| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 15, 1978 Location: St. Louis, MO Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48991 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 56 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 6 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 37 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 6 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 1 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 5 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 47 FG | 24 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 61 | C | Jim Cooper |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| 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 |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 80 | TE | Eason Ramson |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 24 | HB | Wayne Morris |
| 35 | FB | Jim Otis |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 83 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 55 | LILB | Eric Williams |
| 50 | RILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAL | 26:08 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2/12 | / | 12 | 109 | 2 | 2 |
| STL | 37:10 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 10/20 | / | 4 | 46 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 12 | 24 | 2.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 131 | 4.1 | 33 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 28 | 88 | 3.1 | 12 | 2 |
| Wayne Morris | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 136 | 2.9 | 12 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 2 | 289 | 7.2 | 37t | 3 | 1 | 2 | 84.3 |
| Danny White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 23 | 56.1 | 2 | 289 | 7.0 | 37t | 3 | 1 | 2 | 82.3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 1 | 264 | 9.4 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 89.0 |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 17 | 58.6 | 2 | 264 | 9.1 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 71.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 37t | 2 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 289 | 12.6 | 37t | 3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Eason Ramson | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 13 | 1 |
| Pat Tilley | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 264 | 15.5 | 38 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Breunig | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 249 | 41.5 | 53 | 0 | 2 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Steve Little | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 53 | 1 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 5 | 0 | 75 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | 75 | 15.0 | 23 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 13 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 24 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Childs | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 2.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| John Zook | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |