1978 Dallas Cowboys

1978 National Football Conference Champions!
1978 Record: 12-4 (Regular Season), 2-1 (Playoffs)

Head Coach: Tom Landry

Points Scored: 384 (1st of 28 NFL teams)

Points Allowed: 208 (3rd of 28 NFL teams)

Home Stadium: Texas Stadium in Irving, TX

1978 Game-by-Game Results

Regular Season

Date Opponent Result

9/ 4/78 Baltimore W 38- 0

9/10/78 at N.Y. Giants W 34-24

9/17/78 at Los Angeles L 14-27

9/24/78 St. Louis W 21-12

10/ 2/78 at Washington L 5- 9

10/ 8/78 N.Y. Giants W 24- 3

10/15/78 at St. Louis W 24-21 (OT)

10/22/78 Philadelphia W 14- 7

10/26/78 Minnesota L 10-21

11/ 5/78 at Miami L 16-23

11/12/78 at Green Bay W 42-14

11/19/78 New Orleans W 27- 7

11/23/78 Washington W 37-10

12/ 3/78 New England W 17-10

12/10/78 at Philadelphia W 31-13

12/17/78 at N.Y. Jets W 30- 7

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result

NFC Div. Playoff Atlanta W 27-20

NFC Championship at Los Angeles W 28- 0

Super Bowl XIII vs. Pittsburgh L 31-35

Note: Super Bowl XIII played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL

Defensive Tackle Randy White enjoyed his best season in 1978 as he compiled 123 tackles and 16 sacks.

1978 Dallas Cowboys Depth Chart / Roster:

# Player Ht Wt Age Exp College Face Shape Hair Equipment

Quarterbacks

1. 12 Roger Staubach 6-3 202 36 9 Navy 61 5 brn crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands

2. 11 Danny White 6-2 192 26 2 Arizona St. 30 5 brn crop style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands

3. 18 Glenn Carano 6-3 203 23 1 UNLV style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands

Halfbacks

1. 33 Tony Dorsett 5-11 190 24 1 Pittsburgh 88 7 blk crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 26 Preston Pearson 6-1 206 33 11 Illinois 161 4 blk crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, fingers

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3. 24 Alois Blackwell 5-10 195 24 R Houston style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands

4. 36 Larry Brinson 6-0 214 24 1 Florida 152 1 blk crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt elbowpads (turf)

# 21 Doug Dennison 6-1 195 27 4 Kutztown dk skin blk afro style 2 helmet, 3 bar qb, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Fullbacks

1. 44 Robert Newhouse 5-10 215 28 6 Houston 107 7 blk afro style 2 helmet, half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 35 Scott Laidlaw 6-0 205 25 3 Stanford style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt rb gloves (turf)

Wide Receivers

1. 88 Drew Pearson 6-0 183 27 5 Tulsa 66 5 blk afro style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt wrist double

2. 80 Tony Hill 6-2 198 22 1 Arizona St. 109 3 blk afro style 2 helmet, 2 bar, right wt elbowpad, qb wristbands

3. 86 Butch Johnson 6-1 192 24 2 N/A 21 6 blk crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar, right wt wristband, left wt wrist double

4. 82 Robert Steele 6-4 196 22 R N. Alabama style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands

5. n/a (switch position to TE)

Tight Ends

1. 89 Billy Joe DuPree 6-4 229 28 5 Michigan St. 135 9 blk afro style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

2. 81 Jackie Smith 6-4 230 38 15 N/A 62 7 l. brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

# 87 Jay Saldi 6-3 224 23 2 S. Carolina 86 6 l. brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt rb gloves

Left Tackles

1. 67 Pat Donovan 6-4 250 25 3 Stanford 58 8 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 73 Ralph Neely 6-5 265 35 13 Oklahoma 45 11 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands, wt sleeves

3. 71 Andy Frederick 6-6 255 24 2 New Mexico 46 11 blo crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands

Left Guards

1. 68 Herbert Scott 6-2 252 25 3 N/A 221 14 blk afro style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 66 Burton Lawless 6-4 255 25 3 Florida 77 13 brn crop style 3 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Centers

1. 62 John Fitzgerald 6-5 260 30 7 Boston Coll. 77 16 brn crop style 2 helmet, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 61 Jim Cooper 6-5 260 23 1 Temple 46 6 brn crop style 2 helmet, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Right Guards

1. 64 Tom Rafferty 6-3 250 24 2 Penn State 18 16 brn crop style 2 helmet, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. 60 Tom Randall 6-5 245 22 R Iowa State style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands

3. 52 Jim Eidson 6-3 264 24 1 Miss. State 36 5 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands

Right Tackles

1. 70 Rayfield Wright 6-6 260 33 11 N/A 110 13 blk afro style 2 helmet, half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wrist double, wt gloves

2. n/a

Left Defensive Ends

1. 72 Ed "Too Tall" Jones 6-9 270 27 4 Tennessee 142 10 blk crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 76 Larry Bethea 6-5 254 22 R Michigan St. 74 10 blk crop style 2 helmet, half cage, tc extended, bk tc elbowpads, wt wristbands

Right Defensive Ends

1. 79 Harvey Martin 6-5 250 28 5 N/A 19 16 blk crop style 2 helmet, full cage, wt mouthpiece, tc extended, fingers taped, wt half sleeves

2. n/a

Defensive Tackles

1. 54 Randy White 6-4 245 25 3 Maryland 50 12 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, fingers taped

2. 63 Larry Cole 6-4 260 32 10 Hawaii 24 13 l. brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

3. 65 Dave Stalls 6-4 236 23 1 N. Colorado 55 13 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, tc extended, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

4. 75 Jethro Pugh 6-6 250 34 13 N/A 150 11 blk crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt wristbands

Left Outside Linebackers

1. 56 Thomas Henderson 6-2 220 25 3 N/A 237 10 blk afro style 2 helmet, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves, bk tc elbowpads (turf)

2. 59 Guy Brown 6-4 215 23 1 Houston style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, tc wristbands

Middle Linebackers

1. 53 Bob Breunig 6-2 227 25 3 Arizona St. 28 2 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads

2. 57 Bruce Huther 6-1 217 24 1 New Hampshire lt skin 9 7 l. brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, neck roll, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

Right Outside Linebackers

1. 50 D.D. Lewis 6-1 215 33 9 Miss. State 14 3 brn crop style 2 helmet, half cage, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands, wt gloves

2. 58 Mike Hegman 6-1 225 26 2 Tennessee St. 135 8 blk afro style 2 helmet, half cage, wt mouthpiece, wt wristbands

3. n/a

Cornerbacks

1. 32 Dennis Thurman 5-11 170 22 R USC 116 6 blk crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt gloves, wt half sleeves

2. 31 Benny Barnes 6-1 195 27 6 Stanford 218 3 blk crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

3. 25 Aaron Kyle 5-11 185 24 2 Wyoming 134 4 blk crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar, qb wristbands

4. 46 Mark Washington 5-11 187 30 8 Morgan St. 75 3 blk afro style 2 helmet, 2 bar (thin), wt wristbands

Free Safeties

1. 43 Cliff Harris 6-0 192 30 8 N/A 55 5 brn crop style 2 helmet, 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt wristbands

2. 42 Randy Hughes 6-4 208 25 3 Oklahoma style 2 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands, tc rb gloves

Strong Safeties

1. 41 Charlie Waters 6-1 198 30 8 Clemson 24 8 l. brn long style 2 helmet, 2 bar (thin), eye paint, wt elbowpads, wt wristbands

2. n/a (switch position to HB)

Kicker

1. 1 Rafael Septien 5-9 171 25 2 N/A 88 4 brn crop style 2 helmet, 1 bar, wt sleeves (grass), tc sleeves (turf)

Punter

1. 11 Danny White 6-2 192 26 2 Arizona St. 30 5 brn crop style 3 helmet, 2 bar, wt wristbands

Player Ratings spd-str-awr-agi-acl-cth-car-jmp-bkt-tak-thp-tha-pbk-rbk-kpr-kac-ret-stm-inj-tgh

Staubach 65-47-92-64-66-34-57-52-48-21-92-89-23-28-26-23-0-76-81-65

D. White 46-48-64-45-45-33-48-53-46-22-87-90-25-27-78-84-0-75-83-67

Carano 43-44-56-42-43-27-42-46-38-20-74-67-23-26-23-20-0-68-70-57

Dorsett 96-56-71-96-97-68-85-74-83-19-29-24-35-32-29-23-10-78-81-73

P. Pearson 80-65-91-79-77-74-75-58-64-21-26-23-38-36-28-20-41-71-74-66

Blackwell 76-54-52-75-80-58-71-62-63-18-24-20-32-36-29-21-22-70-75-60

Brinson 74-58-53-76-82-57-58-65-57-23-25-20-27-27-24-20-77-69-72-62

Dennison 77-59-67-76-74-53-72-62-56-22-24-22-41-37-25-20-54-72-74-59

Newhouse 74-67-81-73-76-62-76-53-65-25-38-30-58-61-27-22-16-75-86-76

Laidlaw 76-67-64-75-75-69-62-58-64-24-25-22-40-39-25-17-10-70-71-60

D. Pearson 90-54-82-89-88-86-79-86-66-20-55-48-31-33-22-20-15-74-82-64

T. Hill 90-52-63-89-90-85-74-84-62-21-28-26-26-22-24-20-64-79-73-71

B. Johnson 89-50-62-88-90-76-67-79-59-23-33-25-21-26-30-22-68-76-81-66

Steele 83-42-48-82-82-68-61-82-47-17-21-20-18-20-23-20-10-68-74-55

DuPree 71-67-79-70-70-69-60-64-66-24-26-24-60-59-27-20-10-76-95-71

J. Smith 69-67-94-67-70-74-66-62-67-19-35-25-57-58-27-22-8-73-73-69

Saldi 67-65-58-66-67-61-66-53-67-21-26-22-54-59-26-22-8-73-74-65

Donovan 47-78-66-46-62-17-18-44-34-27-28-20-85-87-28-21-0-66-79-84

Frederick 50-73-61-49-63-14-16-40-33-25-26-18-67-70-27-19-0-62-82-80

Neely 35-83-95-34-46-18-18-30-37-28-29-20-77-78-28-20-0-54-78-77

H. Scott 43-82-68-42-64-16-18-40-37-29-30-19-82-86-29-18-0-67-75-82

Lawless 46-76-61-45-61-14-16-43-33-28-25-20-76-79-29-20-0-63-69-67

Fitzgerald 46-75-85-45-59-18-19-46-34-26-27-20-86-87-25-22-0-63-80-75

J. Cooper 45-78-60-44-62-15-18-43-33-27-27-19-72-78-28-20-0-55-73-83

Rafferty 42-80-66-42-61-27-24-38-35-29-29-20-77-82-28-21-0-60-76-83

Randall 47-76-53-46-62-20-23-54-33-63-25-20-61-67-26-20-0-62-63-72

Eidson 43-78-55-42-60-15-17-39-36-26-28-18-68-69-27-18-0-56-70-77

R. Wright 52-81-93-52-65-38-36-60-52-28-28-23-87-93-28-21-0-59-76-84

E. Jones 72-76-70-70-76-24-28-57-31-82-28-21-25-35-28-20-0-77-95-86

Bethea 58-74-57-57-66-16-19-55-34-71-26-20-24-34-27-19-0-73-74-73

H. Martin 67-77-76-66-77-20-23-57-35-90-27-21-25-34-26-20-0-78-82-80

R. White 60-87-77-59-72-19-22-44-36-96-30-19-26-37-29-20-0-77-82-86

Cole 53-83-91-52-62-28-26-53-31-88-25-20-25-36-28-19-0-75-74-82

Stalls 58-73-60-56-66-14-16-49-35-74-28-21-22-31-25-19-0-69-66-82

Pugh 59-84-95-58-68-21-23-52-34-81-28-18-25-34-29-18-0-70-74-84

T. Henderson 72-67-73-71-71-52-50-63-30-89-23-19-22-30-25-19-0-75-73-65

G. Brown 73-63-56-73-71-30-36-47-33-76-25-19-22-31-27-19-0-70-75-68

Breunig 69-66-69-68-67-33-40-49-34-92-26-20-22-30-26-20-0-75-76-72

Huther 68-62-55-67-68-29-36-49-29-74-24-19-20-28-23-20-0-70-75-62

D.D. Lewis 70-70-90-70-68-32-37-48-33-89-26-21-22-29-24-20-0-76-83-72

Hegman 69-72-63-68-77-36-41-60-32-78-28-22-23-33-28-20-0-75-78-76

Thurman 86-55-55-84-85-59-58-76-31-65-24-22-15-17-22-19-10-74-85-68

B. Barnes 91-53-85-90-93-52-55-76-27-72-22-19-13-15-20-20-10-75-82-66

M. Washington 84-56-88-83-86-54-58-73-27-73-21-20-13-15-21-20-10-71-70-61

Kyle 89-48-65-88-88-51-56-71-29-69-20-20-12-16-19-19-10-74-76-59

C. Harris 86-58-88-85-85-59-58-78-27-89-23-19-12-16-23-21-72-77-86-86

Waters 79-59-95-78-78-55-58-64-30-89-24-20-13-17-22-20-24-79-94-67

Hughes 80-56-65-79-78-53-57-72-26-66-26-21-15-18-21-19-10-71-76-62

Septien 43-36-57-42-44-44-46-43-17-16-21-22-12-14-89-91-0-41-87-48

D. White 46-48-64-45-45-33-48-53-46-22-87-90-25-27-78-84-0-75-83-67

Second year halfback Tony Dorsett flourished in his first year as a full time starter. Here he carries the ball into the end zone against the Miami Dolphins.

1978 Dallas Cowboys Individual Statistical Leaders:

Passing: Roger Staubach, 3120 yds., 55.9 comp. pct, 25 TDs, 84.9 rating

Rushing: Tony Dorsett, 1325 yds., 7 TDs, 4.6 yds./carry

Receiving: Tony Hill, 46 rec., 823 yds., 6 TDs

Touchdowns: Robert Newhouse, 10 (8 rush., 2 rec.)

QB Sacks: Randy White, 16

Interceptions: Benny Barnes, 5 int., 72 yds., 0 TDs

Scoring: Rafael Septien, 94 (16 FGs, 46 PATs)

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1978 NFC EASTERN DIVISION STANDINGS

1^st Place – Dallas (13-3)

2^nd Place – Philadelphia (9-7)

3^rd Place – Washington (8-8)

4^th Place – St. Louis (6-10)

5^th Place – N.Y. Giants (6-10)

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