| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 9, 1977 Location: St. Louis, MO Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50129 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 54 F Humidty: 61% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 29 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Terry Metcalf 62 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 77 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 60 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 40 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 44 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Charlie Davis 35 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Bakken kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 23 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Golden Richards 17 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 30 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 66 | LOG | Burton Lawless |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 67 | ROT | Pat Donovan |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| 26 | RB | Preston Pearson |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 56 | LLB | Thomas Henderson |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Bell |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 76 | RDT | Charlie Davis |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 53 | LLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | MLB | Tim Kearney |
| 57 | RLB | Mark Arneson |
| 38 | LCB | Lee Nelson |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 20 | FS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 31:11 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 5/15 | / | 9 | 109 | 3 | 2 |
| STL | 28:49 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6/16 | / | 11 | 166 | 0 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 77 | 2 |
| Robert Newhouse | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 264 | 6.8 | 2 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| Wayne Morris | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Joyce | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 146 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 153 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 87.3 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 18 | 62.1 | 0 | 153 | 5.3 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 87.3 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 32 | 9 | 28.1 | 2 | 186 | 5.8 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 35.7 |
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Billy Donckers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Team Totals | 34 | 10 | 29.4 | 2 | 195 | 5.7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 36.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Golden Richards | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17t | 1 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 153 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| J.V. Cain | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 10 | 195 | 19.5 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | ||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Terry Joyce | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 3 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 35 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 0 | 24 | 24L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 7 | 166 | 23.7 | 39 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| John Zook | 2.0 |
| Mike Dawson | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |