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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)
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1982 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* | 30 | 6 | 9 | 156 for 247, 2,079 yards, 16 td, 12 int, & 17 rushes for 91 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| RB | Tony Dorsett* | 28 | 5 | 9 | 177 rushes for 745 yards, 5 td, & 24 catches for 179 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| FB | Ron Springs | 26 | 3 | 9 | 59 rushes for 243 yards, 2 td, & 17 catches for 163 yards and 2 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 136th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Tony Hill | 26 | 5 | 8 | 35 catches for 526 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 22 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| WR | Drew Pearson | 31 | 9 | 8 | 26 catches for 382 yards, 3 td | |
| TE | Doug Cosbie | 26 | 3 | 9 | 30 catches for 441 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for -2 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Pat Donovan* | 29 | 7 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Howard Richards | 23 | 1 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1981 |
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| C | Tom Rafferty | 28 | 6 | 9 | 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| RG | Kurt Petersen | 25 | 2 | 9 | 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 105th pick / 1980 |
| RT | Jim Cooper | 27 | 5 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Too Tall Jones*+ | 31 | 8 | 9 | 6.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| LDT | John Dutton | 31 | 8 | 9 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| RDT | Randy White*+ | 29 | 7 | 9 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Harvey Martin | 32 | 9 | 9 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
| LLB | Mike Hegman | 29 | 6 | 9 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| MLB | Bob Breunig* | 29 | 7 | 9 | 1.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| RLB | Guy Brown | 27 | 5 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 108th pick / 1977 |
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| LCB | Everson Walls* | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Dennis Thurman | 26 | 4 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| SS | Benny Barnes | 31 | 10 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Michael Downs | 23 | 1 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Rafael Septien | 29 | 5 | 0 | 10 of 14 field goals & 28 of 28 extra points | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 |
| P | Danny White* | 30 | 6 | 9 | 37 punts for a 41.7 average, 0 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| PR | Ron Fellows | 24 | 1 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 7.6 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| KR | Ron Fellows | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 kick returns for a 22.4 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Brian Baldinger | 22 | G-T-C | 4 | 0 | 278 | 6-4 | Duke | 1/7/1960 | Rook | |
| Benny Barnes | 31 | DB | 9 | 9 | 190 | 6-1 | Stanford | 3/3/1951 | 10 | |
| Larry Bethea | 26 | DT-DE | 8 | 0 | 251 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 7/21/1956 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 28th pick / 1978 |
| Bob Breunig* | 29 | LB | 9 | 9 | 226 | 6-7 | Arizona State | 7/4/1953 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| Guy Brown | 27 | LB | 9 | 8 | 223 | 6-4 | Houston | 6/1/1955 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 108th pick / 1977 |
| Glenn Carano | 27 | QB | 7 | 0 | 201 | 6-3 | UNLV | 11/18/1955 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 54th pick / 1977 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 24 | DB | 9 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | South Carolina State | 4/13/1958 | 2 | |
| Jim Cooper | 27 | T-C-G | 9 | 9 | 262 | 6-5 | Temple | 9/28/1955 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
| Doug Cosbie | 26 | TE | 9 | 9 | 236 | 6-6 | Holy Cross,Santa Clara | 3/27/1956 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 25 | LB | 9 | 1 | 220 | 6-2 | SMU | 6/9/1957 | 2 | |
| Doug Donley | 23 | WR | 6 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 2/6/1959 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1981 |
| Pat Donovan* | 29 | T | 9 | 9 | 253 | 6-5 | Stanford | 7/1/1953 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 90th pick / 1975 |
| Tony Dorsett* | 28 | RB | 9 | 9 | 192 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 4/7/1954 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| Michael Downs | 23 | DB | 9 | 9 | 205 | 6-3 | Rice | 6/9/1959 | 1 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 32 | TE | 9 | 1 | 225 | 6-4 | Michigan State | 3/7/1950 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1973 |
| John Dutton | 31 | DT-DE | 9 | 9 | 266 | 6-6 | Nebraska | 2/6/1951 | 8 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| Ron Fellows | 24 | DB | 9 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/7/1958 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| Mike Hegman | 29 | LB | 9 | 9 | 227 | 6-1 | Alabama A&M,Tennessee State | 1/17/1953 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| Rod Hill | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Kentucky State | 3/14/1959 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1982 |
| Tony Hill | 26 | WR | 9 | 8 | 199 | 6-2 | Stanford | 6/23/1956 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 24 | QB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-4 | Central Michigan | 8/21/1958 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 133rd pick / 1980 |
| Monty Hunter | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Salem | 1/21/1959 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 109th pick / 1982 |
| Butch Johnson | 28 | WR | 9 | 1 | 187 | 6-1 | California-Riverside | 5/28/1954 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 87th pick / 1976 |
| James Jones | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 12/6/1958 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 80th pick / 1980 |
| Too Tall Jones*+ | 31 | DE | 9 | 9 | 271 | 6-9 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1951 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| Angelo King | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 224 | 6-1 | South Carolina State | 2/10/1958 | 1 | |
| Harvey Martin | 32 | DE-DT | 9 | 9 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 11/16/1950 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1973 |
| Robert Newhouse | 32 | RB | 9 | 0 | 209 | 5-10 | Houston | 1/9/1950 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 35th pick / 1972 |
| Timmy Newsome | 24 | RB | 9 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | Winston-Salem State | 5/17/1958 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 162nd pick / 1980 |
| Drew Pearson | 31 | WR | 9 | 8 | 184 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 1/12/1951 | 9 | |
| George Peoples | 22 | RB | 8 | 0 | 211 | 6-0 | Auburn | 8/25/1960 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 8th / 216th pick / 1982 |
| Kurt Petersen | 25 | G | 9 | 9 | 264 | 6-4 | Missouri | 6/17/1957 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 105th pick / 1980 |
| Phil Pozderac | 23 | T | 7 | 0 | 277 | 6-9 | Notre Dame | 12/19/1959 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1982 |
| Tom Rafferty | 28 | C-G | 9 | 9 | 256 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/2/1954 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| Howard Richards | 23 | G-T | 8 | 8 | 263 | 6-6 | Missouri | 8/7/1959 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1981 |
| Jeff Rohrer | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Yale | 12/25/1958 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1982 |
| Jay Saldi | 28 | TE-WR | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 10/8/1954 | 6 | |
| Herbert Scott | 29 | G-T | 6 | 1 | 254 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 1/18/1953 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
| Rafael Septien | 29 | K | 9 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | La-Lafayette | 12/12/1953 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 |
| Don Smerek | 25 | DT-DE | 7 | 0 | 255 | 6-7 | Nevada-Reno | 12/20/1957 | 1 | |
| Danny Spradlin | 23 | LB | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 3/3/1959 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1981 |
| Ron Springs | 26 | RB | 9 | 9 | 213 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/4/1956 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 136th pick / 1979 |
| Dennis Thurman | 26 | DB | 9 | 9 | 176 | 5-11 | USC | 4/13/1956 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| Glen Titensor | 24 | G-C | 4 | 0 | 263 | 6-4 | BYU,UCLA | 2/21/1958 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1981 |
| Everson Walls* | 23 | DB | 9 | 9 | 194 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/28/1959 | 1 | |
| Danny White* | 30 | QB-P | 9 | 9 | 193 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 2/9/1952 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| Randy White*+ | 29 | DT-LB-DE | 9 | 9 | 257 | 6-4 | Maryland | 1/15/1953 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| Steve Wright | 23 | T-G-TE | 9 | 0 | 271 | 6-6 | Northern Iowa | 4/8/1959 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 9 | 224.4 | 6-2.5 | 3.9 |