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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals - October 9th, 1977
Dallas Cowboys 30 at St. Louis Cardinals 24
Sunday, October 9, 1977
Dallas Cowboys 30, St. Louis Cardinals 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (4-0-0) | 3 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 30 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (1-3-0) | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Scoring
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Jim Bakken 32 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 29 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| STL | Terry Metcalf 62 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Tony Dorsett 77 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 10 |
| STL | Mel Gray 60 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| DAL | Efren Herrera 40 yard field goal | 13 | 17 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Efren Herrera 44 yard field goal | 16 | 17 |
| STL | Charles Davis 35 yard fumble return (Jim Bakken kick) | 16 | 24 | |
| 4th | DAL | Tony Dorsett 1 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick) | 23 | 24 |
| DAL | Golden Richards 17 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick) | 30 | 24 |
Team Stats
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-264-2 | 31-146-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-29-153-1-0 | 10-34-195-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-29 | 2-21 |
| Net pass yards | 124 | 174 |
| Total yards | 388 | 320 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-109 | 11-166 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 14 | 141 | 2 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 18 | 29 | 153 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 12 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 10 | 46 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 6 | 55 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Golden Richards | DAL | 1 | 17 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Wayne Morris | STL | 19 | 78 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 9 | 32 | 186 | 1 | 2 | 60 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 3 | 84 | 1 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 79 | 1 | 62 | ||||
| Ike Harris | STL | 3 | 52 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| J.V. Cain | STL | 2 | 37 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Terry Joyce | STL | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 1 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 166 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||