| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 4, 1981 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 49477 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 63 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 9 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 7 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 19 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas Cowboys | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Roy Green 30 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas Cowboys | Tony Dorsett 11 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 37 FG | 17 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 21 | 99 | 4.7 | 36 | 1 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| DAL | Danny White | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| STL | Ottis Anderson | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| STL | Wayne Morris | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 9t | 1 |
| STL | Stump Mitchell | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| STL | Dave Stief | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DAL | Danny White | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 182 | 6.5 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 70.8 |
| STL | Jim Hart | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 1 | 199 | 6.9 | 30t | 1 | 3 | 15 | 73.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Butch Johnson | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 48 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 19 | 1 |
| DAL | Tony Hill | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| DAL | James Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| DAL | Ron Springs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| DAL | Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Roy Green | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 30t | 1 |
| STL | Pat Tilley | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 23 | 0 |
| STL | Mel Gray | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| STL | Willard Harrell | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| STL | Doug Marsh | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | Michael Downs | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| STL | Jeff Griffin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DAL | Danny White | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 46 | 0 |
| STL | Carl Birdsong | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | James Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| STL | Stump Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DAL | James Jones | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 |
| STL | Stump Mitchell | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 28 | 0 |
| STL | Jeff Griffin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DAL | Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| DAL | Benny Barnes | 1.0 |
| DAL | Randy White | 1.0 |
| STL | Curtis Greer | 2.0 |
| STL | Stafford Mays | 1.0 |
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