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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals - October 17th, 1976
Dallas Cowboys 17 at St. Louis Cardinals 21
Sunday, October 17, 1976
Dallas Cowboys 17, St. Louis Cardinals 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (5-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (5-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | DAL | Billy Joe DuPree 34 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 7 | 0 |
| STL | Mel Gray 54 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 35 yard field goal | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | STL | Terry Metcalf 4 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4th | STL | Mel Gray 17 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 21 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson 11 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 17 | 21 |
Team Stats
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-151-0 | 40-90-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-42-250-2-1 | 22-34-346-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-21 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 229 | 346 |
| Total yards | 380 | 436 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-60 | 2-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 21 | 42 | 250 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 4 | 81 | 1 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 11 | 62 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 9 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 5 | 44 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 4 | 42 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Charley Young | DAL | 7 | 25 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 35 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 2 | 23 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Hart | STL | 22 | 33 | 346 | 3 | 2 | 54 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 7 | 152 | 2 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 27 |
| Steve Jones | STL | 19 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Ike Harris | STL | 5 | 59 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| J.V. Cain | STL | 2 | 30 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| 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 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy Hughes | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim D. Jensen | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 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 | |||
| Dwayne Crump | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jerry Latin | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ray White | STL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||