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Head Coach : Tom Landry 1977 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1977 Team Roster

31 Benny Barnes DB
53 Bob Breunig LB
36 Larry Brinson HB
59 Guy Brown LB
63 Larry Cole DT
61 Jim Cooper G
21 Doug Dennison HB
67 Pat Donovan T
33 Tony Dorsett RB
89 Billy Joe DuPree PB TE
62 John Fitzgerald C
71 Andy Frederick DT
77 Bill Gregory DT
43 Cliff Harris AP PB DB
58 Mike Hegman LB
56 Tom 'Hollywood' Henderson AP LB
1 Eferen Herrera AP PB K
80 Tony Hill WR
42 Randy Hughes DB
57 Bruce Huther LB
86 Butch Johnson WR
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones DE
25 Aaron Kyle DB
35 Scott Laidlaw RB
66 Burton Lawless G
50 D.D. Lewis LB
79 Harvey Martin AP PB DE
73 Ralph Neely T
44 Robert Newhouse FB
88 Drew Pearson AP PB WR
26 Preston Pearson HB
75 Jethro Pugh DT
64 Tom Rafferty G
20 Mel Renfro DB
83 Golden Richards WR
87 Jay Saldi TE
68 Herbert Scott G
65 Dave Stalls DE
12 Roger Staubach AP PB QB
46 Mark Washington DB
41 Charlie Waters DB
54 Randy White AP DT
11 Danny White QB/P
70 Rayfield Wright T
*starters - all pro - probowl


1977 Draft

1 Tony Dorsett RB Pittsburgh
2 Glenn Carano QB Nevada-Las Vegas
3 Tony Hill WR Stanford
3 Val Belcher G Houston
4 Guy Brown LB Houston
5 Andy Frederick DT New Mexico
6 Jim Cooper T Temple
7 Dave Stalls DE N. Colorado
8 Al Cleveland DE Pacific
8 Fred Williams RB Arizona State
9 Mark Cantrell C North Carolina
10 Steve DeBerg QB San Jose State
11 Don Wardlow TE Washington
12 Greg Peters G California
















1977 Schedule

Sept.18 at Minnesota 16-10ot
Sept. 25 NY GIANTS 41-21
Sept. 2 TAMPA BAY 23-7
Oct. 9 at St. Louis 30-24
Oct. 16 WASHINGTON 34-16
Oct. 23 at Philadelphia 16-10
Oct. 30 DETROIT 37-0
Oct. 6 at NY Giants 24-10
Nov. 14 ST. LOUIS 24-17
Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh 28-13
Nov. 27 at Washington 14-7
Nov. 4 PHILADELPHIA 24-14
Dec. 12 at San Francisco 42-35
Dec. 18 DENVER 14-6
Dec. 26

NFC Div. Playoff Game  CHICAGO BEARS

37-7
Jan, 1 NFC Championship Game MINNESOTTA 23-6
Jan, 15 SUPER BOWL XII  DALLAS vs. DENVER at New Orleans, La. 27-10

1977 NFC East Standings

DAL 12 2 0 .857
WAS 9 5 0 .643
StL 7 7 0 .500
PHI 5 9 0 .357
NYG 5 9 0 .357
 

1977 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 372 215 57.8 2689 7.2 18 10
OPP 371 154 41.5 1991 5.4 14 21
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 564 2369 4.4 21 345 24.6
OPP 457 1615 3.6 9 212 15.1
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]


Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Herrera

18/29 39/41 93
OPP 10/15 26/26 56

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Johnson 22 536 24.4 64 0
Brinson 17 409 24.1 41 0
Hill 3 64 21.3 29 0
Dennison 1 30 30.0 30 0
Henderson 1 8 8.0 8 0
DuPree 0 24 24.0 24 0
DAL 44 1071 24.3 64 0
OPP 71 1614 22.7 48 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
D.White 81 3171 39.6 10 25 57 1 33.2
Herrera 2 44 22.0 0 2 28 0 22.0
DAL 83 3215 38.7 10 27 57 1 32.4
OPP 103 3825 37.1 4 10 65 0 31.1

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Johnson 50 15 423 8.5 38 0
Hill 10 1 124 12.4 29 0
Harris 1 0 -2 -2.0 -2 0
DAL 61 16 545 8.9 38 0
OPP 36 8 280 7.8 68t 1


Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
Staubach 361 210 58.2 2620 7.26 18 9 87.1
D.White 10 4 40.0 35 3.5 0 1 45.8
Dorsett 1 1 100.0 34 34.0 0 0 118.8
Watters 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 42.3
DAL 372 215 57.8 2689 7.23 18 10 85.1
OPP 370 154 41.6 1991 5.38 14 21 48.0


Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 208 1007 4.8 84t 12
Newhouse 180 721 4.0 29 3
P.Pearson 89 341 3.8 22 1
Staubach 51 171 3.4 33 3
Dennison 12 60 5.0 17 1
Brinson 8 28 3.5 20t 1
D.Pearson 2 22 11.0 11 0
Laidlaw 9 15 1.7 8 0
DuPree 3 9 3.0 7 0
D.White 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
Johnson 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0
DAL 564 2369 4.2 84t 21
OPP 547 1651 3.6 62t 9


Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
D.Pearson 48 870 18.1 67 2
P.Pearson 46 535 11.6 36t 4
Dorsett 29 273 9.4 23 1
DuPree 28 347 12.4 23 3
Richards 17 225 13.2 50t 3
Newhouse 16 106 6.6 41 1
Johnson 12 135 11.3 22t 1
Saldi 11 108 9.8 23t 2
Laidlaw 5 60 12.0 18t 1
Hill 2 21 10.5 12 0
Dennison 1 9 9.0 9 0
DAL 215 2689 12.5 67 18
OPP 154 1991 12.9 60t 14


Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Harris 5 7 1.4 7 0
Henderson 3 79 26.3 79t 1
Waters 3 11 3.7 6 0
Washington 2 32 16.0 21 0
Renfro 2 28 14.0 25 0
Hughes 2 19 9.5 11 0
Lewis 1 29 29.0 29 0
Breunig 1 15 15.0 15 0
Kyle 1 9 9.0 9 0
Hegman 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 21 229 10.9 79t 1
OPP 10 184 18.4 48 0