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1975 Dallas Cowboys season

Head coach	Tom Landry
Home field	Texas Stadium

Results
Record	10–4
Division 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.

Contents

1 NFL Draft
2 Regular season
3 Game Summaries
4 Roster
5 Awards and records
6 References

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

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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

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
NFC East
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

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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

Game information

Passing

Staubach 10/23, 106 yards, Newhouse 0/1

Rushing

Newhouse 22–88, Staubach 7–56, Dennison 17–37, Hoopes 1–13, Richards 1–3, Laidlaw 1–0

Receiving

Newhouse 3–19, Laidlaw 2–31, Pearson 2–27, Fugett 2–25, Dupree 1–4

Defense

Renfro 2 INT, Jordan INT

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring Information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring Information	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	Total
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	Total
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.

Super Bowl X

Scoring summary

Roster

Dallas Cowboys 1975 roster

Quarterbacks

19 Clint Longley
12 Roger Staubach

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

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

Awards and records

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References

^ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/dal/1975_draft.htm
^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296

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

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AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
	Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets			Washington
1975 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl X

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