1976 Dallas Cowboys Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tom Landry (11-3)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1976 Dallas Cowboys StatisticsTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Tom Landry (11-3)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1976 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Dallas racked up 296 points, while the rigid defensive squad surrendered 194. Doug Dennison ran for a team-best 542 yards for the Cowboys, while Scott Laidlaw and Robert Newhouse also buoyed the ground attack.
Roger Staubach passed for 2,715 yards. Drew Pearson hauled in 58 passes for 806 yards. Billy DuPree provided receiving help, too.
Mark Washington intercepted 4 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team. The 1976 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Division Playoff.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Benny Barnes | LCB | March 3, 1951 | 6'1" | 190 | Stanford | Lufkin, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Bob Breunig | LLB | July 4, 1953 | 6'2" | 226 | Arizona St. | Inglewood, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Larry Cole | RDT | November 15, 1946 | 6'5" | 252 | Air Force | Clarkfield, MN USA | 14 | 8 |
| 21 | Doug Dennison | RB | December 18, 1951 | 6'1" | 202 | Kutztown Pennsylvania | Lancaster, PA USA | 14 | 10 |
| 67 | Pat Donovan | T | July 1, 1953 | 6'5" | 253 | Stanford | Helena, MT USA | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Billy DuPree | TE | March 7, 1950 | 6'4" | 225 | Michigan St. | Monroe, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 52 | Jim Eidson | G-C | May 10, 1954 | 6'3" | 264 | Mississippi St. | Anderson, SC USA | 9 | 0 |
| 62 | John Fitzgerald | C | April 16, 1948 | 6'5" | 255 | Boston Col. | Southbridge, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Bill Gregory | RDT | December 14, 1949 | 6'5" | 255 | Wisconsin | Galveston, TX USA | 14 | 6 |
| 43 | Cliff Harris | FS | November 12, 1948 | 6'0" | 188 | Ouachita Baptist | Fayetteville, AR USA | 14 | 12 |
| 58 | Mike Hegman | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6'1" | 227 | Alabama A&M | Memphis, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 56 | Thomas Henderson | LB | March 1, 1953 | 6'2" | 221 | Langston | Austin, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Efren Herrera | K | July 30, 1951 | 5'9" | 185 | UCLA | Guadalajara, Mexico | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Randy Hughes | DB | April 3, 1953 | 6'4" | 209 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City, OK USA | 14 | 2 |
| 37 | Jim Jensen | RB-TE | November 28, 1953 | 6'3" | 230 | Iowa | Waterloo, IA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 86 | Butch Johnson | KR | May 28, 1954 | 6'1" | 187 | California-Riverside | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 2 |
| 72 | Too Jones | LDE | February 23, 1951 | 6'9" | 271 | Tennessee St. | Jackson, TN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Lee Jordan | MLB | April 27, 1941 | 6'1" | 221 | Alabama | Excel, AL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 25 | Aaron Kyle | DB | April 6, 1954 | 5'11" | 185 | Wyoming | Detroit, MI USA | 14 | 1 |
| 35 | Scott Laidlaw | FB | February 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 206 | Stanford | Hawthorne, CA USA | 13 | 7 |
| 66 | Burton Lawless | G | November 1, 1953 | 6'4" | 253 | Florida | Dothan, AL USA | 14 | 4 |
| 50 | D.D. Lewis | RLB | October 16, 1945 | 6'1" | 225 | Mississippi St. | Knoxville, TN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 79 | Harvey Martin | RDE | November 16, 1950 | 6'5" | 260 | Texas A&M-Commerce | Dallas, TX USA | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Ralph Neely | LT | September 12, 1943 | 6'6" | 265 | Oklahoma | Little Rock, AR USA | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Robert Newhouse | FB | January 9, 1950 | 5'10" | 209 | Houston | Longview, TX USA | 14 | 7 |
| 61 | Blaine Nye | RG | March 29, 1946 | 6'4" | 251 | Stanford | Ogden, UT USA | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Drew Pearson | WR | January 12, 1951 | 6'0" | 184 | Tulsa | South River, NJ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | Preston Pearson | RB | January 17, 1945 | 6'1" | 205 | Illinois | Freeport, IL USA | 10 | 2 |
| 75 | Jethro Pugh | LDT | July 3, 1944 | 6'6" | 260 | Elizabeth City St. | Windsor, NC USA | 13 | 13 |
| 64 | Tom Rafferty | C-G | August 2, 1954 | 6'3" | 256 | Penn St. | Syracuse, NY USA | 13 | 0 |
| 82 | Beasley Reece | DB | March 18, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | North Texas | Waco, TX USA | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Mel Renfro | RCB | December 30, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | Oregon | Houston, TX USA | 9 | 9 |
| 83 | Golden Richards | WR | December 31, 1950 | 6'1" | 181 | Hawaii | Salt Lake City, UT USA | 11 | 9 |
| 87 | Jay Saldi | TE | October 8, 1954 | 6'3" | 225 | South Carolina | White Plains, NY USA | 13 | 3 |
| 78 | Greg Schaum | DE | January 1, 1954 | 6'4" | 246 | Michigan St. | Baltimore, MD USA | 12 | 0 |
| 68 | Herbert Scott | LG | January 18, 1953 | 6'2" | 254 | Virginia Union | Virginia Beach, VA USA | 14 | 10 |
| 12 | Roger Staubach | QB | February 5, 1942 | 6'3" | 197 | New Mex. Mil. Inst. | Cincinnati, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 46 | Mark Washington | RCB | December 28, 1947 | 5'10" | 188 | Morgan St. | Chicago, IL USA | 13 | 5 |
| 41 | Charlie Waters | SS | September 10, 1948 | 6'1" | 193 | Clemson | Miami, FL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Randy White | DT-LB-DE | January 15, 1953 | 6'4" | 257 | Maryland | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Danny White | P | February 9, 1952 | 6'2" | 193 | Arizona St. | Mesa, AZ USA | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Rayfield Wright | RT | August 23, 1945 | 6'6" | 255 | Fort Valley St. | Griffin, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Charley Young | RB | October 13, 1952 | 6'1" | 213 | North Carolina St. | Raleigh, NC USA | 11 | 2 |
