| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| 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 Cowboys | 3 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 29 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Terry Metcalf 62 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 77 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 60 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 40 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 44 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Charlie Davis 35 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Bakken kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 1 run (Efren Herrera kick) | 23 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Golden Richards 17 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 30 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 14 | 141 | 10.1 | 77 | 2 |
| Robert Newhouse | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 1 | |
| Wayne Morris | 19 | 78 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Terry Joyce | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| 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 | 87.3 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 32 | 9 | 28.1 | 2 | 186 | 5.8 | 1 | 35.7 | |||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | 62.5 | ||
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 4 | 137 | 34.3 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Joyce | 6 | 204 | 34.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 7 | 166 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 2.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| John Zook | 2.0 |
| Mike Dawson | 1.0 |
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