1974 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (8-6)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1974 Dallas Cowboys RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Tom Landry (8-6)
Location: Dallas, Texas
1974 Dallas Cowboys Results
The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
Dallas racked up 297 points, while the defensive squad yielded 235. Calvin Hill ran for a team-best 844 yards for the Cowboys.
Roger Staubach passed for 2,552 yards. Drew Pearson hauled in 62 passes for 1,087 yards.
Cliff Harris picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Landry coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Roger Staubach | 360 | 190 | 52.8 | 2552 | 7.1 | 11 | 3.1 | 15 | 4.2 | 58 | 45 | 309 | 68.4 | Clint Longley | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 209 | 10.0 | 2 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | 2 | 18 | 122.9 | Drew Pearson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | Duane Carrell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Craig Morton | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
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| Totals | 385 | 206 | 53.5 | 2856 | 7.4 | 14 | 3.6 | 15 | 3.9 | 58 | 47 | 327 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Calvin Hill | 185 | 844 | 4.6 | 27 | 7 | Robert Newhouse | 124 | 501 | 4.0 | 23 | 3 | Walt Garrison | 113 | 429 | 3.8 | 18 | 5 | Roger Staubach | 47 | 320 | 6.8 | 29 | 3 | Charley Young | 33 | 205 | 6.2 | 53 | 0 | Les Strayhorn | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 24 | 0 | Doug Dennison | 16 | 52 | 3.2 | 14 | 4 | Billy DuPree | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 20 | 0 | Charlie Waters | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Drew Pearson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 22 | 0 | Golden Richards | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | Clint Longley | 4 | -13 | -3.2 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 542 | 2454 | 4.5 | 53 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Drew Pearson | 62 | 1087 | 17.5 | 50 | 2 | Walt Garrison | 34 | 253 | 7.4 | 30 | 1 | Billy DuPree | 29 | 466 | 16.1 | 42 | 4 | Golden Richards | 26 | 467 | 18.0 | 58 | 5 | Calvin Hill | 12 | 134 | 11.2 | 39 | 0 | Charley Young | 11 | 73 | 6.6 | 14 | 0 | Robert Newhouse | 9 | 67 | 7.4 | 21 | 0 | Bob Hayes | 7 | 118 | 16.9 | 35 | 1 | Bill Houston | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 | Jean Fugett | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 24 | 1 | Doug Dennison | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | Les Strayhorn | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | Benny Barnes | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | Roger Staubach | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 206 | 2856 | 13.9 | 58 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Efren Herrera | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 13 | 8 | 61.5 | 57 | Mac Percival | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 67 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Duane Carrell | 40 | 1591 | 39.8 | 59 | Marv Bateman | 33 | 1218 | 36.9 | 55 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 2809 | 38.5 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis Morgan | 19 | 287 | 15.1 | 98 | 1 | Cliff Harris | 26 | 193 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 | Golden Richards | 13 | 74 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 | Bob Hayes | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Charlie Waters | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Mel Renfro | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 573 | 9.2 | 98 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis Morgan | 35 | 823 | 23.5 | 43 | 0 | Charley Young | 8 | 161 | 20.1 | 35 | 0 | Doug Dennison | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 | Les Strayhorn | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 18 | 0 | Cliff Harris | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
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| Totals | 49 | 1071 | 21.9 | 43 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cliff Harris | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 | D.D. Lewis | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 | Charlie Waters | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 24 | 0 | Lee Roy Jordan | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | Cornell Green | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | Mel Renfro | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Mark Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 13 | 110 | 8.5 | 27 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Cliff Harris | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lilly | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | D.D. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harvey Martin | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Roger Staubach | 7 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Morgan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Golden Richards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew Pearson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bruce Walton | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Les Strayhorn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Benny Barnes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jean Fugett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cornell Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Renfro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Walt Garrison | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Niland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lee Roy Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rayfield Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Dennison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Waters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Newhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Calvin Hill | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charley Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy DuPree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 31 | 28 | 50 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Efren Herrera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 57 | Calvin Hill | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Walt Garrison | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Golden Richards | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Doug Dennison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Billy DuPree | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Robert Newhouse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Roger Staubach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Drew Pearson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mac Percival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | Dennis Morgan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Hayes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jean Fugett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 22 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 |
