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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 357 points (22.3/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 333 points (20.8/g), 14th.
Differential of 24 points (1.5/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 5th.
Coached by Tom Landry (10-6-0)
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1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 9 | box | W | 1-0 | Washington Redskins | 44 | 14 | 19 | 319 | 206 | 113 | 1 | 24 | 369 | 249 | 120 | 7 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 21 | 26 | 33 | 554 | 452 | 102 | 5 | 13 | 200 | 128 | 72 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 2-1 | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 7 | 20 | 343 | 212 | 131 | 2 | 15 | 297 | 169 | 128 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Houston Oilers | 17 | 10 | 16 | 339 | 183 | 156 | 13 | 214 | 133 | 81 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | New York Giants | 30 | 29 | 27 | 423 | 317 | 106 | 4 | 19 | 473 | 403 | 70 | 5 |
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | 5-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27 | 13 | 18 | 374 | 241 | 133 | 2 | 14 | 315 | 231 | 84 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 14 | 16 | 22 | 310 | 163 | 147 | 4 | 22 | 402 | 347 | 55 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | 6-2 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 10 | 28 | 461 | 352 | 109 | 4 | 18 | 253 | 91 | 162 | 4 | |
| 9 | Mon | November 4 | box | L | 6-3 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 21 | 18 | 248 | 159 | 89 | 3 | 19 | 286 | 237 | 49 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Washington Redskins | 13 | 7 | 14 | 338 | 219 | 119 | 15 | 267 | 143 | 124 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 17 | box | L | 7-4 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 44 | 12 | 171 | 119 | 52 | 5 | 18 | 378 | 162 | 216 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 8-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 17 | 28 | 377 | 234 | 143 | 1 | 20 | 402 | 277 | 125 | 3 | |
| 13 | Thu | November 28 | box | W | 9-4 | St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 17 | 23 | 393 | 277 | 116 | 1 | 24 | 365 | 281 | 84 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 8 | box | L | 9-5 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 24 | 50 | 20 | 260 | 196 | 64 | 4 | 31 | 570 | 296 | 274 | 2 |
| 15 | Sun | December 15 | box | W | 10-5 | New York Giants | 28 | 21 | 13 | 273 | 172 | 101 | 1 | 25 | 396 | 296 | 100 | 4 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 22 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 31 | 25 | 419 | 359 | 60 | 4 | 22 | 421 | 312 | 109 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 4 | box | L | 10-7 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 357 | 5602 | 1093 | 5.1 | 336 | 344 | 587 | 3861 | 27 | 25 | 6.1 | 208 | 462 | 1741 | 11 | 3.8 | 95 | 41 | 16 | 33 |
| Team Defense | 333 | 5608 | 1076 | 5.2 | 526 | 279 | 549 | 3755 | 20 | 33 | 6.1 | 193 | 465 | 1853 | 18 | 4.0 | 312 | 48 | 15 | 21 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 11 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 14 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 17 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny White | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 267 | 450 | 59.3 | 3157 | 21 | 4.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 56 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 11.8 | 225.5 | 80.6 | 30 | 257 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 6.3 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 27 | 16 | 2 | 70 | 126 | 55.6 | 978 | 5 | 4.0 | 7 | 5.6 | 58 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 14.0 | 61.1 | 70.8 | 14 | 118 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 10.0 | |
| Steve Pelluer | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 47 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 9.4 | 23.5 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 0.0 | |
| James Jones | 27 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | -11.5 | 12.0 | 0.8 | 68.7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | -11.5 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Hill* | 29 | WR | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 42 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 2.8 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 344 | 587 | 58.6 | 4236 | 27 | 4.6 | 25 | 4.3 | 58 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 12.3 | 264.8 | 78.6 | 44 | 375 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 7.0 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 279 | 549 | 50.8 | 3755 | 20 | 3.6 | 33 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 4.5 | 13.5 | 234.7 | 60.0 | 62 | 459 | 6.1 | 3.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Tony Dorsett | 31 | RB | 16 | 16 | 305 | 1307 | 7 | 60 | 4.3 | 81.7 | 19.1 | 46 | 449 | 9.8 | 3 | 56 | 2.9 | 28.1 | 1756 | 10 | 7 |
| Timmy Newsome | 27 | FB | 14 | 13 | 88 | 252 | 2 | 15 | 2.9 | 18.0 | 6.3 | 46 | 361 | 7.8 | 1 | 24 | 3.3 | 25.8 | 613 | 3 | 2 |
| Danny White | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 1 | 21 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 56 | 2 | 6 |
| Robert Lavette | 22 | RET | 12 | 0 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 42 | 0 | 0 |
| John Williams | 25 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 40 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| Gary Hogeboom | 27 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 15 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 48 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Todd Fowler | 23 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 10 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Pelluer | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 1 | -0.7 | -1.0 | 1.5 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tony Hill* | 29 | WR | 15 | 14 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 74 | 1113 | 15.0 | 7 | 53 | 4.9 | 74.2 | 1107 | 7 | 2 |
| James Jones | 27 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 24 | 179 | 7.5 | 0 | 35 | 1.5 | 11.2 | 179 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Banks | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Doug Cosbie* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 64 | 793 | 12.4 | 6 | 42 | 4.0 | 49.6 | 793 | 6 | 2 | |
| Mike Renfro | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 60 | 955 | 15.9 | 8 | 58 | 3.8 | 59.7 | 955 | 8 | 3 | |
| Karl Powe | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 237 | 16.9 | 0 | 34 | 0.9 | 15.8 | 237 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fred Cornwell | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | 32 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 77 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leon Gonzalez | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 28 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 462 | 1741 | 11 | 60 | 3.8 | 108.8 | 28.9 | 344 | 4236 | 12.3 | 27 | 58 | 21.5 | 264.8 | 5977 | 38 | 29 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 465 | 1853 | 18 | 4.0 | 115.8 | 29.1 | 279 | 3755 | 13.5 | 20 | 17.4 | 234.7 | 5608 | 38 | 24 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Robert Lavette | 22 | RET | 12 | 0 | 34 | 682 | 0 | 34 | 20.1 | 724 | |||||
| Bill Bates | 24 | RET | 16 | 2 | 22 | 152 | 0 | 21 | 6.9 | 152 | |||||
| Leon Gonzalez | 22 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 0 | 13 | 3.9 | 86 | ||||||
| Kenny Duckett | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 173 | 0 | 25 | 19.2 | 173 | ||||||
| James Jones | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 161 | 0 | 26 | 17.9 | 340 | ||||||
| John Williams | 25 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 129 | 0 | 30 | 21.5 | 169 | ||||||
| Gordon Banks | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 28 | 9.0 | 26 | ||||||
| Todd Fowler | 23 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 16.0 | 97 | ||||||
| Karl Powe | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 254 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 40 | 237 | 0 | 28 | 5.9 | 62 | 1210 | 0 | 34 | 19.5 | 7424 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 44 | 0 | 68 | 1310 | 0 | 19.3 | ||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Mike Saxon | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3396 | 57 | 1 | 41.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Septien | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 67.9% | 43 | 42 | 97.7% | |||||
| Danny White | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 43.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 67.9% | 43 | 42 | 97.7% | 82 | 3439 | 57 | 1 | 41.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 18 | 66.7% | 40 | 37 | 92.5% | 78 | 3221 | 41.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 24 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 12.0 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | |||
| Too Tall Jones | 34 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||
| Randy White*+ | 32 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 10.5 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | 31 | RB | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Everson Walls* | 26 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Eugene Lockhart | 24 | MLB | 16 | 15 | 3.5 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | |||||
| Danny White | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 2 | -6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Hegman | 32 | LLB | 16 | 15 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Dextor Clinkscale | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 2.0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Michael Downs | 26 | FS | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Victor Scott | 23 | 16 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Thurman | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bill Bates | 24 | RET | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 51 | ||||||||
| John Dutton | 34 | LDT | 16 | 15 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Williams | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Fellows | 27 | RCB | 13 | 11 | 4 | 52 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Brooks | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Kenny Duckett | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tony Hill* | 29 | WR | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | 27 | FB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Rafferty | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Smerek | 28 | 10 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jeff Rohrer | 27 | RLB | 15 | 13 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| Leon Gonzalez | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jesse Penn | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kurt Petersen | 28 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Karl Powe | 23 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| David Ponder | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 62.0 | 33 | 263 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 134 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 44 | 24 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Septien | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 42 | 19 | 99 | |||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | 31 | RB | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 60 | |||||||||
| Mike Renfro | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill* | 29 | WR | 15 | 14 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | 27 | FB | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 18 | |||||||||
| Danny White | 33 | QB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Fred Cornwell | 24 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Gary Hogeboom | 27 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jim Jeffcoat | 24 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Eugene Lockhart | 24 | MLB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Penn | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Victor Scott | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | 29 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 357 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 18 | 20 | 37 | 18 | 1 | 333 |