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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.
Coached by Tom Landry (12-4-0)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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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 | |
| 3 | 78 | DAL | Bill Roe | LB | 2 | 1980 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | Colorado | |||||||||||
| 3 | 80 | DAL | James Jones | RB | 5 | 1980 | 1985 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 331 | 1 | 42 | 312 | 1 | Mississippi State |
| 4 | 105 | DAL | Kurt Petersen | G | 6 | 1980 | 1985 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84 | Missouri | |||||||||||
| 5 | 133 | DAL | Gary Hogeboom | QB | 10 | 1980 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79 | 743 | 1325 | 9436 | 49 | 60 | 83 | 161 | 4 | Central Michigan | |||
| 6 | 162 | DAL | Timmy Newsome | RB | 9 | 1980 | 1988 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 342 | 1226 | 19 | 212 | 1966 | 11 | Winston-Salem State | |||||
| 7 | 189 | DAL | Lester Brown | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clemson | |||||||||||||||
| 8 | 216 | DAL | Larry Savage | LB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan State | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 246 | DAL | Jackie Flowers | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida State | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 273 | DAL | Matthew Teague | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | Prairie View | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 300 | DAL | Gary Padjen | LB | 4 | 1982 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | Arizona State | |||||||||||
| 12 | 330 | DAL | Norm Wells | DT | 1 | 1980 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Northwestern | |||||||||||