Tony Dorsett

Anthony Drew Dorsett Sr.

Position: RB

5-11, 192lb (180cm, 87kg)

Born: April 7, 1954 in Rochester, PA

College: Pittsburgh (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 107 (90th overall since 1960)

High School: Hopewell (PA)

Draft: Dallas Cowboys in the 1st round (2nd overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1994 (Full List)

Relatives: Son Anthony Dorsett

SUMMARY

Career

173

137

Rush

2936

Yds

12739

Y/A

4.3

FantPt

2089.0

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4	208	1007	12	84	4.8	71.9	14.9	29	273	9.4	1	23	2.1	19.5	237	5.4	1280	13	7	16	AP ORoY-1
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15	290	1325	7	63	4.6	82.8	18.1	37	378	10.2	2	91	2.3	23.6	327	5.2	1703	9	12	17	PB
1979	25	DAL	RB	33	14	14	250	1107	6	41	4.4	79.1	17.9	45	375	8.3	1	32	3.2	26.8	295	5.0	1482	7	9	12
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15	278	1185	11	56	4.3	79.0	18.5	34	263	7.7	0	27	2.3	17.5	312	4.6	1448	11	8	13
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	33	16	16	342	1646	4	75	4.8	102.9	21.4	32	325	10.2	2	73	2.0	20.3	374	5.3	1971	6	10	14	AP MVP-3, AP OPoY-2, AP1, PB
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9	177	745	5	99	4.2	82.8	19.7	24	179	7.5	0	18	2.7	19.9	201	4.6	924	5	6	13	AP2, PB
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16	289	1321	8	77	4.6	82.6	18.1	40	287	7.2	1	24	2.5	17.9	329	4.9	1608	9	5	13	AP2, PB
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16	302	1189	6	31	3.9	74.3	18.9	51	459	9.0	1	68	3.2	28.7	353	4.7	1648	7	12	9
1985	31	DAL	RB	33	16	16	305	1307	7	60	4.3	81.7	19.1	46	449	9.8	3	56	2.9	28.1	351	5.0	1756	10	7	12
1986	32	DAL	RB	33	13	12	184	748	5	33	4.1	57.5	14.2	25	267	10.7	1	36	1.9	20.5	209	4.9	1015	6	5	7
1987	33	DAL	rb	33	12	6	130	456	1	24	3.5	38.0	10.8	19	177	9.3	1	33	1.6	14.8	149	4.2	633	2	3	5
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13	181	703	5	26	3.9	43.9	11.3	16	122	7.6	0	16	1.0	7.6	197	4.2	825	5	6	6
Career					173	152	2936	12739	77	99	4.3	73.6	17.0	398	3554	8.9	13	91	2.3	20.5	3334	4.9	16293	90	90	137
11 yrs		DAL			157	139	2755	12036	72	99	4.4	76.7	17.5	382	3432	9.0	13	91	2.4	21.9	3137	4.9	15468	85	84	131
1 yr		DEN			16	13	181	703	5	26	3.9	43.9	11.3	16	122	7.6	0	16	1.0	7.6	197	4.2	825	5	6	6

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing							Receiving							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1977	23	DAL		3	3	51	222	4	22	4.4	74.0	17.0	4	48	12.0	0	32	1.3	16.0	55	4.9	270	4	3
1978*	24	DAL		3	3	47	262	1	53	5.6	87.3	15.7	8	68	8.5	0	13	2.7	22.7	55	6.0	330	1	3
1979	25	DAL		1	1	19	87	0	26	4.6	87.0	19.0								19	4.6	87	0	0
1980	26	DAL	RB	3	3	45	252	2	23	5.6	84.0	15.0	11	95	8.6	1	18	3.7	31.7	56	6.2	347	3	4
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	2	2	38	177	2	26	4.7	88.5	19.0	4	48	12.0	0	25	2.0	24.0	42	5.4	225	2	0
1982*	28	DAL	RB	3	3	68	266	0	22	3.9	88.7	22.7	7	52	7.4	0	25	2.3	17.3	75	4.2	318	0	2
1983*	29	DAL	RB	1	1	17	59	0	11	3.5	59.0	17.0	4	12	3.0	0	6	4.0	12.0	21	3.4	71	0	0
1985	31	DAL	RB	1	1	17	58	0	14	3.4	58.0	17.0	8	80	10.0	0	22	8.0	80.0	25	5.5	138	0	0
Career				17	17	302	1383	9	53	4.6	81.4	17.8	46	403	8.8	1	32	2.7	23.7	348	5.1	1786	10	12

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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4							7	0	0	0	0.0
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15							12	4	54	1	0.0
1979	25	DAL	RB	33	14	14							9	1	0	0	0.0
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15							8	1	0	0	0.0
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	33	16	16							10	2	0	0	0.0
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9							6	1	0	0	0.0
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16							5	1	0	0	0.0
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16							12	1	-21	0	0.0
1985	31	DAL	RB	33	16	16							7	3	0	0	0.0
1986	32	DAL	RB	33	13	12							5	2	0	0	0.0
1987	33	DAL	rb	33	12	6							3	0	0	0	0.0
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13							6	1	0	0	0.0
Career					173	152							90	17	33	1	0.0
11 yrs		DAL			157	139							84	16	33	1	0.0
1 yr		DEN			16	13							6	1	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1977	23	DAL		3	3						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1978*	24	DAL		3	3						0	3	0	0	0	0.0
1980	26	DAL	RB	3	3						0	4	2	0	0	0.0
1982*	28	DAL	RB	3	3						0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Career				17	17						0	12	2	0	0	0.0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	NY/A	ANY/A
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4	1	1	100	34	0	0	0	0	34	34.0	34.0	34.0	2.4	118.7	34.00	34.00
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0.00	0.00
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13	1	2	50	7	1	50	0	0	7	3.5	13.5	7.0	0.4	97.9	3.50	13.50
Career					173	152	2	8	25	41	1	12.5	1	12.5	34	5.1	2.0	20.5	0.2	48.4	5.13	2.00
11 yrs		DAL			157	139	1	6	16.7	34	0	0	1	16.7	34	5.7	-1.8	34.0	0.2	11.1	5.67	-1.83
1 yr		DEN			16	13	1	2	50	7	1	50	0	0	7	3.5	13.5	7.0	0.4	97.9	3.50	13.50

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1977	23	DAL	RB	33	14	4	12	1		13		78	5.6
1978*	24	DAL	RB	33	16	15	7	2	1	10		60	3.8
1979	25	DAL	RB	33	14	14	6	1		7		42	3.0
1980	26	DAL	RB	33	15	15	11			11		66	4.4
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	33	16	16	4	2		6		36	2.3
1982*	28	DAL	RB	33	9	9	5			5		30	3.3
1983*	29	DAL	RB	33	16	16	8	1		9		54	3.4
1984	30	DAL	RB	33	16	16	6	1		7		42	2.6
1985	31	DAL	RB	33	16	16	7	3		10		60	3.8
1986	32	DAL	RB	33	13	12	5	1		6		36	2.8
1987	33	DAL	rb	33	12	6	1	1		2		12	1.0
1988	34	DEN	RB	33	16	13	5			5		30	1.9
Career					173	152	77	13	1	91	0	546	3.2
11 yrs		DAL			157	139	72	13	1	86	0	516	3.3
1 yr		DEN			16	13	5			5	0	30	1.9

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
1977	23	DAL		3	3	4		4	24	8.0
1978*	24	DAL		3	3	1		1	6	2.0
1980	26	DAL	RB	3	3	2	1	3	18	6.0
1981*+	27	DAL	RB	2	2	2		2	12	6.0
Career				17	17	9	1	10	60	3.5

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