| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 2, 1979 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50855 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 81 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 4 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 37 FG | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Chandler 12 pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 24 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 18 pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 30 pass from Ron Springs (bad snap) | 19 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 76 run (Mike Wood kick) | 19 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 27 FG | 22 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 20 | RB | Ron Springs |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Stalls |
| 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 |
| 42 | SS | Randy Hughes |
| 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 |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 76 | NT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Dawson |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 18 | 108 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| Ron Springs | 15 | 30 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Brinson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 21 | 193 | 9.2 | 76t | 1 |
| Wayne Morris | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 34 | 20 | 58.8 | 0 | 269 | 7.9 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 84.1 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 29 | 12 | 41.4 | 2 | 112 | 3.9 | 18t | 2 | 1 | 7 | 46.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Hill | 5 | 113 | 22.6 | 1 | |
| Drew Pearson | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Wayne Morris | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Al Chandler | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Pat Tilley | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Aaron Kyle | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 43 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Roy Green | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Thomas Henderson | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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