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1984 Dallas Cowboys

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 308 points (19.2/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 308 points (19.2/g), 9th.
 Differential of 0 points (0.0/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by Tom Landry (9-7-0)

1984 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 3 box W 1-0 @ Los Angeles Rams 20 13 26 436 321 115 5 11 204 67 137 5
2 Sun September 9 box L 1-1 @ New York Giants 7 28 23 344 206 138 4 15 284 164 120 1
3 Sun September 16 box W 2-1 Philadelphia Eagles 23 17 21 447 352 95 20 299 243 56 3
4 Sun September 23 box W 3-1 Green Bay Packers 20 6 19 300 200 100 1 15 204 77 127 4
5 Sun September 30 box W 4-1 @ Chicago Bears 23 14 17 313 254 59 26 400 117 283 2
6 Sun October 7 box L 4-2 St. Louis Cardinals 20 31 19 298 177 121 3 23 477 325 152
7 Sun October 14 box L 4-3 @ Washington Redskins 14 34 21 359 269 90 4 19 423 182 241 2
8 Sun October 21 box W 5-3 New Orleans Saints 30 27 22 292 194 98 2 17 342 107 235 5
9 Sun October 28 box W 6-3 Indianapolis Colts 22 3 27 397 262 135 2 9 155 82 73 4
10 Sun November 4 box L 6-4 New York Giants 7 19 13 256 140 116 3 18 348 227 121 2
11 Sun November 11 box W 7-4 @ St. Louis Cardinals 24 17 16 250 134 116 2 25 435 357 78 6
12 Sun November 18 box L 7-5 @ Buffalo Bills 3 14 19 297 219 78 3 14 307 104 203 2
13 Thu November 22 box W 8-5 New England Patriots 20 17 18 342 275 67 2 19 297 147 150 1
14 Sun December 2 box W 9-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 26 10 16 286 96 190 6 13 173 135 38 4
15 Sun December 9 box L 9-6 Washington Redskins 28 30 25 387 281 106 4 22 299 148 151
16 Mon December 17 box L 9-7 @ Miami Dolphins 21 28 21 316 226 90 2 17 389 328 61 3

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 308 5320 1121 4.7 323 322 604 3606 19 26 5.5 202 469 1714 12 3.7 93 43 17 28
Team Defense 308 5036 1094 4.6 460 250 527 2810 23 28 4.8 155 510 2226 8 4.4 283 44 16 22
Lg Rank Offense 18 11 8 3 6 17 23 18 20 20 19 23 25 20
Lg Rank Defense 9 7 3 19 5 16 5 3 16 24 1 23 3 10

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%
Gary Hogeboom 26 QB 16 10 195 367 53.1 2366 7 1.9 14 3.8 68 6.4 4.9 12.1 147.9 63.7 22 178 5.6 4.2 5.7
Danny White 32 qb 14 6 126 233 54.1 1580 11 4.7 11 4.7 66 6.8 5.1 12.5 112.9 71.5 26 211 5.3 3.8 10.0
Mike Renfro 29 WR 16 11 1 2 50.0 49 1 50.0 0 0.0 49 24.5 29.5 49.0 3.1 135.4 0 0 24.5 29.5 0.0
Tony Dorsett 30 RB 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Ron Springs 28 FB 16 12 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 26.3 16 322 604 53.3 3995 19 3.1 26 4.3 68 6.6 5.0 12.4 249.7 66.6 48 389 5.5 4.0 7.4
Opp Total 16 250 527 47.4 2810 23 4.4 28 5.3 5.3 3.4 11.2 175.6 56.2 57 390 4.8 2.4

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 30 RB 16 16 302 1189 6 31 3.9 74.3 18.9 51 459 9.0 1 68 3.2 28.7 1648 7 12
Ron Springs 28 FB 16 12 68 197 1 16 2.9 12.3 4.3 46 454 9.9 3 57 2.9 28.4 651 4 1
Timmy Newsome 26 15 4 66 268 5 30 4.1 17.9 4.4 26 263 10.1 0 29 1.7 17.5 531 5 3
Gary Hogeboom 26 QB 16 10 15 19 0 11 1.3 1.2 0.9 19 0 8
James Jones 26 9 0 8 13 0 6 1.6 1.4 0.9 7 57 8.1 1 19 0.8 6.3 70 1 0
Danny White 32 qb 14 6 6 21 0 8 3.5 1.5 0.4 21 0 2
Doug Donley 25 wr 15 9 2 5 0 6 2.5 0.3 0.1 32 473 14.8 2 49 2.1 31.5 478 2 0
Tony Hill 28 WR 11 11 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.6 0.1 58 864 14.9 5 66 5.3 78.5 871 5 0
Waddell Smith 29 2 0 1 -5 0 -5 -5.0 -2.5 0.5 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.5 3.5 2 0 0
Doug Cosbie* 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 60 789 13.2 4 36 3.8 49.3 789 4 1
Mike Renfro 29 WR 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 583 16.7 2 60 2.2 36.4 583 2 0
Fred Cornwell 23 14 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 23 11.5 1 13 0.1 1.6 23 1 0
Harold Carmichael 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.5 3.5 7 0 0
Duriel Harris 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.8 9 0 0
Kirk Phillips 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.8 6 0 0
Phil Pozderac 25 LT/rt 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 469 1714 12 31 3.7 107.1 29.3 322 3995 12.4 19 68 20.1 249.7 5709 31 35
Opp Total 16 510 2226 8 4.4 139.1 31.9 250 2810 11.2 23 15.6 175.6 5036 31 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Gary Allen 24 RET 16 0 54 446 0 18 8.3 33 666 0 34 20.2 1112
Chuck McSwain 23 15 0 20 403 0 32 20.2 403
Ron Fellows 26 RCB 16 16 6 94 0 23 15.7 94
Norm Granger 23 15 0 2 6 0 5 3.0 6
Brian Salonen 23 16 0 2 30 0 22 15.0 30
Team Total 26.3 16 54 446 0 18 8.3 63 1199 0 34 19.0 7354
Opp Total 16 55 0 65 1310 0 20.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Danny White 32 qb 14 6 82 3151 54 0 38.4
Rafael Septien 31 K 16 0 2 2 7 6 9 9 8 4 3 2 29 23 79.3% 34 33 97.1%
John Warren 24 3 0 21 799 48 0 38.0
Jim Miller 27 1 0 5 173 41 0 34.6
Team Total 26.3 16 2 2 7 6 9 9 8 4 3 2 29 23 79.3% 34 33 97.1% 108 4123 54 0 38.2
Opp Total 16 28 19 67.9% 36 35 97.2% 99 4237 42.8

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
Tony Dorsett 30 RB 16 16 12 1 -21 0
Michael Downs 25 FS 16 16 3.5 7 126 1 27 0 2 28 0
Jim Jeffcoat 23 RDE 16 16 11.5 1 0 1 0 1 82
Randy White*+ 31 RDT 16 16 12.5
Gary Hogeboom 26 QB 16 10 8 4 -3 0
Too Tall Jones 33 LDE 16 16 8.0 0 2 0 0
Mike Hegman 31 LLB 16 16 3.5 3 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Bill Bates* 23 12 2 5.0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 52
Ron Fellows 26 RCB 16 16 3 3 0 3 3 1 12 0
Dennis Thurman 28 16 0 1.0 5 81 1 43 0 1 0 0
Dextor Clinkscale 26 SS 15 15 1.0 3 32 0 23 0 2 0 0
Eugene Lockhart 23 mlb 15 8 2.5 1 32 0 32 0 1 0 0
Anthony Dickerson 27 RLB 16 15 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Vince Albritton 22 16 0 1.0 0 2 0 0
Gary Allen 24 RET 16 0 2 1 0 0
Timmy Newsome 26 15 4 3 0 0 0
Victor Scott 22 16 0 1 5 0 5 0 2 0 0
Everson Walls 25 LCB 16 16 3 12 0 12
Danny White 32 qb 14 6 2 1 -3 0
John Dutton 33 LDT 16 16 2.5 1
Chuck McSwain 23 15 0 2 0 0 0
Tom Rafferty 30 C 16 16 0 2 0 0
Jeff Rohrer 26 16 0 1 1 5 0
Doug Cosbie* 28 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Norm Granger 23 15 0 0 1 0 0
Howard Richards 25 11 4 0 1 0 0
Brian Salonen 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Don Smerek 27 16 0 1.0
Ron Springs 28 FB 16 12 1 0 0 0
Mark Tuinei 24 16 0 1.0
Team Total 26.3 16 56.0 28 297 2 43 1 35 30 18 1 142 1
Opp Total 16 48 35 19

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Rafael Septien 31 K 16 0 33 23 102
Tony Dorsett 30 RB 16 16 6 1 42
Tony Hill 28 WR 11 11 5 30
Timmy Newsome 26 15 4 5 30
Doug Cosbie* 28 TE 16 16 4 24
Ron Springs 28 FB 16 12 1 3 24
Doug Donley 25 wr 15 9 2 12
Mike Renfro 29 WR 16 11 2 12
Fred Cornwell 23 14 1 1 6
Michael Downs 25 FS 16 16 1 6
Jim Jeffcoat 23 RDE 16 16 1 6
James Jones 26 9 0 1 6
Dennis Thurman 28 16 0 1 6
John Dutton 33 LDT 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.3 16 12 19 1 2 33 23 1 308
Opp Total 16 8 23 35 19 308