1979 Dallas Cowboys 15-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Dallas 79 143 102 99 9 432 Opponent 40 71 47 68 0 226 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 432 226 1-0 24 @St.Louis 0 79ø 0-10 First Downs 325 257 2-0 31 @San Francisco 16 64ø 20-30 Rush 116 108 3-0 31 Chicago 20 80ø 15-25 Pass 194 139 4-0 36 @Cleveland 27 71ø 5-15 Pen 15 10 5-0 24 Cincinnati 12 85ø 0-10 Penalties 71 81 6-0 24 @Minnesota 21 51ø Yards 498 571 7-0 38 Los Angeles 14 77ø 10-20 8-0 27 St.Louis 10 82ø 5-15 Rushing Att 552 469 9-0 20 @Pittsburgh 14 39ø 10-20 Yards 2309 2278 10-0 20 @New York (N) 14 36ø 0-5 Ave 4.2 4.9 11-0 24 Philadelphia 7 71ø 15-25 TD 13 10 12-0 31 @Washington 3 46ø 0-5 13-0 31 Houston 14 56ø 20-30 Passing Att 459 478 14-0 24 New York (N) 7 67ø 10-20 Comp 258 222 15-0 30 @Philadelphia 27 40ø 5-15 % 56.2 46.4 15-1 17 Washington 20 63ø 0-5 Int 12 14 % 2.6 2.9 TD 39 11 % 8.5 2.3 Yards 3784 2743 Sacked 36 53 Punt Return 40 36 Yards 222 161 Ave 5.6 4.5 Kick Return 52 85 Yards 936 1985 Ave 18.0 23.4 Punts 67 83 Yards 2871 3391 Ave 42.9 40.9 FG Att 22 23 Made 17 15 % 77.3 65.2 Third Downs 229 236 Made 114 79 % 49.8 33.5 Fourth Downs 18 41 Made 13 23 % 72.2 56.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 23 22 Lost 14 13 Turnovers 26 27 Net Offense 5848 4695 Per Play 5.6 4.7 1979 Dallas Cowboys Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Dorsett 250 1283 5.1 34 56 38 6 Hill 61 5 964 15.8 6 55 47 10 Newhouse 123 464 3.8 10 23 21 1 Pearson 55 2 1252 22.8 17 47 52 14 Springs 64 206 3.2 1 11 11 3 Dorsett 48 2 447 9.3 1 27 26 5 Laidlaw 63 194 3.1 2 14 15 2 DuPree 28 3 356 12.7 0 22 22 5 Staubach 35 157 4.5 4 10 12 1 Pearson 26 0 356 13.7 0 22 22 4 Brinson 7 19 2.7 0 1 4 0 Springs 25 3 254 10.2 0 15 19 1 Pearson, P 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 0 Laidlaw 7 0 46 6.6 0 1 11 0 Carano 5 -5 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Newhouse 5 1 62 12.4 0 3 20 0 White, D. 4 -12 -3.0 0 0 2 0 Johnson 2 0 29 14.5 0 1 19 0 552 2309 4.2 51 116 38 13 Saldi 1 0 18 18.0 0 1 18 0 258 16 3784 14.7 24 194 52 39 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Staubach 439 249 56.7 3662 14.7 52 54 24 10 2.3 35 39 8.9 104.2 White, D. 20 9 45.0 122 13.6 20 1 0 2 10.0 1 0 0.0 25.4 459 258 56.2 3784 14.7 52 55 24 12 2.6 36 39 8.5 100.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Septien 54 51 94.4 22 17 77.3 83.3 50.0 51 102 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross White, D. 67 2871 63 9 0 17 36 161 37.8 42.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Manning 2 44 22.0 23 0 Manning 3 2 2 0.7 5 0 Springs 41 785 19.1 47 0 Wilson, St 33 14 191 5.8 13 0 Wilson, St 5 70 14.0 31 0 Hill,T. 4 0 29 7.3 9 0 Hill,T. 2 28 14.0 14 0 40 16 222 5.6 13 0 Huther 1 7 7.0 7 0 Pearson, D 1 2 2.0 2 0 Brown, G. 2 0 0.0 0 0 Frederick 1 0 0.0 0 0 52 936 18.0 47 0 Fumbles Staubach 9 Dorsett 5 Newhouse 4 Laidlaw 3 Springs 1 Wilson, 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Martin, 17 Martin, 21 White, R 9 Lewis 16 Harris, 4 Martin, 2 White, R 10 White, R 13 Cole 3 Barnes 10 Martin, 3 Cole 2 Henderso 9 Thornton 7 Breunig 2 Hughes 7 Thornton 3 Breunig 2 Stalls 6 Stalls 6 Thornton 2 Kyle 7 White, R 3 Lewis 2 Thornton 4 Henderso 2 Barnes 2 Stalls 6 Hughes 2 Hughes 2 Cole 3 Cole 1 Stalls 2 Martin, 6 Henderso 2 Rafferty 1 Breunig 2 Dutton 1 Harris, 2 Cole 5 Barnes 2 Hill,T. 1 Dutton 1 Lewis 1 Thurman 5 Mitchell 1 Pearson, 1 Bethea 1 Hughes 1 Breunig 5 Kyle 1 DuPree 1 Martin, 1 Harris, 5 Hegman 1 Fitzgera 1 Henderso 1 Thornton 3 Springs 1 Dutton 1 Mitchell 3 Thornton 1 White, R 3 Scott, H 1 Hegman 2 Staubach 1 Henderso 1 Wilson, 1 Stalls 1 Harris, 1 Tackles Lewis 88 Hughes 71 Cole 38 Thornton 24 Brown, G 16 Bethea 9 Harris, 77 Kyle 70 Hegman 37 Mitchell 24 Shaw 11 Cooper 1 White, R 76 Barnes 68 Thurman 36 Dutton 22 Huther 10 Breunig 72 Martin, 63 Stalls 33 Henderso 19 Manning 10 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Barnes 3 0 0.0 0 0 Harris, C 3 53 17.7 31 0 Hughes 2 103 51.5 71 0 Kyle 2 0 0.0 0 0 Lewis 2 10 5.0 10 0 Mitchell 1 35 35.0 35 1 Thurman 1 0 0.0 0 0 14 201 14.4 71 1 1979 Dallas Cowboys Coach: Tom Landry Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB White,Danny 5 B 2 3 P HLD QB Staubach,Roger 5 B 1 3 QB Carano, Glenn 2 B 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Dorsett, Tony 1 1 4 250 1107 41 4.4 6 45 375 32 8.3 RB Newhouse, Robert 4 1 4 124 449 21 3.6 1 7 55 21 7.9 RB Laidlaw, Scott 2 1 5 69 236 15 3.4 2 12 59 12 4.9 RB Springs, Ron 2 1 5 67 248 15 3.7 3 25 251 27 10.0 KR RB Brinson, Larry 2 1 4 14 48 10 3.4 0 0 0 0 0.0 KR RB Pearson, Preston 2 1 4 7 14 11 2.0 4 26 333 26 12.8 RB Blackwell,Alois 2 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Hill, Tony 0 0 5 2 18 12 9.0 7 60 1062 75 17.7 RET WR Pearson, Drew 0 0 4 3 27 16 9.0 7 55 1026 56 18.7 WR Johnson,Butch 0 0 3 1 13 13 13.0 1 6 105 28 17.5 WR Wilson,Steve 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 3 76 45 25.3 RET TE DuPree, Billy Joe 4 2 5 2 19 20 9.5 4 29 324 33 11.2 TE Saldi, Jay 4 2 5 1 -1 -1 -1.0 2 14 181 23 12.9 TE Cosbie, Doug 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 5 36 12 7.2 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Fitzgerald, John 5 5 4 G Scott, Herbert 9 9 5 G Rafferty, Tom 7 7 5 G Lawless, Burton 4 4 4 T Donovan, Pat 9 9 5 T Cooper, Jim 5 5 4 T Wright,Rayfield 5 5 5 T Frederick, Andy 4 4 5 C-G Shaw, Robert 4 4 5 LS Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT White, Randy 10 10 0 3 4 5 0 DT Stalls, David 5 4 0 3 5 5 0 DT Bethea, Larry 4 4 0 2 5 4 0 DE Martin, Harvey 7 5 0 6 5 9 0 DE Dutton, John 5 5 0 1 2 1 0 DL Thornton, Bruce 5 4 0 3 5 6 1 DL Cole, Larry 5 5 0 1 5 2 0 ILB Breunig, Bob 7 6 2 1 5 3 0 ILB Huther, Bruce 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 KR OLB Lewis, D.D. 7 5 3 0 5 1 2 OLB Hegman, Mike 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 OLB Brown, Guy 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 LB Henderson, Tom 4 3 1 4 3 6 0 CB Barnes, Benny 7 0 7 0 4 0 2 CB Kyle, Aaron 5 0 5 0 5 0 2 CB Mitchell, Aaron 4 0 4 0 5 0 1 S Harris,Cliff 8 1 7 0 5 0 2 S Hughes, Randy 6 1 5 0 4 0 2 S Thurman, Dennis 5 1 4 0 5 0 1 DB Manning,Wade 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 RET Special Teams K Septien, Rafael