Sunday, September 13, 1981
| STL | DAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cowboys | Ron Springs 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Cardinals | Willard Harrell 62 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Cowboys | Ron Springs 4 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 47 yard field goal | 7 | 17 |
| Cowboys | Ron Springs 1 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick) | 7 | 24 | |
| Cardinals | Theotis Brown 11 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 14 | 24 | |
| Cowboys | Rafael Septien 32 yard field goal | 14 | 27 | |
| 3rd | Cowboys | Rafael Septien 25 yard field goal | 14 | 30 |
| 4th | Cardinals | Neil O'Donoghue 24 yard field goal | 17 | 30 |
| STL | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 24 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-142-1 | 35-181-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-41-295-1-2 | 21-29-240-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-33 | 3-30 |
| Net pass yards | 262 | 210 |
| Total yards | 404 | 391 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-84 | 6-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Neil Lomax | STL | 14 | 41 | 295 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 16 | 80 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 60 | 0 | 26 | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 1 | 62 | 1 | 62 | ||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 1 | 60 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Theotis Brown | STL | 4 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 3 | 46 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Chris Combs | STL | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Greg LaFleur | STL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| John Floyd | STL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Tony Dorsett | DAL | 16 | 129 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Danny White | DAL | 21 | 29 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Butch Johnson | DAL | 4 | 80 | 0 | 55 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | DAL | 15 | 45 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Tony Hill | DAL | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Drew Pearson | DAL | 2 | 27 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 2 | 23 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| James Jones | DAL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Billy Joe DuPree | DAL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jay Saldi | DAL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Ken Greene | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Cosbie | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Fellows | DAL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Waters | DAL | 0.0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Carl Birdsong | STL | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | STL | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Septien | DAL | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Danny White | DAL | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||