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1962 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 5th in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 398 points (28.4/g), 2nd of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 402 points (28.7/g), 13th.
Differential of -4 points (-0.3/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 6.9-7.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 9th.
Coached by Tom Landry (5-8-1)
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1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Eddie LeBaron* | 32 | 10 | 5 | 95 for 166, 1,436 yards, 16 td, 9 int, & 6 rushes for -1 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| QB | Don Meredith | 24 | 2 | 9 | 105 for 212, 1,679 yards, 15 td, 8 int, & 21 rushes for 74 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1960 |
| HB | Don Perkins*+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 222 rushes for 945 yards, 7 td, & 13 catches for 104 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 106th pick / 1960 |
| FB | Amos Marsh | 23 | 1 | 0 | 144 rushes for 802 yards, 6 td, & 35 catches for 467 yards and 2 td | |
| FL | Frank Clarke | 28 | 5 | 0 | 47 catches for 1,043 yards, 14 td | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1956 |
| SE | Billy Howton | 32 | 10 | 0 | 49 catches for 706 yards, 6 td | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1952 |
| TE | Lee Folkins | 23 | 1 | 11 | 39 catches for 536 yards, 6 td | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 82nd pick / 1961 |
| LT | Bob Fry | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 36th pick / 1953 |
| LG | Andy Cvercko | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 55th pick / 1959 |
| C | Mike Connelly | 27 | 2 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 141st pick / 1959 |
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| RG | Dale Memmelaar | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 21st / 242nd pick / 1959 |
| RT | Monte Clark | 25 | 3 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Bob Lilly* | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| LDT | Guy Reese | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Texans / 11th / 83rd pick / 1962 |
| RDT | John Meyers | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 25th pick / 1962 |
| RDE | George Andrie | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 82nd pick / 1962 |
| LLB | Mike Dowdle | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 15th / 179th pick / 1960 |
| MLB | Jerry Tubbs* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 10th pick / 1957 |
| RLB | Chuck Howley | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Mike Gaechter | 22 | Rook | 9 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Don Bishop* | 28 | 4 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Jerry Norton | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 81st pick / 1954 |
| RS | Dick Nolan | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Sam Baker | 33 | 9 | 0 | 14 of 27 field goals & 50 of 51 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| P | Sam Baker | 33 | 9 | 0 | 57 punts for a 45.4 average, 0 blocked | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| PR | J.W. Lockett | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8 punt returns for a 5.6 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Amos Marsh | 23 | 1 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 25.0 average and 1 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Andrie | 22 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Marquette | 4/20/1940 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 82nd pick / 1962 |
| Sam Baker | 33 | K-FB | 14 | 0 | 217 | 6-2 | Oregon State | 11/12/1929 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 133rd pick / 1952 |
| Don Bishop* | 28 | B | 14 | 0 | 209 | 6-2 | Los Angeles Community College | 7/1/1934 | 4 | |
| Clyde Brock | 22 | T | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-5 | Utah State | 8/30/1940 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1962 |
| Amos Bullocks | 23 | HB | 11 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Southern Illinois | 2/7/1939 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 10th / 76th pick / 1962 |
| Monte Clark | 25 | T-DT-DE | 14 | 10 | 265 | 6-6 | USC | 1/24/1937 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 41st pick / 1959 |
| Frank Clarke | 28 | E | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Colorado | 2/7/1934 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 5th / 61st pick / 1956 |
| Mike Connelly | 27 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Utah State,Washington State | 10/16/1935 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 141st pick / 1959 |
| Andy Cvercko | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 11/6/1937 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 55th pick / 1959 |
| Donnie Davis | 22 | WR-TE | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/18/1940 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 74th pick / 1962 |
| Mike Dowdle | 25 | LB-FB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Texas | 12/6/1937 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 15th / 179th pick / 1960 |
| Lee Folkins | 23 | TE-DE | 14 | 11 | 215 | 6-5 | Washington | 7/4/1939 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 82nd pick / 1961 |
| Ken Frost | 24 | DT | 3 | 3 | 242 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 11/17/1938 | 1 | |
| Bob Fry | 32 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 11/11/1930 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 36th pick / 1953 |
| Mike Gaechter | 22 | DB | 14 | 9 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 1/9/1940 | Rook | |
| Cornell Green | 22 | DB | 14 | 3 | 208 | 6-3 | Utah State | 2/10/1940 | Rook | |
| Glynn Gregory | 23 | E-DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | SMU | 7/6/1939 | 1 | Dallas Texans / 13th / 102nd pick / 1961 |
| Chuck Howley | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | West Virginia | 6/28/1936 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1958 |
| Billy Howton | 32 | E | 14 | 0 | 191 | 6-2 | Rice | 7/5/1930 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1952 |
| Lynn Hoyem | 23 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Long Beach State | 6/27/1939 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 29th / 226th pick / 1962 |
| Joe Bob Isbell | 22 | G | 9 | 0 | 243 | 6-1 | Houston | 7/7/1940 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 20th / 159th pick / 1962 |
| Eddie LeBaron* | 32 | QB | 14 | 5 | 168 | 5-9 | Pacific | 1/7/1930 | 10 | Washington Redskins / 10th / 123rd pick / 1950 |
| Bob Lilly* | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | TCU | 7/26/1939 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| Warren Livingston | 24 | DB | 3 | 0 | 192 | 5-10 | Arizona | 7/5/1938 | 1 | |
| J.W. Lockett | 25 | FB | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Central Oklahoma | 3/23/1937 | 1 | |
| Bob W. Long | 28 | LB | 8 | 0 | 232 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/24/1934 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 18th pick / 1955 |
| Amos Marsh | 23 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/7/1939 | 1 | |
| Dale Memmelaar | 25 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-2 | Wyoming | 1/15/1937 | 3 | Chicago Cardinals / 21st / 242nd pick / 1959 |
| Don Meredith | 24 | QB | 13 | 9 | 210 | 6-3 | SMU | 4/10/1938 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 32nd pick / 1960 |
| John Meyers | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 276 | 6-6 | Washington | 1/16/1940 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 4th / 25th pick / 1962 |
| Dick Nolan | 30 | DB | 11 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Maryland | 3/26/1932 | 8 | New York Giants / 4th / 41st pick / 1954 |
| Pettis Norman | 23 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-3 | Johnson C. Smith | 1/4/1939 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| Jerry Norton | 31 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | SMU | 5/16/1931 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 81st pick / 1954 |
| Don Perkins*+ | 24 | FB-HB | 14 | 0 | 204 | 5-10 | New Mexico | 3/4/1938 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 9th / 106th pick / 1960 |
| Guy Reese | 23 | DT | 14 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | SMU | 9/22/1939 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 11th / 83rd pick / 1962 |
| Don Talbert | 23 | T-LB | 14 | 4 | 255 | 6-5 | Texas | 3/1/1939 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 34th / 271st pick / 1962 |
| Jerry Tubbs* | 27 | LB-C | 14 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 1/23/1935 | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 1st / 10th pick / 1957 |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 14 | 225.3 | 6-2.5 | 2.7 |