Sunday, September 11, 1983
Dallas Cowboys 34, St. Louis Cardinals 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (2-0-0) | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (0-2-0) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Roy Green 39 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 7 |
| STL | Neil O'Donoghue 23 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | DAL | Ron Springs 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 10 |
| DAL | Drew Pearson 10 yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 45 yard field goal | 17 | 10 | |
| 3rd | DAL | Ron Springs 19 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4th | DAL | Dennis Thurman 0 yard fumble return (Rafael Septien kick) | 31 | 10 |
| STL | Stump Mitchell 5 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 31 | 17 | |
| DAL | Rafael Septien 24 yard field goal | 34 | 17 |
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 30-115-2 | 20-53-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-27-234-1-0 | 23-40-306-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-20 | 5-46 |
| Net pass yards | 214 | 260 |
| Total yards | 329 | 313 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-29 | 1-5 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Danny White | DAL | 19 | 27 | 234 | 1 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 7 | 80 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 10 | 57 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 3 | 55 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 12 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Doug Donley | DAL | 1 | 47 | 0 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Timmy Newsome | DAL | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Robert Newhouse | DAL | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Gary Hogeboom | DAL | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Hart | STL | 22 | 39 | 295 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 7 | 105 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 6 | 89 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 13 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Mike Shumann | STL | 3 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Doug Marsh | STL | 2 | 35 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 4 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Eddie McGill | STL | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Carl Birdsong | STL | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bill Bates | DAL | 1.0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Dickerson | DAL | 1.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Hill | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Harvey Martin | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don Smerek | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dennis Thurman | DAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Everson Walls | DAL | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Randy White | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| Kurt Allerman | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Duda | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Greer | STL | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||