THE COWBOYS GALLERY
PICTURES, BIOS AND STATS OF OUR FAVORITE COWBOY HEROS		 THE HISTORY ARCHIVES
 ANNUAL ROSTERS, STATS, SCHEDULES, SCORES AND DRAFTS
THE  LEGENDS THE  ALL-PROS THE  COWBOYS 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1978 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1978 Team Roster
31 Benny Barnes DB
76 Larry Bethea DE
24 Alois Blackwell RB
53 Bob Breunig LB
36 Larry Brinson HB
59 Guy Brown LB
18 Glenn Carano QB
63 Larry Cole DT
61 Jim Cooper G
21 Doug Dennison HB
67 Pat Donovan AP T
33 Tony Dorsett AP PB RB
89 Billy Joe DuPree AP PB TE
62 John Fitzgerald C
71 Andy Frederick DT
43 Cliff Harris AP PB DB
58 Mike Hegman LB
56 Thomas 'Hollywood' Henderson PB LB
80 Tony Hill AP PB WR
42 Randy Hughes DB
57 Bruce Huther LB
86 Butch Johnson WR
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones AP DE
25 Aaron Kyle DB
35 Scott Laidlaw RB
66 Burton Lawless G
50 D.D. Lewis LB
79 Harvey Martin PB DE
44 Robert Newhouse HB
88 Drew Pearson AP WR
26 Preston Pearson HB
75 Jethro Pugh DT
64 Tom Rafferty G
60 Tom Randall DT
83 Golden Richards WR
87 Jay Saldi TE
68 Herbert Scott AP G
1 Rafael Septien K
81 Jackie Smith WR
65 Dave Stalls DE
12 Roger Staubach AP PB QB
82 Robert Steele WR
32 Dennis Thurman DB
46 Mark Washington DB
41 Charlie Waters AP PB DB
54 Randy White AP PB DT
11 Danny White QB/P
70 Rayfield Wright T
*starters - all pro - probowl

1978 Draft

1 Larry Bethea DE Michigan State
2 Todd Christensen RB BYU
3 Dave Hudgens DT Oklahoma
4 Alois Blackwell RB Houston
5 Rich Rosen G Syracuse
6 Harold Randolph LB East Carolina
7 Tom Randall DT/E Iowa State
8 Homer Butler WR UCLA
9 Russ Williams DB Tennessee
10 Barry Tomasetti G Iowa
11 Dennis Thurman DB USC
12 Lee Washburn G Montana State








1978 Schedule
Sept.4 BALTIMORE 38-0
Sept. 10 at NY Giants 34-24
Sept. 17 at LA Rams 27-14
Sept. 24 ST. LOUIS 21-12
Oct. 2 at Washington 9-5
Oct. 8 NY GIANTS 24-3
Oct. 15 at St. Louis 24-21ot
Oct. 22 PHILADELPHIA 14-7
Oct. 26 MINNESOTA 21-10
Nov. 5 at Miami 23-16
Nov. 12 at Green Bay 42-14
Nov. 19 NEW ORLEANS 27-7
Nov. 23 WASHINGTON 37-10
Dec. 3 NEW ENGLAND 17-10
Dec. 10 at Philadelphia 31-13
Dec.17 at NY Jets 30-7
Dec. 26

NFC Div. Playoff Game  ATLANTA

 27-20
Jan, 1 NFC Championship Game at LA Rams 28-0
Jan, 15 SUPER BOWL XIII DALLAS v PITTSBURGH at Miami, Fl. 35-31

1978 NFC East Standings
DAL 12 4 0 .750
*PHI 9 7 0 .563
WAS 8 8 0 .500
StL 6 10 0 .375
NYG 6 10 0 .375
*Wild Card

1978 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 449 251 55.9 34.5 6.6 25 17
OPP 432 202 46.8 2730 4.7 11 23
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 625 2783 4.5 22 384 24.0
OPP 477 1721 3.6 13 288 18.0
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 16/26 46/47 94
OPP 11/22 23/25 56

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Johnson 29 603 20.8 56 0
Brinson 6 93 15.5 31 0
Blackwell 3 70 23.3 31 0
Dennison 3 63 21.0 24 0
Thurman 3 42 14.0 20 0
R.White 1 15 15.0 15 0
Lawless 1 10 10.0 10 0
Saldi 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 47 896 19.1 56 0
OPP 73 1709 23.4 57 0







Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
Staubach 413 231 55.9 3190 7.72 25 16 84.9
D.White 34 20 58.8 215 6.32 0 1 65.3
Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 42.3
DAL 449 251 55.9 3405 7.58 25 17 83.1
OPP 432 202 46.8 2730 6.32 11 23 53.7

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 290 1325 4.6 63 7
Newhouse 140 584 4.2 24 8
Laidlaw 75 312 4.2 59 3
Stabach 42 182 4.3 23 1
P.Pearson 25 104 4.2 18 0
Brinson 18 96 5.3 39t 2
Dennison 14 75 5.4 23 1
Blackwell 9 37 4.1 13 0
D.Pearson 3 29 9.7 33 0
Hill 3 17 5.7 14 0
DuPree 1 15 15.0 15 0
D.White 5 7 1.4 4 0
DAL 625 2783 4.5 63 22
OPP 477 1721 3.6 52t 13

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
P.Pearson 47 526 11.2 34 0
Hill 46 823 17.9 54 6
D.Pearson 44 714 16.2 53t 3
Dorsett 37 378 10.2 91t 2
DuPree 34 509 15.0 38 9
Newhouse 20 176 8.8 24 2
Johnson 12 155 12.9 23 0
Laidlaw 6 108 18.0 44t 1
Saldi 3 8 2.7 5 2
Dennison 1 6 6.0 6 0
Richards 1 2 2.0 2 0
DAL 251 3405 13.6 91t 25
OPP 202 2730 13.5 51 11

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Barnes 5 72 14.4 38 0
Waters 4 61 15.3 22 0
Harris 4 26 6.5 23 0
Kyle 3 20 6.7 17 0
Hughes 2 80 40.0 56 0
Thurman 2 35 17.5 23 0
Cole 1 13 13.0 13 0
Martin 1 7 7.0 7 0
Breunig 1 2 2.0 2 0
DAL 23 316 13.7 56 0
OPP 17 176 10.4 43t 1

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
D.White 77 3076 39.9 11 16 56 1 33.1
OPP 108 4257 39.4 13 16 61 0 32.4

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Johnson 51 12 401 7.9 23 0
Hill 11 0 101 9.2 20 0
Thurman 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 63 12 502 8.0 23 0
OPP 40 13 311 7.8 38 0