{"id":723141,"date":"2026-02-02T05:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723141\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T05:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:56:14","slug":"former-cowboys-rb-scott-laidlaw-dies-at-age-72","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/723141\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Cowboys RB Scott Laidlaw dies at age 72"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scott Laidlaw, a running back for the Dallas Cowboys who was part of three Super Bowls and won one, has died at the age of 72.<\/p>\n

WFAA Channel 8 reports<\/a> that Laidlaw\u2019s family confirmed his death. No cause of death was reported.<\/p>\n

Laidlaw, who played college football at Stanford, was drafted in the 14th round by the Cowboys in 1975 and was one of the team\u2019s famed \u201cDirty Dozen,\u201d which comprised 12 rookies who made the roster that year. The Cowboys went to Super Bowl X that season but lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17.<\/p>\n

Laidlaw returned to the Super Bowl with the Cowboys during the 1977 season and earned a championship ring when they defeated the Denver Broncos, 27-10. He again went to the Super Bowl the following season but the Cowboys lost to the Steelers, 35-31.<\/p>\n

He played six seasons in the NFL, five with the Cowboys and his final season with the New York Giants. He gained 1,007 yards on 255 carries and scored nine touchdowns running and three receiving.<\/p>\n

Laidlaw participated in a tribute to the 1975 \u201cDirty Dozen\u201d at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, a month before his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scott Laidlaw, a running back for the Dallas Cowboys who was part of three Super Bowls and won…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":723142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2066],"tags":[265,230,229,257,2461,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-723141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-american-football","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-dallascowboys","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115999498867065447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/723142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=723141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=723141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}