| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: October 21, 1979 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 64300 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 88 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 28 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 51 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Little 51 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Little 41 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 10 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Hill 10 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 106 kickoff return (Steve Little kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Safety, Tom Brahaney kicked ball out of end zone | 13 | 19 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 29 FG | 13 | 22 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Dave Stief |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 71 | ROT | Joe Bostic |
| 89 | TE | Gary Parris |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 76 | NT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Dawson |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 58 | LILB | John Barefield |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 59 | ROLB | Calvin Favron |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| 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 |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 20 | 105 | 5.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 20 | 111 | 5.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Scott Laidlaw | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | 0 | 156 | 4.1 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 58 | 54.3 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 2 | 164 | 6.6 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Jay Saldi | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Scott Laidlaw | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Stone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Carl Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 5 | 249 | 49.8 | 56 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 59 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 125 | 62.5 | 108t | 1 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Steve Wilson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tony Hill | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Randy White | 3.0 |
| Thomas Henderson | 3.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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