La stagione dei Dallas Cowboys è stata la 20ª della franchigia nella National Football League. La squadra vinse la propria division ma venne subito eliminata a sorpresa nella prima gara di playoff dai Los Angeles Rams. Fu l'ultima stagione da professionista del quarterback Roger Staubach.

Roster Dallas Cowboys 1979 roster Quarterback 18 Glenn Carano 12 Roger Staubach 11 Danny White P

Running Back 36 Larry Brinson 33 Tony Dorsett 35 Scott Laidlaw FB 44 Robert Newhouse FB 26 Preston Pearson 20 Ron Springs RB/FB/KR

Wide Receiver 80 Tony Hill 86 Butch Johnson 88 Drew Pearson 81 Steve Wilson CB/PR

Tight End 84 Doug Cosbie 89 Billy Joe DuPree 87 Jay Saldi Offensive Linemen 61 Jim Cooper T/C 67 Pat Donovan T 62 John Fitzgerald C 71 Andy Frederick T 66 Burton Lawless G 64 Tom Rafferty G 68 Herbert Scott G 52 Robert Shaw C 70 Rayfield Wright T

Defensive Linemen 76 Larry Bethea DT 63 Larry Cole DE/DT 78 John Dutton DE 79 Harvey Martin DE 65 Dave Stalls DT/DE 77 Bruce Thornton DE 54 Randy White DTLinebacker 53 Bob Breunig MLB 59 Guy Brown OLB 58 Mike Hegman OLB 57 Bruce Huther MLB 50 D.D. Lewis OLB

Defensive Back 31 Benny Barnes CB 43 Cliff Harris FS 42 Randy Hughes SS 25 Aaron Kyle CB 22 Wade Manning CB/WR 34 Aaron Mitchell CB 32 Dennis Thurman FS/CB

Special Team  1 Rafael Septien KLista delle riserve Vuota

Rookie in corsivo

Calendario Stagione regolare Turno Data Avversario Risultato Pubblico 1 2/9/1979 at St. Louis Cardinals V 22–21 50,855 2 9/9/1979 at San Francisco 49ers V 21–13 56,728 3 16/9/1979 Chicago Bears V 24–20 64,056 4 24/9/1979 at Cleveland Browns S 26–7 80,123 5 30/9/1979 Cincinnati Bengals V 38–13 63,179 6 7/10/1979 at Minnesota Vikings V 36–20 47,572 7 14/10/1979 Los Angeles Rams V 30–6 64,462 8 21/10/1979 St. Louis Cardinals V 22–13 64,300 9 28/10/1979 at Pittsburgh Steelers S 14–3 50,199 10 4/11/1979 at New York Giants V 16–14 76,490 11 12/11/1979 Philadelphia Eagles S 31–21 62,417 12 18/11/1979 at Washington Redskins S 34–20 55,031 13 22/11/1979 Houston Oilers S 30–24 63,897 14 2/12/1979 New York Giants W 28–7 63,787 15 8/12/1979 at Philadelphia Eagles V 24–17 71,434 16 16/12/1979 Washington Redskins V 35–34 62,867

Playoff Turno Data Avversario Risultato Divisional 30/12/1979 Los Angeles Rams S 19-21

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Collegamenti esterni

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