Sunday, September 13, 1987
Dallas Cowboys 13, St. Louis Cardinals 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys (0-1-0) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (1-0-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 |
| DAL | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Jim Gallery 23 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | DAL | Roger Ruzek 22 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| DAL | Roger Ruzek 29 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| 4th | DAL | Gordon Banks 20 yard pass from Danny White (Roger Ruzek kick) | 13 | 3 |
| STL | Roy Green 16 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 13 | 10 | |
| STL | Roy Green 22 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| STL | Earl Ferrell 15 yard rush (Jim Gallery kick) | 13 | 24 |
| DAL | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-125-0 | 27-108-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-32-256-1-0 | 17-33-270-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 8-59 | 3-18 |
| Net pass yards | 197 | 252 |
| Total yards | 322 | 360 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-34 | 6-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Herschel Walker | DAL | 13 | 62 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 90 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 20 | 32 | 256 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 18 | 60 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 4 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Mike Renfro | DAL | 4 | 42 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Banks | DAL | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Todd Fowler | DAL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Rod Barksdale | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Neil Lomax | STL | 17 | 33 | 270 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Green | STL | 4 | 90 | 2 | 44 | ||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | STL | 5 | 78 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 14 | 41 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| Earl Ferrell | STL | 10 | 71 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Jay Novacek | STL | 4 | 43 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Don Holmes | STL | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gordon Banks | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Bates | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Darryl Clack | DAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Jeffcoat | DAL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Walen | 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 | |||
| Bob Clasby | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Greer | STL | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Saddler | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Colin Scotts | STL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vai Sikahema | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Smith | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||