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1980 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 454 points (28.4/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 311 points (19.4/g), 13th.
 Differential of 143 points (8.9/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.

Simple Rating System: Total 8.0, Offense: 7.8, Defense: 0.1, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Tom Landry

 Offensive Coordinator: Dan Reeves

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

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Drafted Players

Draft Index · Full 1980 Draft Results
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
3 78 DAL Bill Roe LB 2 1980 1987 0 0 0 3 19 Colorado
3 80 DAL James Jones RB 5 1980 1985 0 0 0 4 62 1 2 12 1 1 84 331 1 42 312 1 Mississippi St.
4 105 DAL Kurt Petersen G 6 1980 1985 0 0 5 27 84 Missouri
5 133 DAL Gary Hogeboom QB 10 1980 1989 0 0 2 22 79 743 1325 9436 49 60 83 161 4 Central Michigan
6 162 DAL Timmy Newsome RB 9 1980 1988 0 0 4 22 121 342 1226 19 212 1966 11 Winston-Salem St.
7 189 DAL Lester Brown RB 0 0 0 Clemson
8 216 DAL Larry Savage LB 0 0 0 Michigan St.
9 246 DAL Jackie Flowers WR 0 0 0 Florida St.
10 273 DAL Matthew Teague DE 0 0 0 Prairie View
11 300 DAL Gary Padjen LB 4 1982 1987 0 0 0 4 41 Arizona St.
12 330 DAL Norm Wells DT 1 1980 1980 0 0 0 0 3 Northwestern