| 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 CowboysDAL | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 9 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 7 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 19 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 26 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 30 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Tony Dorsett 11 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 37 FG | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Butch Johnson |
| 88 | WR | Drew Pearson |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe Dupree |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 59 | LLB | Guy Brown |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 50 | RLB | D.D. Lewis |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 41 | SS | Charlie Waters |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 66 | LOT | George Collins |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 59 | LOLB | Calvin Favron |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 54 | RILB | E.J. Junior |
| 52 | ROLB | Charlie Baker |
| 44 | LCB | Tim Collier |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 21 | 99 | 4.7 | 36 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Danny White | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 9t | 1 |
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 1 | 182 | 6.5 | 48 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 70.8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 1 | 199 | 6.9 | 30t | 1 | 3 | 15 | 73.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Butch Johnson | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 48 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Drew Pearson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| James Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Joe Dupree | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 30t | 1 |
| Pat Tilley | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Michael Downs | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jeff Griffin | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny White | 7 | 264 | 37.7 | 46 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Jeff Griffin | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Benny Barnes | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Curtis Greer | 2.0 |
| Stafford Mays | 1.0 |
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