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
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1980 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1980 Team Roster
31 Benny Barnes DB
78 Larry Bethea DE
53 Bob Breunig AP PB LB
59 Guy Brown LB
18 Glenn Carano QB
47 Dexter Clinkscale DB
63 Larry Cole DT
61 Jim Cooper T
84 Doug Cosbie TE
51 Anthony Dickerson LB
67 Pat Donovan AP PB T
33 Tony Dorsett RB
89 Billy Joe DuPree TE
78 John Dutton DT
62 John Fitzgerald C
71 Andy Frederick DT
56 Mike Hegman LB
80 Tony Hill WR
14 Gary Hogeboom QB
42 Randy Hughes DB
40 Eric Hurt DB
57 Bruce Huther LB
86 Butch Johnson WR
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones DE
23 James Jones RB
50 D.D. Lewis LB
79 Harvey Martin DE
34 Aaron Mitchell DB
44 Robert Newhouse FB
30 Timmy Newsome HB
88 Drew Pearson WR
26 Preston Pearson HB
65 Kurt Peterson DE
64 Tom Rafferty G
56 Bill Roe LB
87 Jay Saldi TE
68 Herbert Scott AP PB G
1 Rafael Septien K
52 Robert Shaw C
46 Roland Solomon DB
20 Ron Springs RB
77 Bruce Thornton DT
32 Dennis Thurman DB
41 Charlie Waters DB
66 Norm Wells DE
54 Randy White AP PB DT
11 Danny White QB/P
45 Steve Wilson DB
*starters - all pro - probowl


1980 Draft

1 to Baltimore
2 to Baltimore
3 Bill Roe LB Colorado
3 James Jones Jr. RB Mississippi State
4 Kurt Peterson DE Missouri
5 Gary Hogeboom QB Central Michigan
6 Timmy Newsome RB Winston-Salem St.
7 Lester Brown RB Clemson
8 Larry Savage LB Michigan State
9 Jackie Flowers WR Florida State
10 Matthew Teague DE Prairie View A&M
11 Gary Padjen LB Arizona State
12 Norm Wells DE Northwestern











1980 Schedule
Sept. 8 at Washington 17-3
Sept. 14 at Denver 41-20
Sept. 21 TAMPA BAY 28-17
Sept. 28 at Green Bay 28-7
Oct. 5 NY GIANTS 24-3
Oct. 12 SAN FRANCISCO 59-14
Oct. 19 at Philadelphia 17-10
Oct. 26 SAN DIEGO 42-31
Nov. 2 at St. Louis 27-24
Nov. 9 at NY Giants 38-35
Nov. 16 ST. LOUIS 31-21
Nov. 23 WASHINGTON 14-10
Nov. 27 SEATTLE 51-7
Dec. 7 at Oakland 19-13
Dec. 15 at LA Rams 38-14
Dec. 21 PHILADELPHIA 35-27
Dec. 28

    NFC  Wild Card Game     LOS ANGELES RAMS

 34-13
Jan. 4  NFC  Div. Playoff Game  at Atlanta 30-27
Jan. 11 NFC Championship Game at Philadelphia 20-7


1980 NFC East Standings
PHI 12 4 0 .750
*DAL 12 4 0 .750
WAS 6 10 0 .375
NYG 5 11 0 .313
StL 4 12 0 .250
*Wild Card



1980 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 449 265 59.0 3356 6.5 30 25
OPP 484 231 47.7 3568 6.1 21 27
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 595 2378 4.0 26 454 28.4
OPP 469 2069 4.4 15 311 19.4
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]


Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 11/17 59/60 92
OPP 15/28 38/38 83


Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
J.Jones 32 720 22.5 41 0
Newsome 12 293 24.4 36 0
Wilson 7 139 19.9 34 0
Hurt 4 71 17.8 24 0
Saldi 1 23 23.0 23 0
Cosbie 1 13 13.0 13 0
Waters 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 58 1259 21.7 41 0
OPP 73 1568 21.5 53 0


Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
D.White 71 2903 40.9 11 17 58 0 34.8
OPP 76 3304 43.5 6 14 58 0 34.7


Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
J.Jones 54 4 548 10.1 52 0
Solomon 1 0 8 8.0 8 0
DAL 55 4 556 10.1 52 0
OPP 31 10 206 6.6 27 0



Passing
  Att Comp % Yds TD Int Rtg
D.White 436 260 59.6 3287 28 25 80.8
Carano 12 5 41.7 69 2 0 60.8
Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 39.6
DAL 449 265 59.0 3356 30 25 81.0
OPP 484 231 47.7 3563 21 27 63.5


Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 278 1185 4.3 56 11
Newhouse 118 451 3.8 29t 6
Springs 89 326 3.7 20t 6
J.Jones 41 135 3.4 9 0
D.White 27 114 4.2 48 1
Newsome 23 73 3.1 23 2
D.Pearson 3 31 10.3 32 0
Hill 4 27 6.8 15 0
DuPree 4 19 4.8 11 0
Carano 4 6 1.5 5 0
P.Pearson 3 6 2.0 2 0
DAL 594 2373 4.0 56 26
OPP 469 2069 4.4 51t 15


Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hill 60 1055 17.6 58t 8
D.Pearson 43 568 13.2 30 6
Dorsett 34 263 7.7 27 0
DuPree 29 312 10.8 39 7
Saldi 25 311 12.4 43 1
P.Pearson 20 213 10.7 20 2
Johnson 19 263 13.7 29t 4
Springs 15 212 14.1 58t 1
Newhouse 8 75 9.4 18 0
J.Jones 5 39 7.8 16 0
Newsome 4 43 10.6 16 0
Cosbie 2 11 5.5 5 1
D.White 1 -9 -9.0 -9 0
DAL 265 3356 12.7 58t 30
OPP 231 3563 15.4 69t 21


Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Thurman 5 114 22.8 78t 1
Waters 5 78 15.6 29 0
Wilson 4 82 20.5 35 0
Mitchell 3 56 18.7 56 0
Breunig 3 34 11.3 15 0
Dickerson 2 46 23.0 34 0
Hegman 2 2 1.0 2 0
Cole 1 43 43.0 43t 1
Dutton 1 38 38.0 38t 1
Barnes 1 30 30.0 30 0
DAL 27 523 19.4 78t 3
OPP 25 179 7.2 36 1