1962 Season

Offseason

The Cowboys traded away their first-round draft choice (fourth overall) in 1962 NFL Draft to the Cleveland Browns. With their first selection the Cowboys selected quarterbackSonny Gibbs from Texas Christian University in the second round (eighteenth overall). Other notable selections in the draft included defensive end George Andrie from Marquette University in the sixth round and Harold Hays from Southern Mississippi in the fourteenth round.

The team acquired several veterns prior to the 1962 season. Sam Baker, formerly of the Browns, was acquired to bring stability to the kicker position. The team traded for offensive tackleMonte Clark from the San Francisco 49ers and acquired Dale Memmelaar, an offensive lineman formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals. Jerry Norton, an eight-year veteran who had played for the Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles, was acquired to help out in the secondary. Dick Nolan, who had played defensive back for the New York Giants when Cowboys head coach Tom Landry was the defensive coach there, was hired as an assistant coach on the defensive side of the ball, but ended up actually playing safety for most of the season, in addition to coaching. Lee Folkins, who spent his rookie season with the Green Bay Packers, was the Cowboys starting tight end for most of the year.

Notable rookie free agents the Cowboys signed prior to the season included Pettis Norman, from Johnson C. Smith University, Mike Gaechter, a track and field athlete as well as a football player, from the University of Oregon, and Cornell Green, a basketball player from Utah State University.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Recap	Attendance
1	September 16, 1962	Washington Redskins	T 35–35	Cotton Bowl	0–0–1	[1]	15,730
2	September 23, 1962	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 30–28	Cotton Bowl	0–1–1	[2]	19,478
3	September 30, 1962	at Los Angeles Rams	W 27–17	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	1–1–1	[3]	26,907
4	October 7, 1962	at Cleveland Browns	L 19–10	Cleveland Stadium	1–2–1	[4]	44,040
5	October 14, 1962	Philadelphia Eagles	W 41–19	Cotton Bowl	2–2–1	[5]	18,645
6	October 21, 1962	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 42–27	Forbes Field	3–2–1	[6]	23,106
7	October 28, 1962	St. Louis Cardinals	L 28–24	Cotton Bowl	3–3–1	[7]	16,027
8	November 4, 1962	at Washington Redskins	W 38–10	D.C. Stadium	4–3–1	[8]	49,888
9	November 11, 1962	New York Giants	L 41–10	Cotton Bowl	4–4–1	[9]	45,668
10	November 18, 1962	Chicago Bears	L 34–33	Cotton Bowl	4–5–1	[10]	12,692
11	November 25, 1962	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 28–14	Franklin Field	4–6–1	[11]	58,070
12	December 2, 1962	Cleveland Browns	W 45–21	Cotton Bowl	5–6–1	[12]	24,226
13	December 9, 1962	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 52–20	Busch Stadium	5–7–1	[13]	14,102
14	December 16, 1962	at New York Giants	L 41–31	Yankee Stadium	5–8–1	[14]	62,694

Roster

Dallas Cowboys 1962 roster
Quarterbacks 11 Sonny Gibbs 14 Eddie LeBaron 17 Don Meredith Running Backs 22 Amos Bullocks 35 J. W. Lockett FB 31 Amos Marsh FB/RS 43 Don Perkins Wide Receivers 82 Frank Clarke 89 Donnie Davis 81 Billy Howton Tight Ends 83 Lee Folkins 84 Pettis Norman		Offensive Linemen 77 Clyde Brock T 73 Monte Clark T 53 Mike Connelly C/G 62 Andy Cvercko G 75 Bob Fry T 67 John Houser G/C 51 Lynn Hoyem C/G 60 Joe Isbell G 70 Dale Memmelaar G 71 Don Talbert T Defensive Linemen 66 George Andrie DE 79 Ken Frost DT 74 Bob Lilly DE/DT 78 John Meyers DT 68 Guy Reese DT		Linebackers 30 Mike Dowdle OLB 52 Dave Edwards OLB 54 Chuck Howley OLB 56 Bob Long MLB 50 Jerry Tubbs MLB Defensive Backs 44 Don Bishop CB 27 Mike Gaechter CB 34 Cornell Green CB 21 Glynn Gregory CB/FS/WR 41 Warren Livingston FS/CB 23 Dick Nolan FS 25 Jerry Norton SS Special Teams 38 Sam Baker K/P		Reserve Lists 76 Ed Nutting T (IR)  Rookies in italics 40 Active, 1 Inactive