Monday, October 4, 1965
Dallas Cowboys 13, St. Louis Cardinals 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (2-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (2-1-0) | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Sonny Randle 4 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| STL | Bill Triplett 10 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Mel Renfro 90 yard interception return (Danny Villanueva kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | STL | Jim Bakken 37 yard field goal | 7 | 17 |
| 4th | DAL | Danny Villanueva 28 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
| DAL | Danny Villanueva 19 yard field goal | 13 | 17 | |
| STL | Jim Bakken 28 yard field goal | 13 | 20 |
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-85-0 | 47-197-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-25-108-0-2 | 14-26-156-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 96 | 156 |
| Total yards | 181 | 353 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-80 | 3-42 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Meredith | DAL | 9 | 25 | 108 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Don Perkins | DAL | 12 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | DAL | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Buddy Dial | DAL | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Perry Lee Dunn | DAL | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| J.D. Smith | DAL | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Stiger | DAL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Clarke | DAL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Reeves | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bill Triplett | STL | 22 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Johnson | STL | 14 | 26 | 156 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willis Crenshaw | STL | 14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Prentice Gautt | STL | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sonny Randle | STL | 5 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Thornton | STL | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bob Hayes | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mel Renfro | DAL | 1 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Tubbs | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jimmy Burson | STL | 2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mal Hammack | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Silvestri | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Stovall | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Abe Woodson | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||