| Washington Redskins at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1979 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50680 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Don Hover EZ opponents fumble recovery (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Washington Redskins | Buddy Hardeman 41 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Theotis Brown 1 run (Steve Little kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 4 | Washington Redskins | Mark Moseley 47 FG | 17 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Benny Malone | 16 | 42 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Clarence Harmon | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Theismann | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Buddy Hardeman | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 19 | 67 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Thomas Lott | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | -15 | -15.0 | -15 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 91 | 6.1 | 1 | 94.0 | |||
| Buddy Hardeman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 43 | 24 | 55.8 | 1 | 306 | 7.1 | 0 | 68.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Benny Malone | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Buddy Hardeman | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | |
| Jean Fugett | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Warren | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clarence Harmon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 7 | 114 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Stief | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 0 | |
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 8 | 290 | 36.3 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 6 | 219 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Buddy Hardeman | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Donnie Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Buddy Hardeman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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