DANNY WHITEWhite, Wilford DanielHeight: 6-3 Weight: 195 Born: February 9, 1952 Mesa, AZ High School: Westwood (Mesa, AZ) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Arizona State | |
| 1971 | Arizona State | Lettered |
| 1972 | Arizona State | Lettered |
| 1973 | Arizona State | Lettered |
| Draft: 3rd round (53rd overall) 1974 Dallas Cowboys; 2nd round (15th overall) 1974 Chicago Fire |
| Relatives: Son of Wilford White; brother of Chad White |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL | 11 | QB-P | ||
| 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL | 11 | QB-P | 10 | |
| 1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 14 | 0 |
| 1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL | 11 | P-QB | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 16 | 1 |
| 1979 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1979 DAL NFL | 11 | P-QB | 16 | 0 |
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 16 | 16 |
| 1981 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1981 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 16 | 15 |
| 1982 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1982 DAL NFL | 11 | QB | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 16 | 16 |
| 1984 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1984 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 14 | 6 |
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 11 | QB-P | 14 | 14 |
| 1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1986 DAL NFL | 11 | QB | 7 | 6 |
| 1987 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1987 DAL NFL | 11 | QB | 11 | 9 |
| 1988 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1988 DAL NFL | 11 | QB | 3 | 0 |
| 13 Years (NFL)13 Years NFL | 166 | 92 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 1/22/1974 | 1974 Chicago Fire (WFL)1974 CHI WFL |
| Draft | 1/29/1974 | 1974 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1974 DAL NFL |
| Signed | 3/18/1974 | 1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL |
| Free Agent | 1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL | |
| Signed | 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL | |
| Free Agent | 10/22/1975 | 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL |
| Signed | 4/15/1976 | 1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 11/4/1986 | 1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1986 DAL NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 10/21/1988 | 1988 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1988 DAL NFL |
| Unrestricted Free Agent | 4/15/1989 | 1988 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1988 DAL NFL |
| Signed | 5/18/1989 | 1989 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1989 DAL NFL |
| Retired | 7/11/1989 | 1989 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1989 DAL NFL |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 30 | ||
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 12 | ||
| 1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1986 DAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1987 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1987 DAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 60 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL | 24 | 103 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL | 27 | 149 | 5.5 | 52 | 0 | ||||
| 1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1979 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1979 DAL NFL | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 27 | 114 | 4.2 | 48 | 1 | ||||
| 1981 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1981 DAL NFL | 38 | 104 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1982 DAL NFL | 17 | 91 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 18 | 31 | 1.7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1984 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1984 DAL NFL | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 22 | 44 | 2.0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1986 DAL NFL | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1987 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1987 DAL NFL | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 159 | 482 | 3.0 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | COM% | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | SK | YL | FD | 20+ | 40+ | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL | 155 | 79 | 51.0 | 67 | 1190 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 56 | 12 | 7.7 | 9 | 5.8 | 6 | 78 | 78.2 | |||
| 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL | 195 | 104 | 53.3 | 83 | 1445 | 7.4 | 13.9 | 36 | 10 | 5.1 | 8 | 4.1 | 25 | 231 | 0 | 77.4 | ||
| 1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 5 | 213 | 10.7 | 16.4 | 56 | 2 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 1 | 15 | 94.4 | |||
| 1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 5 | 35 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10.4 | |
| 1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 13 | 215 | 6.3 | 10.8 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 65.2 | ||
| 1979 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1979 DAL NFL | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 18 | 267 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 45 | 1 | 2.6 | 2 | 5.1 | 4 | 46 | 58.4 | |||
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 436 | 260 | 59.6 | 151 | 3287 | 7.5 | 12.6 | 58t | 28 | 6.4 | 25 | 5.7 | 30 | 252 | 80.7 | |||
| 1981 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1981 DAL NFL | 391 | 223 | 57.0 | 155 | 3098 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 73t | 22 | 5.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 30 | 234 | 87.5 | |||
| 1982 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1982 DAL NFL | 247 | 156 | 63.2 | 79 | 2079 | 8.4 | 13.3 | 49 | 16 | 6.5 | 12 | 4.9 | 25 | 264 | 91.1 | |||
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 533 | 334 | 62.7 | 176 | 3980 | 7.5 | 11.9 | 80t | 29 | 5.4 | 23 | 4.3 | 37 | 314 | 85.6 | |||
| 1984 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1984 DAL NFL | 233 | 126 | 54.1 | 96 | 1580 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 66t | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 22 | 178 | 71.5 | |||
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 450 | 267 | 59.3 | 166 | 3157 | 7.0 | 11.8 | 56t | 21 | 4.7 | 17 | 3.8 | 30 | 257 | 80.6 | |||
| 1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1986 DAL NFL | 153 | 95 | 62.1 | 53 | 1157 | 7.6 | 12.2 | 63 | 12 | 7.8 | 5 | 3.3 | 10 | 98 | 97.9 | |||
| 1987 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1987 DAL NFL | 362 | 215 | 59.4 | 130 | 2617 | 7.2 | 12.2 | 43 | 12 | 3.3 | 17 | 4.7 | 44 | 353 | 73.2 | |||
| 1988 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1988 DAL NFL | 42 | 29 | 69.0 | 10 | 274 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 24 | 1 | 2.4 | 3 | 7.1 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 65.0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2950 | 1761 | 59.7 | 1057 | 21959 | 7.4 | 12.5 | 80t | 155 | 5.3 | 132 | 4.5 | 241 | 2083 | 0 | 0 | 81.7 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | FD | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 15t | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | OB | DN | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1974 MEM WFL | 80 | 3271 | 40.9 | 64 | 0 | |||||||
| 1975 Memphis Southmen (WFL)1975 MEM WFL | 41 | 1849 | 45.1 | 64 | 0 | |||||||
| 1976 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1976 DAL NFL | 70 | 2690 | 38.4 | 54 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 252 | 2198 | 30.5 | ||
| 1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL | 80 | 3171 | 39.6 | 57 | 1 | 10 | 25 | 280 | 2691 | 33.2 | ||
| 1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL | 76 | 3076 | 40.5 | 56 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 311 | 2545 | 33.1 | ||
| 1979 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1979 DAL NFL | 76 | 3168 | 41.7 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 252 | 2736 | 36.0 | ||
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 71 | 2903 | 40.9 | 58 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 215 | 2468 | 34.8 | ||
| 1981 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1981 DAL NFL | 79 | 3222 | 40.8 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 231 | 2851 | 36.1 | ||
| 1982 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1982 DAL NFL | 37 | 1542 | 41.7 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 118 | 1384 | 37.4 | ||
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 38 | 1543 | 40.6 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 233 | 1250 | 32.1 | ||
| 1984 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1984 DAL NFL | 82 | 3151 | 38.4 | 54 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 156 | 2835 | 34.6 | ||
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 610 | 24509 | 40.2 | 73 | 5 | 74 | 144 | 2048 | 20981 | 34.1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1977 DAL NFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1978 DAL NFL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | |
| 1979 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1979 DAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1980 DAL NFL | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -15 | 0 | |
| 1981 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1981 DAL NFL | 14 | 8 | 0 | 8 | -34 | 0 | |
| 1982 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1982 DAL NFL | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1983 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1983 DAL NFL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1984 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1984 DAL NFL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| 1985 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1985 DAL NFL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |
| 1986 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1986 DAL NFL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |
| 1987 Dallas Cowboys (NFL)1987 DAL NFL | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 68 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | -75 | 0 |
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