1977 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Tom Landry (12-2)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1977 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Tom Landry (12-2)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1977 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
Dallas kept the scoreboard humming with 345 points, while the defensive unit allowed 212. Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 1,007 yards for the Cowboys.
Roger Staubach tossed for 2,620 yards. Drew Pearson hauled in 48 passes for 870 yards, while Preston Pearson was targeted regularly also.
Cliff Harris picked off 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1977 Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Benny Barnes | LCB | March 3, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | Stanford | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Bob Breunig | MLB | July 4, 1953 | 6'2" | 226 | Arizona St. | Inglewood, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Larry Brinson | RB | June 6, 1954 | 6'2" | 214 | Florida | Opa-Locka, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 59 | Guy Brown | LB | June 1, 1955 | 6'4" | 223 | Houston | Palestine, TX USA | 14 | 1 |
| 63 | Larry Cole | DE-DT | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 252 | Air Force | Clarkfield, MN USA | 12 | 0 |
| 61 | Jim Cooper | T-C-G | September 28, 1955 | 6'5" | 262 | Temple | Philadelphia, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Doug Dennison | RB | December 18, 1951 | 6'1" | 202 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | Lancaster, PA USA | 8 | 0 |
| 67 | Pat Donovan | RT | July 1, 1953 | 6'5" | 253 | Stanford | Helena, MT USA | 14 | 0 |
| 33 | Tony Dorsett | RB | April 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 192 | Pittsburgh | Rochester, PA USA | 14 | 4 |
| 89 | Billy DuPree | TE | March 7, 1950 | 6'4" | 225 | Michigan St. | Monroe, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | John Fitzgerald | C | April 16, 1948 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | Southbridge, MA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 71 | Andy Frederick | T | July 25, 1954 | 6'6" | 257 | New Mexico | Oak Park, IL USA | 13 | 0 |
| 77 | Bill Gregory | DE-DT | December 14, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Wisconsin | Galveston, TX USA | 13 | 0 |
| 43 | Cliff Harris | FS | November 12, 1948 | 6'0" | 188 | Ouachita Baptist | Fayetteville, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 58 | Mike Hegman | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 227 | Alabama A&M | Memphis, TN USA | 14 | 1 |
| 56 | Thomas Henderson | LLB | March 1, 1953 | 6'2" | 221 | Langston | Austin, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 1 | Efren Herrera | K | July 30, 1951 | 5'9" | 185 | UCLA | Guadalajara, Mexico | 14 | 0 |
| 80 | Tony Hill | WR | June 23, 1956 | 6'2" | 199 | Stanford | San Diego, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Randy Hughes | DB | April 3, 1953 | 6'4" | 209 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 13 | 0 |
| 57 | Bruce Huther | LB | July 23, 1954 | 6'1" | 221 | New Hampshire | Paterson, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Butch Johnson | KR | May 28, 1954 | 6'1" | 187 | California-Riverside | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 72 | Too Jones | LDE | February 23, 1951 | 6'9" | 271 | Tennessee St. | Jackson, TN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Aaron Kyle | RCB | April 6, 1954 | 5'11" | 185 | Wyoming | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 10 |
| 35 | Scott Laidlaw | RB | February 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 206 | Stanford | Hawthorne, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Burton Lawless | G | November 1, 1953 | 6'4" | 253 | Florida | Dothan, AL USA | 14 | 4 |
| 50 | D.D. Lewis | RLB | October 16, 1945 | 6'1" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Knoxville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Harvey Martin | RDE | November 16, 1950 | 6'5" | 260 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Dallas, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | LT | September 12, 1943 | 6'6" | 265 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Robert Newhouse | FB | January 9, 1950 | 5'10" | 209 | Houston | Longview, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Drew Pearson | WR | January 12, 1951 | 6'0" | 184 | Tulsa | South River, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | Preston Pearson | RB | January 17, 1945 | 6'1" | 205 | Illinois | Freeport, IL USA | 14 | 10 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | LDT | July 3, 1944 | 6'6" | 260 | Elizabeth City St. | Windsor, NC USA | 12 | 0 |
| 64 | Tom Rafferty | RG | August 2, 1954 | 6'3" | 256 | Penn St. | Syracuse, NY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | DB-RB | December 30, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Houston, TX USA | 11 | 0 |
| 83 | Golden Richards | WR | December 31, 1950 | 6'1" | 181 | Hawaii | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 14 | 0 |
| 87 | Jay Saldi | TE-WR | October 8, 1954 | 6'3" | 225 | South Carolina | White Plains, NY USA | 14 | 0 |
| 68 | Herbert Scott | LG | January 18, 1953 | 6'2" | 254 | Virginia Union | Virginia Beach, VA USA | 11 | 10 |
| 65 | Dave Stalls | DE-DT-NT | September 19, 1955 | 6'5" | 250 | Northern Colorado | Madison, WI USA | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Roger Staubach | QB | February 5, 1942 | 6'3" | 197 | New Mex. Mil. Inst. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Mark Washington | DB | December 28, 1947 | 5'10" | 188 | Morgan St. | Chicago, IL USA | 13 | 4 |
| 41 | Charlie Waters | SS | September 10, 1948 | 6'1" | 193 | Clemson | Miami, FL USA | 14 | 0 |
| 54 | Randy White | RDT | January 15, 1953 | 6'4" | 257 | Maryland | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | Danny White | P | February 9, 1952 | 6'2" | 193 | Arizona St. | Mesa, AZ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Rayfield Wright | T-TE | August 23, 1945 | 6'6" | 255 | Fort Valley St. | Griffin, GA USA | 2 | 0 |
