Sunday, October 21, 1979
| STL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 51 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Cardinals | Steve Little 51 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| Cardinals | Steve Little 41 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Billy Joe DuPree 10 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 6 | 10 |
| Cowboys | Tony Hill 10 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Rafael Septien kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| Cardinals | Roy Green 106 yard kickoff return (Steve Little kick) | 13 | 17 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Safety, ball kicked through end zone | 13 | 19 |
| 4th | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 29 yard field goal | 13 | 22 |
| STL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-137-0 | 32-155-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-38-156-0-0 | 11-25-164-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 7-58 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 98 | 164 |
| Total yards | 235 | 319 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-36 | 6-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Carl Allen | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 125 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ken Stone | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Wilson | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Steve Little | STL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 249 | 49.8 | 0 |
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||