| St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1979 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 53043 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Theotis Brown 2 run (Steve Little kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 4 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 11 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Steve Little 24 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 51 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 1 run (Steve Little kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 6 run (Steve Little kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Dave Stief |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 71 | ROT | Joe Bostic |
| 89 | TE | Gary Parris |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 76 | NT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDE | Mike Dawson |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 50 | LILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 59 | ROLB | Calvin Favron |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 70 | LOG | Conway Hayman |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 53 | RILB | Art Stringer |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 16 | 109 | 6.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Theotis Brown | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Willard Harrell | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 13 | 53 | 4.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 38 | 23 | 60.5 | 3 | 253 | 6.7 | 0 | 47.4 | |||
| Steve Little | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 2 | 176 | 6.1 | 1 | 53.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Thomas Lott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | |
| Tim Wilson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Earl Campbell | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Allen | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Robert Brazile | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Alexander | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| J.C. Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Rich Ellender | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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