| St. Louis Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1966 Location: Dallas, TX |
| Venue: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 76965 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 48 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Dan Reeves 45 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 25 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Johnny Roland 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Bob Hayes 25 pass from Don Meredith (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 2 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Danny Villanueva 10 FG | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Billy Gambrell 16 pass from Terry Nofsinger (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Don Perkins 11 run (Danny Villanueva kick) | 17 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 66 | LOG | Rick Sortun |
| 55 | C | Irv Goode |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 14 | QB | Terry Nofsinger |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 22 | FB | Prentice Gautt |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Sam Silas |
| 79 | RDT | Chuck Walker |
| 86 | RDE | Don Brumm |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 21 | LS | Jerry Stovall |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Abe Woodson |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 22 | SE | Bob Hayes |
| 68 | LOT | Jim Boeke |
| 72 | LOG | Tony Liscio |
| 51 | C | Dave Manders |
| 62 | ROG | Leon Donohue |
| 73 | ROT | Ralph Neely |
| 84 | ROE | Pettis Norman |
| 17 | QB | Don Meredith |
| 30 | HB | Dan Reeves |
| 35 | FL | Pete Gent |
| 43 | FB | Don Perkins |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Willie Townes |
| 77 | LDT | Jim Colvin |
| 74 | RDT | Bob Lilly |
| 66 | RDE | George Andrie |
| 54 | LLB | Chuck Howley |
| 55 | MLB | Lee Roy Jordan |
| 52 | RLB | Dave Edwards |
| 34 | LDH | Cornell Green |
| 27 | LS | Mike Gaechter |
| 20 | RS | Mel Renfro |
| 41 | RDH | Warren Livingston |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 12 | 50 | 4.2 | 19 | 1 |
| Prentice Gautt | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Nofsinger | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Dan Reeves | 14 | 65 | 4.6 | 45t | 1 |
| Don Perkins | 14 | 43 | 3.1 | 11t | 2 |
| Don Meredith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Hayes | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Terry Nofsinger | 42 | 21 | 50.0 | 2 | 240 | 5.7 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 55.7 |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 39.6 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Don Meredith | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 0 | 111 | 5.3 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 67.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Billy Gambrell | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Prentice Gautt | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Sonny Randle | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Bob Hayes | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 51 | 1 |
| Dan Reeves | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Pete Gent | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mel Renfro | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Cornell Green | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Danny Villanueva | 9 | 399 | 44.3 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Johnny Roland | 4 | 1 | 34 | 8.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 2 | 0 | -1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Mel Renfro | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Shivers | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bryant | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dave Long | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Mel Renfro | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 | |
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