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1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1983 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1983 Team Roster
31 Gary Allen HB
62 Brian Baldinger T
40 Bill Bates DB
76 Larry Bethea DE
53 Bob Breunig AP LB
18 Glenn Carano QB
47 Dexter Clinkscale DB
61 Jim Cooper T
84 Doug Cosbie PB TE
51 Anthony Dickerson LB
83 Doug Donley WR
67 Pat Donovan AP 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
55 Bruce Huther LB
77 Jim Jeffcoat DE
86 Butch Johnson WR
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones PB DE
57 Angelo King LB
79 Harvey Martin DE
52 Scott McLean LB
35 Chuck McSwain RB
3 Jim Miller P
44 Robert Newhouse HB
30 Timmy Newsome HB
88 Drew Pearson WR
65 Kurt Peterson G
75 Phil Pozderac T
64 Tom Rafferty C
70 Howard Richards T
50 Jeff Roher LB
66 Chris Schultz T
68 Herbert Scott AP G
1 Rafael Septien K
82 Cleo Simmons TE
60 Don Smerek DT
20 Ron Springs FB
32 Dennis Thurman DB
63 Glen Titensor DE
71 Mark Tuinei T
24 Everson Walls AP PB DB
59 Mike Walter DE
5 John Warren P
54 Randy White AP PB DT
11 Danny White QB/P
*starters - all pro - probowl

1983 Draft

1 Jim Jeffcoat DE Arizona State
2 Mike Walter DE Oregon
3 Bryan Caldwell DE Arizona State
4 Chris Faulkner TE Florida
5 Chuck McSwain RB Clemson
6 Reggie Collier QB S. Mississippi
7 Chris Schultz T Arizona
8 Lawrence Ricks RB Michigan
9 Al Gross DB Arizona
10 Eric Moran T Washington
11 Dan Taylor T Idaho State
12 Lorenzo Bouier RB Maine







1983 Schedule
Sept. 5 at Washington 31-30
Sept. 11 at St. Louis 34-17
Sept. 18

NY GIANTS

 28-13
Sept. 25 NEW ORLEANS 21-20
Oct. 2 at Minnesota 37-24
Oct. 9 TAMPA BAY 27-24ot
Oct. 16 PHILADELPHIA 37-7
Oct. 23 LA RAIDERS 40-38
Oct. 30 at NY Giants 38-20
Nov. 6 at Philadelphia 27-20
Nov. 13

 at San Diego

 24-23
Nov. 20 KANSAS CITY 41-21
Nov. 24 ST. LOUIS 35-17
Dec. 4 at Seattle 35-10
Dec. 11 WASHINGTON 31-10
Dec. 19 at San Francisco 42-17
Dec. 26  NFC Wild Card Game LOS ANGELES RAMS 24-17

1983 NFC East Standings
WAS 14 2 0 .875
*DAL 12 4 0 .750
StL 8 7 1 .531
PHI 5 11 0 .313
NYG 3 12 0 .219
*Wild Card

1983 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 554 346 62.5 4156 6.5 31 25
OPP 558 299 53.6 4365 6.4 27 27
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 519 2117 4.1 21 479 29.9
OPP 410 1499 3.7 12 360 22.5

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 22/27 57/59 123
OPP 22/30 42/42 108

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Fellows 43 855 19.9 53 0
R.Hill 13 243 18.7 40 0
Allen 8 178 22.3 31 0
Cosbie 2 17 8.5 10 0
Newsome 1 28 28.0 28 0
McSwain 1 17 17.0 17 0
Springs 1 13 13.0 13 0
Huther 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 70 1351 19.3 53 0
OPP 78 1806 23.2 66 0














Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
D.White 533 334 62.7 3980 7.47 29 23 85.6
Hogeboom 17 11 64.7 161 9.47 1 1 90.6
Springs 2 1 50.0 15 7.50 1 0 121.0
Dorsett 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Pearson 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 39.6
DAL 554 346 62.5 4156 7.50 31 25 85.2
OPP 558 299 53.6 4365 7.82 27 27 75.3

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 289 1321 4.6 77 8
Springs 149 541 3.6 19t 7
Newsome 44 185 4.2 20 2
Newhouse 9 34 3.8 8 0
D.White 18 31 1.7 22 4
Pearson 2 13 6.5 10 0
T.Hill 1 2 2.0 2 0
Johnson 1 0 0.0 0 0
Hogeboom 6 -10 -1.7 -1 0
DAL 519 2117 4.1 77 21
OPP 410 1499 3.7 32 12

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Springs 73 589 8.1 80t 1
T.Hill 49 801 16.4 75t 7
Pearson 47 545 11.6 32 5
Cosbie 46 588 12.8 61t 6
Johnson 41 561 13.7 46 3
Dorsett 40 287 7.2 19 1
Donley 18 370 20.6 47 2
Newsome 18 250 13.9 52t 4
DuPree 12 142 11.8 28 1
D.White 1 15 15.0 15t 1
Rafferty 1 8 8.0 8 0
DAL 346 4156 12.0 80t 31
OPP 299 4365 14.6 83t 27

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Thurman 6 49 8.2 34 0
Fellows 5 139 27.8 58t 1
Downs 4 80 20.0 28 0
Walls 4 70 17.5 37 0
Clinkscale 2 68 34.0 68t 1
R.Hill 2 12 6.0 12 0
Bates 1 29 29.0 29 0
Jones 1 12 12.0 12 0
Dickerson 1 8 8.0 8 0
Breunig 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 27 467 17.3 68t 2
OPP 25 358 14.3 48t 1

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl0 Net
D.White 38 1543 40.6 3 6 50 1 36.0
Warren 39 1551 39.8 1 8 54 0 32.0
Miller 5 178 35.6 0 2 43 0 21.2
DAL 83 3272 39.4 4 16 54 1 31.4
OPP 84 3515 41.9 10 23 59 0 34.0

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
R.Hill 30 2 232 7.7 37 0
Fellows 10 3 75 7.5 14 0
Allen 9 1 153 17.0 68t 1
Donley 1 0 1 1.0 1 0
Newhouse 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 51 6 461 9.0 68t 1
OPP 53 9 588 11.1 56t 1