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Dallas Cowboys 24 at St. Louis Cardinals 21
Sunday, October 15, 1978
Dallas Cowboys 24, St. Louis Cardinals 21 (OT)| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (5-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (0-7-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Scoring
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Jim Otis 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | DAL | Robert Newhouse 6 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 7 |
| STL | Jim Otis 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Tony Hill 37 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 14 |
| DAL | Tony Hill 6 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| 4th | STL | Wayne Morris 1 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 21 |
| OT | DAL | Rafael Septien 47 yard field goal | 24 | 21 |
Team Stats
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-131-0 | 47-136-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-41-289-3-2 | 17-29-264-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 3-28 |
| Net pass yards | 287 | 236 |
| Total yards | 418 | 372 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-109 | 4-46 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 23 | 40 | 289 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 34 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 101 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 12 | 47 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 37 | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 4 | 57 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 12 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 2 | 32 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Hart | STL | 17 | 28 | 264 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 4 | 89 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 28 | 88 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Eason Ramson | STL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 3 | 60 | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 13 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 13 | ||||||
| Steve Jones | STL | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| Steve Little | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
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 | |||
| Bob Breunig | DAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Cliff Harris | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 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 | |||
| Jimmy Childs | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Stone | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roger Wehrli | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||