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Record: 12 - 4 (pythagorean: 13 - 3, .852) Coaching: Tom Landry 12 - 4 (playoffs:2 - 1) 1978 Pro Bowl Players: QB - Roger Staubach RB - Tony Dorsett WR - Tony Hill TE - Billy DuPree DE - Harvey Martin DT - Randy White LB - Thomas Henderson S - Charlie Waters S - Cliff Harris 1978 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-28 (28) - Larry Bethea, Michigan State, DE   2-28 (56) - Todd Christensen, Brigham Young, TE   3-28 (84) - Dave Hudgens, Oklahoma, T   4-26 (110) - Alois Blackwell, Houston, RB   5-28 (138) - Rich Rosen, Syracuse, G   6-28 (166) - Harold Randolph, East Carolina, LB   7-28 (194) - Tom Randall, Iowa State, DT   8-28 (222) - Homer Butler, UCLA, WR   9-28 (250) - Russ Williams, Tennessee, DB   10-28 (278) - Barry Tomasetti, Iowa, T   11-28 (306) - Dennis Thurman, USC, DB   12-28 (334) - Lee Washburn, Montana State, G
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 BLC 0 at DAL 38 Week 2 DAL 34 at NYG 24 Week 3 DAL 14 at LAM 27 Week 4 SLC 12 at DAL 21 Week 5 DAL 5 at WAS 9 Week 6 NYG 3 at DAL 24 Week 7 DAL 24 OT at SLC 21 Week 8 PHI 7 at DAL 14 Week 9 MIN 21 at DAL 10 Week 10 DAL 16 at MIA 23 Week 11 DAL 42 at GNB 14 Week 12 NOR 7 at DAL 27 Week 13 WAS 10 at DAL 37 Week 14 NWE 10 at DAL 17 Week 15 DAL 31 at PHI 13 Week 16 DAL 30 at NYJ 7 NFC Divisional Playoff ATL 20 at DAL 27 NFC Championship DAL 28 at LAM 0 Super Bowl XIII DAL 31 at PIT 35
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 384 5959 48 146 167 29 342   449 251 3405 25 17 33 229   625 2783 22   96 816 36 18 -- DEFENSE 208 4009 25 83 128 21 232   432 202 2730 11 23 58 442   477 1721 13   95 783 27 -- 13     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 63 502 0   OPP: 40 311 0   OWN: 47 896 0   OPP: 73 1709 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 77 3076 11 1 16   OPP: 108 4257   OWN: 46 48 16 26   OPP: 23 25 11 22
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Roger Staubach 15 413 231 55.9 3190 7.72 25 16 32 219 84.9   42 182 4.3 1 23   0 0 0.0 0 0 Danny White 16 34 20 58.8 215 6.32 0 1 1 10 65.2   5 7 1.4 0 4   0 0 0.0 0 0 Tony Dorsett 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   290 1325 4.6 7 63   37 378 10.2 2 91t Tony Hill 16 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 39.6   3 17 5.7 0 14   46 823 17.9 6 54 Robert Newhouse 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   140 584 4.2 8 24   20 176 8.8 2 24 Scott Laidlaw 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   75 312 4.2 3 59   6 108 18.0 1 44t Preston Pearson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   25 104 4.2 0 18   47 526 11.2 0 34 Larry Brinson 10 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   18 96 5.3 2 39t   0 0 0.0 0 0 Doug Dennison 5 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   14 75 5.4 1 23   1 6 6.0 0 6 Alois Blackwell 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   9 37 4.1 0 13   0 0 0.0 0 0 Drew Pearson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 29 9.7 0 33   44 714 16.2 3 53t Billy DuPree 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 15 15.0 0 15   34 509 15.0 9 38 Butch Johnson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   12 155 12.9 0 23 Jay Saldi 4 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 8 2.7 2 5 Golden Richards 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 2 2.0 0 2   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Butch Johnson 16 51 401 7.9 12 23 0   29 603 20.8 56 0 Tony Hill 16 11 101 9.2 0 20 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Dennis Thurman 16 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 42 14.0 20 0 Larry Brinson 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   6 93 15.5 31 0 Alois Blackwell 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 70 23.3 31 0 Doug Dennison 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 63 21.0 24 0 Jay Saldi 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Burton Lawless 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 10 10.0 10 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Rafael Septien 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   2/3 8/8 3/5 3/10 0/0 48 16 26 46 47 Danny White 16 76 3076 56 1 11 16 33.1 40.5   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Bob Breunig 16 0.0 0   1 2 2 0 Larry Cole 16 0.0 0   1 13 13 0 Cliff Harris 16 0.0 0   4 26 23 0 Randy Hughes 16 0.0 0   2 80 56 0 Aaron Kyle 16 0.0 0   3 20 17 0 Harvey Martin 16 0.0 0   1 7 7 0 Dennis Thurman 16 0.0 0   2 35 23 0 Charlie Waters 16 0.0 0   4 61 22 0 Benny Barnes 14 0.0 0   5 72 38 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Benny Barnes 14 0 0 2 14 0 Larry Bethea 16 0 0 0 0 0 Alois Blackwell 13 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Breunig 16 0 0 1 0 0 Larry Brinson 10 1 0 0 0 0 Guy Brown 15 0 0 0 0 0 Glenn Carano 2 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Cole 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Cooper 14 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Dennison 5 0 0 0 0 0 Pat Donovan 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Dorsett 16 12 4 0 54 1 Billy DuPree 16 3 0 0 0 0 John Fitzgerald 14 1 1 0 0 0 Andy Frederick 16 0 1 0 0 0 Cliff Harris 16 0 0 2 17 0 Mike Hegman 16 0 0 2 0 0 Thomas Henderson 15 0 0 1 0 0 Tony Hill 16 1 0 0 0 0 Randy Hughes 16 0 0 1 0 0 Bruce Huther 16 0 0 0 0 0 Butch Johnson 16 5 1 0 0 0 Ed Jones 16 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Kyle 16 0 0 2 0 0 Scott Laidlaw 16 3 2 0 0 0 Burton Lawless 16 0 0 0 0 0 D.D. Lewis 16 0 0 0 0 0 Harvey Martin 16 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Newhouse 13 1 0 0 0 0 Drew Pearson 16 0 0 0 0 0 Preston Pearson 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jethro Pugh 13 0 0 1 0 0 Tom Rafferty 16 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Randall 11 0 0 0 0 0 Golden Richards 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jay Saldi 4 0 0 0 0 0 Herbert Scott 16 0 0 0 0 0 Rafael Septien 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jackie Smith 12 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Stalls 16 0 0 0 0 0 Roger Staubach 15 5 2 0 -2 0 Robert Steele 14 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Thurman 16 2 2 0 0 0 Mark Washington 13 0 0 1 0 0 Charlie Waters 16 0 0 0 0 0 Danny White 16 2 2 0 -8 0 Randy White 16 0 0 0 0 0 Rayfield Wright 15 0 1 0 0 0

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