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Head Coach : Tom Landry 1985 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1985 Team Roster
36 Vince Albritton LB
87 Gordon Banks WR
40 Bill Bates DB
99 Kevin Brooks DE
47 Dexter Clinkscale DB
61 Jim Cooper T
85 Fred Cornwell TE
84 Doug Cosbie AP PB TE
55 Steve DeOssie LB
33 Tony Dorsett RB
26 Michael Downs DB
86 Kenny Duckett WR
78 John Dutton DE
42 Ricky Easmon DB
27 Ron Fellows DB
46 Todd Fowler FB
83 Leon Gonzales WR
58 Mike Hegman LB
80 Tony Hill AP PB WR
14 Gary Hogeboom QB
77 Jim Jeffcoat DE
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones AP DE
23 James Jones RB
68 Crawford Ker G
29 Robert Lavette RB
56 Eugene Lockhart LB
30 Timmy Newsome FB
16 Steve Pelluer QB
59 Jesse Penn LB
65 Kurt Peterson G
97 Dave Ponder DT
81 Karl Powe WR
75 Phil Pozderac T
64 Tom Rafferty C
82 Mike Renfro WR
70 Howard Richards T
50 Jeff Roher LB
89 Brian Salonen TE
4 Mike Saxon P
66 Chris Schultz T
22 Victor Scott DB
1 Rafael Septien K
60 Don Smerek DT
67 Broderick Thompson G
32 Dennis Thurman DB
63 Glen Titensor G
71 Mark Tuinei T
24 Everson Walls AP PB DB
54 Randy White AP PB DT
11 Danny White QB
38 John Williams FB
*starters - all pro - probowl

1985 Draft

1 Kevin Brooks DE Michigan
2 Jesse Penn LB Virginia Tech
3 Crawford Ker G Florida
4 Robert Lavette RB Georgia Tech
5 Herschel Walker RB Georgia
5 Matt Darwin C Texas A&M
6 Kurt Ploeger DE Gustavus Adolphus
6 Matt Moran G Stanford
7 Karl Powe WR Alabama State
7 Jim Herrmann DE BYU
8 Leon Gonzales WR Bethune-Cookman
9 Scott Strasburger LB Nebraska
10 Joe Jones TE Virginia Tech
11 Neal Dellocono LB UCLA
12 Karl Jordan LB Vanderbilt






1985 Schedule
Sept. 9 WASHINGTON 44-14
Sept. 15 at Detroit 26-21
Sept. 22

CLEVELAND

 20-7
Sept. 29 at Houston 17-10
Oct. 6 at NY Giants 30-29
Oct. 13 PITTSBURGH 27-13
Oct. 20 at Philadelphia 16-14
Oct. 27 ATLANTA 24-10
Nov. 4 at St. Louis 21-10
Nov. 10 at Washington 13-7
Nov. 17

at Chicago

 44-0
Nov. 24 PHILADELPHIA 34-17
Nov. 28 ST. LOUIS 35-17
Dec. 8 at Cincinnati 50-24
Dec. 15 NY GIANTS 28-21
Dec. 22 at San Francisco 31-16
Jan. 4

   NFC Div. Playoff Game  at   Los Angeles Rams

 20-0

1985 NFC East Standings
DAL 10 6 0 .625
*NYG 10 6 0 .625
WAS 10 6 0 .625
PHI 7 9 0 .438
StL 5 11 0 .313
*Wild Card

1985 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 587 344 58.6 4236 6.1 27 25
OPP 549 279 50.8 4214 6.2 20 33
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 462 1741 3.8 11 357 22.3
OPP 465 1853 4.0 18 333 20.8

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 19/28 42/43 99
OPP 18/27 37/40 91

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Lavette 34 682 20.1 34 0
Duckett 9 173 19.2 25 0
J.Jones 9 161 17.9 26 0
Williams 6 129 21.5 30 0
Fowler 3 48 16.0 20 0
Powe 1 17 17.0 17 0
DAL 62 1210 19.5 34 0
OPP 68 1310 19.3 43 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
Saxon 82 3396 41.9 10 20 57 1 35.6
D.White 1 43 43.0 1 0 43 0 36.0
DAL 83 3439 41.4 11 20 57 1 35.3
OPP 78 3218 41.3 6 23 60 1 36.7

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
Bates 22 6 152 6.9 21 0
Gonzales 15 5 58 3.9 13 0
Banks 3 3 27 9.0 28 0
DAL 40 14 237 5.9 28 0
OPP 44 10 286 6.5 19 0
Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
D.White 450 267 3157 59.3 7.02 21 17 80.6
Hogeboom 126 70 978 55.6 7.76 5 7 70.8
Pelluer 8 5 47 62.5 5.88 0 0 78.7
Hill 1 1 42 100.0 42.0 0 0 118.8
J.Jones 2 1 12 50.0 6.0 1 1 68.8
DAL 587 344 4236 58.6 7.22 27 25 78.6
OPP 549 279 4214 50.8 7.68 20 33 63.5

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorsett 305 1307 4.3 60t 7
Newsome 88 252 2.9 15 2
Hogeboom 8 48 6.0 15 1
D.White 22 44 2.0 21 1
Williams 13 40 3.1 9 0
Lavette 13 34 2.6 10 0
Fowler 7 25 3.6 6 0
J.Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0
Banks 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0
Pelluer 3 -2 -0.7 1 0
Hill 1 -6 -6.0 -6 0
DAL 462 1741 3.8 60t 11
OPP 465 1853 4.0 74t 18

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hill 74 1113 15.0 53t 7
Cosbie 64 793 12.4 42 6
Renfro 60 955 15.9 58t 8
Dorsett 46 449 9.8 56t 3
Newsome 46 361 7.9 24 1
J.Jones 24 179 7.5 35 0
Powe 15 237 16.9 34 0
Cornwell 6 77 12.8 32 1
Fowler 5 24 4.8 10 0
Gonzales 3 28 9.3 13 0
D.White 1 12 12.0 12t 1
Lavette 1 8 8.0 8 0
DAL 344 4236 12.3 58t 27
OPP 279 4217 15.1 70t 20

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walls 9 31 3.4 19 0
Thurman 5 21 4.2 21t 1
Fellows 4 52 13.0 29 0
Bates 4 15 3.8 8 0
Clinkscale 3 16 5.3 11 0
Downs 3 11 3.7 11 0
Scott 2 26 13.0 26t 1
Jeffcoat 1 65 65.0 65t 1
Lockhart 1 19 19.0 19t 1
Hegman 1 7 7.0 7 0
DAL 33 263 8.0 65t 4
OPP 25 319 12.8 47 2