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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 1982 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1982 Team Roster
62 Brian Baldinger G
31 Benny Barnes DB
76 Larry Bethea DE
53 Bob Breunig AP PB LB
59 Guy Brown LB
18 Glenn Carano QB
47 Dexter Clinkscale DB
61 Jim Cooper T
84 Doug Cosbie TE
51 Anthony Dickerson LB
83 Doug Donley WR
67 Pat Donovan AP PB T
33 Tony Dorsett AP PB RB
26 Michael Downs DB
89 Billy Joe DuPree TE
78 John Dutton DE
27 Ron Fellows DB
56 Mike Hegman LB
25 Rod Hill DB
80 Tony Hill WR
14 Gary Hogeboom QB
34 Monty Hunter DB
86 Butch Johnson WR
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones AP PB DE
23 James Jones RB
57 Angelo King LB
79 Harvey Martin AP DE
44 Robert Newhouse HB
30 Timmy Newsome HB
88 Drew Pearson WR
22 George Peoples RB
65 Kurt Peterson AP G
75 Phil Pozderac T
64 Tom Rafferty C
70 Howard Richards G
50 Jeff Roher LB
87 Jay Saldi TE
68 Herbert Scott G
1 Rafael Septien K
60 Don Smerek DT
55 Danny Spradlin LB
20 Ron Springs RB
32 Dennis Thurman DB
63 Glen Titensor DE
24 Everson Walls AP PB DB
54 Randy White AP PB DT
11 Danny White AP PB QB/P
73 Steve Wright T
*starters - all pro - probowl

1982 Draft

1 Rod Hill DB Kentucky State
2 Jeff Roher LB Yale
3 Jim Eliopulos LB Wyoming
4 Brian Carpenter DB Michigan
5 Monty Hunter DB Salem
5 Phil Pozderac T Notre Dame
6 Ken Hammond G Vanderbilt
6 Charles Daum DT Cal Poly-SLO
7 Bill Purifoy DE Tulsa
8 George Peoples RB Auburn
8 Dwight Sullivan RB N. Carolina State
9 Joe Gary DT UCLA
10 Todd Eckerson T N. Carolina State
11 George Thompson WR Albany State-GA
11 Mike Whiting RB Florida State
12 Rich Burtness G Montana



1982 Schedule
Sept. 13 PITTSBURGH 36-28
Sept. 19 at St. Louis 24-7

PLAYERS STRIKE
Nov. 21 TAMPA BAY 14-9
Nov. 25 CLEVELAND 31-14
Dec. 5 at Washington 24-10
Dec. 13 at Houston 37-7
Dec. 19 NEW ORLEANS 21-7
Dec. 26 PHILADELPHIA 24-20
Jan. 1 at Minnesota 31-27
Jan. 9

   NFC Wild Card Game    TAMPA BAY

 30-17
Jan. 16  NFC  Div. Playoff Game  GREEN BAY 37-26
Jan. 22 NFC Championship Game at Washington 31-17

1982 NFC East Standings
WAS 8 1 0 .889
*DAL 6 3 0 .667
StL 5 4 0 .556
NYG 4 5 0 .444
PHI 3 6 0 .333
*Wild Card

1982 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 258 160 62.0 2150 6.7 16 14
OPP 289 152 52.6 2002 5.4 10 15
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 296 1313 4.4 10 226 25.1
OPP 260 1011 3.9 5 145 16.1
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 10/14 28/28 58
OPP 9/15 16/17 43

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Fellows 16 359 22.4 35 0
Donley 8 15 18.9 33 0
Newsome 4 74 18.5 26 0
J.Jones 2 46 23.0 27 0
Thurman 1 17 17.0 17 0
Cosbie 1 4 4.0 4 0
DAL 32 651 20.3 35 0
OPP 41 936 22.8 40 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
D.White 37 1542 41.7 2 6 56 0 37.4
OPP 49 2093 42.7 6 9 60 0 35.3
Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Fellows 25 0 189 7.6 17 0
R.Hill 4 0 39 9.8 26 0
Donley 1 0 14 14.0 14 0
DAL 30 0 242 8.1 26 0
OPP 21 3 118 5.6 14 0

Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
D.White 247 156 63.2 2079 8.42 16 12 91.1
Hogeboom 8 3 37.2 45 5.62 0 1 17.2
Pearson 2 1 50.0 26 13.0 0 1 56.3
Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
DAL 258 160 62.0 2150 8.33 16 14 86.6
OPP 289 152 52.6 2002 6.93 10 15 64.8

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 177 745 4.2 99t 5
Springs 59 243 4.1 46t 2
Newsome 15 98 6.5 25 1
D.White 17 91 5.4 21 0
Nwehouse 14 79 5.6 27 1
T.Hill 1 22 22.0 22 0
Peoples 7 22 3.1 7 0
Johnson 1 9 9.0 9 0
DuPree 1 6 6.0 6t 1
Hogeboom 3 0 0.0 0 0
Cosbie 1 -2 -2.0 -2 0
DAL 296 1313 4.4 99t 10
OPP 260 1011 3.9 32 5

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
T.Hill 35 526 15.0 47 1
Cosbie 30 441 14.7 45 4
Pearson 26 382 14.7 48 3
Dorsett 24 179 7.5 17 0
Springs 17 163 9.6 34 2
Johnson 12 269 22.4 49 3
DuPree 7 41 5.9 12 2
Newsome 6 118 19.7 46t 1
Donley 2 23 11.5 12 0
Saldi 1 8 8.0 8 0
DAL 160 2150 13.4 49 16
OPP 152 2002 13.2 54t 10

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walls 7 61 8.7 37 0
Thurman 3 75 25.0 60t 1
Downs 1 22 22.0 22 0
Dickerson 1 4 4.0 4 0
Breunig 1 1 1.0 1 0
Clinkscale 1 0 0.0 0 0
E.Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 15 163 10.9 60t 1
OPP 14 125 8.9 33t 1