| Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 11, 1983 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 48532 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 76 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 39 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 23 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 1 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Drew Pearson 10 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 45 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Ron Springs 19 run (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dennis Thurman EZ opponents fumble recovery (Rafael Septien kick) | 31 | 10 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Stump Mitchell 5 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 24 FG | 34 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 67 | LOT | Pat Donovan |
| 68 | LOG | Herbert Scott |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 89 | TE | Billy Joe DuPree |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 20 | RB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 79 | RDE | Harvey Martin |
| 50 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 53 | MLB | Bob Breunig |
| 51 | RLB | Anthony Dickerson |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 47 | SS | Dextor Clinkscale |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 32 | RCB | Dennis Thurman |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | C | Dan Dierdorf |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Bubba Baker |
| 73 | LDT | Mark Duda |
| 78 | RDT | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 52 | LLB | Charlie Baker |
| 58 | MLB | Dave Ahrens |
| 50 | RLB | Bob Harris |
| 47 | LCB | Cedric Mack |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 23 | FS | Benny Perrin |
| 44 | RCB | Wayne Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Ron Springs | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 19t | 2 |
| Tony Dorsett | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Robert Newhouse | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gary Hogeboom | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 13 | 25 | 1.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Jim Hart | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 27 | 19 | 70.4 | 0 | 234 | 8.7 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 109.2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 39 | 22 | 56.4 | 4 | 295 | 7.6 | 39t | 1 | 5 | 46 | 49.6 |
| Carl Birdsong | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Drew Pearson | 7 | 80 | 11.4 | 19 | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Tony Dorsett | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Donley | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 39t | 1 |
| Mike Shumann | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Eddie McGill | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bill Bates | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Everson Walls | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dennis Thurman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| John Warren | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 54 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Rod Hill | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 53 | 10.6 | 28 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Rod Hill | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ron Fellows | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 66 | 0 | |
| Roy Green | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Kurt Allerman | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Earl Ferrell | 0 | 16 | 16L | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Bill Bates | 1.0 |
| Anthony Dickerson | 1.0 |
| Harvey Martin | 1.0 |
| Don Smerek | 1.0 |
| Randy White | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Curtis Greer | 3.0 |
| Mark Duda | 1.0 |
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