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1982 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 6-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 226 points (25.1/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 145 points (16.1/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 81 points (9.0/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 6.7-2.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Tom Landry (6-3-0)

1982 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 13 box L 0-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 36 28 436 341 95 4 23 388 241 147 1
2 Sun September 19 box W 1-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 24 7 19 379 246 133 2 19 311 249 62 1
3 Sun November 21 box W 2-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 9 13 185 107 78 1 21 382 247 135 1
4 Thu November 25 box W 3-1 Cleveland Browns 31 14 27 496 197 299 4 17 280 198 82 5
5 Sun December 5 box W 4-1 @ Washington Redskins 24 10 22 362 202 160 2 15 275 209 66 3
6 Mon December 13 box W 5-1 @ Houston Oilers 37 7 20 416 295 121 2 10 199 160 39 3
7 Sun December 19 box W 6-1 New Orleans Saints 21 7 16 316 195 121 5 18 301 63 238 4
8 Sun December 26 box L 6-2 Philadelphia Eagles 20 24 17 245 136 109 4 16 236 153 83 4
9 Mon January 3 box L 6-3 @ Minnesota Vikings 27 31 18 364 167 197 2 23 381 222 159 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 9 box W 7-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 17
Division Sun January 16 box W 8-3 Green Bay Packers 37 26
ConfChamp Sat January 22 box L 8-4 @ Washington Redskins 17 31

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 226 3199 579 5.5 180 160 258 1886 16 14 6.7 99 296 1313 10 4.4 70 26 12 11
Team Defense 145 2753 581 4.7 268 152 289 1742 10 15 5.4 95 260 1011 5 3.9 162 25 10 11
Lg Rank Offense 5 5 6 23 9 4 18 6 9 5 10 1 23 26
Lg Rank Defense 3 11 10 18 11 8 7 7 9 13 2 17 7 11

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Danny White* 30 QB 9 9 156 247 63.2 2079 16 6.5 12 4.9 49 8.4 6.9 13.3 231.0 91.1 25 264 6.7 5.3 9.2
Gary Hogeboom 24 4 0 3 8 37.5 45 0 0.0 1 12.5 26 5.6 0.0 15.0 11.3 17.2 0 0 5.6 0.0 0.0
Drew Pearson 31 WR 9 8 1 2 50.0 26 0 0.0 1 50.0 26 13.0 -9.5 26.0 2.9 56.2 0 0 13.0 -9.5 0.0
Tony Dorsett* 28 RB 9 9 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.4 9 160 258 62.0 2150 16 6.2 14 5.4 49 8.3 6.5 13.4 238.9 86.5 25 264 6.7 5.0 8.8
Opp Total 9 152 289 52.6 1742 10 3.5 15 5.2 6.0 4.0 11.5 193.6 60.9 32 260 5.4 2.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Tony Dorsett* 28 RB 9 9 177 745 5 99 4.2 82.8 19.7 24 179 7.5 0 18 2.7 19.9 924 5 6
Ron Springs 26 FB 9 9 59 243 2 46 4.1 27.0 6.6 17 163 9.6 2 34 1.9 18.1 406 4 3
Danny White* 30 QB 9 9 17 91 0 21 5.4 10.1 1.9 91 0 10
Timmy Newsome 24 9 0 15 98 1 25 6.5 10.9 1.7 6 118 19.7 1 46 0.7 13.1 216 2 1
Robert Newhouse 32 9 0 14 79 1 27 5.6 8.8 1.6 79 1 0
George Peoples 22 8 0 7 22 0 7 3.1 2.8 0.9 22 0 0
Gary Hogeboom 24 4 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0 0 2
Tony Hill 26 WR 9 8 1 22 0 22 22.0 2.4 0.1 35 526 15.0 1 47 3.9 58.4 548 1 0
Doug Cosbie 26 TE 9 9 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.2 0.1 30 441 14.7 4 45 3.3 49.0 439 4 0
Butch Johnson 28 9 1 1 9 0 9 9.0 1.0 0.1 12 269 22.4 3 49 1.3 29.9 278 3 0
Billy Joe DuPree 32 9 1 1 6 1 6 6.0 0.7 0.1 7 41 5.9 2 12 0.8 4.6 47 3 0
Drew Pearson 31 WR 9 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 382 14.7 3 48 2.9 42.4 382 3 0
Doug Donley 23 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 23 11.5 0 12 0.3 3.8 23 0 2
Jay Saldi 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.2 1.6 8 0 0
Team Total 26.4 9 296 1313 10 99 4.4 145.9 32.9 160 2150 13.4 16 49 17.8 238.9 3463 26 29
Opp Total 9 260 1011 5 3.9 112.3 28.9 152 1742 11.5 10 16.9 193.6 2753 15 20

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ron Fellows 24 RET 9 0 25 189 0 17 7.6 16 359 0 35 22.4 548
Doug Donley 23 6 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 8 151 0 33 18.9 188
Timmy Newsome 24 9 0 5 74 0 26 14.8 290
Rod Hill 23 9 0 4 39 0 26 9.8 39
James Jones 24 5 0 2 46 0 27 23.0 46
Doug Cosbie 26 TE 9 9 1 4 0 4 4.0 443
Dennis Thurman 26 RCB 9 9 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 26.4 9 30 242 0 26 8.1 33 651 0 35 19.7 4356
Opp Total 9 21 0 41 936 0 22.8

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Rafael Septien 29 K 9 0 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 1 14 10 71.4% 28 28 100.0%
Danny White* 30 QB 9 9 37 1542 56 0 41.7
Team Total 26.4 9 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 1 14 10 71.4% 28 28 100.0% 37 1542 56 0 41.7
Opp Total 9 15 9 60.0% 17 16 94.1% 49 2082 42.5

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Danny White* 30 QB 9 9 10 2 0 0
Too Tall Jones*+ 31 LDE 9 9 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Harvey Martin 32 RDE 9 9 8.0
Everson Walls* 23 LCB 9 9 7 61 0 37 1 0 0 0
Tony Dorsett* 28 RB 9 9 6 1 0 0
Michael Downs 23 FS 9 9 1.0 1 22 0 22 0 3 87 1
Ron Fellows 24 RET 9 0 3 1 0 0
Rod Hill 23 9 0 1 3 0 0
Ron Springs 26 FB 9 9 3 1 0 0
Dennis Thurman 26 RCB 9 9 3 75 1 60 0 1 0 0
Bob Breunig* 29 MLB 9 9 1.5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Anthony Dickerson 25 9 1 2.5 1 4 0 4
Randy White*+ 29 RDT 9 9 2.5 0 1 0 0
Benny Barnes 31 SS 9 9 1.0 0 2 0 0
Dextor Clinkscale 24 9 0 2.0 1 0 0 0
Larry Bethea 26 8 0 2.0
Doug Donley 23 6 0 2 0 0 0
John Dutton 31 LDT 9 9 2.0
Gary Hogeboom 24 4 0 2 0 0 0
Monty Hunter 23 9 0 1.0 0 1 0 0
Timmy Newsome 24 9 0 1 1 0 0
Kurt Petersen 25 RG 9 9 0 2 0 0
Tom Rafferty 28 C 9 9 0 2 0 0
Mike Hegman 29 LLB 9 9 1.5
Jim Cooper 27 RT 9 9 0 1 0 0
George Peoples 22 8 0 0 1 0 0
Herbert Scott 29 6 1 0 1 0 0
Don Smerek 25 7 0 1.0
Team Total 26.4 9 32.0 15 163 1 60 29 26 87 1
Opp Total 9 25 20 10

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Rafael Septien 29 K 9 0 28 10 58
Tony Dorsett* 28 RB 9 9 5 30
Doug Cosbie 26 TE 9 9 4 24
Ron Springs 26 FB 9 9 2 2 24
Billy Joe DuPree 32 9 1 1 2 18
Butch Johnson 28 9 1 3 18
Drew Pearson 31 WR 9 8 3 18
Timmy Newsome 24 9 0 1 1 12
Michael Downs 23 FS 9 9 1 6
Tony Hill 26 WR 9 8 1 6
Robert Newhouse 32 9 0 1 6
Dennis Thurman 26 RCB 9 9 1 6
Team Total 26.4 9 10 16 1 1 28 10 226
Opp Total 9 5 10 16 9 145