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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.
Coached by Tom Landry (12-4-0)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Danny White | 28 | 4 | 16 | 260 for 436, 3,287 yards, 28 td, 25 int, & 27 rushes for 114 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| RB | Tony Dorsett | 26 | 3 | 15 | 278 rushes for 1,185 yards, 11 td, & 34 catches for 263 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| FB | Robert Newhouse | 30 | 8 | 10 | 118 rushes for 451 yards, 6 td, & 8 catches for 75 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| FB | Ron Springs | 24 | 1 | 6 | 89 rushes for 326 yards, 6 td, & 15 catches for 212 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 136th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Tony Hill | 24 | 3 | 13 | 60 catches for 1,055 yards, 8 td, & 4 rushes for 27 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| WR | Drew Pearson | 29 | 7 | 15 | 43 catches for 568 yards, 6 td, & 2 rushes for 30 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Billy Joe DuPree | 30 | 7 | 16 | 29 catches for 312 yards, 7 td, & 4 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| LT | Pat Donovan* | 27 | 5 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1975 |
| LG | Herbert Scott*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
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| C | John Fitzgerald | 32 | 9 | 14 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
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| RG | Tom Rafferty | 26 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| RT | Jim Cooper | 25 | 3 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Too Tall Jones | 29 | 6 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Larry Cole | 34 | 12 | 16 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| RDT | Randy White* | 27 | 5 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
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| RDE | Harvey Martin | 30 | 7 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
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| LLB | Mike Hegman | 27 | 4 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| MLB | Bob Breunig* | 27 | 5 | 16 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| RLB | D.D. Lewis | 35 | 12 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| LCB | Steve Wilson | 23 | 1 | 11 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Benny Barnes | 29 | 8 | 6 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Aaron Mitchell | 24 | 1 | 15 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 55th pick / 1979 |
| SS | Charlie Waters | 32 | 10 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| FS | Dennis Thurman | 24 | 2 | 16 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Rafael Septien | 27 | 3 | 0 | 11 of 17 field goals & 59 of 60 extra points | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 |
| P | Danny White | 28 | 4 | 16 | 71 punts for a 40.9 average, 0 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| PR | James Jones | 22 | Rook | 0 | 54 punt returns for a 10.1 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 80th pick / 1980 |
| KR | James Jones | 22 | Rook | 0 | 32 kick returns for a 22.5 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 80th pick / 1980 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Benny Barnes | 29 | DB | 11 | 6 | 190 | 6-1 | Stanford | 3/3/1951 | 8 | |
| Larry Bethea | 24 | DT-DE | 11 | 0 | 251 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/21/1956 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 28th pick / 1978 |
| Bob Breunig* | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 226 | 6-7 | Arizona State | 7/4/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| Guy Brown | 25 | LB | 16 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Houston | 6/1/1955 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 108th pick / 1977 |
| Glenn Carano | 25 | QB | 3 | 0 | 201 | 6-3 | UNLV | 11/18/1955 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 54th pick / 1977 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | South Carolina State | 4/13/1958 | Rook | |
| Larry Cole | 34 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 252 | 6-5 | Air Force,Hawaii,Houston | 11/15/1946 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 16th / 428th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Cooper | 25 | T-C-G | 15 | 15 | 262 | 6-5 | Temple | 9/28/1955 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
| Doug Cosbie | 24 | TE | 16 | 0 | 236 | 6-6 | Holy Cross,Santa Clara | 3/27/1956 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | SMU | 6/9/1957 | Rook | |
| Pat Donovan* | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-5 | Stanford | 7/1/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1975 |
| Tony Dorsett | 26 | RB | 15 | 15 | 192 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 4/7/1954 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 30 | TE | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 3/7/1950 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| John Dutton | 29 | DT-DE | 16 | 0 | 266 | 6-6 | Nebraska | 2/6/1951 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| John Fitzgerald | 32 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-5 | Boston College | 4/16/1948 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 101st pick / 1970 |
| Andy Frederick | 26 | T | 16 | 1 | 257 | 6-6 | New Mexico | 7/25/1954 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1977 |
| Mike Hegman | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-1 | Alabama A&M,Tennessee State | 1/17/1953 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| Tony Hill | 24 | WR | 16 | 13 | 199 | 6-2 | Stanford | 6/23/1956 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 22 | QB | 2 | 0 | 205 | 6-4 | Central Michigan | 8/21/1958 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 133rd pick / 1980 |
| Randy Hughes | 27 | DB | 5 | 0 | 209 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 4/3/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 96th pick / 1975 |
| Eric Hurt | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 171 | 5-11 | San Jose State | 6/11/1957 | Rook | |
| Bruce Huther | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 221 | 6-1 | New Hampshire | 7/23/1954 | 3 | |
| Butch Johnson | 26 | WR | 16 | 1 | 187 | 6-1 | California-Riverside | 5/28/1954 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 87th pick / 1976 |
| James Jones | 22 | RB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 12/6/1958 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 80th pick / 1980 |
| Too Tall Jones | 29 | DE | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-9 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1951 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| D.D. Lewis | 35 | LB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 10/16/1945 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 159th pick / 1968 |
| Harvey Martin | 30 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/16/1950 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
| Aaron Mitchell | 24 | DB | 15 | 15 | 196 | 6-1 | Morris Brown,UNLV | 12/15/1956 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 55th pick / 1979 |
| Robert Newhouse | 30 | RB | 16 | 10 | 209 | 5-10 | Houston | 1/9/1950 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| Timmy Newsome | 22 | RB | 16 | 1 | 232 | 6-1 | Winston-Salem State | 5/17/1958 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 162nd pick / 1980 |
| Drew Pearson | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 184 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 1/12/1951 | 7 | |
| Preston Pearson | 35 | RB | 11 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Illinois | 1/17/1945 | 13 | Baltimore Colts / 12th / 298th pick / 1967 |
| Kurt Petersen | 23 | G | 16 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | Missouri | 6/17/1957 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 105th pick / 1980 |
| Tom Rafferty | 26 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 256 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/2/1954 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| Bill Roe | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Colorado | 2/6/1958 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 78th pick / 1980 |
| Jay Saldi | 26 | TE-WR | 16 | 3 | 225 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 10/8/1954 | 4 | |
| Herbert Scott*+ | 27 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 254 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 1/18/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
| Rafael Septien | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | La-Lafayette | 12/12/1953 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 |
| Robert Shaw | 24 | C-G | 14 | 2 | 245 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 10/15/1956 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 27th pick / 1979 |
| Roland Solomon | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Utah | 2/6/1956 | Rook | |
| Ron Springs | 24 | RB | 15 | 6 | 213 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/4/1956 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 136th pick / 1979 |
| Bruce Thornton | 22 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 263 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/14/1958 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 219th pick / 1979 |
| Dennis Thurman | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 176 | 5-11 | USC | 4/13/1956 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| Charlie Waters | 32 | DB | 16 | 16 | 193 | 6-1 | Clemson | 9/10/1948 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 66th pick / 1970 |
| Norm Wells | 23 | DT | 3 | 0 | 261 | 6-5 | Northwestern | 9/8/1957 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 12th / 330th pick / 1980 |
| Danny White | 28 | QB-P | 16 | 16 | 193 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 2/9/1952 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| Randy White* | 27 | DT-LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-4 | Maryland | 1/15/1953 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| Steve Wilson | 23 | DB-WR | 16 | 11 | 195 | 5-10 | Howard | 8/24/1957 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 222.9 | 6-2.4 | 3.8 |