| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 CardinalsSTL | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 9 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 23 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 7 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Safety, Danny White punt blocked out of end zone by Jim Thaxton | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 2 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Robert Newhouse 15 pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 12 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 80 | TE | Eason Ramson |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 34 | HB | Steve Jones |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 83 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 59 | RILB | Randy Gill |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 45 | LCB | Perry Smith |
| 23 | SS | Ken Stone |
| 20 | FS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 87 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 62 | C | John Fitzgerald |
| 64 | ROG | Tom Rafferty |
| 71 | ROT | Andy Frederick |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 12 | QB | Roger Staubach |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 44 | FB | Robert Newhouse |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 75 | LDT | Jethro Pugh |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 46 | LCB | Mark Washington |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 43 | FS | Cliff Harris |
| 25 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 32:30 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 8/18 | / | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| DAL | 27:30 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7/13 | / | 4 | 33 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 115 | 3.2 | 9 | 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 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 216 | 5.8 | 25 | 2 |
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 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 |
| Team Totals | 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 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 204 | 13.6 | 35 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 182 | 11.4 | 27 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Steve Little | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 225 | 37.3 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||
| Danny White | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willie Shelby | 5 | 0 | 53 | 10.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 0 | 53 | 10.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 3 | 1 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 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 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Doug Dennison | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Mark Arneson | 1.0 |
| Bob Pollard | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 2.0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |