110 RB Alois Blackwell 19 Houston 5 138 OG Rich Rosen Syracuse 6 166 LB Harold Randolph East Carolina 7 194 DT Tom Randall 24 Iowa State 8 222 WR Homer Butler UCLA 9 250 DB Russ Williams Tennessee 10 278 OT Barry Tomasetti Iowa 11 306 DB Dennis Thurman 137 USC 12 334 OG Lee Washburn Montana State

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

07-07-1978	claimed Ove Johansson on waivers from ?
08-03-1978	traded Richard Rosen to Giants for future considerations
08-08-1978	Seahawks claimed Barrett Paige on waivers
08-15-1978	traded Efren Herrera to Seahawks for Seattle's #5 pick in the 1979 draft
08-16-1978	traded Dallas' #11 pick in the 1979 draft to Lions for Skip Butler
08-23-1978	placed Ken Randle on injured reserve
08-28-1978	placed Todd Christensen on injured reserve
08-28-1978	traded Bill Gregory and Dallas' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Seahawks for Seattle's #3 and #6 picks in the 1979 draft
08-30-1978	Seahawks claimed Dave Kraayeveld on waivers
09-1978	traded Golden Richards to Bears for Chicago's #5 pick in the 1979 draft and #3 pick in the 1980 draft

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/30/78    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 27-20
01/07/79    at Los Angeles Rams        W 28-0
Super Bowl XIII
01/21/79    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 31-35

1978 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/04/78    vs Baltimore Colts         W 38-0        1-0-0
09/10/78    at New York Giants         W 34-24       2-0-0
09/17/78    at Los Angeles Rams        L 14-27       2-1-0
09/24/78    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 21-12       3-1-0
10/02/78    at Washington Redskins     L 5-9         3-2-0
10/08/78    vs New York Giants         W 24-3        4-2-0
10/15/78    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 24-21 (OT)  5-2-0
10/22/78    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 14-7        6-2-0
10/26/78    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 10-21       6-3-0
11/05/78    at Miami Dolphins          L 16-23       6-4-0
11/12/78    at Green Bay Packers       W 42-14       7-4-0
11/19/78    vs New Orleans Saints      W 27-7        8-4-0
11/23/78    vs Washington Redskins     W 37-10       9-4-0
12/03/78    vs New England Patriots    W 17-10       10-4-0
12/10/78    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 31-13       11-4-0
12/17/78    at New York Jets           W 30-7        12-4-0

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