| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: St. Louis, MO Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 43946 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 22 F Humidty: 96% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 18 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 33 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 13 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 28 pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jean Fugett 48 pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 17 pass from Roger Staubach (Toni Fritsch kick) | 27 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 17 FG | 30 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | WR | Bob Hayes |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 82 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 88 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay |
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 41 | LCB | Charlie Waters |
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 68 | LOT | Mike Taylor |
| 60 | LOG | Roger Finnie |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 31 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Gary Keithley |
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| Offense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Leo Brooks |
| 71 | LDT | John Richardson |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 27 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 57 | MLB | Mark Arneson |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 26 | LCB | Dwayne Crump |
| 42 | LS | Chuck Detwiler |
| 45 | RS | Jim Tolbert |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 9/16 | / | 7 | 59 | 2 | 1 | |
| STL | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4/13 | / | 1 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 19 | 124 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Cyril Pinder | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 207 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 16 | 56 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 8 | 48 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Keithley | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 135 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 19 | 14 | 73.7 | 0 | 256 | 13.5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 155.2 | |
| Craig Morton | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 11 | 2.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 0 | 267 | 11.6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 144.4 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Gary Keithley | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 30 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0.0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 30 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 5 | 140 | 28.0 | 2 | |
| Jean Fugett | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Golden Richards | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 267 | 17.8 | 3 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lee Roy Jordan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Gary Keithley | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Golden Richards | 2 | 0 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |