1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Eastern Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Mon | 12/26/1977 | H | Chicago Bears | 37-7 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62920 | |
| NFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/1/1978 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 23-6 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 61698 | |
| Super Bowl XII | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/15/1978 | A | Denver Broncos | 27-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 75583 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Benny Barnes | 31 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Contra Costa JC; Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Bob Breunig | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 24 | Arizona State | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Brinson | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| Guy Brown | 59 | LB | 6-4 | 223 | 22 | Houston | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Cole | 63 | DL | 6-4 | 245 | 31 | Air Force; Houston; Hawaii | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Cooper | 61 | OG | 6-5 | 265 | 22 | Temple | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 21 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Kutztown | 3 | 0 |
| Pat Donovan | 67 | ROT | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Stanford | 3 | 3 |
| Tony Dorsett | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 189 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 3 | 3 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 27 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 |
| John Fitzgerald | 62 | C | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | Boston College | 3 | 3 |
| Andy Frederick | 71 | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 23 | New Mexico | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Gregory | 77 | DL | 6-5 | 257 | 28 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 43 | FS | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | Ouachita Baptist | 3 | 3 |
| Mike Hegman | 58 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 24 | Alabama A&M; Tennessee State | 3 | 0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 56 | LLB | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Langston | 3 | 3 |
| Efren Herrera | 1 | K | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | UCLA | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 21 | Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| Randy Hughes | 42 | DB | 6-4 | 207 | 24 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce Huther | 57 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | New Hampshire | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | UC Riverside | 3 | 1 |
| Ed Jones | 72 | LDE | 6-9 | 277 | 26 | Tennessee State | 3 | 3 |
| Aaron Kyle | 25 | RCB | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Wyoming | 3 | 3 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 35 | RB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| Burton Lawless | 66 | OG | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 50 | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 32 | Mississippi State | 3 | 3 |
| Harvey Martin | 79 | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 27 | East Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Ralph Neely | 73 | LOT | 6-5 | 265 | 34 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 |
| Robert Newhouse | 44 | RB | 5-10 | 219 | 27 | Houston | 3 | 3 |
| Drew Pearson | 88 | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 |
| Preston Pearson | 26 | RB | 6-1 | 190 | 32 | Illinois | 2 | 0 |
| Jethro Pugh | 75 | LDT | 6-6 | 258 | 33 | Elizabeth City State | 3 | 3 |
| Tom Rafferty | 64 | ROG | 6-3 | 262 | 23 | Penn State | 3 | 3 |
| Mel Renfro | 20 | DB | 6-0 | 191 | 36 | Oregon | 3 | 0 |
| Golden Richards | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 181 | 27 | Brigham Young; Hawaii | 3 | 1 |
| Jay Saldi | 87 | WR | 6-3 | 227 | 23 | South Carolina | 2 | 1 |
| Herbert Scott | 68 | LOG | 6-2 | 260 | 24 | Virginia Union | 3 | 3 |
| Dave Stalls | 65 | DL | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Northern Colorado | 3 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 198 | 35 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; Navy | 3 | 3 |
| Mark Washington | 46 | DB | 5-11 | 187 | 30 | Morgan State | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 41 | SS | 6-2 | 200 | 29 | Clemson | 3 | 3 |
| Danny White | 11 | P-QB | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Arizona State | 3 | 0 |
| Randy White | 54 | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 24 | Maryland | 3 | 3 |
| Rayfield Wright | 70 | OT | 6-7 | 242 | 32 | Fort Valley State | 2 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 87 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34:29 | 53 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 14/40 35.0% | 1/1 100.0% | 3 | 35 |
| Opponents Totals | 25::31 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 8/38 21.1% | 3/4 75.0% | 17 | 135 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efren Herrera | 0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 27 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Golden Richards | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 10 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 87 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efren Herrera | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| OWN | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 0/0 |
| OPP | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Dorsett | 51 | 222 | 4.4 | 22t | 4 |
| Robert Newhouse | 45 | 216 | 4.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Doug Dennison | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 11 | 35 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Danny White | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Larry Brinson | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 125 | 546 | 4.4 | 22t | 6 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 268 | 3.1 | 21 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Staubach | 61 | 37 | 60.7 | 22 | 482 | 7.9 | 13.0 | 45t | 3 | 4.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 9 | 44 | 438 | 88.3 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 158.3 |
| Danny White | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 5 | 1.7 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42.4 |
| Team Totals | 65 | 39 | 60.0 | 24 | 516 | 7.9 | 13.2 | 45t | 4 | 6.2 | 2 | 3.1 | 9 | 44 | 472 | 92.9 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 37 | 45.7 | 35 | 396 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 38 | 1 | 1.2 | 9 | 11.1 | 9 | 70 | 326 | 25.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Pearson | 8 | 85 | 10.6 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Drew Pearson | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 28t | 1 | ||
| Robert Newhouse | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Golden Richards | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 32t | 2 | ||
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 45t | 1 | ||
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 39 | 516 | 13.2 | 45t | 4 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 396 | 10.7 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Waters | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Mark Washington | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 123 | 13.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny White | 16 | 612 | 38.3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 581 | 36.3 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 612 | 38.3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 581 | 36.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 686 | 38.1 | 54 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 531 | 29.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Hill | 5 | 2 | 56 | 11.2 | 50 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 5 | 0 | 39 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 2 | 95 | 9.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 2 | 31 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Brinson | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 28 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 28 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 457 | 24.1 | 67 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Harvey Martin | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| Randy White | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| Ed Jones | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 1.0 | 13.0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Team Totals | 9.0 | 70.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 9.0 | 44.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Dorsett | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Fitzgerald | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Gregory | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 0 |
| Bruce Huther | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Kyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D.D. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Harvey Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 45 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
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