| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1968 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48296 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 53 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 10 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 7 pass from Don Meredith (Mike Clark kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 14 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 32 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jackie Smith 2 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Clark 50 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Les Shy 17 run (Mike Clark kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Meredith 2 run (Mike Clark kick) | 27 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 72 | LOT | Tony Liscio |
| 76 | LOG | John Niland |
| 57 | C | Malcolm Walker |
| 65 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | TE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 43 | RB | Don Perkins |
| 30 | RB | Dan Reeves |
| 19 | FL | Lance Rentzel |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Willie Townes |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LCB | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 20 | RS | Mel Renfro |
| 23 | RCB | Mike Johnson |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Dave Williams |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 33 | FB | Willis Crenshaw |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 53 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 60 | RLB | Dave Meggyesy |
| 42 | LCB | Lonnie Sanders |
| 20 | LS | Mike Barnes |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 29 | RCB | Brady Keys |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Les Shy | 16 | 89 | 5.6 | 17t | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 13 | 46 | 3.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Garrison | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Meredith | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Dan Reeves | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 10 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 125 | 6.3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 69.8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 2 | 132 | 8.3 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 69.8 |
| Charley Johnson | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 58 | 3.6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.6 |
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Johnny Roland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Pettis Norman | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Dave Williams | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Cornell Green | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ernie Clark | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Widby | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 42 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Craig Baynham | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Ralph Neely | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | 5 | 110 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
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