Doug Dennison
William Douglas Dennison
Born: December 18, 1951
Lancaster, PA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 202
College: Kutztown Pennsylvania
High School: Lancaster (PA)
Career: 1974-1984
Doug Dennison played from 1974 to 1984 during his career with the Arizona Wranglers, Chicago Blitz, Dallas Cowboys and Toronto Argonauts. Dennison ran for 1,316 yards in his career on 371 attempts, scoring 21 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 64 passes for 539 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 52 | 3.2 | 14 | 4 |
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 111 | 383 | 3.5 | 27 | 7 |
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 153 | 542 | 3.5 | 14 | 6 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 17 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 23 | 1 |
| 1980 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 10 | 1 |
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 42 | 134 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 9t | 1 |
| NFL | 306 | 1112 | 3.6 | 27 | 19 | |
| CFL | 14 | 22 | 1.6 | 10 | 1 | |
| USFL | 51 | 182 | 3.6 | 10 | 1 | |
| Totals | 371 | 1316 | 3.5 | 27 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 33 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 15 | 166 | 11.1 | 31 | 1 |
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 30 | 244 | 8.1 | 23 | 0 |
| NFL | 14 | 110 | 7.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| CFL | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | |
| USFL | 45 | 410 | 9.1 | 31 | 1 | |
| Totals | 64 | 539 | 8.4 | 33 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 262 | 20.2 | 27 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| NFL | 20 | 409 | 20.4 | 30 | 0 | |
| USFL | 8 | 112 | 14.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Totals | 28 | 521 | 18.6 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1974 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1975 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1980 | CFL Toronto Argonauts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1983 | USFL Chicago Blitz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1984 | USFL Arizona Wranglers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| NFL | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | |
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| USFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 3 |
| 1976 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 10 |
| 1977 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | CFL | Toronto Argonauts | 2 | |
| 1983 | USFL | Chicago Blitz | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | USFL | Arizona Wranglers | 17 | 0 |
