1974 Dallas Cowboys season

1974 Dallas Cowboys season
Head coach	Tom Landry
General manager	Tex Schramm
Owner	Clint Murchison, Jr.
Home field	Texas Stadium
Results
Record	8–6
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1974 Dallas Cowboys season was their 15th in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 10–4, winning only eight games.^[1] They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons and this marked the only season from 1966 to 1983 (18 seasons) that the Cowboys did not qualify.

The Cowboys began with a 1–4 start and although they went 7–2 afterwards, it was not enough to overcome the slow start.

The season featured one of the most memorable Thanksgiving Day games in Cowboys history. Trailing 16–3 in the second half (and having already lost quarterback Roger Staubach to injury), little used backup Clint Longley threw two touchdown passes to lead the team to a 24–23 victory over the Redskins at Texas Stadium.

1974 was also a season of transition; as it would be the final season of future Hall of Fame defensive tackle Bob Lilly. Also finishing their careers that season would be fullback Walt Garrison; and center Dave Manders. Also, this would be the final season for wide receiver Bob Hayes (who would finish his career with the San Francisco 49ers the following year); running back Calvin Hill (who departed for the Hawaiians of the World Football League); defensive end Pat Toomay (who left for the Buffalo Bills); guard John Niland (who left the following year for the Philadelphia Eagles) and quarterback Craig Morton (traded early in the season to the New York Giants) in a Cowboy uniform.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick #	Player	Position	College
1	1	Too Tall Jones	Defensive End	Tennessee State
3	53	Danny White	Quarterback	Arizona State

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Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1974	at Atlanta Falcons	W 24–0	52,332
2	September 23, 1974	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 13–10	64,089
3	September 29, 1974	New York Giants	L 14–6	45,841
4	October 6, 1974	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–21	57,847
5	October 13, 1974	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 31–28	49,885
6	October 20, 1974	Philadelphia Eagles	W 31–24	43,586
7	October 27, 1974	at New York Giants	W 21–7	57,381
8	November 3, 1974	St. Louis Cardinals	W 17–14	64,146
9	November 10, 1974	San Francisco 49ers	W 20–14	50,018
10	November 17, 1974	at Washington Redskins	L 28–21	54,395
11	November 24, 1974	at Houston Oilers	W 10–0	49,775
12	November 28, 1974	Washington Redskins	W 24–23	63,243
13	December 7, 1974	Cleveland Browns	W 41–17	48,754
14	December 14, 1974	at Oakland Raiders	L 27–23	45,840

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Game summaries

Week 12

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redskins	3	6	7	7	23
• Cowboys	3	0	14	7	24

Date: November 28
Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas
Game start: 1:45 p.m.
Game weather: 50°F, wind 11 mph
Referee: Jim Tunney

Scoring summary

1		DAL	Efren Herrera 24 yard field goal	Cowboys 3–0

1		WSH	Mark Moseley 45 yard field goal	Tie 3–3

2		WSH	Mark Moseley 34 yard field goal	Redskins 6–3

2		WSH	Mark Moseley 39 yard field goal	Redskins 9–3

3		WSH	Duane Thomas 9 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Mark Moseley kick)	Redskins 16–3

3		DAL	Billy Joe DuPree 35 yard pass from Clint Longley (Efren Herrera kick)	Redskins 16–10

3		DAL	Walt Garrison 1 yard run (Efren Herrera kick)	Cowboys 17–16

4		WSH	Duane Thomas 19 yard run (Mark Moseley kick)	Redskins 23–17

4	:28	DAL	Drew Pearson 50 yard pass from Clint Longley (Efren Herrera kick)	Cowboys 24–23

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Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
St. Louis Cardinals	10	4	0	.714	7–1	8–3	285	218	W1
Washington Redskins	10	4	0	.714	5–3	8–3	320	196	W2
Dallas Cowboys	8	6	0	.571	4–4	6–5	297	235	L1
Philadelphia Eagles	7	7	0	.286	3–5	5–6	242	217	W3
New York Giants	2	12	0	.143	1–7	1–10	195	299	L6

Roster

Dallas Cowboys 1974 roster

Quarterbacks

19 Clint Longley
12 Roger Staubach

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

22 Bob Hayes
86 Bill Houston
88 Drew Pearson
83 Golden Richards

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

64 Jim Arneson G
62 John Fitzgerald C
60 Gene Killian G
51 Dave Manders C
73 Ralph Neely T
76 John Niland G
61 Blaine Nye G
78 Bruce Walton T
70 Rayfield Wright T

Defensive Linemen

63 Larry Cole DE
77 Bill Gregory DT
72 Ed Jones DE
74 Bob Lilly DT
79 Harvey Martin DE
75 Jethro Pugh DT
67 Pat Toomay DE

Linebackers

52 Dave Edwards OLB
59 Ken Hutcherson MLB
55 Lee Roy Jordan MLB
50 D. D. Lewis OLB
58 Cal Peterson OLB
57 Louie Walker OLB

Defensive Backs

31 Benny Barnes CB
34 Cornell Green SS
43 Cliff Harris FS/KR
20 Mel Renfro CB
46 Mark Washington CB
41 Charlie Waters CB/SS

Special Teams

10 Duane Carrell P
1 Efren Herrera K

Reserve Lists

Currently vacant

Rookies in italics
46 Active, 0 Inactive

Publications

The Football Encyclopedia ISBN 0-312-11435-4
Total Football ISBN 0-06-270170-3
Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes ISBN 0-446-51950-2

References

External links

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1974 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
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