| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 25, 1976 Location: Irving, TX Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62498 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 63 F Humidty: 90% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Scott Laidlaw 2 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Jones 5 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Roger Staubach 4 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 42 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Safety, Terry Joyce punt blocked out of end zone by Thomas Henderson | 7 | 19 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 19 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 88 | TE | J.V. Cain |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Bell |
| 76 | LDT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 56 | MLB | Tim Kearney |
| 57 | RLB | Mark Arneson |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 36 | LS | Ken Reaves |
| 20 | RS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 87 | TE | Jay Saldi |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 35 | RB | Scott Laidlaw |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 77 | RDT | Bill Gregory |
| 69 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Breunig |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | LS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 46 | RCB | Mark Washington |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 24 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 8/17 | / | 5 | 59 | 3 | 0 | |
| DAL | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8/16 | / | 9 | 56 | 1 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Jones | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Terry Joyce | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 128 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Roger Staubach | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 18 | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 169 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 46 | 20 | 43.5 | 2 | 259 | 5.6 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 50.9 |
| Team Totals | 46 | 20 | 43.5 | 2 | 259 | 5.6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 50.9 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 2 | 83 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34.5 | |
| Danny White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 2 | 126 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ike Harris | 6 | 113 | 18.8 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 1 | |
| Pat Tilley | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| J.V. Cain | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 259 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 126 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roger Wehrli | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Benny Barnes | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Terry Joyce | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 163 | 32.6 | 51 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 1 | |||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy Hughes | 0.5 |
| Aaron Kyle | 0.5 |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |