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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.

Simple Rating System: Total 3.3, Offense: 3.0, Defense: 0.3, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Tom Landry (11-5-0)
 Offensive Coordinator: Dan Reeves

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St CarAV 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 5 33 Tennessee
2 55 DAL Aaron Mitchell DB 3 1979 1981 0 0 1 10 44 UNLV
3 76 DAL Doug Cosbie TE 10 1979 1988 0 3 6 46 144 7 35 0 300 3728 30 Santa Clara
4 109 DAL Ralph DeLoach DE 1 1981 1981 0 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 1 6
5 136 DAL Ron Springs RB 8 1979 1986 0 0 5 35 112 2 7 45 2 1 694 2519 28 249 2259 10 Ohio St.
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 0 4 Arizona St.
7 191 DAL Greg Fitzpatrick LB 0 0 0 Youngstown St.
8 219 DAL Bruce Thornton DE 4 1979 1982 0 0 0 5 47 Illinois
9 247 DAL Garry Cobb LB 11 1979 1989 0 0 8 51 140 2 44 0 USC
10 274 DAL Mike Calhoun DT 1 1980 1980 0 0 0 0 7 Notre Dame
12 329 DAL Quentin Lowry LB 3 1981 1983 0 0 0 2 27 Youngstown St.