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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 371 points (23.2/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 313 points (19.6/g), 12th.
Differential of 58 points (3.6/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.7/g), 25th.
Coached by Tom Landry (11-5-0)
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1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 2 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 21 | 24 | 455 | 294 | 161 | 1 | 17 | 342 | 105 | 237 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 9 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 21 | 13 | 19 | 347 | 249 | 98 | 1 | 16 | 294 | 231 | 63 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | September 16 | box | W | 3-0 | Chicago Bears | 24 | 20 | 26 | 420 | 206 | 214 | 3 | 14 | 318 | 118 | 200 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mon | September 24 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 7 | 26 | 20 | 394 | 271 | 123 | 5 | 15 | 311 | 229 | 82 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | September 30 | box | W | 4-1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 38 | 13 | 24 | 370 | 176 | 194 | 1 | 20 | 285 | 181 | 104 | 3 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 7 | box | W | 5-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 36 | 20 | 25 | 446 | 167 | 279 | 2 | 14 | 240 | 179 | 61 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 14 | box | W | 6-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 6 | 23 | 403 | 202 | 201 | 1 | 11 | 158 | 99 | 59 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 21 | box | W | 7-1 | St. Louis Cardinals | 22 | 13 | 12 | 319 | 164 | 155 | 3 | 18 | 235 | 98 | 137 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 28 | box | L | 7-2 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3 | 14 | 16 | 278 | 199 | 79 | 1 | 16 | 288 | 115 | 173 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 4 | box | W | 8-2 | @ | New York Giants | 16 | 14 | 19 | 344 | 238 | 106 | 1 | 12 | 249 | 133 | 116 | 1 |
| 11 | Mon | November 12 | box | L | 8-3 | Philadelphia Eagles | 21 | 31 | 17 | 408 | 285 | 123 | 3 | 17 | 328 | 158 | 170 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 18 | box | L | 8-4 | @ | Washington Redskins | 20 | 34 | 27 | 384 | 299 | 85 | 5 | 19 | 306 | 202 | 104 | |
| 13 | Thu | November 22 | box | L | 8-5 | Houston Oilers | 24 | 30 | 20 | 371 | 279 | 92 | 3 | 17 | 378 | 154 | 224 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 2 | box | W | 9-5 | New York Giants | 28 | 7 | 21 | 316 | 150 | 166 | 14 | 197 | 98 | 99 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat | December 8 | box | W | 10-5 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 17 | 19 | 279 | 94 | 185 | 1 | 18 | 284 | 204 | 80 | 1 |
| 16 | Sun | December 16 | box | W | 11-5 | Washington Redskins | 35 | 34 | 27 | 434 | 320 | 114 | 3 | 21 | 373 | 167 | 206 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 30 | box | L | 11-6 | Los Angeles Rams | 19 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 371 | 5968 | 1122 | 5.3 | 339 | 287 | 503 | 3593 | 29 | 13 | 6.6 | 195 | 578 | 2375 | 15 | 4.1 | 122 | 34 | 21 | 22 |
| Team Defense | 313 | 4586 | 978 | 4.7 | 413 | 207 | 435 | 2471 | 21 | 13 | 5.2 | 134 | 500 | 2115 | 15 | 4.2 | 259 | 23 | 10 | 20 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 24 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 28 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Staubach* | 37 | QB | 16 | 16 | 267 | 461 | 57.9 | 3586 | 27 | 5.9 | 11 | 2.4 | 75 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 13.4 | 224.1 | 92.3 | 36 | 240 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
| Danny White | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 19 | 39 | 48.7 | 267 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 | 5.1 | 45 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 14.1 | 16.7 | 58.4 | 4 | 46 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 9.3 |
| Ron Springs | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 30 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 10.0 | 13.3 | 30.0 | 1.9 | 111.1 | 1 | 4 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 25.0 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 287 | 503 | 57.1 | 3883 | 29 | 5.8 | 13 | 2.6 | 75 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 13.5 | 242.7 | 90.2 | 41 | 290 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.5 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 207 | 435 | 47.6 | 2471 | 21 | 4.8 | 13 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 11.9 | 154.4 | 69.0 | 43 | 362 | 5.2 | 3.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Tony Dorsett | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 250 | 1107 | 6 | 41 | 4.4 | 79.1 | 17.9 | 45 | 375 | 8.3 | 1 | 32 | 3.2 | 26.8 | 1482 | 7 | 9 |
| Robert Newhouse | 29 | FB | 14 | 12 | 124 | 449 | 3 | 21 | 3.6 | 32.1 | 8.9 | 7 | 55 | 7.9 | 1 | 21 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 504 | 4 | 2 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 26 | 16 | 3 | 69 | 236 | 3 | 15 | 3.4 | 14.8 | 4.3 | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 295 | 3 | 5 | |
| Ron Springs | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 67 | 248 | 2 | 15 | 3.7 | 15.5 | 4.2 | 25 | 251 | 10.0 | 1 | 27 | 1.6 | 15.7 | 499 | 3 | 2 |
| Roger Staubach* | 37 | QB | 16 | 16 | 37 | 172 | 0 | 20 | 4.6 | 10.8 | 2.3 | 172 | 0 | 8 | |||||||
| Larry Brinson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 48 | 0 | 10 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Preston Pearson | 34 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 26 | 333 | 12.8 | 1 | 26 | 1.9 | 23.8 | 347 | 2 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 28 | WR | 15 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 9.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 55 | 1026 | 18.7 | 8 | 56 | 3.7 | 68.4 | 1053 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Hill* | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 9.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 60 | 1062 | 17.7 | 10 | 75 | 3.8 | 66.4 | 1080 | 10 | 1 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 9.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 29 | 324 | 11.2 | 5 | 33 | 1.8 | 20.3 | 343 | 5 | 1 |
| Jay Saldi | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 14 | 181 | 12.9 | 1 | 23 | 0.9 | 11.3 | 180 | 1 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 1 | 28 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 118 | 1 | 0 | |
| Danny White | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 25.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 25 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Doug Cosbie | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 36 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Wilson | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | 45 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 76 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 578 | 2375 | 15 | 41 | 4.1 | 148.4 | 36.1 | 287 | 3883 | 13.5 | 29 | 75 | 17.9 | 242.7 | 6258 | 44 | 34 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 500 | 2115 | 15 | 4.2 | 132.2 | 31.3 | 207 | 2471 | 11.9 | 21 | 12.9 | 154.4 | 4586 | 36 | 20 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Steve Wilson | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 35 | 236 | 0 | 13 | 6.7 | 19 | 328 | 0 | 26 | 17.3 | 640 |
| Ron Springs | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 38 | 780 | 0 | 70 | 20.5 | 1279 | |||||
| Wade Manning | 24 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 0 | 17 | 5.5 | 7 | 145 | 0 | 47 | 20.7 | 200 | |
| Tony Hill* | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 7.2 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 32.0 | 1155 |
| Larry Brinson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 11.5 | 71 | ||||||
| Bruce Huther | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 51 | 334 | 0 | 17 | 6.5 | 68 | 1316 | 0 | 70 | 19.4 | 7908 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 1578 | 1 | 23.2 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Danny White | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 76 | 3168 | 73 | 0 | 41.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Septien | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 65.5% | 44 | 40 | 90.9% | |||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 65.5% | 44 | 40 | 90.9% | 76 | 3168 | 73 | 0 | 41.7 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 17 | 63.0% | 38 | 34 | 89.5% | 96 | 3917 | 40.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Benny Barnes | 28 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 1 | ||||||
| Larry Brinson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Cooper | 24 | RT | 15 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Donovan* | 26 | LT | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Harris* | 31 | FS | 16 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Hill* | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Hughes | 26 | SS | 15 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Aaron Kyle | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 26 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| D.D. Lewis | 34 | RLB | 16 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Wade Manning | 24 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Aaron Mitchell | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Robert Newhouse | 29 | FB | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Rafferty | 25 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Shaw | 23 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -34 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Springs | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Stalls | 24 | LDT | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roger Staubach* | 37 | QB | 16 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Thornton | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Danny White | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy White*+ | 26 | RDT | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Wilson | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 13 | 193 | 0 | 68 | 34 | 22 | -1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 41 | 20 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Septien | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 40 | 19 | 97 | |||||||||
| Tony Hill* | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | 28 | WR | 15 | 0 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | 29 | FB | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 26 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Ron Springs | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Preston Pearson | 34 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Benny Barnes | 28 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | 25 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Harvey Martin* | 29 | RDE | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 19 | 1 | 369 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 17 | 313 |