1975 Dallas Cowboys season

1975 Dallas Cowboys season
Head Coach	Tom Landry
Home Field	Texas Stadium
Results
Record	10–4
Place	2nd NFC East
Playoff Finish	Lost Super Bowl X
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1974	1976

The 1975 Dallas Cowboys season was their 16th in the NFL.

NFL Draft

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	College
1	2	Randy White	Defensive Tackle	Maryland
1	18	Thomas Henderson	Linebacker	Langston
2	44	Burton Lawless	Guard	Florida
3	70	Bob Bruenig	Linebacker	Arizona State
4	90	Pat Donovan	Tackle	Stanford
4	96	Randy Hughes	Defensive Back	Oklahoma
5	113	Kyle Davis	Center	Oklahoma

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 21, 1975	Los Angeles Rams	W 18–7	49,091
2	September 28, 1975	St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–31	52,417
3	October 6, 1975	at Detroit Lions	W 36–10	79,384
4	October 12, 1975	at New York Giants	W 13–7	56,511
5	October 19, 1975	Green Bay Packers	L 19–17	64,189
6	October 26, 1975	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–17	64,889
7	November 2, 1975	at Washington Redskins	L 30–24	55,004
8	November 10, 1975	Kansas City Chiefs	L 34–31	63,539
9	November 16, 1975	at New England Patriots	W 34–31	60,905
10	November 23, 1975	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–17	57,893
11	November 30, 1975	New York Giants	W 14–3	53,329
12	December 7, 1975	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 31–17	49,701
13	December 13, 1975	Washington Redskins	W 31–10	61,091
14	December 21, 1975	at New York Jets	W 31–21	37,279

Playoffs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Divisional	December 28, 1975	at Minnesota Vikings	W 17–14	46,425
Conference Championship	January 4, 1976	at Los Angeles Rams	W 37–7	84,483
Super Bowl	January 18, 1976	N Pittsburgh Steelers	L 21–17	80,187

Standings

NFC East
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
St. Louis Cardinals	11	3	0	.786	356	276
Dallas Cowboys	10	4	0	.714	350	268
Washington Redskins	8	6	0	.571	325	276
New York Giants	5	9	0	.357	216	306
Philadelphia Eagles	4	10	0	.286	225	302

Game Summaries

Week 1: Los Angeles Rams

1 2 3 4 Total Rams 0 0 0 7 7 Cowboys 0 9 3 6 18 at Texas Stadium, Irving, TX Date: September 21 Game time: 3:00 Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), wind 12 mph Box Score

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring Information Score Plays Yards TOP Rams Cowboys 2 Cowboys 25-yard field goal by Toni Fritsch 0 3 2 Cowboys Doug Dennison 1-yard touchdown run, kick no good 0 9 3 Cowboys 39-yard field goal by Fritsch 0 12 4 Cowboys 19-yard field goal by Fritsch 0 15 4 Cowboys 31-yard field goal by Fritsch 0 18 4 Rams Ron Jaworski 4-yard touchdown run, Tom Dempsey kick good 7 18 "TOP" = Time of Possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 7 18

NFC Divisional Playoff

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cowboys	0	0	7	10	17
Vikings	0	7	0	7	14

at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota

• TV: CBS Gary Bender, Johnny Unitas

The "Hail Mary" Game

NFC Championship Game

	1	2	3	4	OT
Cowboys	7	14	13	3	37
Rams	0	0	0	7	7

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

• TV: CBS

Quarterback Roger Staubach threw for 220 yards and 4 touchdown passes while also rushing for 54 yards as the Cowboys upset the favored Rams.

Roster

Dallas Cowboys 1975 roster
Quarterbacks 19 Clint Longley 12 Roger Staubach Running Backs 21 Doug Dennison 35 Scott Laidlaw FB 44 Robert Newhouse FB 26 Preston Pearson KR 30 Charley Young Wide Receivers 81 Percy Howard 88 Drew Pearson 83 Golden Richards PR Tight Ends 89 Billy Joe DuPree 84 Jean Fugett 87 Ron Howard		Offensive Linemen 57 Kyle Davis C 67 Pat Donovan T 62 John Fitzgerald C 66 Burton Lawless G 73 Ralph Neely T 61 Blaine Nye G 68 Herbert Scott G 78 Bruce Walton T/G 70 Rayfield Wright T Defensive Linemen 63 Larry Cole DT 77 Bill Gregory DT 72 Ed Jones DE 79 Harvey Martin DE 75 Jethro Pugh DT		Linebackers 53 Bob Breunig MLB 59 Warren Capone MLB 52 Dave Edwards OLB 56 Thomas Henderson OLB 55 Lee Roy Jordan MLB 50 D. D. Lewis OLB 58 Cal Peterson OLB 54 Randy White MLB Defensive Backs 31 Benny Barnes CB 43 Cliff Harris FS 42 Randy Hughes SS 20 Mel Renfro CB/FS 46 Mark Washington CB 41 Charlie Waters SS 45 Roland Woolsey CB Special Teams 15 Toni Fritsch K  9 Mitch Hoopes P		Reserve Lists Currently vacant Rookies in italics 44 Active, 0 Inactive

References

• http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal1975.htm