[Hostile]

Row 1

• 1 Rafael Septien, K
• 11 Danny White, QB
• 12 Roger Staubach, QB, Pro Bowl *
• 18 Glenn Carano, QB
• 20 Ron Springs, RB
• 22 Wade Manning, WR
• 24 Alois Blackwell, RB
• 25 Aaron Kyle, CB
• 26 Preston Pearson, RB

Row 2

• 31 Benny Barnes, DB
• 32 Dennis Thurman, DB
• 33 Tony Dorsett, RB
• 34 Aaron Mitchell, CB
• 35 Scott Laidlaw, RB
• 36 Larry Brinson, RB
• 42 Randy Hughes, S
• 43 Cliff Harris, S, Pro Bowl
• 44 Robert Newhouse, FB

Row 3

• 50 D. D. Lewis, LB
• 52 Robert Shaw, C
• 53 Bob Breunig, LB, Pro Bowl
• 54 Randy White, DT, Pro Bowl *, All Pro
• 56 Thomas Henderson, LB
• 57 Bruce Huther, LB
• 58 Mike Hegman, LB
• 59 Guy Brown, LB
• 61 Jim Cooper, OL

Row 4

• 62 John Fitzgerald, C
• 63 Larry Cole, DL
• 64 Tom Rafferty, G/C
• 65 Dave Stalls, DE
• 66 Burton Lawless, G
• 67 Pat Donovan, T, Pro Bowl *
• 68 Herbert Scott, G, Pro Bowl
• 70 Rayfield Wright, E
• 71 Andy Frederick, T
• 75 Richard Grimmett, T

Row 5

• 76 Larry Bethea, DL
• 77 Bruce Thornton, DL
• 79 Harvey Martin, DE, Pro Bowl *
• 80 Tony Hill, WR, Pro Bowl
• 81 Steve Wilson, WR/CB
• 84 Doug Cosbie, TE
• 86 Butch Johnson, WR
• 87 Jay Saldi, TE
• 88 Drew Pearson, WR
• 89 Billy Joe DuPree, TE

Row 6

• Tom Landry, Head Coach
• Jim Myers, Coach
• Ermal Allen, Coach
• Mike Ditka, Coach
• Dan Reeves, Coach
• Ernie Stautner, Coach
• Gene Stallings, Coach
• Jerry Tubbs, Coach
• Bob Ward, Coach
• Don Cochren, Trainer
• Ken Locker, Assistant Trainer
• Buck Buchanan, Equipment Manager

* = Starter

1979 Cowboys Draft

1…Robert Shaw, C, Tennessee
2…Aaron Mitchell, DB, UNLV
3…Doug Cosbie, TE, Santa Clara
3 time Pro Bowl...1983-85
4…Ralph DeLoach, DE, California
5…Bob Hukill, G, North Carolina
5…Curtis Anderson, DE, Central State (OH)
5…Ron Springs, RB, Ohio State
6…Tim Lavender, DB, USC
6…Mike Salzano, G, North Carolina
6…Chris DeFrance, WR, Arizona State
7…Greg Fitzpatrick, LB, Youngstown State
8…Bruce Thornton, DT, Illinois
9…Garry Cobb, LB, USC
10…Mike Calhoun, DT, Notre Dame
12…Quentin Lowry, LB, Youngstown State

1979 Cowboys Schedule
11-5
Year 14 of 20 year winning streak

NFC East Division Champs (7th)

9/2/79…Won @ St. Louis Cardinals, 22-21
9/9/79…Won @ San Francisco 49ers, 21-13
9/16/79…Won vs. Chicago Bears, 24-20
9/24/79…Lost @ Cleveland Browns, 7-26
9/30/79…Won vs. Cincinnati Bengals, 38-13
10/7/79…Won @ Minnesota Vikings, 36-20
10/14/79…Won vs. Los Angeles Rams, 30-6
10/21/79…Won vs. St. Louis Cardinals, 22-13
10/28/79…Lost @ Pittsburgh Steelers, 3-14
11/4/79…Won @ New York Giants, 16-14
11/12/79…Lost vs. Philadelphia Eagles, 21-31
11/18/79…Lost @ Washington Redskins, 20-34
11/22/79…Lost vs. Houston Oilers, 24-30
12/2/79…Won vs. New York Giants, 28-7
12/8/79…Won @ Philadelphia Eagles, 24-17
12/16/79…Won vs. Washington Redskins, 35-34

6-2 @ Dallas
5-3 on the road

Points scored...371, 23.2 ppg
Points allowed...313, 19.6 ppg

1979 DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
12/30/79...Lost vs. Los Angeles Rams, 19-21

1979 Cowboys Stats

All time franchise record...172-104-6
All time Post Season Record...15-11