| St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1979 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: RFK Stadium Attendance: 50868 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 52 F Humidty: 83% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 7 run (Mark Moseley kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Theotis Brown 1 run (Steve Little kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 46 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Ricky Thompson 8 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 27 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | John Riggins 4 pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 2 run (Steve Little kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Theotis Brown 1 run (Steve Little kick) | 21 | 27 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 21 pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick) | 28 | 27 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Mark Moseley 39 FG | 28 | 30 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 66 | LOG | George Collins |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 71 | ROT | Joe Bostic |
| 80 | TE | Bill Murrell |
| 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 |
| 58 | LOLB | John Barefield |
| 50 | LILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 59 | ROLB | Calvin Favron |
| 45 | LCB | Perry Smith |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Danny Buggs |
| 83 | WR | Ricky Thompson |
| 75 | LOT | Terry Hermeling |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 54 | C | Bob Kuziel |
| 73 | ROG | Jeff Williams |
| 74 | ROT | George Starke |
| 85 | TE | Don Warren |
| 7 | QB | Joe Theismann |
| 25 | HB | Benny Malone |
| 44 | FB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Karl Lorch |
| 65 | LDT | Dave Butz |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 59 | LLB | Brad Dusek |
| 59 | MLB | Neal Olkewicz |
| 50 | RLB | Pete Wysocki |
| 24 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 27 | SS | Ken Houston |
| 29 | FS | Mark Murphy |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Lavender |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 25 | 105 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Theotis Brown | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 2 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Benny Malone | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 7 | 1 |
| Clarence Harmon | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ike Forte | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Theismann | 5 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 3 | 178 | 4.9 | 1 | 34.3 | |||
| Steve Little | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Joe Theismann | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 197 | 7.0 | 2 | 102.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Richard Osborne | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Murrell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Danny Buggs | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Don Warren | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Clarence Harmon | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Thompson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| John Riggins | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Benny Malone | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny McDaniel | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Lavender | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 5 | 192 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 8 | 285 | 35.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | ||
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Clarence Harmon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Tony Peters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 0 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Calvin Favron | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Ike Forte | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Donnie Harris | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Washington Redskins | |
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