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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
Team Games & Schedule
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| 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 | |
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| Division | Sun | December 30 | box | L | 11-6 | Los Angeles Rams | 19 | 21 | |||||||||||