
1985 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tom Landry (10-6)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1985 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1985 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Cowboys racked up 357 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 333. Danny White threw for 3,157 yards. Tony Hill hauled in 74 passes for 1,113 yards. Mike Renfro and Doug Cosbie provided receiving help also.
Tony Dorsett ran for a team-best 1,307 yards for Dallas.
The larcenous defense led the way with 48 turnovers. Everson Walls intercepted 9 errant tosses from the opposition. Too Jones topped pass rushers with 13 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 62 sacks.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1985 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 450 | 267 | 59.3 | 3157 | 7.0 | 21 | 4.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 56 | 30 | 257 | 80.6 |
Gary Hogeboom | 126 | 70 | 55.6 | 978 | 7.8 | 5 | 4.0 | 7 | 5.6 | 58 | 14 | 118 | 70.8 |
Steve Pelluer | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 47 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 78.6 |
Tony Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
James Jones | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 68.8 |
Totals | 587 | 344 | 58.6 | 4236 | 7.2 | 27 | 4.6 | 25 | 4.3 | 58 | 44 | 375 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Dorsett | 305 | 1307 | 4.3 | 60 | 7 |
Timmy Newsome | 88 | 252 | 2.9 | 15 | 2 |
Gary Hogeboom | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 15 | 1 |
Danny White | 22 | 44 | 2.0 | 21 | 1 |
John Williams | 13 | 40 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
Robert Lavette | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 |
Todd Fowler | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 6 | 0 |
James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Gordon Banks | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Steve Pelluer | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 1 | 0 |
Tony Hill | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
Totals | 462 | 1741 | 3.8 | 60 | 11 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Hill | 74 | 1113 | 15.0 | 53 | 7 |
Doug Cosbie | 64 | 793 | 12.4 | 42 | 6 |
Mike Renfro | 60 | 955 | 15.9 | 58 | 8 |
Tony Dorsett | 46 | 449 | 9.8 | 56 | 3 |
Timmy Newsome | 46 | 361 | 7.8 | 24 | 1 |
James Jones | 24 | 179 | 7.5 | 35 | 0 |
Karl Powe | 14 | 237 | 16.9 | 34 | 0 |
Fred Cornwell | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 32 | 1 |
Todd Fowler | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
Leon Gonzalez | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
Danny White | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 |
Robert Lavette | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 344 | 4236 | 12.3 | 58 | 27 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Saxon | 81 | 3396 | 41.9 | 57 |
Danny White | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 |
Totals | 82 | 3439 | 41.9 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Bates | 22 | 152 | 6.9 | 21 | 0 |
Leon Gonzalez | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
Gordon Banks | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 28 | 0 |
Totals | 40 | 237 | 5.9 | 28 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Lavette | 34 | 682 | 20.1 | 34 | 0 |
Kenny Duckett | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 25 | 0 |
James Jones | 9 | 161 | 17.9 | 26 | 0 |
John Williams | 6 | 129 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 |
Todd Fowler | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
Karl Powe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 62 | 1210 | 19.5 | 34 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Everson Walls | 9 | 31 | 3.4 | 19 | 0 |
Dennis Thurman | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 21 | 1 |
Ron Fellows | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 29 | 0 |
Bill Bates | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
Dextor Clinkscale | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 11 | 0 |
Michael Downs | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
Victor Scott | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 | 1 |
Jim Jeffcoat | 1 | 65 | 65.0 | 65 | 1 |
Eugene Lockhart | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 1 |
Mike Hegman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 263 | 8.0 | 65 | 4 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Too Jones | 13.0 | 0.0 | |
Jim Jeffcoat | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
Randy White | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
Mike Hegman | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
John Dutton | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Eugene Lockhart | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
Victor Scott | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Don Smerek | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Kevin Brooks | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Dextor Clinkscale | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Jeff Rohrer | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Bill Bates | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dennis Thurman | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
David Ponder | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Michael Downs | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 62.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Jeffcoat | 77 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Bill Bates | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Steve DeOssie | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
Eugene Lockhart | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | ||||
Tony Dorsett | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Michael Downs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Danny White | 6 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |||||
Tom Rafferty | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Williams | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dextor Clinkscale | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Kenny Duckett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jesse Penn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
John Dutton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Renfro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Kurt Petersen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Hegman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Everson Walls | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Victor Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Karl Powe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Leon Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tony Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Doug Cosbie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 134 | 134 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
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 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 99 | ||||||||||
Tony Dorsett | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Mike Renfro | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Tony Hill | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
Doug Cosbie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Timmy Newsome | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Danny White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Jim Jeffcoat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Dennis Thurman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Gary Hogeboom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Victor Scott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Eugene Lockhart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jesse Penn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Fred Cornwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 357 |