1978-79 Dallas Cowboys Stats

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1978-79 Dallas Cowboys Stats
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Team Stats | QB Stats | Rushing Stats | Receiving Stats | Field Goal Stats | Punting Stats | Punt Return Stats | Kick Return Stats | Defensive Stats | Interception Stats
Team Statistics Cowboys Opponents
Total 1st Downs 0 232
1st Downs (Rushing - Passing - By Penalty) 0 - 0 - 0 83 - 128 - 21
3rd Down Conversions 0 / 0 78 / 220
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 16
Total Offensive Yards 0 4009
Offense (Plays - Average Yards) 0 - 967 - 4.2
Total Rushing Yards 2783 1721
Rushing (Plays - Average Yards) 625 - 4.4 477 - 3.6
Total Passing Yards 3405 2288
Passing (Completions - Attempts - Interceptions - Average) 251 - 449 - 17 - 7.6 202 - 432 - 23 - 5.3
Sacks 33 58
Field Goals 16 / 26 11 / 22
Touchdowns 48 25
Touchdowns (Rushing - Passing - Returns - Defensive) 22 - 25 - 0 - 0 13 - 11 - 0 - 1
Turnover Ratio 19

1978-79 Cowboys Passing Stats

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Player Att Comp Yds Comp% Yds/Att TD TD% INT INT% Long Sck Sack/Lost Rating
Roger Staubach413 231 3190 55.90% 7.70 25 6.00% 16 3.90% 91 32 219 84.9
Danny White34 20 215 58.80% 6.30 0 0.00% 1 2.90% 35 1 10 65.2
Tony Dorsett1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6
Tony Hill1 0 0 0.00% 0.00 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0 0 39.6

1978-79 Cowboys Rushing Stats

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Player Att Yds Yds/Att Long TD
Tony Dorsett290 1325 4.6 63 7
Robert Newhouse140 584 4.2 24 8
Scott Laidlaw75 312 4.2 59 3
Roger Staubach42 182 4.3 23 1
Preston Pearson25 104 4.2 18 0
Larry Brinson18 96 5.3 39 2
Doug Dennison14 75 5.4 23 1
Alois Blackwell9 37 4.1 13 0
Drew Pearson3 29 9.7 33 0
Tony Hill3 17 5.7 14 0
Billy Joe DuPree1 15 15.0 15 0
Danny White5 7 1.4 4 0

1978-79 Cowboys Receiving Stats

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Player Rec Yds Yds/Rec Long TD
Tony Hill46 823 17.9 54 6
Drew Pearson44 714 16.2 53 3
Preston Pearson47 526 11.2 34 0
Billy Joe DuPree34 509 15.0 38 9
Tony Dorsett37 378 10.2 91 2
Robert Newhouse20 176 8.8 24 2
Butch Johnson12 155 12.9 23 0
Scott Laidlaw6 108 18.0 44 1
Jay Saldi3 8 2.7 5 2
Doug Dennison1 6 6.0 6 0
Golden Richards1 2 2.0 2 0

1978-79 Cowboys Field Goal Stats

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Player 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
Rafael Septien2-3 8-8 3-5 3-10 0-0 0-0

1978-79 Cowboys Punting Stats

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Player Punts Yards Long Avg Blk Ret RetY IN 20 Net Avg
Danny White77 3076 56 40.5 1 40 311 16 33.5

1978-79 Cowboys Punt Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Long TD
Butch Johnson51 12 7.9 23 0
Tony Hill11 0 9.2 20 0
Dennis Thurman1 0 0.0 0 0

1978-79 Cowboys Kick Return Stats

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Player Returns FC Yds Yds/Ret Long TD
Butch Johnson29 0 603 20.8 56 56
Larry Brinson6 0 93 15.5 31 31
Alois Blackwell3 0 70 23.3 31 31
Doug Dennison3 0 63 21.0 24 24
Dennis Thurman3 0 42 14.0 20 20
Burton Lawless1 0 10 10.0 10 10
Jay Saldi1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Randy White1 0 15 15.0 15 15

1978-79 Cowboys Defensive Stats

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Player Total Solo Assist Sck Sfty Fumb
Charlie Waters0 0 0 0.0 1 0

1978-79 Cowboys Interception Stats

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Player Int Yds Yds/Int Long TD
Randy Hughes2 80 40.0 56 0
Benny Barnes5 72 14.4 38 0
Charlie Waters4 61 15.2 22 0
Dennis Thurman2 35 17.5 23 0
Cliff Harris4 26 6.5 23 0
Aaron Kyle3 20 6.7 17 0
Larry Cole1 13 13.0 13 0
Harvey Martin1 7 7.0 7 0
Bob Breunig1 2 2.0 2 0

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