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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)
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1984 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 | Gary Hogeboom | 26 | 4 | 10 | 195 for 367, 2,366 yards, 7 td, 14 int, & 15 rushes for 19 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 133rd pick / 1980 |
| QB | Danny White | 32 | 8 | 6 | 126 for 233, 1,580 yards, 11 td, 11 int, & 6 rushes for 21 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| RB | Tony Dorsett | 30 | 7 | 16 | 302 rushes for 1,189 yards, 6 td, & 51 catches for 459 yards and 1 td | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| FB | Ron Springs | 28 | 5 | 12 | 68 rushes for 197 yards, 1 td, & 46 catches for 454 yards and 3 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 136th pick / 1979 |
| WR | Tony Hill | 28 | 7 | 11 | 58 catches for 864 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 7 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| WR | Mike Renfro | 29 | 6 | 11 | 35 catches for 583 yards, 2 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1978 |
| WR | Doug Donley | 25 | 3 | 9 | 32 catches for 473 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for 5 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1981 |
| TE | Doug Cosbie* | 28 | 5 | 16 | 60 catches for 789 yards, 4 td | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Phil Pozderac | 25 | 2 | 14 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1982 |
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| LT | Herbert Scott | 31 | 9 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
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| LG | Glen Titensor | 26 | 3 | 12 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1981 |
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| C | Tom Rafferty | 30 | 8 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| RG | Kurt Petersen | 27 | 4 | 13 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 105th pick / 1980 |
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| RT | Jim Cooper | 29 | 7 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
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| RT | Phil Pozderac | 25 | 2 | 14 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1982 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Too Tall Jones | 33 | 10 | 16 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| LDT | John Dutton | 33 | 10 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| RDT | Randy White*+ | 31 | 9 | 16 | 12.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Jim Jeffcoat | 23 | 1 | 16 | 11.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 23rd pick / 1983 |
| LLB | Mike Hegman | 31 | 8 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| MLB | Bob Breunig | 31 | 9 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
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| MLB | Eugene Lockhart | 23 | Rook | 8 | 2.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 152nd pick / 1984 |
| RLB | Anthony Dickerson | 27 | 4 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LCB | Everson Walls | 25 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Ron Fellows | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| SS | Dextor Clinkscale | 26 | 4 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Michael Downs | 25 | 3 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 7 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Rafael Septien | 31 | 7 | 0 | 23 of 29 field goals & 33 of 34 extra points | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 |
| P | Danny White | 32 | 8 | 6 | 82 punts for a 38.4 average, 0 blocked | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| PR | Gary Allen | 24 | 2 | 0 | 54 punt returns for a 8.3 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 6th / 148th pick / 1982 |
| KR | Gary Allen | 24 | 2 | 0 | 33 kick returns for a 20.2 average and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 6th / 148th pick / 1982 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Vince Albritton | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Washington | 7/23/1962 | Rook | |
| Gary Allen | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 183 | 5-10 | Hawaii | 4/23/1960 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 148th pick / 1982 |
| Dowe Aughtman | 23 | DT | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Auburn | 1/28/1961 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 304th pick / 1984 |
| Brian Baldinger | 24 | G-T-C | 16 | 4 | 278 | 6-4 | Duke | 1/7/1960 | 2 | |
| Bill Bates* | 23 | DB | 12 | 2 | 204 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 6/6/1961 | 1 | |
| Bob Breunig | 31 | LB | 8 | 8 | 226 | 6-7 | Arizona State | 7/4/1953 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 70th pick / 1975 |
| Billy Cannon Jr. | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 231 | 6-4 | Texas A&M | 10/8/1961 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 25th pick / 1984 |
| Harold Carmichael | 35 | WR-TE | 2 | 0 | 225 | 6-8 | Southern | 9/22/1949 | 13 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 161st pick / 1971 |
| Dextor Clinkscale | 26 | DB | 15 | 15 | 192 | 5-11 | South Carolina State | 4/13/1958 | 4 | |
| Jim Cooper | 29 | T-C-G | 7 | 7 | 262 | 6-5 | Temple | 9/28/1955 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 164th pick / 1977 |
| Fred Cornwell | 23 | TE | 14 | 1 | 236 | 6-6 | USC | 8/7/1961 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1984 |
| Doug Cosbie* | 28 | TE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-6 | Holy Cross,Santa Clara | 3/27/1956 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 76th pick / 1979 |
| Steve DeOssie | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 248 | 6-2 | Boston College | 11/22/1962 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 110th pick / 1984 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 27 | LB | 16 | 15 | 220 | 6-2 | SMU | 6/9/1957 | 4 | |
| Doug Donley | 25 | WR | 15 | 9 | 175 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 2/6/1959 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1981 |
| Tony Dorsett | 30 | RB | 16 | 16 | 192 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 4/7/1954 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1977 |
| Michael Downs | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 205 | 6-3 | Rice | 6/9/1959 | 3 | |
| John Dutton | 33 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 266 | 6-6 | Nebraska | 2/6/1951 | 10 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 5th pick / 1974 |
| Ron Fellows | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 178 | 6-0 | Missouri | 11/7/1958 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1981 |
| Norm Granger | 23 | RB | 15 | 0 | 225 | 5-9 | Iowa | 9/14/1961 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1984 |
| Duriel Harris | 30 | WR | 5 | 0 | 179 | 5-11 | New Mexico State | 11/27/1954 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 80th pick / 1976 |
| Mike Hegman | 31 | LB | 16 | 16 | 227 | 6-1 | Alabama A&M,Tennessee State | 1/17/1953 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 7th / 173rd pick / 1975 |
| Tony Hill | 28 | WR | 11 | 11 | 199 | 6-2 | Stanford | 6/23/1956 | 7 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1977 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 26 | QB | 16 | 10 | 205 | 6-4 | Central Michigan | 8/21/1958 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 133rd pick / 1980 |
| Carl Howard | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 188 | 6-2 | Rutgers | 9/20/1961 | Rook | |
| John Hunt | 22 | T-G | 2 | 1 | 254 | 6-4 | Florida | 11/6/1962 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 9th / 232nd pick / 1984 |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 23 | DE | 16 | 16 | 274 | 6-5 | Arizona State | 4/1/1961 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 23rd pick / 1983 |
| James Jones | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 200 | 5-10 | Mississippi State | 12/6/1958 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 80th pick / 1980 |
| Too Tall Jones | 33 | DE | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-9 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1951 | 10 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 1st pick / 1974 |
| Syd Kitson | 26 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Wake Forest | 9/27/1958 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 61st pick / 1980 |
| Eugene Lockhart | 23 | LB | 15 | 8 | 234 | 6-2 | Houston | 3/8/1961 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 152nd pick / 1984 |
| Chuck McSwain | 23 | RB | 15 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Clemson | 2/21/1961 | 1 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 135th pick / 1983 |
| Jim Miller | 27 | P | 1 | 0 | 183 | 5-11 | Mississippi | 7/5/1957 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1980 |
| Timmy Newsome | 26 | RB | 15 | 4 | 232 | 6-1 | Winston-Salem State | 5/17/1958 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 162nd pick / 1980 |
| Steve Pelluer | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 209 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/29/1962 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 113th pick / 1984 |
| Kurt Petersen | 27 | G | 13 | 13 | 264 | 6-4 | Missouri | 6/17/1957 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 105th pick / 1980 |
| Kirk Phillips | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 7/31/1960 | Rook | |
| Phil Pozderac | 25 | T | 15 | 14 | 277 | 6-9 | Notre Dame | 12/19/1959 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 137th pick / 1982 |
| Tom Rafferty | 30 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 256 | 6-3 | Penn State | 8/2/1954 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 119th pick / 1976 |
| Mike Renfro | 29 | WR | 16 | 11 | 184 | 6-0 | TCU | 6/19/1955 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 98th pick / 1978 |
| Howard Richards | 25 | G-T | 11 | 4 | 263 | 6-6 | Missouri | 8/7/1959 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 26th pick / 1981 |
| Jeff Rohrer | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Yale | 12/25/1958 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1982 |
| Brian Salonen | 23 | LB-TE | 16 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Montana | 7/29/1961 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 10th / 278th pick / 1984 |
| Herbert Scott | 31 | G-T | 15 | 9 | 254 | 6-2 | Virginia Union | 1/18/1953 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 13th / 330th pick / 1975 |
| Victor Scott | 22 | DB | 16 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Colorado | 6/1/1962 | Rook | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 40th pick / 1984 |
| Rafael Septien | 31 | K | 16 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | La-Lafayette | 12/12/1953 | 7 | New Orleans Saints / 10th / 258th pick / 1977 |
| Don Smerek | 27 | DT-DE | 16 | 0 | 255 | 6-7 | Nevada-Reno | 12/20/1957 | 3 | |
| Waddell Smith | 29 | WR | 2 | 0 | 180 | 6-2 | Kansas | 8/24/1955 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 215th pick / 1977 |
| Ron Springs | 28 | RB | 16 | 12 | 213 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/4/1956 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 136th pick / 1979 |
| Dennis Thurman | 28 | DB | 16 | 0 | 176 | 5-11 | USC | 4/13/1956 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 306th pick / 1978 |
| Glen Titensor | 26 | G-C | 15 | 12 | 263 | 6-4 | BYU,UCLA | 2/21/1958 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 81st pick / 1981 |
| Mark Tuinei | 24 | T-C-DT | 16 | 0 | 302 | 6-5 | Hawaii,UCLA | 3/31/1960 | 1 | |
| Jimmie Turner | 22 | LB | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Presbyterian | 2/16/1962 | Rook | |
| Everson Walls | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 194 | 6-1 | Grambling State | 12/28/1959 | 3 | |
| John Warren | 24 | P | 3 | 0 | 207 | 6-0 | Tennessee | 11/8/1960 | 1 | |
| Danny White | 32 | QB-P | 14 | 6 | 193 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 2/9/1952 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 53rd pick / 1974 |
| Randy White*+ | 31 | DT-LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 257 | 6-4 | Maryland | 1/15/1953 | 9 | Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 2nd pick / 1975 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 16 | 223.8 | 6-2.5 | 3.6 |