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1977 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (12-2-0)

Points For: 345 (24.6/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 212 (15.1/g) 8th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.6-3.4

SRS: 7.84 (4th of 28), SOS: -1.66

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 37-7 vs. Chicago Bears
Won Conference Championship 23-6 vs. Minnesota Vikings
Won Super Bowl 27-10 vs. Denver Broncos

Offensive Coordinator: Dan Reeves

Defensive Coordinator: Ernie Stautner

Other Notable Asst.: Mike Ditka (Special Teams/Receivers), Jim Myers (Assistant Head Coach/OL) and Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +400

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

1977 Super Bowl Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	345	4812	969	5.0	24	14	272	215	372	2443	18	10	6.0	136	564	2369	21	4.2	118	106	865	18
Opp. Stats	212	3213	880	3.7	31	10	205	154	370	1562	14	21	3.7	94	457	1651	9	3.6	88	78	731	23
Lg Rank Offense	2	1			1	8	2		10	4	6	1	5		8	4	1	5
Lg Rank Defense	8	1			19	25	4		19	2	12	11	1		4	3	7	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	16	10	16	297	166	131	1	20	294	138	156	5
2	Sun	September 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		New York Giants	41	21	25	444	259	185	1	14	161	92	69	5
3	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	7	23	415	210	205	3	10	163	87	76	2
4	Sun	October 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	30	24	22	388	124	264	2	15	320	174	146	2
5	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Washington Redskins	34	16	23	435	264	171	3	12	116	1	115	2
6	Sun	October 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	Philadelphia Eagles	16	10	17	288	139	149		15	186	72	114	3
7	Sun	October 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0		Detroit Lions	37	0	20	344	168	176	1	7	120	46	74	3
8	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-0	@	New York Giants	24	10	13	254	171	83		13	121	2	119	2
9	Mon	November 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-1		St. Louis Cardinals	17	24	16	236	80	156	3	19	295	137	158	2
10	Sun	November 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-2	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	13	28	20	337	201	136	2	17	320	92	228	1
11	Sun	November 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2	@	Washington Redskins	14	7	19	282	132	150	2	18	334	201	133	1
12	Sun	December 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2		Philadelphia Eagles	24	14	19	432	164	268	4	14	243	171	72	2
13	Mon	December 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	42	35	24	398	215	183		19	362	269	93
14	Sun	December 18	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2		Denver Broncos	14	6	15	262	150	112	2	12	178	80	98	1
		Playoffs
Division	Mon	December 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2		Chicago Bears	37	7	20	365	132	233	3	15	224	143	81	7
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 1	5:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-2		Minnesota Vikings	23	6	16	328	158	170	2	12	214	148	66	4
SuperBowl	Sun	January 15	6:00PM ET	boxscore	W		15-2	N	Denver Broncos	27	10	17	325	182	143	2	11	156	35	121	8

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	35	QB	14	14	12-2-0	210	361	58.2	2620	18	5.0	9	2.5	67	7.3	7.13	12.5	187.1	87.0	30	219	7.67	6.14	6.03	2	3	PB
2	Danny White	25	P	14	0		4	10	40.0	35	0	0.0	1	10.0	12	3.5	-1.00	8.8	2.5	10.4	2	15	16.67	1.67	-2.08	0	0
3	Tony Dorsett	23	RB	14	4		1	1	100.0	34	0	0.0	0	0.0	34	34.0	34.00	34.0	2.4	118.7	0	0	0.00	34.00	34.00	0	0	AP ORoY-1
4	Charlie Waters	29	SS	14	14		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		1	12	100.00	-12.00	-12.00	0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	215	372	57.8	2443	18	4.8	10	2.7	67	7.2	6.99	12.5	174.5	85.3	33	246	8.15	6.03	5.81	2	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Roger Staubach	35	QB	3	3	3-0-0	37	61	60.7	482	3	4.9	2	3.3	45	7.9	7.41	13.0	160.7	88.3	9	44	12.86	6.26	5.83	0	0
2	Robert Newhouse	27	FB	1	1		1	1	100.0	29	1	100.0	0	0.0	29	29.0	49.00	29.0	29.0	158.3	0	0	0.00	29.00	49.00	0	0
3	Danny White	25	P	2	0		1	3	33.3	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	1.7	1.67	5.0	2.5	42.4	0	0	0.00	1.67	1.67	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	39	65	60.0	472	4	6.2	2	3.1	45	7.2	7.78	13.2	157.3	71.8	9	44	12.16	6.32	5.32	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	23	RB	14	4	208	1007	12	84	4.8	71.9	14.9	29	273	9.4	1	23	2.1	19.5	237	5.4	1280	13	7	AP ORoY-1
2	Drew Pearson	26	WR	14	14	2	22	0	11	11.0	1.6	0.1	48	870	18.1	2	67	3.4	62.1	50	17.8	892	2	0	PB,AP-1
3	Preston Pearson	32	RB	14	10	89	341	1	22	3.8	24.4	6.4	46	535	11.6	4	36	3.3	38.2	135	6.5	876	5	1
4	Robert Newhouse	27	FB	14	14	180	721	3	29	4.0	51.5	12.9	16	106	6.6	1	41	1.1	7.6	196	4.2	827	4	2
5	Billy Joe DuPree	27	TE	14	14	3	9	0	7	3.0	0.6	0.2	28	347	12.4	3	23	2.0	24.8	31	11.5	356	3	1	PB
6	Golden Richards	27	WR	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	225	13.2	3	50	1.2	16.1	17	13.2	225	3	0
7	Roger Staubach	35	QB	14	14	51	171	3	33	3.4	12.2	3.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	51	3.4	171	3	8	PB
8	Butch Johnson	23	WR	14	0	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	12	135	11.3	1	22	0.9	9.6	13	10.2	132	1	4
9	Jay Saldi	23	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	108	9.8	2	23	0.8	7.7	11	9.8	108	2	0
10	Scott Laidlaw	24	RB	14	0	9	15	0	8	1.7	1.1	0.6	5	60	12.0	1	18	0.4	4.3	14	5.4	75	1	0
11	Doug Dennison	26	RB	8	0	12	60	1	17	5.0	7.5	1.5	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	1.1	13	5.3	69	1	0
12	Larry Brinson	23	RB	14	0	8	28	1	20	3.5	2.0	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	3.5	28	1	2
13	Tony Hill	21	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	21	10.5	0	12	0.1	1.5	2	10.5	21	0	0
14	Danny White	25	P	14	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	564	2369	21	84	4.2	169.2	40.3	215	2689	12.5	18	67	15.4	192.1	779	6.5	5058	39	25

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	23	RB	3	3	51	222	4	22	4.4	74.0	17.0	4	48	12.0	0	32	1.3	16.0	55	4.9	270	4	3
2	Robert Newhouse	27	FB	3	3	45	216	1	19	4.8	72.0	15.0	6	17	2.8	0	13	2.0	5.7	51	4.6	233	1	1
3	Drew Pearson	26	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	113	16.1	0	31	2.3	37.7	7	16.1	113	0	0
4	Billy Joe DuPree	27	TE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	110	18.3	1	28	2.0	36.7	6	18.3	110	1	1
5	Preston Pearson	32	RB	2	0	3	11	0	5	3.7	5.5	1.5	8	85	10.6	0	32	4.0	42.5	11	8.7	96	0	0
6	Golden Richards	27	WR	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	84	16.8	2	32	1.7	28.0	5	16.8	84	2	0
7	Butch Johnson	23	WR	1	1	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-9.0	1.0	2	53	26.5	1	45	2.0	53.0	3	14.7	44	1	2
8	Doug Dennison	26	RB	1	0	8	40	1	11	5.0	40.0	8.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	5.0	40	1	0
9	Roger Staubach	35	QB	3	3	11	35	0	11	3.2	11.7	3.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	3.2	35	0	1
10	Danny White	25	P	2	0	2	27	0	14	13.5	13.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	13.5	27	0	0
11	Larry Brinson	23	RB	1	0	3	3	0	3	1.0	3.0	3.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0	4	2.3	9	0	0
12	Scott Laidlaw	24	RB	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	125	546	6	22	4.4	182.0	41.7	39	516	13.2	4	45	13.0	172.0	164	6.5	1062	10	8

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Benny Barnes	26	LCB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
2	Bob Breunig	24	MLB	14	14	1	15	0	15	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Billy Joe DuPree	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Cliff Harris	29	FS	14	14	5	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
5	Thomas Henderson	24	LLB	14	14	3	79	1	79	0	2	0	0	1.5	0
6	Too Tall Jones	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0
7	Harvey Martin	27	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	20.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1
8	Robert Newhouse	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	0	0.0	0
9	Drew Pearson	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Tom Rafferty	23	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Roger Staubach	35	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	3	-2	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Charlie Waters	29	SS	14	14	3	11	0	6	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
13	Randy White	24	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12.5	0	PB
14	Golden Richards	27	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	John Fitzgerald	29	C	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	D.D. Lewis	32	RLB	14	12	1	29	0	29	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
17	Jethro Pugh	33	LDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
18	Aaron Kyle	23	RCB	14	10	1	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
19	Preston Pearson	32	RB	14	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Tony Dorsett	23	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP ORoY-1
21	Mark Washington	30	DB	13	4	2	32	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bill Gregory	28	DT	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
23	Mike Hegman	24	LB	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Jay Saldi	23	TE	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	0.0	0
25	Larry Brinson	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Larry Cole	31	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
27	Randy Hughes	24	DB	13	0	2	19	0	11	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
28	Butch Johnson	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Mel Renfro	36	CB	11	0	2	28	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Danny White	25	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	229	1	79	26	22	12	1	53.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	23	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Harvey Martin	27	RDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	SB MVP
3	Thomas Henderson	24	LLB	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Too Tall Jones	26	LDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
5	D.D. Lewis	32	RLB	2	2	1	23	0	23	0	0	1	15	0	1.0	1	0
6	Randy White	24	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	SB MVP
7	Benny Barnes	26	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
8	Billy Joe DuPree	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	John Fitzgerald	29	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Cliff Harris	29	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Butch Johnson	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Aaron Kyle	23	RCB	1	1	1	19	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	2	0
13	Robert Newhouse	27	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Jay Saldi	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0.0	0	0
15	Roger Staubach	35	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
16	Charlie Waters	29	SS	1	1	3	53	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
17	Bill Gregory	28	DT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
18	Tony Hill	21	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
19	Randy Hughes	24	DB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	0	0.0	1	0
20	Bruce Huther	23	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
21	Mark Washington	30	DB	1	0	1	27	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
	Team Totals			3	3	9	123	0	27	0	9	14	45	0	9.0	8	0

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