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1980 Dallas Cowboys: 12-4-0
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Home record: 8-0-0 (284 points scored, 130 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (170 points scored, 181 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry

454 points scored (1st of 28 teams), 311 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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:   265   449   3,104   (14)   6.47   30   25    595   2,378   ( 6)    4.0   26    5,482    ( 9)      39
Defense:   231   484   3,210   (16)   6.09   21   27    469   2,069   (18)    4.4   15    5,279    (17)      47

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 1  Rafael Septien       K     16   5'9   171   26    4   Southwestern Louisiana
11  Danny White          QB    16   6'2   192   28    5   Arizona State
14  Gary Hogeboom        QB     2   6'4   201   22    R   Central Michigan
18  Glenn Carano         QB     3   6'3   202   24    3   Nevada-Las Vegas
20  Ron Springs          RB    15   6'1   200   23    2   Ohio State
23  James Jones          RB    16   5'10  201   21    R   Mississippi State
26  Preston Pearson      RB    11   6'1   196   35   14   Illinois
30  Timmy Newsome        RB    16   6'1   227   22    R   Winston-Salem State
31  Benny Barnes         DB    11   6'1   195   29    9   Stanford
32  Dennis Thurman       DB    16   5'11  170   24    3   Southern California
33  Tony Dorsett         RB    15   5'11  190   26    4   Pittsburgh
34  Aaron Mitchell       DB    15   6'1   196   23    2   Nevada-Las Vegas
40  Eric Hurt            DB     4   5'11  171   23    1   San Jose State
41  Charlie Waters       DB    16   6'1   200   32   10   Clemson
42  Randy Hughes         DB     5   6'4   207   27    6   Oklahoma
44  Robert Newhouse      RB    16   5'10  215   30    9   Houston
45  Steve Wilson         DB    16   5'10  192   23    2   Howard
46  Roland Solomon       DB    10   6'0   196   24    1   Utah
47  Dextor Clinkscale    DB    16   5'11  189   22    R   South Carolina State
50  D.D. Lewis           LB    16   6'2   215   35   12   Mississippi State
51  Anthony Dickerson    LB    16   6'2   214   23    R   Southern Methodist
52  Robert Shaw          C     14   6'4   245   24    2   Tennessee
53  Bob Breunig          LB    16   6'2   225   27    6   Arizona State
54  Randy White          DT    16   6'4   250   27    6   Maryland
56  Bill Roe             LB    16   6'3   230   22    R   Colorado
57  Bruce Huther         LB    15   6'1   220   26    4   New Hampshire
58  Mike Hegman          LB    16   6'1   225   27    5   Tennessee State
59  Guy Brown            LB    16   6'4   228   25    4   Houston
61  Jim Cooper           OT    15   6'5   260   25    4   Temple
62  John Fitzgerald      C     14   6'5   260   32   10   Boston College
63  Larry Cole           DT    16   6'4   252   33   13   Hawaii
64  Tom Rafferty         OG    16   6'3   250   26    5   Penn State
65  Kurt Petersen        OG    16   6'4   251   23    R   Missouri
66  Norm Wells           OG     3   6'5   261   23    R   Northwestern
67  Pat Donovan          OT    16   6'4   250   27    6   Stanford
68  Herbert Scott        OG    16   6'2   252   27    6   Virginia Union
71  Andy Frederick       OT    16   6'6   255   26    4   New Mexico
72  Too Tall Jones       DE    16   6'9   260   29    6   Tennessee State
76  Larry Bethea         DT    11   6'5   254   24    3   Michigan State
77  Bruce Thornton       DE    13   6'5   265   22    2   Illinois
78  John Dutton          DT    16   6'7   265   29    7   Nebraska
79  Harvey Martin        DE    16   6'5   250   29    8   East Texas State
80  Tony Hill            WR    16   6'2   198   24    4   Stanford
84  Doug Cosbie          TE    16   6'6   230   24    2   Santa Clara
86  Butch Johnson        WR    16   6'1   192   26    5   California-Riverside
87  Jay Saldi            TE    16   6'3   227   26    5   South Carolina
88  Drew Pearson         WR    16   6'0   183   29    8   Tulsa
89  Billy Joe DuPree     TE    16   6'4   229   30    8   Michigan State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Danny White          436  260   59.6  3,287   7.54  12.6  28   6.4   25   5.7    30   252    80.7
Glenn Carano          12    5   41.7     69   5.75  13.8   2  16.7    0   0.0     1     0   100.3
Tony Dorsett           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Hill              60  1,055   17.6    8
Drew Pearson           43    568   13.2    6
Tony Dorsett           34    263    7.7    0
Billy Joe DuPree       29    312   10.8    7
Jay Saldi              25    311   12.4    1
Preston Pearson        20    213   10.7    2
Butch Johnson          19    263   13.8    4
Ron Springs            15    212   14.1    1
Robert Newhouse         8     75    9.4    0
James Jones             5     39    7.8    0
Timmy Newsome           4     43   10.8    0
Doug Cosbie             2     11    5.5    1
Danny White             1     -9   -9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Dorsett          278  1,185    4.3   11
Robert Newhouse       118    451    3.8    6
Ron Springs            89    326    3.7    6
James Jones            41    135    3.3    0
Danny White            27    114    4.2    1
Timmy Newsome          25     79    3.2    2
Drew Pearson            2     30   15.0    0
Tony Hill               4     27    6.8    0
Billy Joe DuPree        4     19    4.8    0
Preston Pearson         3      6    2.0    0
Glenn Carano            4      6    1.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
James Jones            32    720   22.5    0
Timmy Newsome          12    293   24.4    0
Steve Wilson            7    139   19.9    0
Eric Hurt               4     71   17.8    0
Jay Saldi               1     23   23.0    0
Doug Cosbie             1     13   13.0    0
Charlie Waters          1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
James Jones            54    548   10.1    4    0
Roland Solomon          1      8    8.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 71 2,903 40.9 11 17 0 32 215 34.8 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rafael Septien 1/1 3/4 6/6 0/3 1/3 11/17 59/60 92 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Benny Barnes 1 30 0 Bob Breunig 1.0 3 34 0 Dextor Clinkscale 2.0 Larry Cole 4.5 1 43 1 Anthony Dickerson 2 46 0 John Dutton 3.0 1 38 1 Mike Hegman 3.0 2 2 0 Too Tall Jones 8.0 D.D. Lewis 1.0 Harvey Martin 12.0 Aaron Mitchell 3 56 0 Bruce Thornton 3.0 Dennis Thurman 5 114 1 Charlie Waters 0.5 5 78 0 Randy White 6.0 Steve Wilson 4 82 0

1980 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 78 LB Bill Roe 19 Colorado [pick acquired from CHI] 3 80 RB James Jones 62 Mississippi State 4 105 DE Kurt Petersen 84 Missouri 5 133 QB Gary Hogeboom 79 Central Michigan 6 162 RB Timmy Newsome 121 Winston-Salem 7 189 RB Lester Brown Clemson 8 216 LB Larry Savage Michigan State 9 246 WR Jackie Flowers Florida State 10 273 DE Matthew Teague Prairie View 11 300 LB Gary Padjen 41 Arizona State 12 330 DE Norm Wells 3 Northwestern

Traded draft picks: #1 to BAL (Derrick Hatchett), #2 to BAL (Tim Foley)


Transactions:

03-31-1980Roger Staubach retired
05-15-1980traded Thomas Henderson to 49ers for San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1981 draft
08-06-1980traded Dave Stalls to Buccaneers for Tampa's #7 pick in the 1981 draft and #4 pick in the 1982 draft
09-01-1980traded Wade Manning to Bills for an unspecified 1981 draft pick
10-08-1980Saints claimed Aaron Kyle on waivers


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

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/28/80    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 34-13
01/04/81    at Atlanta Falcons         W 30-27
01/11/81    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 7-20


1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/08/80 at Washington Redskins W 17-3 1-0-0 09/14/80 at Denver Broncos L 20-41 1-1-0 09/21/80 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 28-17 2-1-0 09/28/80 at Green Bay Packers W 28-7 3-1-0 10/05/80 vs New York Giants W 24-3 4-1-0 10/12/80 vs San Francisco 49ers W 59-14 5-1-0 10/19/80 at Philadelphia Eagles L 10-17 5-2-0 10/26/80 vs San Diego Chargers W 42-31 6-2-0 11/02/80 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27-24 7-2-0 11/09/80 at New York Giants L 35-38 7-3-0 11/16/80 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 31-21 8-3-0 11/23/80 vs Washington Redskins W 14-10 9-3-0 11/27/80 vs Seattle Seahawks W 51-7 10-3-0 12/07/80 at Oakland Raiders W 19-13 11-3-0 12/15/80 at Los Angeles Rams L 14-38 11-4-0 12/21/80 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 35-27 12-4-0

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