Sunday, October 13, 1974
Dallas Cowboys 28, St. Louis Cardinals 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (1-4-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (5-0-0) | 0 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Dennis Morgan 98 yard punt return (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | STL | Donny Anderson 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| STL | Mel Gray 80 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| DAL | Jean Fugett 24 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 14 | 14 | |
| STL | Jackie Smith 19 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 21 | |
| 3rd | STL | Terry Metcalf 8 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 4th | DAL | Walt Garrison 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 21 | 28 |
| DAL | Roger Staubach 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 28 | 28 | |
| STL | Jim Bakken 31 yard field goal | 28 | 31 |
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-146-2 | 34-138-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-236-1-1 | 9-21-236-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-12 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 224 | 236 |
| Total yards | 370 | 374 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-53 | 6-54 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 19 | 29 | 236 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Calvin Hill | DAL | 19 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 1 | -22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 118 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Walt Garrison | DAL | 8 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jean Fugett | DAL | 2 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Houston | DAL | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jackie Smith | STL | 3 | 110 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 2 | 92 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 8 | 20 | 155 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 16 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donny Anderson | STL | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | STL | 1 | 1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Earl Thomas | STL | 1 | 12 | 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 | |||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis Morgan | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 54.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Charley Young | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 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 Crum | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clarence Duren | STL | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Finnie | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack LeVeck | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 56.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Moss | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||