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Record: 11 - 5 (pythagorean: 9 - 7, .619) Coaching: Tom Landry 11 - 5 (playoffs:0 - 1) 1979 Pro Bowl Players: QB - Roger Staubach WR - Tony Hill T - Pat Donovan G - Herbert Scott DE - Harvey Martin DT - Randy White LB - Bob Breunig S - Cliff Harris 1979 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-27 (27) - Robert Shaw, Tennessee, C   2-27 (55) - Aaron Mitchell, UNLV, DB   3-20 (76) - Doug Cosbie, Santa Clara, TE   4-27 (109) - Ralph DeLoach, California, DE   5-11 (121) - Bob Hukill, North Carolina, G   5-18 (128) - Curtis Anderson, Central State (OH), DE   5-26 (136) - Ron Springs, Ohio State, RB   6-18 (155) - Tim Lavender, USC, DB   6-23 (160) - Mike Salzano, North Carolina, G   6-27 (164) - Chris DeFrance, Arizona State, WR   7-26 (191) - Greg Fitzpatrick, Youngstown State, LB   8-27 (219) - Bruce Thornton, Illinois, DT   9-27 (247) - Garry Cobb, USC, LB   10-26 (274) - Mike Calhoun, Notre Dame, DT   12-26 (329) - Quentin Lowry, Youngstown State, LB
Schedule & Results   Top
Week Opponent Score Week 1 DAL 22 at SLC 21 Week 2 DAL 21 at SFO 13 Week 3 CHI 20 at DAL 24 Week 4 DAL 7 at CLE 26 Week 5 CIN 13 at DAL 38 Week 6 DAL 36 at MIN 20 Week 7 LAM 6 at DAL 30 Week 8 SLC 13 at DAL 22 Week 9 DAL 3 at PIT 14 Week 10 DAL 16 at NYG 14 Week 11 PHI 31 at DAL 21 Week 12 DAL 20 at WAS 34 Week 13 HOO 30 at DAL 24 Week 14 NYG 7 at DAL 28 Week 15 DAL 24 at PHI 17 Week 16 WAS 34 at DAL 35 NFC Divisional Playoff LAM 21 at DAL 19
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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 371 5968 45 122 195 22 339   503 287 3883 29 13 41 290   578 2375 15   100 845 34 21 -- DEFENSE 313 4586 38 105 134 20 259   435 207 2833 21 13 43 362   500 2115 15   70 704 20 -- 10     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 51 334 0   OPP: 34 252 0   OWN: 68 1316 0   OPP: 68 1578 1     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 76 3168 9 0 21   OPP: 96 3916   OWN: 40 45 19 29   OPP: 34 38 17 27
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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 16 461 267 57.9 3586 7.78 27 11 36 240 92.3   37 172 4.6 0 20   0 0 0.0 0 0 Danny White 16 39 19 48.7 267 6.85 1 2 4 46 58.4   1 25 25.0 0 25   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ron Springs 16 3 1 33.3 30 10.00 1 0 1 4 111.1   67 248 3.7 2 15   25 251 10.0 1 27 Tony Dorsett 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   250 1107 4.4 6 41   45 375 8.3 1 32 Robert Newhouse 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   124 449 3.6 3 21   7 55 7.9 1 21t Scott Laidlaw 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   69 236 3.4 3 15   12 59 4.9 0 12 Larry Brinson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   14 48 3.4 0 10   0 0 0.0 0 0 Preston Pearson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   7 14 2.0 1 11   26 333 12.8 1 26t Drew Pearson 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   3 27 9.0 0 16   55 1026 18.7 8 56t Tony Hill 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 18 9.0 0 12   60 1062 17.7 10 75t Billy DuPree 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   2 19 9.5 0 20   29 324 11.2 5 33 Jay Saldi 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 -1 -1.0 0 -1   14 181 12.9 1 23t Butch Johnson 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 13 13.0 0 13   6 105 17.5 1 28 Doug Cosbie 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 36 7.2 0 12 Steve Wilson 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   3 76 25.3 0 45   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Steve Wilson 16 35 236 6.7 12 13 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Wade Manning 9 10 55 5.5 2 17 0   7 145 20.7 47 0 Tony Hill 16 6 43 7.2 1 12 0   1 32 32.0 32 0 Ron Springs 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   38 780 20.5 40 0 Larry Brinson 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 23 11.5 17 0 Bruce Huther 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 8 8.0 8 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   0/0 7/7 7/11 3/8 2/3 51 19 29 40 44 Danny White 16 76 3168 73 0 9 21 36.0 41.7   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 Cliff Harris 16 0.0 0   2 35 20 0 Aaron Kyle 16 0.0 0   2 0 0 0 D.D. Lewis 16 0.0 0   2 8 5 0 Aaron Mitchell 16 0.0 0   1 36 36 0 Bruce Thornton 16 0.0 0   1 3 3 0 Dennis Thurman 16 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 Benny Barnes 15 0.0 0   2 20 11 0 Randy Hughes 15 0.0 0   2 91 68 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Benny Barnes 15 0 0 2 33 1 Larry Bethea 16 0 0 0 0 0 Alois Blackwell 6 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Breunig 16 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Brinson 14 1 0 0 0 0 Guy Brown 15 0 0 0 0 0 Glenn Carano 3 0 0 0 0 0 Larry Cole 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Cooper 16 0 1 0 0 0 Doug Cosbie 16 1 0 0 0 0 Pat Donovan 16 0 1 0 0 0 Tony Dorsett 14 9 1 0 0 0 Billy DuPree 16 1 1 0 0 0 John Dutton 8 0 0 0 0 0 John Fitzgerald 15 0 0 0 0 0 Andy Frederick 16 0 0 0 0 0 Cliff Harris 16 0 0 1 0 0 Mike Hegman 16 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas Henderson 11 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Hill 16 1 0 0 0 0 Randy Hughes 15 0 0 1 0 0 Bruce Huther 16 0 0 0 0 0 Butch Johnson 11 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Kyle 16 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Laidlaw 16 5 0 0 0 0 Burton Lawless 15 0 0 0 0 0 D.D. Lewis 16 0 0 0 0 0 Wade Manning 9 1 0 0 0 0 Harvey Martin 16 0 0 0 0 0 Aaron Mitchell 16 0 0 1 0 0 Robert Newhouse 14 2 0 0 0 0 Drew Pearson 15 0 0 0 0 0 Preston Pearson 14 0 0 0 0 0 Tom Rafferty 16 0 1 0 0 0 Jay Saldi 16 0 0 0 0 0 Herbert Scott 16 0 0 0 0 0 Rafael Septien 16 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Shaw 16 1 0 0 -34 0 Ron Springs 16 2 0 2 0 0 Dave Stalls 16 0 0 1 0 0 Roger Staubach 16 8 6 0 0 0 Bruce Thornton 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Thurman 16 0 0 1 0 0 Danny White 16 1 0 0 0 0 Randy White 15 0 0 1 0 0 Steve Wilson 16 1 1 0 0 0 Rayfield Wright 16 0 0 0 0 0

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