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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys - September 24th, 1978
St. Louis Cardinals 12 at Dallas Cowboys 21
Sunday, September 24, 1978
St. Louis Cardinals 12, Dallas Cowboys 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (0-4-0) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Dallas Cowboys (3-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
Scoring
| STL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Mel Gray 9 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | STL | Jim Bakken 23 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| DAL | Tony Dorsett 7 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | STL | Safety, Thaxton blocked punt out of end zone | 12 | 7 |
| 4th | DAL | Robert Newhouse 2 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 12 | 14 |
| DAL | Robert Newhouse 15 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 12 | 21 |
Team Stats
| STL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-115-0 | 37-216-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-30-204-1-0 | 16-26-182-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 2-9 |
| Net pass yards | 195 | 173 |
| Total yards | 310 | 389 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-15 | 4-33 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mel Gray | STL | 7 | 107 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 15 | 30 | 204 | 1 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 16 | 65 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 10 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Eason Ramson | STL | 2 | 31 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Steve Jones | STL | 9 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Childs | STL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 21 | 154 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 16 | 26 | 182 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 12 | 53 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 3 | 54 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 2 | 39 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 3 | 26 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Shelby | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 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 | |||
| Doug Dennison | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||