1975 Dallas Cowboys season
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NFC Divisional Playoff

at Metropolitan Stadium
Metropolitan Stadium
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, Bloomington, Minnesota
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  • TV: CBS
    CBS
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     Gary Bender
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    , Johnny Unitas
    Johnny Unitas
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The "Hail Mary" Game

NFC Championship Game

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
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, Los Angeles
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Quarterback Roger Staubach
Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 until 1979. Staubach was instrumental in developing the Cowboys into becoming one of the best teams of the 1970s and led the team to nine of the Cowboys'...

 threw for 220 yards and 4 touchdown passes while also rushing for 54 yards as the Cowboys upset the favored Rams.

Roster

Dallas Cowboys 1975 roster
Quarterbacks
  • 19 Clint Longley
    Clint Longley
    Howard Clinton "Clint" Longley, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He played two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and one for the San Diego Chargers...

  • 12 Roger Staubach
    Roger Staubach
    Roger Thomas Staubach is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and legendary Hall of Fame former quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 until 1979. Staubach was instrumental in developing the Cowboys into becoming one of the best teams of the 1970s and led the team to nine of the Cowboys'...



Running Backs
  • 21 Doug Dennison
    Doug Dennison
    William Douglas Dennison is a former American football running back who played six seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He later played for the Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football League.Dennison played college football at Kutztown...

  • 35 Scott Laidlaw
    Scott Laidlaw
    Robert Scott Laidlaw is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. He played college football for Stanford University....

    FB
  • 44 Robert Newhouse
    Robert Newhouse
    Robert Fulton Newhouse is a former professional American football player in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys .-College career:...

     FB
  • 26 Preston Pearson
    Preston Pearson
    Preston James Pearson is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League who played for the Baltimore Colts , the Pittsburgh Steelers , and the Dallas Cowboys . Before his NFL career, he played for the University of Illinois, where he excelled at basketball...

     KR
  • 30 Charley Young
    Charley Young
    Charles Lee Young is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at North Carolina State University and was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NFL Draft....



Wide Receivers
  • 81 Percy Howard
    Percy Howard
    Percy Lenard Howard is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys in 1975. He was an unlikely star for the CowBoys in Super Bowl X.-Early years:...

  • 88 Drew Pearson
    Drew Pearson (American football)
    Drew Pearson is a sportscaster and former American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.-Early years:...

  • 83 Golden Richards
    Golden Richards
    John Golden Richards is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons for the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears. Richards was a starter for the Cowboys in Super Bowl X against the Pittsburgh Steelers...

     PR


Tight Ends
  • 89 Billy Joe DuPree
    Billy Joe Dupree
    Billy Joe DuPree is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League who played his entire career for the Dallas Cowboys.-Early years:DuPree was born and reared in Monroe, Louisiana...

  • 84 Jean Fugett
    Jean Fugett
    Jean Schloss Fugett, Jr. is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League. A 6'3", 225 lbs...

  • 87 Ron Howard
    Ron Howard (American football)
    Ronald Ford Howard is a retired U.S. professional American football tight end who played in six seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys , the Seattle Seahawks and the Buffalo Bills .-High school career:Howard played varsity football, basketball and track for Pasco High...

Offensive Linemen
  • 57 Kyle Davis C
  • 67 Pat Donovan T
  • 62 John Fitzgerald C
  • 66 Burton Lawless
    Burton Lawless
    Richard Burton Lawless is a former American college and professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League for six seasons during the 1970s and 1980s...

    G
  • 73 Ralph Neely
    Ralph Neely
    Ralph Eugene Neely is a former American football offensive tackle who played 13 seasons and 172 games for the Dallas Cowboys from 1965 to 1977.-Early years:...

     T
  • 61 Blaine Nye
    Blaine Nye
    Blaine Francis Nye is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League and founder and president of Stanford Consulting Group, Inc...

     G
  • 68 Herbert Scott
    Herbert Scott
    Herbert Carnell Scott is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League...

    G
  • 78 Bruce Walton
    Bruce Walton (American football)
    Bruce Edward Walton is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. As a tackle, Walton was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the 5th round of the 1973 NFL Draft...

     T/G
  • 70 Rayfield Wright
    Rayfield Wright
    Larry Rayfield Wright is a former American football offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.-High school and college years:...

     T


  • Defensive Linemen
    • 63 Larry Cole
      Larry Cole
      Larry Rudolph Cole is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League who played his entire professional career with the Dallas Cowboys. He played in five Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl VI and XII...

       DT
    • 77 Bill Gregory
      Bill Gregory
      William Penn Gregory, Jr. is a former American football defensive lineman in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin and was drafted in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft....

       DT
    • 72 Ed Jones
      Ed Jones (American football)
      Ed Lee "Too Tall" Jones is a retired American football player in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. By the end of his 15 years with the Cowboys, he was officially credited with 57 quarterback sacks. Unofficially, his career sack total is 106...

       DE
    • 79 Harvey Martin
      Harvey Martin
      Harvey Banks Martin was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1973 until 1983. He started playing football in high school, only because he overheard his father tell his mother that he was ashamed that his son did not play like his friends'...

       DE
    • 75 Jethro Pugh
      Jethro Pugh
      Jethro Pugh, Jr. is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys.-College career:...

       DT
    Linebackers
  • 53 Bob Breunig
    Bob Breunig
    Robert Paul Breunig is a former American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League from 1975 to 1984...

    MLB
  • 59 Warren Capone
    Warren Capone
    Warren Capone , was a professional American football linebacker in the World Football League and National Football League. He played college football at Louisiana State University...

    MLB
  • 52 Dave Edwards OLB
  • 56 Thomas Henderson OLB
  • 55 Lee Roy Jordan
    Lee Roy Jordan
    Lee Roy Jordan is a retired American football linebacker. After attending the University of Alabama, playing under head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, he spent 14 years in the National Football League playing for the Dallas Cowboys between 1963–1976...

     MLB
  • 50 D. D. Lewis OLB
  • 58 Cal Peterson
    Cal Peterson
    Calvin Elston "Cal" Peterson is a former professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played seven seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Raiders....

     OLB
  • 54 Randy White
    Randy White (American football)
    Randall Lee "Randy" White is a former American football defensive lineman and linebacker. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971 to 1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975 to 1988. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame...

    MLB


  • Defensive Backs
    • 31 Benny Barnes
      Benny Barnes
      Benny Jewell Barnes is a former American Football cornerback who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...

       CB
    • 43 Cliff Harris
      Cliff Harris
      Clifford Allen Harris is a former professional American football safety who played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League for ten seasons.-Professional career:...

       FS
    • 42 Randy Hughes
      Randy Hughes
      James Randell Hughes is a former American football safety who played six seasons in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys...

      SS
    • 20 Mel Renfro
      Mel Renfro
      Melvin Lacy "Mel" Renfro is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League who spent his entire fourteen-year career with the Dallas Cowboys.-High school:...

       CB/FS
    • 46 Mark Washington
      Mark Washington (cornerback)
      Mark Henry Washington is a former professional American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played for ten seasons with the Dallas Cowboys and the New England Patriots.-External links:*...

       CB
    • 41 Charlie Waters
      Charlie Waters
      Charlie Tutan Waters is a former American football safety for the Dallas Cowboys from 1970-1981 in the National Football League...

       SS
    • 45 Roland Woolsey
      Roland Woolsey
      Roland Bert Woolsey was a former professional American football player who played in four NFL seasons from 1975-1978 for four different teams....

      CB


    Special Teams
    • 15 Toni Fritsch K
    •  9 Mitch Hoopes
      Mitch Hoopes
      Mitchell Kent Hoopes is a retired American basketball and football player. He had a three-year career in the National Football League from 1975 to 1977 as a punter. He played in Super Bowl X as a member of the Dallas Cowboys....

      P
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