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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Dallas Cowboys at St. Louis Cardinals - September 2nd, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 22 at St. Louis Cardinals 21
Sunday, September 2, 1979
Dallas Cowboys 22, St. Louis Cardinals 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (1-0-0) | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Scoring
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DAL | Rafael Septien 37 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | DAL | Robert Newhouse 4 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 0 |
| STL | Al Chandler 2 yard pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Rafael Septien 24 yard field goal | 13 | 7 |
| STL | Pat Tilley 18 yard pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| 4th | DAL | Tony Hill 30 yard pass from Ron Springs (kick failed) | 19 | 14 |
| STL | Ottis Anderson 76 yard rush (Mike Wood kick) | 19 | 21 | |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 27 yard field goal | 22 | 21 |
Team Stats
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-161-1 | 32-237-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-35-299-1-0 | 12-29-112-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 294 | 105 |
| Total yards | 455 | 342 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-35 | 6-50 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Roger Staubach | DAL | 20 | 34 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 113 | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 18 | 108 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 5 | 99 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 3 | 32 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Preston Pearson | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Larry Brinson | DAL | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Scott Laidlaw | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 21 | 193 | 1 | 76 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 10 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 12 | 29 | 112 | 2 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 2 | 32 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 2 | 31 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Al Chandler | STL | 4 | 21 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Aaron Kyle | DAL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wade Manning | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 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 | |||
| Roy Green | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||