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1979 Dallas Cowboys
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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
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1979 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 27 | DAL | Robert Shaw | C | 3 | 1979 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | Tennessee | |||||||||||
| 2 | 55 | DAL | Aaron Mitchell | DB | 3 | 1979 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | UNLV | |||||||||||
| 3 | 76 | DAL | Doug Cosbie | TE | 10 | 1979 | 1988 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 144 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 300 | 3728 | 30 | Santa Clara | |||||
| 4 | 109 | DAL | Ralph DeLoach | DE | 1 | 1981 | 1981 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | California | |||||||||||
| 5 | 121 | DAL | Bob Hukill | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 5 | 128 | DAL | Curtis Anderson | DE | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Central State (OH) | |||||||||||
| 5 | 136 | DAL | Ron Springs | RB | 8 | 1979 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 694 | 2519 | 28 | 249 | 2259 | 10 | Ohio State |
| 6 | 155 | DAL | Tim Lavender | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | USC | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 160 | DAL | Mike Salzano | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 164 | DAL | Chris DeFrance | WR | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Arizona State | |||||||||||
| 7 | 191 | DAL | Greg Fitzpatrick | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Youngstown State | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 219 | DAL | Bruce Thornton | DE | 4 | 1979 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | Illinois | |||||||||||
| 9 | 247 | DAL | Garry Cobb | LB | 11 | 1979 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 140 | 2 | 44 | 0 | USC | ||||||||
| 10 | 274 | DAL | Mike Calhoun | DT | 1 | 1980 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Notre Dame | |||||||||||
| 12 | 329 | DAL | Quentin Lowry | LB | 3 | 1981 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | Youngstown State | |||||||||||