DAL 22 @ STL 21 - 1979 NFL

1979 Week 1

Dallas CowboysDAL

22-21

St. Louis CardinalsSTL

Sun, September 2, 1979 · 2:00PM · Civic Center Busch Memorial Stadium

Surface: astroturfLine: Dallas Cowboys -4.0O/U: 37.0 (over)

DAL: Tom Landry · STL: Bud Wilkinson

DAL

Team Stats

STL

1st Downs

41-161

Rushing

32-237

21-35-299

Passing

12-29-112

455

Scoring

1st Quarter

Rafael Septien 37 yard field goal

2nd Quarter

Robert Newhouse 4 yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)

10-

Al Chandler 2 yard pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick)

10-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
DAL
Passing
Roger Staubach	20/34	269	0	0	1	84.1
Ron Springs	1/1	30	1	0	0	158.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Roger Staubach	1	9	0	9	0
Ron Springs	15	30	0	6	0
Robert Newhouse	18	108	1	21	0
Larry Brinson	2	9	0	10	0
Tony Hill	1	6	0	6	0
Preston Pearson	1	0	0	0	0
Scott Laidlaw	2	0	0	0	0
Jay Saldi	1	-1	0	-1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Ron Springs	3	2	10	0	7
Robert Newhouse	3	1	9	0	9
Tony Hill	9	5	113	1	44
Preston Pearson	3	2	19	0	10
Jay Saldi	1	1	5	0	5
Drew Pearson	8	5	99	0	41
Billy Joe DuPree	3	3	32	0	19
Doug Cosbie	4	2	12	0	12
STL

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
DAL
Aaron Kyle			0	2			0	0
STL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
DAL
Rafael Septien	1/1	3/4	0	0	-	-
Danny White	-	-	5	195	39.0	-
STL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
DAL
Wade Manning	3	83	0	3	10	0
STL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD

DAL

Expected Points Added

STL

0.5Total-0.5

10.8Off Total7.0

9.7Off Pass-4.4

-1.3Off Rush9.2

-7.0Def Total-10.8

4.4Def Pass-9.7

-9.2Def Rush1.3

-4.1

Starting Lineups

DAL

QBRoger Staubach

RBRon Springs

FBRobert Newhouse

WRDrew Pearson

WRTony Hill

TEBilly Joe DuPree

LTPat Donovan

LGHerbert Scott

CJohn Fitzgerald

RGTom Rafferty

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