Английская Википедия:1975 Dallas Cowboys season

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox NFL team season The 1975 Dallas Cowboys season was the team's sixteenth season in the National Football League (NFL), all under head coach Tom Landry. The Cowboys finished second in the National Football Conference (NFC) East division with a 10–4 regular season record and advanced through the playoffs to Super Bowl X, where they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers. They were also the first wild card team to reach the Super Bowl.

For the first time in a decade, the Cowboys did not play on Thanksgiving, replaced by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Offseason

The Cowboys were coming off a disappointing 1974 season, after finishing with a record of 8–6, effectively ending an eight-year run of making the playoffs. Accompanied with the retirement or loss of key players like Bob Lilly, Bob Hayes, Cornell Green, Walt Garrison, Dave Manders, John Niland, and Calvin Hill, there was speculation in the media that the franchise was in decline.

For all of the accolades that the Cowboys' scouting department had received throughout the years, the team had never kept more than nine draft choices and the average number was keeping six. Their 1975 NFL Draft is considered to be one of the best in league history because twelve picks made the roster, hence the nickname "The Dirty Dozen". This rookie class, didn't even include linebacker Mike Hegman, who was drafted that year but did not enter the NFL until 1976. Neither was included rookie undrafted free agent quarterback Jim Zorn who made the team, but was later cut to make room for running back Preston Pearson, who had been waived by the Pittsburgh Steelers.

NFL Draft

Undrafted free agents

1975 Undrafted Free Agents of note

Player	Position	College
Percy Howard	Wide Receiver	Austin Peay State
Jim Zorn	Quarterback	Cal Poly Pomona

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 21	Los Angeles Rams	W 18–7	1–0	Texas Stadium	49,091	Recap
2	September 28	St. Louis Cardinals	W 37–31 Шаблон:Small	2–0	Texas Stadium	52,417	Recap
3	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	at Detroit Lions	W 36–10	3–0	Pontiac Metropolitan Stadium	79,384	Recap
4	October 12	at New York Giants	W 13–7	4–0	Shea Stadium	56,511	Recap
5	October 19	Green Bay Packers	L 17–19	4–1	Texas Stadium	64,189	Recap
6	October 26	at Philadelphia Eagles	W 20–17	5–1	Veterans Stadium	64,889	Recap
7	November 2	at Washington Redskins	L 24–30 Шаблон:Small	5–2	RFK Stadium	55,004	Recap
8	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Kansas City Chiefs	L 31–34	5–3	Texas Stadium	63,539	Recap
9	November 16	at New England Patriots	W 34–31	6–3	Schaefer Stadium	60,905	Recap
10	November 23	Philadelphia Eagles	W 27–17	7–3	Texas Stadium	57,893	Recap
11	November 30	New York Giants	W 14–3	8–3	Texas Stadium	53,329	Recap
12	December 7	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 17–31	8–4	Busch Memorial Stadium	49,701	Recap
13	Шаблон:Dow tooltip	Washington Redskins	W 31–10	9–4	Texas Stadium	61,091	Recap
14	December 21	at New York Jets	W 31–21	10–4	Shea Stadium	37,279	Recap

Division opponents are in bold text

Playoffs

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Divisional	December 28, 1975	at Minnesota Vikings	W 17–14	Metropolitan Stadium	46,425	Recap
NFC Championship	January 4, 1976	at Los Angeles Rams	W 37–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	84,483	Recap
Super Bowl	January 18, 1976	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–21	Orange Bowl	80,187	Recap

Game summaries

NFC Divisional Playoff

Шаблон:Americanfootballbox The "Hail Mary" Game

NFC Championship Game

Шаблон:Americanfootballbox Quarterback Roger Staubach threw for 220 yards and 4 touchdown passes while also rushing for 54 yards as the Cowboys upset the favored Rams.

Season recap

The infusion of new talent not only provided an immediate rebuilding process, but also changed the course of the team in a significant way. This group helped the team reach Super Bowl X that season, and would play a key role in the Cowboys being given the name "America's Team".

The NFL didn't start recognizing quarterback sacks as an official stat until 1982; however, the Cowboys have their own records and according to their stats, Roger Staubach got sacked a league high 45 times the previous season and 43 the year before that, to revert this trend Tom Landry revived the Shotgun formation which he called "the spread", providing the NFL with another long lasting innovation.

The Cowboys experienced an unexpected success, winning the first 4 games on the way to a 10–4 regular season record. However, home losses to the 4–10 Green Bay Packers and 5–9 Kansas City Chiefs cost the Cowboys the NFC East championship. Had Dallas defeated both Green Bay and Kansas City, it would have held home-field advantage in the playoffs thanks to an 18–7 victory over the Rams in the season opener. On the other hand, the Cowboys made home field advantage moot with their playoff wins at Minnesota and Los Angeles.

The new look offense averaged 25 points per game and a revitalized defense that became known as "Doomsday II" gave up only 19 points per game.

They made the playoffs as a wild-card team and beat the Minnesota Vikings 17-14 during the first round, in the now famous “Hail Mary” game. They then defeated the heavily favored Los Angeles Rams 37–7 on the road, winning the NFC Championship Game and becoming the first non-division winner to advance to the Super Bowl in league history. The storybook season ended in Super Bowl X after losing 21–17 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Publications

The Football Encyclopedia Шаблон:ISBN
Total Football Шаблон:ISBN
Cowboys Have Always Been My Heroes Шаблон:ISBN

External links

• 1975 Dallas Cowboys
• Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Dallas Cowboys Official Site