1979 Dallas Cowboys Team Info
| League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
| National Football League (NFL) | Tom Landry (11-5) | 11-5 | 0-1 | Finished 1st in the NFL’s National Football Conference East Division | Lost Division Playoff |
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 Cosbie | TE | March 27, 1956 | 6’6′ | 236 | Holy Cross |
| 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 Dutton | DT-DE | February 6, 1951 | 6’6′ | 266 | Nebraska |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Wade Manning | WR-DB | July 25, 1955 | 5’11’ | 190 | Ohio St. |
| Harvey Martin | DE-DT | November 16, 1950 | 6’5′ | 260 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| Aaron Mitchell | DB | December 15, 1956 | 6’1′ | 196 | Morris Brown |
| 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 |
| Tom Rafferty | C-G | August 2, 1954 | 6’3′ | 256 | Penn St. |
| 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 |
| Robert Shaw | C-G | October 15, 1956 | 6’4′ | 245 | Tennessee |
| Ron Springs | RB | November 4, 1956 | 6’0′ | 213 | Ohio St. |
| 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. |
| Bruce Thornton | DE-DT | February 14, 1958 | 6’5′ | 263 | Illinois |
| Dennis Thurman | DB | April 13, 1956 | 5’11’ | 176 | USC |
| Randy White | DT-LB-DE | January 15, 1953 | 6’4′ | 257 | Maryland |
| Danny White | QB-P | February 9, 1952 | 6’2′ | 193 | Arizona St. |
| Steve Wilson | DB-WR | August 24, 1957 | 5’10’ | 195 | Howard |
| Rayfield Wright | T-TE | August 23, 1945 | 6’6′ | 255 | Fort Valley St. |