
1980 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Tom Landry (12-4)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1980 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Offensively, the Cowboys led the league with 454 points. Meanwhile, the defense allowed 311 points. Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 1,185 yards.
Danny White directed the offense, passing for 3,287 yards. Tony Hill paced pass catchers, hauling in 60 passes for 1,055 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense created 47 turnovers. Dennis Thurman and Charlie Waters each intercepted 5 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1980 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 436 | 260 | 59.6 | 3287 | 7.5 | 28 | 6.4 | 25 | 5.7 | 58 | 30 | 252 | 80.7 |
Glenn Carano | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 69 | 5.8 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 100.3 |
Tony Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 449 | 265 | 59.0 | 3356 | 7.5 | 30 | 6.7 | 25 | 5.6 | 58 | 31 | 252 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Dorsett | 278 | 1185 | 4.3 | 56 | 11 |
Robert Newhouse | 118 | 451 | 3.8 | 29 | 6 |
Ron Springs | 89 | 326 | 3.7 | 20 | 6 |
James Jones | 41 | 135 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
Danny White | 27 | 114 | 4.2 | 48 | 1 |
Timmy Newsome | 25 | 79 | 3.2 | 23 | 2 |
Drew Pearson | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 32 | 0 |
Tony Hill | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 15 | 0 |
Billy DuPree | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
Preston Pearson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Glenn Carano | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 595 | 2378 | 4.0 | 56 | 26 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Hill | 60 | 1055 | 17.6 | 58 | 8 |
Drew Pearson | 43 | 568 | 13.2 | 30 | 6 |
Tony Dorsett | 34 | 263 | 7.7 | 27 | 0 |
Billy DuPree | 29 | 312 | 10.8 | 39 | 7 |
Jay Saldi | 25 | 311 | 12.4 | 43 | 1 |
Preston Pearson | 20 | 213 | 10.6 | 20 | 2 |
Butch Johnson | 19 | 263 | 13.8 | 29 | 4 |
Ron Springs | 15 | 212 | 14.1 | 58 | 1 |
Robert Newhouse | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 18 | 0 |
James Jones | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 |
Danny White | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
Totals | 265 | 3356 | 12.7 | 58 | 30 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 71 | 2903 | 40.9 | 58 |
Totals | 71 | 2903 | 40.9 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 54 | 548 | 10.1 | 52 | 0 |
Roland Solomon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 55 | 556 | 10.1 | 52 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 32 | 720 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 12 | 293 | 24.4 | 36 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 34 | 0 |
Eric Hurt | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 24 | 0 |
Jay Saldi | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 58 | 1259 | 21.7 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dennis Thurman | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 78 | 1 |
Charlie Waters | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 29 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 |
Aaron Mitchell | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 56 | 0 |
Bob Breunig | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
Anthony Dickerson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 34 | 0 |
Mike Hegman | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Larry Cole | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 1 |
John Dutton | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 1 |
Benny Barnes | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 523 | 19.4 | 78 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Too Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
D.D. Lewis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rafael Septien | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | |||
Pat Donovan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Cosbie | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Timmy Newsome | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Thurman | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
Dextor Clinkscale | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Cole | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Waters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Petersen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Anthony Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Rafferty | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy DuPree | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Hegman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Jim Cooper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tony Dorsett | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bruce Huther | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jay Saldi | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||
Danny White | 8 | 1 | -15 | 0 | |||
Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
James Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Newhouse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Rafael Septien | 11 | 59 | 0 | 92 | ||||||||||
Tony Dorsett | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||
Tony Hill | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Ron Springs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Billy DuPree | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Robert Newhouse | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Drew Pearson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Butch Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Preston Pearson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Larry Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dennis Thurman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
John Dutton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Mike Hegman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Jay Saldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 26 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 452 |