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1969 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 11-2-1, Finished 1st in NFL Capital Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 369 points (26.4/g), 2nd of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 223 points (15.9/g), 4th.
Differential of 146 points (10.4/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 10.7-3.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.4/g), 7th.
Coached by Tom Landry (11-2-1)
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1969 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 | Craig Morton | 26 | 4 | 13 | 162 for 302, 2,619 yards, 21 td, 15 int, & 16 rushes for 62 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| HB | Calvin Hill*+ | 22 | Rook | 0 | 204 rushes for 942 yards, 8 td, & 20 catches for 232 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 24th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Walt Garrison | 25 | 3 | 0 | 176 rushes for 818 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 131 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 79th pick / 1966 |
| FL | Lance Rentzel | 26 | 4 | 0 | 43 catches for 960 yards, 12 td, & 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| SE | Bob Hayes | 27 | 4 | 10 | 40 catches for 746 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 17 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 88th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Pettis Norman | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 catches for 238 yards, 3 td, & 5 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| LT | Tony Liscio | 29 | 6 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1963 |
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| LG | John Niland* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| C | Malcolm Walker | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 10th pick / 1965 |
| RG | John Wilbur | 26 | 3 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 45th pick / 1965 |
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| RT | Ralph Neely*+ | 26 | 4 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Larry Cole | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| LDT | Jethro Pugh | 25 | 4 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Bob Lilly*+ | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | George Andrie*+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 82nd pick / 1962 |
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| LLB | Dave Edwards | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 25th / 194th pick / 1962 |
| MLB | Lee Roy Jordan*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| RLB | Chuck Howley*+ | 33 | 11 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Cornell Green+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Phil Clark | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1967 |
| LS | Mike Gaechter | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RS | Mel Renfro*+ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 10 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mike Clark | 29 | 6 | 0 | 20 of 36 field goals & 43 of 44 extra points | |
| P | Ron Widby+ | 24 | 1 | 0 | 63 punts for a 43.3 average, 0 blocked | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 81st pick / 1967 |
| PR | Bob Hayes | 27 | 4 | 10 | 18 punt returns for a 9.9 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 88th pick / 1964 |
| KR | Richmond Flowers | 22 | Rook | 0 | 11 kick returns for a 21.6 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| George Andrie*+ | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Marquette | 4/20/1940 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 82nd pick / 1962 |
| Craig Baynham | 25 | HB | 10 | 0 | 204 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 7/24/1944 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 176th pick / 1966 |
| Otto Brown | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-1 | Prairie View | 1/12/1947 | Rook | |
| Jackie Burkett | 33 | LB-C | 11 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Auburn | 12/16/1936 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 12th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Clark | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Texas A&M | 11/7/1940 | 6 | |
| Phil Clark | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Northwestern | 4/28/1945 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1967 |
| Larry Cole | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Air Force,Hawaii,Houston | 11/15/1946 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 34 | FL-DB-HB-WR-K | 8 | 0 | 194 | 6-2 | Texas A&M | 11/17/1935 | 11 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1958 |
| Mike Ditka | 30 | TE | 12 | 4 | 228 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 10/18/1939 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1961 |
| Ron East | 26 | DT-DE | 14 | 3 | 250 | 6-4 | Montana State,Oregon State | 8/26/1943 | 2 | |
| Dave Edwards | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Auburn | 12/14/1939 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 25th / 194th pick / 1962 |
| Richmond Flowers | 22 | DB-WR | 6 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 6/13/1947 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 49th pick / 1969 |
| Mike Gaechter | 29 | DB | 13 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 1/9/1940 | 7 | |
| Walt Garrison | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 7/23/1944 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 79th pick / 1966 |
| Cornell Green+ | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Utah State | 2/10/1940 | 7 | |
| Halvor Hagen | 22 | G-DE-T-C | 12 | 0 | 245 | 6-5 | Weber State | 2/4/1947 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 74th pick / 1969 |
| Bob Hayes | 27 | SE-WR | 10 | 10 | 187 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 12/20/1942 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 88th pick / 1964 |
| Calvin Hill*+ | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 227 | 6-4 | Yale | 1/2/1947 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 24th pick / 1969 |
| Dennis Homan | 23 | WR | 11 | 4 | 181 | 6-1 | Alabama | 1/9/1946 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1968 |
| Chuck Howley*+ | 33 | LB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | West Virginia | 6/28/1936 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1958 |
| Mike Johnson | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 184 | 5-11 | Kansas | 10/7/1943 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 14th / 125th pick / 1966 |
| Lee Roy Jordan*+ | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | Alabama | 4/27/1941 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| Bob Lilly*+ | 30 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | TCU | 7/26/1939 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| Tony Liscio | 29 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 264 | 6-5 | Tulsa | 7/2/1940 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1963 |
| Dave Manders | 28 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 2/20/1941 | 5 | |
| Craig Morton | 26 | QB | 13 | 13 | 214 | 6-4 | California | 2/5/1943 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| Ralph Neely*+ | 26 | T-G | 12 | 11 | 265 | 6-6 | Oklahoma | 9/12/1943 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| John Niland* | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/29/1944 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| Pettis Norman | 30 | TE-SE | 10 | 10 | 222 | 6-3 | Johnson C. Smith | 1/4/1939 | 7 | Dallas Texans / 16th / 123rd pick / 1962 |
| Blaine Nye | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Stanford | 3/29/1946 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
| Jethro Pugh | 25 | DT-DE | 12 | 11 | 260 | 6-6 | Elizabeth City State | 7/3/1944 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
| Dan Reeves | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 1/19/1944 | 4 | |
| Mel Renfro*+ | 28 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| Lance Rentzel | 26 | WR-FL | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/14/1943 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| Les Shy | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 4/5/1944 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 173rd pick / 1966 |
| Roger Staubach | 27 | QB | 6 | 1 | 197 | 6-3 | Navy,New Mexico Military Inst. | 2/5/1942 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 16th / 122nd pick / 1964 |
| Thomas Stincic | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-4 | Michigan | 11/24/1946 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 68th pick / 1969 |
| Malcolm Walker | 26 | C-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Rice | 5/24/1943 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 10th pick / 1965 |
| Claxton Welch | 22 | RB | 6 | 0 | 203 | 5-11 | Oregon | 7/3/1947 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 230th pick / 1969 |
| Fred Whittingham | 30 | LB-G | 7 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | BYU,Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 2/4/1939 | 5 | |
| Ron Widby+ | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 3/9/1945 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 4th / 81st pick / 1967 |
| John Wilbur | 26 | G-DE | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-3 | Stanford | 5/21/1943 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 6th / 45th pick / 1965 |
| Rayfield Wright | 24 | T-TE | 14 | 3 | 255 | 6-6 | Fort Valley State | 8/23/1945 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 14 | 222.2 | 6-2.6 | 3.9 |