1978 Dallas Cowboys Team Info
League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
National Football League (NFL) | Tom Landry (12-4) | 12-4 | 2-1 | Finished 1st in the NFL’s National Football Conference East Division | Lost Super Bowl |
Roster
Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
Benny Barnes | DB | March 3, 1951 | 6’1′ | 190 | Stanford |
Larry Bethea | DT-DE | July 21, 1956 | 6’2′ | 251 | Michigan St. |
Alois Blackwell | RB | November 12, 1954 | 5’10’ | 195 | Houston |
Bob Breunig | LB | July 4, 1953 | 6’2′ | 226 | Arizona St. |
Larry Brinson | RB | June 6, 1954 | 6’2′ | 214 | Florida |
Guy Brown | LB | June 1, 1955 | 6’4′ | 223 | Houston |
Glenn Carano | QB | November 18, 1955 | 6’3′ | 201 | UNLV |
Larry Cole | DE-DT | November 15, 1946 | 6’5′ | 252 | Air Force |
Jim Cooper | T-C-G | September 28, 1955 | 6’5′ | 262 | Temple |
Doug Dennison | RB | December 18, 1951 | 6’1′ | 202 | Kutztown Pennsylvania |
Pat Donovan | T | July 1, 1953 | 6’5′ | 253 | Stanford |
Tony Dorsett | RB | April 7, 1954 | 5’11’ | 192 | Pittsburgh |
Billy DuPree | TE | March 7, 1950 | 6’4′ | 225 | Michigan St. |
John Fitzgerald | C-G | April 16, 1948 | 6’5′ | 255 | Boston Col. |
Andy Frederick | T | July 25, 1954 | 6’6′ | 257 | New Mexico |
Cliff Harris | DB | November 12, 1948 | 6’0′ | 188 | Ouachita Baptist |
Mike Hegman | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6’1′ | 227 | Alabama A&M |
Thomas Henderson | LB | March 1, 1953 | 6’2′ | 221 | Langston |
Tony Hill | WR | June 23, 1956 | 6’2′ | 199 | Stanford |
Randy Hughes | DB | April 3, 1953 | 6’4′ | 209 | Oklahoma |
Bruce Huther | LB | July 23, 1954 | 6’1′ | 221 | New Hampshire |
Butch Johnson | WR | May 28, 1954 | 6’1′ | 187 | California-Riverside |
Too Jones | DE | February 23, 1951 | 6’9′ | 271 | Tennessee St. |
Aaron Kyle | DB | April 6, 1954 | 5’11’ | 185 | Wyoming |
Scott Laidlaw | RB | February 17, 1953 | 6’0′ | 206 | Stanford |
Burton Lawless | G | November 1, 1953 | 6’4′ | 253 | Florida |
D.D. Lewis | LB | October 16, 1945 | 6’1′ | 225 | Mississippi St. |
Harvey Martin | DE-DT | November 16, 1950 | 6’5′ | 260 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
Robert Newhouse | RB | January 9, 1950 | 5’10’ | 209 | Houston |
Drew Pearson | WR | January 12, 1951 | 6’0′ | 184 | Tulsa |
Preston Pearson | RB | January 17, 1945 | 6’1′ | 205 | Illinois |
Jethro Pugh | DT-DE | July 3, 1944 | 6’6′ | 260 | Elizabeth City St. |
Tom Rafferty | C-G | August 2, 1954 | 6’3′ | 256 | Penn St. |
Tom Randall | G | August 3, 1956 | 6’5′ | 245 | Iowa St. |
Golden Richards | WR | December 31, 1950 | 6’1′ | 181 | Hawaii |
Jay Saldi | TE-WR | October 8, 1954 | 6’3′ | 225 | South Carolina |
Herbert Scott | G-T | January 18, 1953 | 6’2′ | 254 | Virginia Union |
Rafael Septien | K | December 12, 1953 | 5’10’ | 176 | La-Lafayette |
Jackie Smith | TE | February 23, 1940 | 6’4′ | 235 | NW State (LA) |
Dave Stalls | DE-DT-NT | September 19, 1955 | 6’5′ | 250 | Northern Colorado |
Roger Staubach | QB | February 5, 1942 | 6’3′ | 197 | New Mex. Mil. Inst. |
Robert Steele | WR | August 2, 1956 | 6’4′ | 196 | North Alabama |
Dennis Thurman | DB | April 13, 1956 | 5’11’ | 176 | USC |
Mark Washington | DB | December 28, 1947 | 5’10’ | 188 | Morgan St. |
Charlie Waters | DB | September 10, 1948 | 6’1′ | 193 | Clemson |
Randy White | DT-LB-DE | January 15, 1953 | 6’4′ | 257 | Maryland |
Danny White | QB-P | February 9, 1952 | 6’2′ | 193 | Arizona St. |
Rayfield Wright | T-TE | August 23, 1945 | 6’6′ | 255 | Fort Valley St. |