| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics | 
| Date: December 3, 1972 Location: St. Louis, MO | 
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 49787 | 
| Weather: Light Freezing Rain Temp: 31 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 14 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 29 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 18 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 0 | 
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 3 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 0 | 
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jackie Smith 3 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick blocked) | 17 | 6 | 
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Walt Garrison 26 pass from Craig Morton (Toni Fritsch kick) | 24 | 6 | 
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Toni Fritsch 42 FG | 27 | 6 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 21 | WR | Billy Parks | 
| 88 | WR | Ron Sellers | 
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely | 
| 76 | LOG | John Niland | 
| 51 | C | Dave Manders | 
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye | 
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright | 
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka | 
| 14 | QB | Craig Morton | 
| 32 | RB | Walt Garrison | 
| 35 | RB | Calvin Hill | 
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Larry Cole | 
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh | 
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly | 
| 67 | RDE | Pat Toomay | 
| 52 | LLB | Dave Edwards | 
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan | 
| 54 | RLB | Chuck Howley | 
| 41 | LCB | Charlie Waters | 
| 34 | LS | Cornell Green | 
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris | 
| 20 | RCB | Mel Renfro | 
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray | 
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad | 
| 72 | LOT | Dan Dierdorf | 
| 60 | LOG | Conrad Dobler | 
| 54 | C | Tom Banks | 
| 64 | ROG | Bob Young | 
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan | 
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith | 
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo | 
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson | 
| 23 | RB | Johnny Roland | 
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm | 
| 71 | LDT | John Richardson | 
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe | 
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski | 
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings | 
| 57 | MLB | Mark Arneson | 
| 58 | RLB | Terry Miller | 
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr | 
| 8 | LS | Larry Wilson | 
| 22 | RS | Roger Wehrli | 
| 43 | RCB | Norm Thompson | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Calvin Hill | 26 | 120 | 4.6 | 13 | 0 | 
| Walt Garrison | 12 | 33 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Roger Staubach | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Ralph Neely | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Jean Fugett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Craig Morton | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Leo Hayden | 6 | 7 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 131 | 6.6 | 2 | 64.8 | |||
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 21 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 | 59.0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 30 | 13 | 43.3 | 1 | 98 | 3.3 | 1 | 49.0 | |||
| Gary Cuozzo | 6 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 6 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Lance Alworth | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Calvin Hill | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 21 | 0 | 
| Walt Garrison | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 2 | |
| Ron Sellers | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | 
| Mike Ditka | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Jean Fugett | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Walker Gillette | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Charlie Waters | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Miller Farr | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 
| Larry Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 8 | 255 | 31.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Cliff Harris | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | ||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
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| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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