| 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 Cowboys | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 34 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 54 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Efren Herrera 35 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Terry Metcalf 4 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 17 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Drew Pearson 11 pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 17 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 11 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| DAL | Doug Dennison | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| DAL | Charley Young | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| STL | Terry Metcalf | 16 | 43 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| STL | Steve Jones | 19 | 33 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| STL | Jim Otis | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Roger Staubach | 42 | 21 | 50.0 | 1 | 250 | 6.0 | 2 | 74.5 | |||
| STL | Jim Hart | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 2 | 346 | 10.5 | 3 | 106.4 | |||
| STL | Terry Metcalf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Scott Laidlaw | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| DAL | Billy Joe DuPree | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| DAL | Golden Richards | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | |
| DAL | Preston Pearson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| DAL | Charley Young | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| DAL | Doug Dennison | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| STL | Mel Gray | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 2 | |
| STL | Ike Harris | 5 | 59 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| STL | Terry Metcalf | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| STL | Steve Jones | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| STL | J.V. Cain | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Cliff Harris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| DAL | Randy Hughes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Ray White | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Danny White | 6 | 262 | 43.7 | 0 | |
| STL | Terry Joyce | 4 | 152 | 38.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| STL | Dwayne Crump | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| STL | Terry Metcalf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | |
| DAL | Jim Jensen | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Jerry Latin | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| STL | John Zook | 2.0 |
| STL | Bob Bell | 1.0 |
| STL | Mike Dawson | 1.0 |
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