| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1976 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50317 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 49 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Billy Joe DuPree 34 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 54 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Efren Herrera 35 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Terry Metcalf 4 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 17 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 11 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 17 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 83 | WR | Golden Richards |
| 73 | LOT | Ralph Neely |
| 66 | LOG | Burton Lawless |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 61 | ROG | Blaine Nye |
| 70 | ROT | Rayfield Wright |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 21 | RB | Doug Dennison |
| 44 | RB | Robert Newhouse |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 77 | RDT | Bill Gregory |
| 69 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 53 | LLB | Bob Breunig |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 31 | LCB | Benny Barnes |
| 41 | LS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | RS | Cliff Harris |
| 46 | RCB | Mark Washington |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 88 | TE | J.V. Cain |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 34 | RB | Steve Jones |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Bell |
| 76 | LDT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 55 | MLB | Ray White |
| 57 | RLB | Mark Arneson |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 20 | FS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Robert Newhouse | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Doug Dennison | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Charley Young | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Roger Staubach | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Roger Staubach | 42 | 21 | 50.0 | 1 | 250 | 6.0 | 2 | 74.5 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 2 | 346 | 10.5 | 3 | 106.4 | |||
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Scott Laidlaw | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Golden Richards | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Drew Pearson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Newhouse | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Charley Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mel Gray | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 2 | |
| Ike Harris | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Steve Jones | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| J.V. Cain | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cliff Harris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Randy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ray White | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 6 | 262 | 43.7 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Joyce | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Dwayne Crump | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jensen | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Jerry Latin | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| John Zook | 2.0 |
| Bob Bell | 1.0 |
| Mike Dawson | 1.0 |
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