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1976 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 296 points (21.1/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 194 points (13.9/g), 5th.
Differential of 102 points (7.3/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 10.2-3.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Tom Landry (11-3-0)
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1976 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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* | 34 | 7 | 14 | 208 for 369, 2,715 yards, 14 td, 11 int, & 43 rushes for 184 yards and 3 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 16th / 122nd pick / 1964 |
| RB | Doug Dennison | 25 | 2 | 10 | 153 rushes for 542 yards, 6 td, & 8 catches for 67 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Scott Laidlaw | 23 | 1 | 7 | 94 rushes for 424 yards, 3 td, & 38 catches for 325 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 356th pick / 1975 |
| FB | Robert Newhouse | 26 | 4 | 7 | 116 rushes for 450 yards, 3 td, & 15 catches for 86 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| WR | Drew Pearson*+ | 25 | 3 | 0 | 58 catches for 806 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | |
| WR | Golden Richards | 26 | 3 | 9 | 19 catches for 414 yards, 3 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1973 |
| TE | Billy Joe DuPree* | 26 | 3 | 14 | 42 catches for 680 yards, 2 td, & 7 rushes for 50 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Ralph Neely | 33 | 11 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
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| LG | Herbert Scott | 23 | 1 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
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| C | John Fitzgerald | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
| RG | Blaine Nye* | 30 | 8 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
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| RT | Rayfield Wright* | 31 | 9 | 14 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Too Tall Jones | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Jethro Pugh | 32 | 11 | 13 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
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| RDT | Larry Cole | 30 | 8 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| RDT | Bill Gregory | 27 | 5 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 77th pick / 1971 |
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| RDE | Harvey Martin* | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
| LLB | Bob Breunig | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| MLB | Lee Roy Jordan | 35 | 13 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| RLB | D.D. Lewis | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| LCB | Benny Barnes | 25 | 4 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Mel Renfro | 35 | 12 | 9 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| RCB | Mark Washington | 29 | 6 | 5 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 335th pick / 1970 |
| SS | Charlie Waters* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| FS | Cliff Harris*+ | 28 | 6 | 12 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Efren Herrera | 25 | 2 | 0 | 18 of 23 field goals & 34 of 34 extra points | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| P | Danny White | 24 | Rook | 0 | 70 punts for a 38.4 average, 2 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| PR | Butch Johnson | 22 | Rook | 2 | 45 punt returns for a 10.9 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 87th pick / 1976 |
| KR | Butch Johnson | 22 | Rook | 2 | 28 kick returns for a 24.8 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 87th pick / 1976 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Benny Barnes | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-1 | Stanford | 3/3/1951 | 4 | |
| 53 | Bob Breunig | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-7 | Arizona State | 7/4/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| 63 | Larry Cole | 30 | DE-DT | 14 | 8 | 252 | 6-5 | Air Force,Hawaii,Houston | 11/15/1946 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| 21 | Doug Dennison | 25 | RB | 14 | 10 | 202 | 6-1 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | 12/18/1951 | 2 | |
| 67 | Pat Donovan | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 253 | 6-5 | Stanford | 7/1/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1975 |
| 89 | Billy Joe DuPree* | 26 | TE | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 3/7/1950 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| 52 | Jim Eidson | 22 | G-C | 9 | 0 | 264 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 5/10/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 55th pick / 1976 |
| 62 | John Fitzgerald | 28 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston College | 4/16/1948 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
| 77 | Bill Gregory | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 6 | 255 | 6-5 | Wisconsin | 12/14/1949 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 77th pick / 1971 |
| 43 | Cliff Harris*+ | 28 | DB | 14 | 12 | 188 | 6-0 | Ouachita Baptist | 11/12/1948 | 6 | |
| 58 | Mike Hegman | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-1 | Alabama A&M,Tennessee State | 1/17/1953 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| 56 | Thomas Henderson | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Langston | 3/1/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 18th pick / 1975 |
| 1 | Efren Herrera | 25 | K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | UCLA | 7/30/1951 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| 42 | Randy Hughes | 23 | DB | 14 | 2 | 209 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 4/3/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 96th pick / 1975 |
| 37 | Jim D. Jensen | 23 | RB-TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Iowa | 11/28/1953 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 40th pick / 1976 |
| 86 | Butch Johnson | 22 | WR | 14 | 2 | 187 | 6-1 | California-Riverside | 5/28/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 87th pick / 1976 |
| 72 | Too Tall Jones | 25 | DE | 14 | 14 | 271 | 6-9 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1951 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| 55 | Lee Roy Jordan | 35 | LB | 14 | 14 | 221 | 6-1 | Alabama | 4/27/1941 | 13 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 6th pick / 1963 |
| 25 | Aaron Kyle | 22 | DB | 14 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 4/6/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 27th pick / 1976 |
| 35 | Scott Laidlaw | 23 | RB | 13 | 7 | 206 | 6-0 | Stanford | 2/17/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 14th / 356th pick / 1975 |
| 66 | Burton Lawless | 23 | G | 14 | 4 | 253 | 6-4 | Florida | 11/1/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 44th pick / 1975 |
| 50 | D.D. Lewis | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 10/16/1945 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| 79 | Harvey Martin* | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/16/1950 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | 33 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-6 | Oklahoma | 9/12/1943 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| 44 | Robert Newhouse | 26 | RB | 14 | 7 | 209 | 5-10 | Houston | 1/9/1950 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| 61 | Blaine Nye* | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Stanford | 3/29/1946 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 130th pick / 1968 |
| 88 | Drew Pearson*+ | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 184 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 1/12/1951 | 3 | |
| 26 | Preston Pearson | 31 | RB | 10 | 2 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 1/17/1945 | 9 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | 32 | DT-DE | 13 | 13 | 260 | 6-6 | Elizabeth City State | 7/3/1944 | 11 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 145th pick / 1965 |
| 64 | Tom Rafferty | 22 | C-G | 13 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/2/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| 82 | Beasley Reece | 22 | DB | 10 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | North Texas | 3/18/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 264th pick / 1976 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | 35 | DB-RB | 9 | 9 | 190 | 6-0 | Oregon | 12/30/1941 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 17th pick / 1964 |
| 83 | Golden Richards | 26 | WR | 11 | 9 | 181 | 6-1 | BYU,Hawaii | 12/31/1950 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 46th pick / 1973 |
| 87 | Jay Saldi | 22 | TE-WR | 13 | 3 | 225 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 10/8/1954 | Rook | |
| 78 | Greg Schaum | 22 | DE | 12 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 1/1/1954 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 186th pick / 1976 |
| 68 | Herbert Scott | 23 | G-T | 14 | 10 | 254 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 1/18/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
| 12 | Roger Staubach* | 34 | QB | 14 | 14 | 197 | 6-3 | Navy,New Mexico Military Inst. | 2/5/1942 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs / 16th / 122nd pick / 1964 |
| 46 | Mark Washington | 29 | DB | 13 | 5 | 188 | 5-10 | Morgan State | 12/28/1947 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 335th pick / 1970 |
| 41 | Charlie Waters* | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 193 | 6-1 | Clemson | 9/10/1948 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| 11 | Danny White | 24 | QB-P | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 2/9/1952 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| 54 | Randy White | 23 | DT-LB-DE | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Maryland | 1/15/1953 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| 70 | Rayfield Wright* | 31 | T-TE | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-6 | Fort Valley State | 8/23/1945 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 182nd pick / 1967 |
| 30 | Charley Young | 24 | RB | 11 | 2 | 213 | 6-1 | North Carolina State | 10/13/1952 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 22nd pick / 1974 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 223.4 | 6-2.5 | 3.7 |