| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 27, 1987 Location: Irving, TX |
| Venue: Texas Stadium Attendance: 36788 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 34 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Del Greco 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 11 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Herschel Walker 11 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | J.T. Smith 2 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Del Greco 28 FG | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Steve Pelluer 5 run (Roger Ruzek kick) | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Del Greco 37 FG | 16 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 64 | LOG | Todd Peat |
| 70 | C | Derek Kennard |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Rob Awalt |
| 85 | TE | Jay Novacek |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 30 | RB | Stump Mitchell |
| 24 | FB | Ron Wolfley |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Clasby |
| 65 | RDE | David Galloway |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 57 | MLB | Niko Noga |
| 54 | RLB | E.J. Junior |
| 41 | LCB | Carl Carter |
| 45 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 43 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 47 | RCB | Cedric Mack |
| 60 | RDT | Steve Alvord |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Kelvin Edwards |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 75 | LOT | Daryle Smith |
| 61 | LOG | Nate Newton |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 68 | ROG | Crawford Ker |
| 66 | ROT | Kevin Gogan |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 16 | QB | Steve Pelluer |
| 34 | RB | Herschel Walker |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 99 | LDT | Kevin Brooks |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 55 | LLB | Steve DeOssie |
| 57 | MLB | Ron Burton |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 36 | SS | Vince Albritton |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 45 | RCB | Manny Hendrix |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Stump Mitchell | 22 | 91 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Derrick McAdoo | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 25 | 137 | 5.5 | 12 | 2 |
| Steve Pelluer | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Timmy Newsome | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 54 | 28 | 51.9 | 1 | 314 | 5.8 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 68.0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Steve Pelluer | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 0 | 122 | 5.5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| J.T. Smith | 11 | 102 | 9.3 | 22 | 1 |
| Roy Green | 7 | 112 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Troy Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Herschel Walker | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Kelvin Edwards | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Thornton Chandler | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Everson Walls | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Horne | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 49 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 7 | 248 | 35.4 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Kelvin Martin | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Derrick McAdoo | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Darryl Clack | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Martin | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Jim Jeffcoat | 2.0 |
| Danny Noonan | 1.0 |
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