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1974 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 297 points (21.2/g), 8th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 235 points (16.8/g), 10th.
Differential of 62 points (4.4/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 8.9-5.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 19th.
Coached by Tom Landry (8-6-0)
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1974 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 | Roger Staubach | 32 | 5 | 14 | 190 for 360, 2,552 yards, 11 td, 15 int, & 47 rushes for 320 yards and 3 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 16th / 122nd pick / 1964 |
| RB | Calvin Hill* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 185 rushes for 844 yards, 7 td, & 12 catches for 134 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 24th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Walt Garrison | 30 | 8 | 0 | 113 rushes for 429 yards, 5 td, & 34 catches for 253 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 79th pick / 1966 |
| WR | Drew Pearson*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 62 catches for 1,087 yards, 2 td, & 3 rushes for 6 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Golden Richards | 24 | 1 | 0 | 26 catches for 467 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -5 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1973 |
| TE | Billy Joe DuPree | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29 catches for 466 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 43 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Ralph Neely | 31 | 9 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
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| LG | John Niland | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| C | John Fitzgerald | 26 | 3 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
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| RG | Blaine Nye* | 28 | 6 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Rayfield Wright* | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Larry Cole | 28 | 6 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
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| LDT | Jethro Pugh | 30 | 9 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
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| RDT | Bob Lilly | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| RDE | Pat Toomay | 29 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 153rd pick / 1970 |
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| LLB | Dave Edwards | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 25th / 194th pick / 1962 |
| MLB | Lee Roy Jordan* | 33 | 11 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| RLB | D.D. Lewis | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| LCB | Charlie Waters | 26 | 4 | 7 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Mark Washington | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 335th pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Mel Renfro | 33 | 10 | 11 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| SS | Cornell Green | 34 | 12 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| FS | Cliff Harris* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Efren Herrera | 23 | Rook | 0 | 8 of 13 field goals & 33 of 33 extra points | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| P | Duane Carrell | 25 | Rook | 0 | 40 punts for a 39.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Cliff Harris* | 26 | 4 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 7.4 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Dennis Morgan | 22 | Rook | 0 | 35 kick returns for a 23.5 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 255th pick / 1974 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Jim Arneson | 23 | G-C | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | Arizona | 1/7/1951 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 307th pick / 1973 |
| Benny Barnes | 23 | DB | 14 | 3 | 190 | 6-1 | Stanford | 3/3/1951 | 2 | |
| Rodrigo Barnes | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Rice | 2/10/1950 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 176th pick / 1973 |
| Marv Bateman | 24 | P | 7 | 0 | 213 | 6-4 | Utah | 4/5/1950 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1972 |
| Duane Carrell | 25 | P | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida State | 10/3/1949 | Rook | |
| Larry Cole | 28 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Air Force,Hawaii,Houston | 11/15/1946 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| Doug Dennison | 23 | RB | 12 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 12/18/1951 | Rook | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 3/7/1950 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| Dave Edwards | 35 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Auburn | 12/14/1939 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 25th / 194th pick / 1962 |
| John Fitzgerald | 26 | C-G | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston College | 4/16/1948 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
| Jean Fugett | 23 | TE | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Amherst | 12/16/1951 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 338th pick / 1972 |
| Walt Garrison | 30 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 7/23/1944 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 79th pick / 1966 |
| Cornell Green | 34 | DB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Utah State | 2/10/1940 | 12 | |
| Bill Gregory | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 12/14/1949 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 77th pick / 1971 |
| Cliff Harris* | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Ouachita Baptist | 11/12/1948 | 4 | |
| Bob Hayes | 32 | SE-WR | 12 | 0 | 187 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 12/20/1942 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 88th pick / 1964 |
| Efren Herrera | 23 | K | 11 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | UCLA | 7/30/1951 | Rook | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| Calvin Hill* | 27 | RB | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-4 | Yale | 1/2/1947 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 24th pick / 1969 |
| Bill Houston | 23 | WR | 13 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Jackson State | 8/22/1951 | Rook | |
| Ron Howard | 23 | TE | 12 | 0 | 229 | 6-4 | Seattle | 3/3/1951 | Rook | |
| Ken Hutcherson | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | West Alabama | 7/14/1952 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 97th pick / 1974 |
| Too Tall Jones | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 271 | 6-9 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1951 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| Lee Roy Jordan* | 33 | LB | 14 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | Alabama | 4/27/1941 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| Gene Killian | 22 | G | 7 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 9/22/1952 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 413th pick / 1974 |
| D.D. Lewis | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 10/16/1945 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Lilly | 35 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | TCU | 7/26/1939 | 13 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 13th pick / 1961 |
| Clint Longley | 22 | QB | 2 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | Abilene Christian | 7/28/1952 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 Supp |
| Dave Manders | 33 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 2/20/1941 | 10 | |
| Harvey Martin | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/16/1950 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
| Dennis Morgan | 22 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Western Illinois | 6/26/1952 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 255th pick / 1974 |
| Craig Morton | 31 | QB | 2 | 0 | 214 | 6-4 | California | 2/5/1943 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| Ralph Neely | 31 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Oklahoma | 9/12/1943 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| Robert Newhouse | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 209 | 5-10 | Houston | 1/9/1950 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| John Niland | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/29/1944 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 5th pick / 1966 |
| Blaine Nye* | 28 | G | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Stanford | 3/29/1946 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
| Drew Pearson*+ | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 1/12/1951 | 1 | |
| Mac Percival | 34 | K | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 2/26/1940 | 7 | |
| Cal Peterson | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | UCLA | 10/16/1952 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1974 |
| Jethro Pugh | 30 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-6 | Elizabeth City State | 7/3/1944 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
| Mel Renfro | 33 | DB-RB | 11 | 11 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| Golden Richards | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 181 | 6-1 | BYU,Hawaii | 12/31/1950 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1973 |
| Roger Staubach | 32 | QB | 14 | 14 | 197 | 6-3 | Navy,New Mexico Military Inst. | 2/5/1942 | 5 | Kansas City Chiefs / 16th / 122nd pick / 1964 |
| Les Strayhorn | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 5-10 | East Carolina | 9/1/1951 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 17th / 438th pick / 1973 |
| Pat Toomay | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 247 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 5/17/1945 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 153rd pick / 1970 |
| Louie Walker | 22 | LB | 8 | 0 | 216 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 7/23/1952 | Rook | |
| Bruce Walton | 23 | T-G-C | 13 | 0 | 251 | 6-6 | UCLA | 6/14/1951 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 126th pick / 1973 |
| Mark Washington | 27 | DB | 13 | 6 | 188 | 5-10 | Morgan State | 12/28/1947 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 335th pick / 1970 |
| Charlie Waters | 26 | DB | 14 | 7 | 193 | 6-1 | Clemson | 9/10/1948 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| Rayfield Wright* | 29 | T-TE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Fort Valley State | 8/23/1945 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
| Charley Young | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 213 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 10/13/1952 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 22nd pick / 1974 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 14 | 221.6 | 6-2.4 | 4.0 |