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1972 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 319 points (22.8/g), 10th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 240 points (17.1/g), 6th.
Differential of 79 points (5.6/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-4.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 18th.
Coached by Tom Landry (10-4-0)
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1972 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 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 185 for 339, 2,396 yards, 15 td, 21 int, & 8 rushes for 26 yards and 2 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| RB | Calvin Hill* | 25 | 3 | 0 | 245 rushes for 1,036 yards, 6 td, & 43 catches for 364 yards and 3 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 24th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Walt Garrison* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 167 rushes for 784 yards, 7 td, & 37 catches for 390 yards and 3 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 79th pick / 1966 |
| WR | Lance Alworth | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 catches for 195 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1962 |
| WR | Ron Sellers | 25 | 3 | 8 | 31 catches for 653 yards, 5 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Bob Hayes | 30 | 7 | 6 | 15 catches for 200 yards, 0 td, & 2 rushes for 8 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 88th pick / 1964 |
| WR | Billy Parks | 24 | 1 | 7 | 18 catches for 298 yards, 1 td | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| TE | Mike Ditka | 33 | 11 | 0 | 17 catches for 198 yards, 1 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Ralph Neely | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| LG | John Niland*+ | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| C | Dave Manders | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Blaine Nye | 26 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Rayfield Wright*+ | 27 | 5 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Larry Cole | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| LDE | Tody Smith | 24 | 1 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
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| LDT | Jethro Pugh | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
| RDT | Bob Lilly* | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Pat Toomay | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 153rd pick / 1970 |
| LLB | Dave Edwards | 33 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 25th / 194th pick / 1962 |
| MLB | Lee Roy Jordan | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| RLB | Chuck Howley | 36 | 14 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1958 |
| LCB | Herb Adderley | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| RCB | Mel Renfro* | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| SS | Cornell Green* | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Cliff Harris | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Toni Fritsch | 27 | 1 | 0 | 21 of 36 field goals & 36 of 36 extra points | |
| P | Marv Bateman | 22 | Rook | 0 | 51 punts for a 38.2 average, 0 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Cliff Harris | 24 | 2 | 0 | 19 punt returns for a 4.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Cliff Harris | 24 | 2 | 0 | 26 kick returns for a 23.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Herb Adderley | 33 | DB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 6/8/1939 | 11 | Green Bay Packers / 1st / 12th pick / 1961 |
| Lance Alworth | 32 | FL-WR | 14 | 7 | 184 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 8/3/1940 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 8th pick / 1962 |
| George Andrie | 32 | DE | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Marquette | 4/20/1940 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 82nd pick / 1962 |
| John Babinecz | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-1 | Villanova | 7/27/1950 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 39th pick / 1972 |
| Benny Barnes | 21 | DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Stanford | 3/3/1951 | Rook | |
| Marv Bateman | 22 | P | 14 | 0 | 213 | 6-4 | Utah | 4/5/1950 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1972 |
| Larry Cole | 26 | DE-DT | 9 | 7 | 252 | 6-5 | Air Force,Hawaii,Houston | 11/15/1946 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| Ralph Coleman | 22 | LB | 1 | 0 | 216 | 6-4 | North Carolina A&T | 8/31/1950 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 208th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Ditka | 33 | TE | 14 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 10/18/1939 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1961 |
| Dave Edwards | 33 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Auburn | 12/14/1939 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 25th / 194th pick / 1962 |
| John Fitzgerald | 24 | C-G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston College | 4/16/1948 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
| Toni Fritsch | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-7 | none | 7/10/1945 | 1 | |
| Jean Fugett | 21 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Amherst | 12/16/1951 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 338th pick / 1972 |
| Walt Garrison* | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 7/23/1944 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 79th pick / 1966 |
| Cornell Green* | 32 | DB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Utah State | 2/10/1940 | 10 | |
| Bill Gregory | 23 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 12/14/1949 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 77th pick / 1971 |
| Cliff Harris | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Ouachita Baptist | 11/12/1948 | 2 | |
| Bob Hayes | 30 | SE-WR | 12 | 6 | 187 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 12/20/1942 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 88th pick / 1964 |
| Calvin Hill* | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-4 | Yale | 1/2/1947 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 24th pick / 1969 |
| Chuck Howley | 36 | LB | 13 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | West Virginia | 6/28/1936 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1958 |
| Lee Roy Jordan | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | Alabama | 4/27/1941 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| Mike Keller | 23 | LB | 5 | 0 | 221 | 6-4 | Michigan | 12/13/1949 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 64th pick / 1972 |
| D.D. Lewis | 27 | LB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 10/16/1945 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Lilly* | 33 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | TCU | 7/26/1939 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| Dave Manders | 31 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 2/20/1941 | 8 | |
| Mike Montgomery | 23 | RB-WR | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 7/10/1949 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1971 |
| Craig Morton | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 6-4 | California | 2/5/1943 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| Ralph Neely | 29 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Oklahoma | 9/12/1943 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| Robert Newhouse | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 209 | 5-10 | Houston | 1/9/1950 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| John Niland*+ | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/29/1944 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| Blaine Nye | 26 | G | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Stanford | 3/29/1946 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
| Billy Parks | 24 | WR | 12 | 7 | 185 | 6-1 | Long Beach State | 1/1/1948 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 146th pick / 1970 |
| Jethro Pugh | 28 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-6 | Elizabeth City State | 7/3/1944 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
| Dan Reeves | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 1/19/1944 | 7 | |
| Mel Renfro* | 31 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| Ron Sellers | 25 | WR | 14 | 8 | 205 | 6-4 | Florida State | 2/5/1947 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1969 |
| Tody Smith | 24 | DE | 10 | 6 | 250 | 6-5 | Michigan State,USC | 12/24/1948 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1971 |
| Roger Staubach | 30 | QB | 4 | 0 | 197 | 6-3 | Navy,New Mexico Military Inst. | 2/5/1942 | 3 | Kansas City Chiefs / 16th / 122nd pick / 1964 |
| Bill Thomas | 23 | RB | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Boston College | 8/7/1949 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1972 |
| Pat Toomay | 27 | DE | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 5/17/1945 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 153rd pick / 1970 |
| Billy Truax | 29 | TE | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-5 | LSU | 7/15/1943 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 14th pick / 1964 |
| Rodney Wallace | 23 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | New Mexico | 2/10/1949 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 259th pick / 1971 |
| Mark Washington | 25 | DB | 10 | 0 | 188 | 5-10 | Morgan State | 12/28/1947 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 335th pick / 1970 |
| Charlie Waters | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | Clemson | 9/10/1948 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| Rayfield Wright*+ | 27 | T-TE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Fort Valley State | 8/23/1945 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 222.5 | 6-2.6 | 4.6 |