
1984 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (9-7)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1984 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
Dallas netted 308 points, while the defensive squad conceded 308. Gary Hogeboom threw for 2,366 yards, and Danny White played quarterback, too. Doug Cosbie hauled in 60 passes, while Tony Hill accumulated 864 receiving yards. Tony Dorsett and Ron Springs were targeted regularly as well.
Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 1,189 yards for the Cowboys.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 44 turnovers. Michael Downs intercepted 7 errant tosses from the opposition. Randy White topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 56 sacks.
Tom Landry coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Hogeboom | 367 | 195 | 53.1 | 2366 | 6.4 | 7 | 1.9 | 14 | 3.8 | 68 | 26 | 211 | 63.7 |
Danny White | 233 | 126 | 54.1 | 1580 | 6.8 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 66 | 22 | 178 | 71.5 |
Mike Renfro | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 49 | 24.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 135.4 |
Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Tony Dorsett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 604 | 322 | 53.3 | 3995 | 6.6 | 19 | 3.1 | 26 | 4.3 | 68 | 48 | 389 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Dorsett | 302 | 1189 | 3.9 | 31 | 6 |
Timmy Newsome | 66 | 268 | 4.1 | 30 | 5 |
Ron Springs | 68 | 197 | 2.9 | 16 | 1 |
Danny White | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
Gary Hogeboom | 15 | 19 | 1.3 | 11 | 0 |
James Jones | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
Tony Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Doug Donley | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
Waddell Smith | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
Totals | 469 | 1714 | 3.7 | 31 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doug Cosbie | 60 | 789 | 13.2 | 36 | 4 |
Tony Hill | 58 | 864 | 14.9 | 66 | 5 |
Tony Dorsett | 51 | 459 | 9.0 | 68 | 1 |
Ron Springs | 46 | 454 | 9.9 | 57 | 3 |
Mike Renfro | 35 | 583 | 16.7 | 60 | 2 |
Doug Donley | 32 | 473 | 14.8 | 49 | 2 |
Timmy Newsome | 26 | 263 | 10.1 | 29 | 0 |
James Jones | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 19 | 1 |
Fred Cornwell | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 1 |
Duriel Harris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Waddell Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Harold Carmichael | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Kirk Phillips | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Phil Pozderac | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 322 | 3995 | 12.4 | 68 | 19 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 34 | 33 | 97.1 | 29 | 23 | 79.3 | 102 |
Totals | 34 | 33 | 97.1 | 29 | 23 | 79.3 | 102 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 82 | 3151 | 38.4 | 54 |
John Warren | 21 | 799 | 38.0 | 48 |
Jim Miller | 5 | 173 | 34.6 | 41 |
Totals | 108 | 4123 | 38.2 | 54 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Allen | 33 | 666 | 20.2 | 34 | 0 |
Chuck McSwain | 20 | 403 | 20.2 | 32 | 0 |
Ron Fellows | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 23 | 0 |
Brian Salonen | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
Norm Granger | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 63 | 1199 | 19.0 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Downs | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 27 | 1 |
Dennis Thurman | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 43 | 1 |
Dextor Clinkscale | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 23 | 0 |
Everson Walls | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
Mike Hegman | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Ron Fellows | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
Eugene Lockhart | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
Victor Scott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Bill Bates | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Anthony Dickerson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 28 | 297 | 10.6 | 43 | 2 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Randy White | 12.5 | 0.0 | |
Jim Jeffcoat | 11.5 | 0.0 | |
Too Jones | 8.0 | 0.0 | |
Bill Bates | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
Michael Downs | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
Mike Hegman | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
John Dutton | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Eugene Lockhart | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Anthony Dickerson | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Vince Albritton | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Mark Tuinei | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dextor Clinkscale | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Don Smerek | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dennis Thurman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 56.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Jeffcoat | 82 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Bill Bates | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve DeOssie | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
Gary Hogeboom | 8 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tom Rafferty | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Victor Scott | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dextor Clinkscale | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Too Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vince Albritton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michael Downs | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | ||||
Dennis Thurman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brian Salonen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jeff Rohrer | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Danny White | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Howard Richards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tony Dorsett | 12 | 1 | -21 | 0 | |||||
Eugene Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gary Allen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ron Fellows | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mike Hegman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Anthony Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Norm Granger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Timmy Newsome | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chuck McSwain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 142 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 30 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Rafael Septien | 23 | 33 | 0 | 102 | ||||||||||
Tony Dorsett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Tony Hill | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Timmy Newsome | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Doug Cosbie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Ron Springs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Mike Renfro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Doug Donley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Michael Downs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Fred Cornwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
James Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Jim Jeffcoat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dennis Thurman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 12 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 308 |