| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1978 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 62760 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 81 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 9 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 23 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 7 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Safety, Danny White punt blocked out of end zone by Jim Thaxton | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Robert Newhouse 15 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 12 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Wayne Morris | 16 | 65 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 10 | 25 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 21 | 154 | 7.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Robert Newhouse | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 30 | 15 | 50.0 | 0 | 204 | 6.8 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 83.2 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 26 | 16 | 61.5 | 0 | 182 | 7.0 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 95.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mel Gray | 7 | 107 | 15.3 | 35 | 1 |
| Eason Ramson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Preston Pearson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Butch Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 53 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willie Shelby | 5 | 0 | 53 | 10.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willie Shelby | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Mark Arneson | 1.0 |
| Bob Pollard | 1.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
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