| St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 53043 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Houston Oilers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Theotis Brown 2 run (Steve Little kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Earl Campbell 4 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston Oilers | Ken Burrough 11 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Little 24 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston Oilers | Toni Fritsch 51 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 1 run (Steve Little kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 6 run (Steve Little kick) | 24 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 16 | 109 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Theotis Brown | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 3 | 253 | 6.7 | 0 | 47.4 | |||
| Steve Little | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 2 | 176 | 6.1 | 1 | 53.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Thomas Lott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Allen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| J.C. Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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