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Danny White

Wilford Daniel White

Position: QB-P
Height: 6-2    Weight: 193 lbs.
Throws: Right

Born: February 9, 1952 in Mesa, AZ
College: Arizona St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 71 (609th overall since 1950)
1-time Pro Bowler (fine print)

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Danny White's Career 4th quarter comebacks and game-winning drives

The research for this page was done by Scott Kacsmar. Read his extensive three-part article (Part I - Part II - Part III) for full details.

View complete leaderboards for game-winning drives and comebacks.

12 fourth quarter comebacks, 16 game-winning drives

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1978 17 1978-12-30 26-324 DAL ATL W 27-20 10 20 50.00% 127 1 1 66.0 6.35 5.10 3 -4 -1.33 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
2 1980 9 1980-11-02 28-267 DAL @ STL W 27-24 23 38 60.53% 258 1 1 78.6 6.79 6.13 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
3 1980 18 1981-01-04 28-330 DAL @ ATL W 30-27 25 39 64.10% 322 3 1 104.9 8.26 8.64 4 1 0.25 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
4 1981 8 1981-10-25 29-258 DAL MIA W 28-27 22 32 68.75% 354 3 1 123.7 11.06 11.53 5 8 1.60 0 4QC / GWD
5 1981 9 1981-11-01 29-265 DAL @ PHI W 17-14 13 24 54.17% 203 1 2 61.6 8.46 5.54 2 5 2.50 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
6 1983 1 1983-09-05 31-208 DAL @ WAS W 31-30 9 20 45.00% 193 3 0 119.4 9.65 12.65 6 3 0.50 1 4QC / GWD
7 1983 6 1983-10-09 31-242 DAL TAM W 27-24 29 44 65.91% 377 2 3 79.5 8.57 6.41 1 1 1.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
8 1984 8 1984-10-21 32-255 DAL NOR W 30-27 15 25 60.00% 132 1 1 70.7 5.28 4.28 1 5 5.00 0 4QC / GWD
9 1984 13 1984-11-22 32-287 DAL NWE W 20-17 21 41 51.22% 288 1 1 72.0 7.02 6.41 2 1 0.50 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
10 1985 4 1985-09-29 33-232 DAL @ HOU W 17-10 16 32 50.00% 199 2 0 90.5 6.22 7.47 3 -6 -2.00 0 GWD
11 1985 5 1985-10-06 33-239 DAL @ NYG W 30-29 31 46 67.39% 342 3 4 74.7 7.43 4.83 2 -4 -2.00 0 4QC / GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
12 1986 1 1986-09-08 34-211 DAL NYG W 31-28 23 39 58.97% 279 2 0 98.1 7.15 8.18 1 4 4.00 0 4QC / GWD
13 1986 7 1986-10-19 34-252 DAL @ PHI W 17-14 2 5 40.00% 15 0 0 47.9 3.00 3.00 0 0 0 GWD
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
14 1987 2 1987-09-20 35-223 DAL @ NYG W 16-14 23 38 60.53% 276 1 4 52.0 7.26 3.05 1 -2 -2.00 0 4QC / GWD
15 1987 7 1987-11-02 35-266 DAL NYG W 33-24 24 33 72.73% 245 1 1 91.1 7.42 6.67 0 0 0 4QC / GWD
16 1987 9 1987-11-15 35-279 DAL @ NWE W 23-17 25 44 56.82% 286 1 2 65.2 6.50 4.91 0 0 0 4QC / GWD

3 other games of note

Age is Years-Days
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
1 1980 12 1980-11-23 28-288 DAL WAS W 14-10 7 16 43.75% 103 0 4 25.8 6.44 -4.81 1 0 0.00 0 QB deserves no credit
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
2 1982 10 1983-01-09 30-334 DAL TAM W 30-17 27 45 60.00% 312 2 2 77.3 6.93 5.82 0 0 0 QB deserves no credit
Passing Rushing
Rk Year G# Date Age Tm Opp Result Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD Int Rate Y/A AY/A Att Yds Y/A TD Notes
3 1983 4 1983-09-25 31-228 DAL NOR W 21-20 15 30 50.00% 166 1 3 38.3 5.53 1.70 0 0 0 QB deserves no credit