1969 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Capitol Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tom Landry (11-2-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1969 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 11-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Capitol Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tom Landry (11-2-1)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1969 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 11 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's Capitol Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Cowboys piled up points with 369 points, and the defense surrendered 223. Calvin Hill ran for a team-best 942 yards for Dallas, while Walt Garrison also buoyed the ground attack.
Craig Morton threw for 2,619 yards. Lance Rentzel hauled in 43 passes for 960 yards. Bob Hayes contributed to the receiving game as well.
Mel Renfro picked off 10 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1969 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Division Playoff.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | George Andrie | RDE | April 20, 1940 | 6'6" | 250 | Marquette | Grand Rapids, MI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 46 | Craig Baynham | HB | July 24, 1944 | 6'1" | 204 | Georgia Tech | Casper, WY USA | 10 | 0 |
| 31 | Otto Brown | DB | January 12, 1947 | 6'1" | 188 | Prairie View | Tallahassee, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Jackie Burkett | LB-C | December 16, 1936 | 6'4" | 230 | Auburn | Thorsby, AL USA | 11 | 0 |
| 83 | Mike Clark | K | November 7, 1940 | 6'1" | 205 | Texas A&M | Marshall, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 37 | Phil Clark | RCB | April 28, 1945 | 6'3" | 208 | Northwestern | Burlington, KY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 63 | Larry Cole | LDE | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 252 | Air Force | Clarkfield, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Bobby Conrad | FL-DB-HB-WR-K | November 17, 1935 | 6'2" | 194 | Texas A&M | Clifton, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 89 | Mike Ditka | TE | October 18, 1939 | 6'3" | 228 | Pittsburgh | Carnegie, PA USA | 12 | 4 |
| 77 | Ron East | DT | August 26, 1943 | 6'4" | 250 | Montana St. | Portland, OR USA | 14 | 3 |
| 52 | Dave Edwards | LLB | December 14, 1939 | 6'1" | 225 | Auburn | Columbia, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 45 | Richmond Flowers | KR | June 13, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Tennessee | Montgomery, AL USA | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Mike Gaechter | LS | January 9, 1940 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Santa Monica, CA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 32 | Walt Garrison | FB | July 23, 1944 | 6'0" | 205 | Oklahoma St. | Denton, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 34 | Cornell Green | LCB | February 10, 1940 | 6'3" | 208 | Utah St. | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Halvor Hagen | G-DE-T-C | February 4, 1947 | 6'5" | 245 | Weber St. | Oslo, Norway | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Bob Hayes | PR | December 20, 1942 | 6'0" | 187 | Florida A&M | Jacksonville, FL USA | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | Calvin Hill | HB | January 2, 1947 | 6'4" | 227 | Yale | Baltimore, MD USA | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | Dennis Homan | WR | January 9, 1946 | 6'1" | 181 | Alabama | Muscle Shoals, AL USA | 11 | 4 |
| 54 | Chuck Howley | RLB | June 28, 1936 | 6'3" | 228 | West Virginia | Wheeling, WV USA | 14 | 0 |
| 23 | Mike Johnson | DB | October 7, 1943 | 5'11" | 184 | Kansas | Denver, CO USA | 12 | 0 |
| 55 | Lee Jordan | MLB | April 27, 1941 | 6'1" | 221 | Alabama | Excel, AL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Bob Lilly | RDT | July 26, 1939 | 6'5" | 260 | TCU | Olney, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Tony Liscio | LT | July 2, 1940 | 6'5" | 264 | Tulsa | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 51 | Dave Manders | C | February 20, 1941 | 6'2" | 250 | Michigan St. | Milwaukee, WI USA | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Craig Morton | QB | February 5, 1943 | 6'4" | 214 | California | Flint, MI USA | 13 | 13 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | RT | September 12, 1943 | 6'6" | 265 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 12 | 11 |
| 76 | John Niland | LG | February 29, 1944 | 6'3" | 245 | Iowa | Quincy, MA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Pettis Norman | TE | January 4, 1939 | 6'3" | 222 | Johnson C. Smith | Lincolnton, GA USA | 10 | 10 |
| 61 | Blaine Nye | G | March 29, 1946 | 6'4" | 251 | Stanford | Ogden, UT USA | 14 | 0 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | LDT | July 3, 1944 | 6'6" | 260 | Elizabeth City St. | Windsor, NC USA | 12 | 11 |
| 30 | Dan Reeves | RB | January 19, 1944 | 6'1" | 200 | South Carolina | Rome, GA USA | 13 | 0 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | RS | December 30, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 19 | Lance Rentzel | FL | October 14, 1943 | 6'2" | 202 | Oklahoma | Queens, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Les Shy | RB | April 5, 1944 | 6'1" | 206 | Long Beach St. | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Roger Staubach | QB | February 5, 1942 | 6'3" | 197 | New Mex. Mil. Inst. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 6 | 1 |
| 56 | Thomas Stincic | LB | November 24, 1946 | 6'4" | 230 | Michigan | Cleveland, OH USA | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Malcolm Walker | C | May 24, 1943 | 6'4" | 250 | Rice | Dallas, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Claxton Welch | RB | July 3, 1947 | 5'11" | 203 | Oregon | Portland, OR USA | 6 | 0 |
| 53 | Fred Whittingham | LB-G | February 4, 1939 | 6'1" | 240 | BYU | Boston, MA USA | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Ron Widby | P | March 9, 1945 | 6'4" | 210 | Tennessee | Knoxville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 65 | John Wilbur | RG | May 21, 1943 | 6'3" | 251 | Stanford | San Diego, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Rayfield Wright | T | August 23, 1945 | 6'6" | 255 | Fort Valley St. | Griffin, GA USA | 14 | 3 |
