Dallas Cowboys 101...1982

[Hostile]

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Row 1
1 Rafael Septien, K
11 Danny White, QB, Pro Bowl
14 Gary Hogeboom, QB
15 Brad Wright, QB
18 Glenn Carano, QB
20 Ron Springs, RB
22 George Peoples, RB
23 James Jones, RB
24 Everson Walls, CB, Pro Bowl *, All Pro
25 Rod Hill, CBRow 2

26 Michael Downs, S
27 Ron Fellows, CB
30 Timmy Newsome, RB
31 Benny Barnes, CB
32 Dennis Thurman, S
33 Tony Dorsett, RB, Pro Bowl *
34 Monty Hunter, S
44 Robert Newhouse, RB
47 Dextor Clinkscale, S
50 Jeff Rohrer, LBRow 3

51 Anthony Dickerson, LB
52 Robert Shaw, C
53 Bob Breunig, LB, Pro Bowl
54 Randy White, DT, Pro Bowl *, All Pro
55 Danny Spradlin, LB
57 Angelo King, LB
58 Mike Hegman, LB
59 Guy Brown, LB
60 Donald Smerek, DE
61 Jim Cooper, TRow 4

62 Brian Baldinger, OL
63 Glen Titensor, G
64 Tom Rafferty, G
65 Kurt Petersen, G
67 Pat Donovan, T, Pro Bowl *
68 Herbert Scott, G
70 Howard Richards, T
72 Ed Jones, DE, Pro Bowl *, All Pro
73 Steve Wright, T
75 Phil Pozderac, TRow 5

Buck Buchanan, Equipment Manager
76 Larry Bethea, DT
78 John Dutton, DT
79 Harvey Martin, DE
80 Tony Hill, WR
83 Doug Donley, WR
84 Doug Cosbie, TE
86 Butch Johnson, WR
87 Jay Saldi, TE
88 Drew Pearson, WR
89 Billy Joe DuPree, TE
Ken Locker, Assistant TrainerRow 6

Tom Landry, Head Coach
Jim Myers, Coach
Ermal Allen, Coach
Neill Armstrong, Coach
Al Lavan, Coach
Alan Lowry, Coach
John Mackovic, Coach
Dick Nolan, Coach
Gene Stallings, Coach
Ernie Stautner, Coach
Jerry Tubbs, Coach
Bob Ward, Coach
Don Cochren, Trainer* = Starter


:star: 1982 Cowboys Draft :star:

1…Rod Hill, DB, Kentucky State
2…Jeff Rohrer, LB, Yale
3…Jim Eliopulous, LB, Wyoming
4…Brian Carpenter, DB, Michigan
4…Monty Hunter, DB, Salem
5…Phil Pozderac, T, Notre Dame
6…Ken Hammond, G, Vanderbilt
6…Charles Daum, DT, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
7…Bill Purifoy, DE, Tulsa
8…George Peoples, RB, Auburn
8…Dwight Sullivan, RB, North Carolina State
9…Joe Gary, DT, UCLA
10…Todd Eckerson, T, North Carolina State
11…George Thompson, WR, Albany State
11…Michael Whiting, RB, Florida State
12…Rich Burtness, G, Montana



:star: 1982 Cowboys Schedule :star:
6-3
Year 17 of 20 year winning streak

9/13/82…Lost vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, 28-36
9/19/82…Won @ St. Louis Cardinals, 24-7
9/26/82…Game @ Minnesota Vikings canceled by strike
10/3/82…Game vs. New York Giants canceled by strike
10/10/82…Game vs. Washington Redskins canceled by strike
10/17/82…Game @ Philadelphia Eagles canceled by strike
10/24/82…Game @ Cincinnati Bengals canceled by strike
10/31/82…Game @ New York Giants canceled by strike
11/7/82…Game vs. St. Louis Cardinals canceled by strike
11/14/82…Game @ San Francisco 49ers canceled by strike
11/21/82…Won vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 14-9
11/25/82…Won vs. Cleveland Browns, 31-14
12/5/82…Won @ Washington Redskins, 24-10
"200th Win in Cowboys History"
12/13/82…Won @ Houston Oilers, 37-7
12/19/82…Won vs. New Orleans Saints, 21-7
12/26/82…Lost vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 20-24
1/3/83…Lost @ Minnesota Vikings, 27-31
“Tony Dorsett 99 yard TD”


3-2 @ Dallas
3-1 on the road

Points scored...226, 25.1 ppg
Points allowed...145, 16.1 ppg

1982 SUPER BOWL TOURNAMENT
1/9/83...Won vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 30-17

1982 SUPER BOWL TOURNAMENT
1/16/83...Won vs. Green Bay Packers, 37-26

1982 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
1/22/83...Lost @ Washington Redskins, 17-31

1982 Cowboys Stats (http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/stats.nsf/Annual/1982-dal)

All time franchise record...202-115-6
All time Post Season Record...20-14

[bbgun]

Memorable for all the wrong reasons: they changed the number fonts on the jerseys, slapped lame numbers on the pants, the league-wide strike, etc. Can't remember if the Minnesota loss cost us home-field advantage. I do recall Danny White hurting his thumb in practice before the Tampa playoff game, which led to a comical fumble and six easy points for the Bucs. The Green Bay win was extra satisfying, as I was living in Wisconsin at the time. Curious that we handily beat the Skins at RFK in December but were manhandled in the Championship game. This was the first inkling that we might "have something" in Hogeboom, but it was for naught.

[THUMPER]

This was just one, short disappointing season, starting with the strike and ending with our 3rd NFC Championship game loss in a row. Lost in the controversy was what should have been an outstanding season by Tony Dorsett who led the NFC in rushing. Danny White also put up good numbers but the whole season was just wrong.

I am only in favor of a strike when labor has a real case. In this instance, as in every other pro sports strike, it was all about wealthy players wanting to be even wealthier. There were other issues at stake like the pension and benefits but in actuality those were not the primary issues. The union demanded 55% of the league's gross income to go to player salaries which was completely unheard of at the time. Eventually, the NFL did consent to that type of arrangement but not for many years after this strike. In 1982 it was all about the money.

Two games into the season, NFLPA head Ed Garvey called a strike which lasted 57 days. To me the season might as well have been called off completely as the players had a hard time getting back into shape and gelling with their teammates. 1982 was ruined for me as a football fan and it took a long time for me to get over it.

I grew up in Los Angeles and had been a Dodgers fan all my life but when MLB went on strike in 1994 I had had enough and have not watched a baseball game since (well one that my brother took me to when I was out to visit them). I didn't take it quite that hard in 1982 but I was still upset with the whole thing.

Our draft that year was the worst I could remember as a Cowboys fan. Not a single player that was worth a darn and only 5th round pick, OT Phil Pozderac played more than one or two of years for us.

The playoffs were a joke as there were 16 teams involved. Dallas played well though and Tampa Bay and Green Bay on their way to the NFC Championship game against division rival Redskins. Danny White was playing well before being knocked out by Dexter Manley and was replaced by Gary Hogeboom. Hogey led us to a couple of scores but they were too little, too late as the Redskins kept feeding John Riggins the ball and we just didn't get man y chances. A couple of costly INTs hurt as well.

A very disappointing season all the way around. :mad:

[big dog cowboy]

:star: 1982 Cowboys Draft :star:


1…Rod Hill, DB, Kentucky State

2…Jeff Rohrer, LB, Yale
3…Jim Eliopulous, LB, Wyoming
4…Brian Carpenter, DB, Michigan
4…Monty Hunter, DB, Salem
5…Phil Pozderac, T, Notre Dame
6…Ken Hammond, G, Vanderbilt
6…Charles Daum, DT, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
7…Bill Purifoy, DE, Tulsa
8…George Peoples, RB, Auburn
8…Dwight Sullivan, RB, North Carolina State
9…Joe Gary, DT, UCLA
10…Todd Eckerson, T, North Carolina State
11…George Thompson, WR, Albany State
11…Michael Whiting, RB, Florida State
12…Rich Burtness, G, Montana


That is a franchise killer draft. Not one of those picks got me any excited as a fan. I just kept telling myself that the Cowboy brass knew what they were doing. Boy was I wrong.

[lurkercowboy]

1982 was a fun season in many ways. The strike dominated the year of course, but there were some entertaining games along the way.

It started out with a loss to the Steelers. Dallas actually had a chance to win in the 4th quarter when White threw a TD to pull within 33-28. But Dallas could not stop Bradshaw and Pittsburgh who drove down for a clinching FG.

The second game versus St Louis was a blowout win but then the strike came. The first few games after the strike were sloppy but Dallas went on a winning streak.

The highlight game of the regular season was the win over Washington in RFK. It was a solid win highlighted by Timmy Newsome's long TD at the end of the game.

6-1 at Christmas was a good record, but the Redskins were also 6-1. Dallas had the tiebreaker and needed to keep pace record-wise to have home field advantage in the NFC. I thought the Eagles game would be relatively easy, but no, Dallas lost. They had the ball in decent field position late in the game but White threw a pick to end Dallas hopes.

The last game was on MNF and the Redskins had already gone 8-1 so Dallas had no hope of catching them for home field. Still, it was a tight game. The Dallas defense could not stop Minnesota. The only highlight, which was one of the all-time Dallas plays, was Dorsett's 99 yard run.

Dallas had two home playoff games to start the postseason and the offense played well in both. The defense came up with turnovers in the Green Bay game to stop the Packers and set up a showdown with the Redskins.

The NFC championship game was pretty one-sided. The offense could not move under White and when he was injured, Hogeboom came in and gave the team a spark. It was 24-17 Skins when Hogeboom was trying to lead the team for the tying score when they tried a screen pass to Dorsett. Once of the team's best plays. Dorsett had running room, but Hogeboom's pass was tipped to Daryl Grant who ran it in for a TD. It was the third straight NFC title game loss.

Overall, it was a solid season record and results-wise, but the playoff loss was a bitter pill to swallow. To me, it seemed that the defense faded down the stretch. They went through a six game span allowing no more than 14 points in a game, then suddenly the bottom fell out. But we still had hope for next season and many fans were excited about Hogeboom's promise.

[Hostile]

The only real highlight of this year for me was Tony Dorsett's 99 yard TD run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InNvsb8zA14

You can hear Don Meredith saying 99 and a half yards before he even got to mid field. Cosell said off mike Gifford predicted it.

So did I and then proceeded to jump up and destroy my mother's favorite fern. I was so relieved when she laughed.