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1980 Dallas Cowboys Stats

The following are the final regular season statistics for the 1980 Dallas Cowboys.

Regular Season Postseason

Passing

Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Danny WhiteD. White	436	260	59.6	3,287	7.5	28	6.4	25	5.7	58t	30	252	80.7
Glenn CaranoG. Carano	12	5	41.7	69	5.8	2	16.7	0	0.0	25	1	0	100.3
Tony DorsettT. Dorsett	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Dallas	449	265	59.0	3,356	7.5	30	6.7	25	5.6	58t	31	252	81.5
Opponents	484	231	47.7	3,568	7.4	21	4.3	27	5.6	69t	43	358	63.8

Rushing

Player	Gms	Att	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Tony DorsettT. Dorsett	15	278	1,185	4.26	79.0	56	11
Robert NewhouseR. Newhouse	16	118	451	3.82	28.2	29t	6
Ron SpringsR. Springs	15	89	326	3.66	21.7	20t	6
James JonesJ. Jones	16	41	135	3.29	8.4	9	0
Danny WhiteD. White	16	27	114	4.22	7.1	48	1
Timmy NewsomeT. Newsome	16	25	79	3.16	4.9	23	2
Drew PearsonD. Pearson	16	2	30	15.00	1.9	32	0
Tony HillT. Hill	16	4	27	6.75	1.7	15	0
Billy Joe DuPreeB. DuPree	16	4	19	4.75	1.2	11	0
Glenn CaranoG. Carano	3	4	6	1.50	2.0	5	0
Preston PearsonP. Pearson	11	3	6	2.00	0.5	2	0
Dallas	16	595	2,378	4.00	148.6	56	26
Opponents	16	469	2,069	4.41	129.3	61	15

Receiving

Player	Gms	Rec	Yds	Avg	YPG	Lg	TD
Tony HillT. Hill	16	60	1,055	17.58	65.9	58t	8
Drew PearsonD. Pearson	16	43	568	13.21	35.5	30	6
Tony DorsettT. Dorsett	15	34	263	7.74	17.5	27	0
Billy Joe DuPreeB. DuPree	16	29	312	10.76	19.5	39	7
Jay SaldiJ. Saldi	16	25	311	12.44	19.4	43	1
Preston PearsonP. Pearson	11	20	213	10.65	19.4	20	2
Butch JohnsonB. Johnson	16	19	263	13.84	16.4	29t	4
Ron SpringsR. Springs	15	15	212	14.13	14.1	58t	1
Robert NewhouseR. Newhouse	16	8	75	9.38	4.7	18	0
James JonesJ. Jones	16	5	39	7.80	2.4	16	0
Timmy NewsomeT. Newsome	16	4	43	10.75	2.7	16	0
Doug CosbieD. Cosbie	16	2	11	5.50	0.7	6	1
Danny WhiteD. White	16	1	-9	-9.00	-0.6	-9	0
Dallas	16	265	3,356	12.66	209.8	58t	30
Opponents	16	231	3,568	15.45	223.0	69t	21

Kickoff Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
James JonesJ. Jones	32	720	22.50	0	41	0
Timmy NewsomeT. Newsome	12	293	24.42	0	36	0
Steve WilsonS. Wilson	7	139	19.86	0	34	0
Eric HurtE. Hurt	4	71	17.75	0	24	0
Jay SaldiJ. Saldi	1	23	23.00	0	23	0
Doug CosbieD. Cosbie	1	13	13.00	0	13	0
Charlie WatersC. Waters	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Dallas	58	1,259	21.71	0	41	0
Opponents	73	1,568	21.48	0	53	0

Punt Returns

Player	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
James JonesJ. Jones	54	548	10.15	4	52	0
Roland SolomonR. Solomon	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
Dallas	55	556	10.11	4	52	0
Opponents	32	215	6.72	10	27	0

Punting

	Punting								Opponent Returns
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Net	Ret	RYds	TD
Danny WhiteD. White	71	2,903	40.9	58	11	17	0	34.8	32	215	--
Dallas	71	2,903	40.9	58	11	17	0	34.8	32	215	--
Opponents	76	3,303	43.5	58	7	12	0	34.3	55	556	--

Kicking

Player	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Pts
Rafael SeptienR. Septien	59/60	11/17	1/1	3/4	6/6	0/3	1/3	52	92
Dallas	59/60	11/17	1/1	3/4	6/6	0/3	1/3	52	92
Opponents	38/38	15/28	1/1	5/8	3/7	4/9	2/3	55	83

Defense

	Interceptions					Sacks
Player	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack	YdsL
Benny BarnesB. Barnes	1	30	30.00	30	0	--	--
Bob BreunigB. Breunig	3	34	11.33	15	0	--	--
Larry ColeL. Cole	1	43	43.00	43t	1	--	--
Anthony DickersonA. Dickerson	2	46	23.00	34	0	--	--
John DuttonJ. Dutton	1	38	38.00	38t	1	--	--
Mike HegmanM. Hegman	2	2	1.00	2	0	--	--
Aaron MitchellA. Mitchell	3	56	18.67	56	0	--	--
Dennis ThurmanD. Thurman	5	114	22.80	78t	1	--	--
Charlie WatersC. Waters	5	78	15.60	29	0	--	--
Steve WilsonS. Wilson	4	82	20.50	35	0	--	--
Dallas	27	523	19.37	78t	3	--	--
Opponents	25	179	7.16	36	1	--	--

Scoring

	Touchdowns										Kicking		Misc
Player	Tot	R	P	KR	PR	IR	FR	BK	BP	FGR	PAT	FG	Conv	Saf	Pts
Rafael SeptienR. Septien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59/60	11/17	0	0	92
Tony DorsettT. Dorsett	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	66
Tony HillT. Hill	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	48
Ron SpringsR. Springs	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	42
Billy Joe DuPreeB. DuPree	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	42
Robert NewhouseR. Newhouse	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Drew PearsonD. Pearson	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	36
Butch JohnsonB. Johnson	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	24
Timmy NewsomeT. Newsome	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Preston PearsonP. Pearson	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	12
Danny WhiteD. White	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Dennis ThurmanD. Thurman	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Jay SaldiJ. Saldi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Mike HegmanM. Hegman	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
John DuttonJ. Dutton	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Doug CosbieD. Cosbie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
Larry ColeL. Cole	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	6
TeamTeam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	1	2
Glenn CaranoG. Carano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0
Dallas	60	26	30	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	59/60	11/17	0	1	454

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