| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1971 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 66672 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 57 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 53 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 33 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 34 pass from Roger Staubach (Mike Clark kick) | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 29 FG | 6 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 23 FG | 9 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 35 FG | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Mike Clark 24 FG | 12 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Duane Thomas 3 run (Mike Clark kick) | 12 | 31 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Cid Edwards | 20 | 65 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 18 | 83 | 4.6 | 3 | |
| Walt Garrison | 11 | 53 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 36 | 11 | 30.6 | 1 | 141 | 3.9 | 0 | 32.3 | |||
| Pete Beathard | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 1 | 147 | 9.2 | 1 | 87.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| John Gilliam | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Freddie Hyatt | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Duane Thomas | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Lance Alworth | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Calvin Hill | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Dale Hackbart | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dave Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 5 | 182 | 36.4 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 4 | 154 | 38.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 113 | 28.3 | 0 | ||
| George Hoey | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ike Thomas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
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