Danny White
Wilford Daniel White
Born: February 9, 1952
Mesa, AZ USA
Position: QB-P
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 193
College: Arizona St.
High School: Westwood (Mesa, AZ)
Career: 1974-1988
Drafted: 1974 in Round 3, #53 overall by the Dallas Cowboys
Coaching record
Danny White played from 1974 to 1988 during his career with the Dallas Cowboys and Memphis Southmen. White threw for 24,594 yards in his career, completing 1,944 of 3,300 passes with 177 touchdowns and 149 interceptions. He also ran for 734 yards in 210 attempts with 8 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 155 | 79 | 51.0 | 1190 | 7.7 | 12 | 7.7 | 9 | 5.8 | 56 | 6 | 78 | 78.2 |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 195 | 104 | 53.3 | 1445 | 7.4 | 10 | 5.1 | 8 | 4.1 | 36 | 25 | 231 | 77.4 |
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 213 | 10.6 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 56 | 1 | 15 | 94.4 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 10.4 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 215 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 65.2 |
| 1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 267 | 6.8 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 | 5.1 | 45 | 4 | 46 | 58.4 |
| 1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 436 | 260 | 59.6 | 3287 | 7.5 | 28 | 6.4 | 25 | 5.7 | 58 | 30 | 252 | 80.7 |
| 1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 391 | 223 | 57.0 | 3098 | 7.9 | 22 | 5.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 73 | 30 | 234 | 87.5 |
| 1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 247 | 156 | 63.2 | 2079 | 8.4 | 16 | 6.5 | 12 | 4.9 | 49 | 25 | 264 | 91.1 |
| 1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 533 | 334 | 62.7 | 3980 | 7.5 | 29 | 5.4 | 23 | 4.3 | 80 | 37 | 314 | 85.6 |
| 1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 233 | 126 | 54.1 | 1580 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 66 | 22 | 178 | 71.5 |
| 1985 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 450 | 267 | 59.3 | 3157 | 7.0 | 21 | 4.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 56 | 30 | 257 | 80.6 |
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 153 | 95 | 62.1 | 1157 | 7.6 | 12 | 7.8 | 5 | 3.3 | 63 | 10 | 98 | 97.9 |
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 362 | 215 | 59.4 | 2617 | 7.2 | 12 | 3.3 | 17 | 4.7 | 43 | 44 | 353 | 73.2 |
| 1988 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 42 | 29 | 69.0 | 274 | 6.5 | 1 | 2.4 | 3 | 7.1 | 24 | 5 | 47 | 65.0 |
| WFL | 350 | 183 | 52.3 | 2635 | 7.5 | 22 | 6.3 | 17 | 4.9 | 56 | 31 | 309 | ||
| NFL | 2950 | 1761 | 59.7 | 21959 | 7.4 | 155 | 5.3 | 132 | 4.5 | 80 | 241 | 2083 | ||
| Totals | 3300 | 1944 | 58.9 | 24594 | 7.5 | 177 | 5.4 | 149 | 4.5 | 80 | 272 | 2392 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 24 | 103 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 27 | 149 | 5.5 | 52 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 114 | 4.2 | 48 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 38 | 104 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 91 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 22 | 4 |
| 1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 22 | 44 | 2.0 | 21 | 1 |
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 |
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 8 | 1 |
| WFL | 51 | 252 | 4.9 | 52 | 0 | |
| NFL | 159 | 482 | 3.0 | 48 | 8 | |
| Totals | 210 | 734 | 3.5 | 52 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
| 1985 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 |
| NFL | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 15 | 2 | |
| Totals | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 15 | 2 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 80 | 3271 | 40.9 | 64 |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 41 | 1849 | 45.1 | 64 |
| 1976 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 70 | 2690 | 38.4 | 54 |
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 80 | 3171 | 39.6 | 57 |
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 76 | 3076 | 40.5 | 56 |
| 1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 76 | 3168 | 41.7 | 73 |
| 1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 71 | 2903 | 40.9 | 58 |
| 1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 79 | 3222 | 40.8 | 60 |
| 1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 37 | 1542 | 41.7 | 56 |
| 1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 38 | 1543 | 40.6 | 50 |
| 1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 82 | 3151 | 38.4 | 54 |
| 1985 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
| WFL | 121 | 5120 | 42.3 | 64 | |
| NFL | 610 | 24509 | 40.2 | 73 | |
| Totals | 731 | 29629 | 40.5 | 73 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1978 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 8 | 1 | -15 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 8 | -34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 68 | 25 | -75 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 68 | 25 | -75 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | WFL Memphis Southmen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1980 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1985 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1986 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1987 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| WFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| NFL | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |
| Totals | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | WFL | Memphis Southmen | ||
| 1975 | WFL | Memphis Southmen | 10 | |
| 1976 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 1 |
| 1979 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 15 |
| 1982 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 6 |
| 1985 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 14 | 14 |
| 1986 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 6 |
| 1987 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 9 |
| 1988 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 0 |
Honors
1979 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1981 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1982 - Associated Press All-NFL (2nd Team)
1982 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
