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St. Louis Cardinals 13 at Dallas Cowboys 22

Sunday, October 21, 1979

St. Louis Cardinals 13, Dallas Cowboys 22

1234Final
St. Louis Cardinals (2-6-0)670013
Dallas Cowboys (7-1-0)3142322

Scoring

STLDAL
1stDALRafael Septien 51 yard field goal03
STLSteve Little 51 yard field goal33
STLSteve Little 41 yard field goal63
2ndDALBilly Joe DuPree 10 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick)610
DALTony Hill 10 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick)617
STLRoy Green 106 yard kickoff return (Steve Little kick)1317
3rdDALSafety, ball kicked through end zone1319
4thDALRafael Septien 29 yard field goal1322

Team Stats

STLDAL
First downs1812
Rush-yards-TDs33-137-032-155-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-38-156-0-011-25-164-2-2
Sacked-yards7-580-0
Net pass yards98164
Total yards235319
Fumbles-lost4-21-1
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards4-366-55

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ottis Anderson STL 20 105 0 19 5 39 0 14
Jim Hart STL 16 38 156 0 0 24 1 0 0 0
Wayne Morris STL 8 23 0 6 2 10 0 13
Jimmy Childs STL 2 26 0 14
Pat Tilley STL 1 24 0 24
Theotis Brown STL 3 9 0 4 1 11 0 11
Gary Parris STL 2 18 0 11
Mel Gray STL 2 17 0 9
Dave Stief STL 1 11 0 11
Steve Little STL 1 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Tony Dorsett DAL 20 111 0 41 2 16 0 17
Roger Staubach DAL 11 25 164 2 2 33 1 9 0 9
Billy Joe DuPree DAL 3 48 1 33
Tony Hill DAL 2 30 1 20
Drew Pearson DAL 1 29 0 29
Butch Johnson DAL 1 28 0 28
Robert Newhouse DAL 6 21 0 5
Scott Laidlaw DAL 4 12 0 6 1 1 0 1
Jay Saldi DAL 1 12 0 12
Preston Pearson DAL 1 2 0 2

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Carl Allen STL 1 0 0 0
Roy Green STL 0 0 0 0 2 125 62.5 1 0 2 13 6.5 0 0
Willard Harrell STL 0 0 0 0 1 31 31.0 0 0
Ken Stone STL 1 21 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Tony Hill DAL 0 0 0 0 1 32 32.0 0 0
Ron Springs DAL 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Steve Wilson DAL 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 0 0 3 20 6.7 0 0