1983 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 2nd in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (12-4-0)

Points For: 479 (29.9/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 360 (22.5/g) 20th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.6-5.4

SRS: 8.53 (3rd of 28), SOS: 1.10

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 17-24 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Defensive Coordinator: Ernie Stautner

Other Notable Asst.: Neill Armstrong (Quality Control), Jim Myers (Assistant Head Coach/OL), Dick Nolan (Receivers), Jim Shofner (Quarterbacks) and Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +600

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	479	5959	1110	5.4	39	14	342	346	554	3842	31	25	6.5	205	519	2117	21	4.1	109	99	847	28
Opp. Stats	360	5427	1025	5.3	48	21	286	299	558	3928	27	27	6.4	181	410	1499	12	3.7	82	100	873	23
Lg Rank Offense	2	5			15	7	5		8	4	2	20	6		12	15	3	17
Lg Rank Defense	20	17			4	4	4		27	27	23	5	21		2	2	8	6

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Mon	September 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Washington Redskins	31	30	16	356	173	183		26	447	299	148	1	15.49	-11.13	-3.76
2	Sun	September 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	34	17	19	329	214	115	2	16	313	260	53	6	1.26	24.62	-9.83
3	Sun	September 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		New York Giants	28	13	18	309	220	89	3	16	334	203	131	4	-9.67	20.68	5.16
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		New Orleans Saints	21	20	16	272	99	173	6	17	298	183	115	3	-23.24	10.99	4.21
5	Sun	October 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	37	24	28	400	200	200	3	14	316	272	44	3	0.73	15.64	-3.86
6	Sun	October 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-0		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	27	24	25	444	340	104	3	13	335	248	87	2	-3.07	3.29	3.38
7	Sun	October 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0		Philadelphia Eagles	37	7	32	522	310	212	1	9	209	165	44	2	22.65	11.51	-3.05
8	Sun	October 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-1		Los Angeles Raiders	38	40	17	319	238	81	3	31	519	300	219	6	-3.61	-1.67	-2.59
9	Sun	October 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1	@	New York Giants	38	20	27	485	288	197	3	17	390	296	94	6	10.43	14.59	-1.34
10	Sun	November 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	27	20	22	363	249	114	2	16	353	223	130	2	4.32	0.61	-3.04
11	Sun	November 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-2	@	San Diego Chargers	23	24	25	389	291	98		21	355	332	23	1	7.72	-5.75	0.67
12	Sun	November 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2		Kansas City Chiefs	41	21	18	421	229	192	2	29	434	391	43	3	6.69	4.82	5.53
13	Thu	November 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2		St. Louis Cardinals	35	17	17	362	230	132		14	278	189	89	3	13.40	3.73	-0.53
14	Sun	December 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2	@	Seattle Seahawks	35	10	25	418	286	132	2	14	216	188	28	4	9.51	24.78	-12.33
15	Sun	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-3		Washington Redskins	10	31	13	205	172	33	4	20	336	170	166	1	-20.87	-6.18	3.89
16	Mon	December 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	42	24	365	303	62	5	13	294	209	85	1	-19.91	-1.46	-6.03
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Mon	December 26	2:30PM ET	boxscore	L		12-5		Los Angeles Rams	17	24	24	363	300	63	4	19	243	149	94		-6.65	3.14	-0.50

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Danny White	31	QB	16	16	12-4-0	334	533	62.7	3980	29	5.4	23	4.3	195	47.9	80	7.5	6.6	11.9	248.8	85.6	37	314	6.49	6.43	5.6	2	2
2	Gary Hogeboom	25	QB	6	0		11	17	64.7	161	1	5.9	1	5.9	10	58.8	24	9.5	8.0	14.6	26.8	90.6	0	0	0.00	9.47	8.0	0	0
3	Ron Springs	27	FB	16	14		1	2	50.0	15	1	50.0	0	0.0	1	50.0	15	7.5	17.5	15.0	0.9	114.6	0	0	0.00	7.50	17.5	0	0
4	Tony Dorsett	29	RB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB,AP-2
5	Drew Pearson	32	WR	14	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0			0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	346	554	62.5	3842	31	5.6	25	4.5	206	48.1	80	7.5	6.6	12.0	240.1	85.2	37	314	6.26	6.50	5.65	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Danny White	31	QB	1	1	0-1-0	32	53	60.4	330	2	3.8	3	5.7	20	50.0	30	6.2	4.4	10.3	330.0	67.3	3	30	5.36	5.36	3.7	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	32	53	60.4	300	2	3.8	3	5.7	20	50.0	30	6.2	4.4	10.3	300.0	67.3	3	30	5.36	5.36	3.66	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	29	RB	16	16	289	1321	8	57	43.9	77	4.6	82.6	18.1	49	40	287	7.2	1	15	44.9	24	2.5	17.9	81.6	5.9	329	4.9	1608	9	5	PB,AP-2
2	Ron Springs	27	FB	16	14	149	541	7	36	58.4	19	3.6	33.8	9.3	101	73	589	8.1	1	25	46.5	80	4.6	36.8	72.3	5.8	222	5.1	1130	8	3
3	Tony Hill	27	WR	12	9	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	82	49	801	16.3	7	33	52.4	75	4.1	66.8	59.8	9.8	50	16.1	803	7	1
4	Doug Cosbie	27	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	77	46	588	12.8	6	33	55.8	61	2.9	36.8	59.7	7.6	46	12.8	588	6	0	PB
5	Butch Johnson	29	WR	16	5	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	63	41	561	13.7	3	32	63.5	46	2.6	35.1	65.1	8.9	42	13.4	561	3	0
6	Drew Pearson	32	WR	14	13	2	13	0	1	50.0	10	6.5	0.9	0.1	75	47	545	11.6	5	28	57.3	32	3.4	38.9	62.7	7.3	49	11.4	558	5	1
7	Timmy Newsome	25	RB	16	0	44	185	2	9	45.5	20	4.2	11.6	2.8	28	18	250	13.9	4	15	60.7	52	1.1	15.6	64.3	8.9	62	7.0	435	6	0
8	Doug Donley	24	WR	11	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	36	18	370	20.6	2	15	47.2	47	1.6	33.6	50.0	10.3	18	20.6	370	2	0
9	Billy Joe DuPree	33	TE	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	12	142	11.8	1	9	50.0	28	0.8	8.9	60.0	7.1	12	11.8	142	1	0
10	Danny White	31	QB	16	16	18	31	4	6	33.3	22	1.7	1.9	1.1	1	1	15	15.0	1	1	100.0	15	0.1	0.9	100.0	15.0	19	2.4	46	5	10
11	Robert Newhouse	33	RB	16	0	9	34	0	0	0.0	8	3.8	2.1	0.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	3.8	34	0	3
12	Tom Rafferty	29	C	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	0.1	0.5	100.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
13	Gary Hogeboom	25	QB	6	0	6	-10	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.7	-1.7	1.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			6	-1.7	-10	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	519	2117	21	109	46.4	77	4.1	132.3	32.4	533	346	4156	12.0	31	206	53.1	80	21.6	259.8	64.9	7.8	865	7.3	6273	52	23

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Hill	27	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	9	115	12.8	1	8	64.3	23	9.0	115.0	64.3	8.2	9	12.8	115	1	0
2	Tony Dorsett	29	RB	1	1	17	59	0	3	47.1	11	3.5	59.0	17.0	5	4	12	3.0	0	1	60.0	6	4.0	12.0	80.0	2.4	21	3.4	71	0	0
3	Doug Cosbie	27	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	5	62	12.4	1	5	55.6	22	5.0	62.0	55.6	6.9	5	12.4	62	1	0
4	Drew Pearson	32	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	2	49	24.5	0	2	28.6	30	2.0	49.0	28.6	7.0	2	24.5	49	0	0
5	Ron Springs	27	FB	1	1	2	4	0	0	0.0	3	2.0	4.0	2.0	8	6	38	6.3	0	1	50.0	12	6.0	38.0	75.0	4.8	8	5.3	42	0	0
6	Timmy Newsome	25	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	2	25	12.5	0	2	66.7	15	2.0	25.0	66.7	8.3	2	12.5	25	0	0
7	Butch Johnson	29	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	20	6.7	0	1	50.0	12	3.0	20.0	75.0	5.0	3	6.7	20	0	0
8	Billy Joe DuPree	33	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	9	9.0	0	0	100.0	9	1.0	9.0	100.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
9	Danny White	31	QB	1	1	1	0	0	1	100.0		0.0	0.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	20	63	0	4	45.0	11	3.2	63.0	20.0	51	32	330	10.3	2	20	54.9	30	32.0	330.0	62.7	6.5	52	7.6	393	2	1

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Breunig	30	MLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Anthony Dickerson	26	RLB	16	16	1	8	0	8	2	0	3	0	0	10.5	0	0	0	1
3	Tony Dorsett	29	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
4	Michael Downs	24	FS	16	16	4	80	0	28	2	0	2	10	1	1.5	0	0	0	0
5	John Dutton	32	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0
6	Mike Hegman	30	LLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
7	Too Tall Jones	32	LDE	16	16	1	12	0	12	1	0	2	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
8	Harvey Martin	33	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
9	Herbert Scott	30	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Dennis Thurman	27	RCB	16	16	6	49	0	34	2	0	2	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0
11	Everson Walls	24	LCB	16	16	4	70	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Danny White	31	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Randy White	30	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	12.5	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5,AP DPoY-2
14	Dextor Clinkscale	25	SS	15	15	2	68	1	68	0	0	4	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
15	Ron Springs	27	FB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Drew Pearson	32	WR	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Tony Hill	27	WR	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Bates	22	DB	16	1	1	29	0	29	1	1	2	0	0	4.0	84	84	0	0
19	Larry Bethea	27	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0
20	Ron Fellows	25	DB	16	0	5	139	1	58	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Rod Hill	24	DB	14	0	2	12	0	12	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Jim Jeffcoat	22	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	0	0
23	Robert Newhouse	33	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Don Smerek	26	DT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	27	467	2	68	15	30	35	19	3	57.0	87	87	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bill Bates	22	DB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Too Tall Jones	32	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Danny White	31	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Gary Allen	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2.0	0	0

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