THE COWBOYS GALLERY
PICTURES, BIOS AND STATS OF OUR FAVORITE COWBOY HEROS
THE HISTORY ARCHIVES
ANNUAL ROSTERS, STATS, SCHEDULES, SCORES AND DRAFTS
LEGENDS ALL-PROS THE REST 60's 70's 80's 90's 00's
LEGENDS
TROY AIKMAN         LARRY ALLEN         BILL BATES         TONY DORSETT         CHARLES HALEY          CLIFF HARRIS        BOB HAYES         CHUCK HOWLEY         MICHAEL IRVIN          
ED JONES          LEE ROY JORDAN          TOM LANDRY         BOB LILLY       HARVEY MARTIN        DON MEREDITH         DREW PEARSON         DON PERKINS         MEL RENFRO
DEION SANDERS          TEX SCHRAMM         EMMITT SMITH         ROGER STAUBACH         CHARLIE WATERS         DARREN WOODSON      RANDY WHITE         RAYFIELD WRIGHT

40    BILL BATES    SS
DALLAS '83-'97 a.k.a. ~ 'BULLY'
B: 6/6/61 Knoxville, TN. Col: Tennessee Draft: undrafted H: 6'1" W: 203

Tennessee : Second Team All-SEC as junior & senior  Dallas Cowboys : Signed as undrafted rookie free agent '83 ~ All-Pro '84 ~ Pro Bowl '84 ~ First to be elected to Pro Bowl as Special Teams Player ~ Tied for most seasons played with Cowboys (15) ~ Cowboys Asst. Special Teams & Nickel Coach '98-'02







Yr G Tkl Sk Int FF FR
'83 16 84 4 1 1 2
'84 12 52 5 1 2 1
'85 16 51 1 4 2 0
'86 15 87 2.5 0 1 0
'87 12 81 3 3 1 0
'88 16 124 .5 1 0 1
'89 16 34 0 1 0 0
'90 16 51 0 1 2 0
'91 16 33 0 0 1 2
'92 5 11 0 0 0 0
'93 16 28 0 2 0 1
'94 15 18 1 0 0 0
'95 16 17 0 0 0 0
'96 14 10 0 0 0 0
'97 16 23 1 0 0 0
Tot 217 704 18 14 10 7