Week 3, 1980

played in Dallas, TX

64 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	3	0	3	14	-	20
Dallas Cowboys	3	7	7	6	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:47 STL - Toni Linhart 37 field goal
1Q: 03:27 DAL - Mike Wood 29 field goal
2Q: 01:55 DAL - Duriel Harris 17 pass from Danny White (Mike Wood extra point)
3Q: 11:28 STL - Toni Linhart 24 field goal
3Q: 05:34 DAL - Irving Merchant 6 pass from Danny White (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 12:11 DAL - Mike Wood 31 field goal
4Q: 06:38 STL - Freddie Scott 11 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)
4Q: 01:59 DAL - Mike Wood 35 field goal
4Q: 00:30 STL - Melvin Wilber 13 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:47 STL - Toni Linhart 37 field goal
1Q: 03:27 DAL - Mike Wood 29 field goal
2Q: 01:55 DAL - Duriel Harris 17 pass from Danny White (Mike Wood extra point)
3Q: 11:28 STL - Toni Linhart 24 field goal
3Q: 05:34 DAL - Irving Merchant 6 pass from Danny White (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 12:11 DAL - Mike Wood 31 field goal
4Q: 06:38 STL - Freddie Scott 11 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)
4Q: 01:59 DAL - Mike Wood 35 field goal
4Q: 00:30 STL - Melvin Wilber 13 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)

Team Statistics STL DAL
Record 1-2 2-1
First Downs 14 23
- by Rushing 3 9
- by Passing 11 10
- by Penalty 0 4
Total Net Yards 307 325
- Offensive Plays 56 67
- Yards per Play 5.48 4.85
Net Rushing Yards 65 165
- Rushing Attempts 14 35
- Yards per Rush 4.64 4.71
Net Passing Yards 242 160
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 24 - 1 31 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 295 166
- Sacks/Yards Lost 8/53 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 5.76 5.00
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.5 6.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/72 2/10
Punt Returns/Yards 2/33 2/19
Kick Returns/Yards 6/171 2/44
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 27
Time of Possession 27:24 32:36

Team Statistics	STL	DAL
Record	1-2	2-1
First Downs	14	23
- by Rushing	3	9
- by Passing	11	10
- by Penalty	0	4
Total Net Yards	307	325
- Offensive Plays	56	67
- Yards per Play	5.48	4.85
Net Rushing Yards	65	165
- Rushing Attempts	14	35
- Yards per Rush	4.64	4.71
Net Passing Yards	242	160
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 24 - 1	31 - 19 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	295	166
- Sacks/Yards Lost	8/53	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	5.76	5.00
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.5	6.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/72	2/10
Punt Returns/Yards	2/33	2/19
Kick Returns/Yards	6/171	2/44
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 27
Time of Possession	27:24	32:36

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:44	3:05	OWN 37	5	43	Field Goal
1	3:22	3:59	OWN 37	6	12	Punt
2	12:46	1:51	OPP 38	3	-8	Punt
2	8:31	3:03	OWN 20	5	8	Punt
2	1:45	1:11	OWN 23	3	3	Punt
3	15:00	3:39	OWN 44	6	49	Field Goal
3	8:07	0:54	OWN 6	2	3	Interception
3	5:26	3:32	OWN 36	6	22	Punt
4	12:03	5:35	OWN 37	10	63	Touchdown
4	1:52	1:29	OWN 47	8	53	Touchdown
4	0:18	0:18	OWN 41	3	34	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:16	OWN 19	3	9	Punt
1	10:39	7:17	OWN 20	14	68	Field Goal
2	14:23	1:37	OWN 3	3	6	Punt
2	10:55	2:24	OWN 29	5	32	Punt
2	5:28	3:43	OWN 19	8	81	Touchdown
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 27	3	14	Half
3	11:21	3:14	OWN 20	6	15	Punt
3	7:13	1:47	OPP 18	4	18	Touchdown
3	1:54	4:51	OWN 20	13	66	Field Goal
4	6:28	4:36	OWN 34	11	48	Field Goal

Game MVP: Dick Ambrose, Dallas Cowboys

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Frank Pollard	12	50	4.17	10	1	0
Sherman Smith	2	15	7.50	12	1	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Mike Pruitt	22	103	4.68	15	1
Mike Strachan	12	57	4.75	10	1
Drew Lincoln	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	34	24	295	8/53	2	45	1	104.4

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Danny White	31	19	166	1/6	2	26	0	96.9

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Roy Green	9	13	120	13.33	45	42	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	5	6	87	17.40	11	34	0
WR Freddie Scott	3	4	55	18.33	25	45	1
TE Al Chandler	2	3	7	3.50	3	5	0
RB Sherman Smith	2	2	1	0.50	0	5	0
WR Melvin Wilber	1	3	13	13.00	0	13	1
WR Larry Dorsey	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	11	11.00	6	11	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Irving Merchant	4	6	40	10.00	0	26	1
WR Duriel Harris	4	7	56	14.00	25	24	1
TE Mike Hawkins	3	4	21	7.00	5	10	0
WR Danny Buggs	3	5	30	10.00	0	22	0
FB Billy Joe Dupree	1	2	6	6.00	1	6	0
WR Fair Hooker	1	2	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
FB Drew Lincoln	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR Ken Bailey	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0
RB Mike Strachan	1	2	9	9.00	4	9	0
RB Mike Pruitt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Dick Ambrose	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Joe Montana	1	0	0	0
Ron Coder	0	1	0	0

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Ike Howard	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	5	226	45.2	37.4	51	2

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Grady Grier	4	193	48.3	35.0	57	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	2/2	0/0	0/0	37	2/2

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	3/3	0/0	0/0	35	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	2	33	16.5	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Buggs	2	19	9.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	4	130	32.5	0
Freddie Scott	2	41	20.5	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Buggs	2	44	22.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Cooney	8	3	0.0	27	29
S Mike Jolly	5	1	0.0	25	16
OLB Sedrick Gourdoux	4	3	0.0	26	23
S Bernie Jackson	3	4	0.0	25	25
S John Sanders	3	3	0.0	23	21
CB Hugh Rodgers	3	2	0.0	17	27
CB Rufus Bess	3	1	0.0	20	19
DT Gary Johnson	3	0	0.0	18	12
DE Elvis Franks	3	0	0.0	16	13
DT Kent Kremer	2	0	1.0	10	16
S Marvin Switzer	2	3	0.0	16	10
DT John Grant	2	1	0.0	28	23
DE Ron Rydalich	2	1	0.0	17	21
S Tony Peters	2	1	0.0	17	14
DE Stan Lewis	2	0	0.0	19	19
CB Wayne Smith	2	0	0.0	25	20
OLB Kervin Wyatt	1	2	0.0	6	7
OLB Marv Kellum	1	0	0.0	17	14
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	0	---	---	---
DT Dave Pear	1	0	0.0	25	20
ILB Richard Wood	1	0	0.0	8	3

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Ed Torrice	5	0	0.0	6	22
S Charlie Waters	4	1	1.0	11	33
S Rick Fontenot	4	0	1.0	9	28
DE Dan Hampton	4	1	0.5	11	30
DT Zack Lang	4	0	0.0	7	17
S Emmanuel Hearron	4	0	0.0	12	27
ILB Dick Ambrose	3	2	2.0	14	33
OLB Pete Cronan	3	1	0.0	11	35
DT Larry Brooks	2	3	2.5	10	34
CB Walter Packer	2	0	0.0	11	30
DE Don Latimer	2	0	0.0	8	24
DE Ike Howard	1	0	1.0	6	21
S C.L. Whittington	1	1	0.0	3	7
S Andrew Ybarra	1	1	0.0	2	11
OLB Harold Kayton	1	0	0.0	2	8
S Scott Perry	1	0	0.0	7	28
OLB Mario Celotto	1	0	0.0	5	9
CB Cliff Harris	0	1	0.0	9	33

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Kent Kremer	1.0	0	0	16
DT Gary Johnson	0.0	1	0	12
DT John Grant	0.0	0	1	23
DE Ron Rydalich	0.0	0	1	21
DE Stan Lewis	0.0	0	1	19
DT Dave Pear	0.0	0	1	20

Dallas	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Larry Brooks	2.5	1	3	34
ILB Dick Ambrose	2.0	0	0	33
DE Ike Howard	1.0	1	0	21
S Charlie Waters	1.0	0	0	33
S Rick Fontenot	1.0	0	0	28
DE Dan Hampton	0.5	1	0	30
S Scott Perry	0.0	1	0	28
DE Don Latimer	0.0	1	0	24
DE Ken Sanders	0.0	0	2	29

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Sedrick Gourdoux	4	0	23
CB Hugh Rodgers	3	0	27
ILB Mark Cooney	2	0	29
CB Rufus Bess	2	0	19
S Mike Jolly	1	1	16
S Bernie Jackson	1	0	25
DE Ron Rydalich	1	0	21
S John Sanders	1	0	21
S Tony Peters	1	0	14
S Marvin Switzer	1	0	10
DE Elvis Franks	1	0	13
CB Wayne Smith	1	0	20

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Ed Torrice	5	0	0	22
S Charlie Waters	4	0	0	33
S Rick Fontenot	3	0	0	28
S Emmanuel Hearron	2	0	0	27
OLB Pete Cronan	2	0	0	35
S Scott Perry	1	1	0	28
ILB Dick Ambrose	1	0	1	33
S C.L. Whittington	1	0	0	7
OLB Harold Kayton	1	0	0	8
S Andrew Ybarra	1	0	0	11
CB Walter Packer	1	0	0	30
OLB Mario Celotto	1	0	0	9
DE Dan Hampton	1	0	0	30

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Larry McCarren	2	5	1	13	0	39
Ron Mikolajczyk	1	4	0	12	0	31
Aaron Meyer	1	2	0	11	4	34
Dan Dierdorf	0	3	0	14	1	41
Jim Pietrzak	0	0	0	3	2	9
Ed Fisher	0	0	0	13	1	40

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Forrest Blue	7	10	2	35	1	32
Paul Howard	3	4	1	18	0	9
Ed Fulton	2	3	0	25	0	28
Rayfield Wright	1	7	0	35	0	30
John Giesler	1	5	0	24	0	25
Chris Daniels	1	2	0	27	0	25
Billy Joe Dupree	1	1	0	29	0	19
Drew Lincoln	1	1	0	19	0	17
Alfred Zerillo	1	1	0	11	0	9
Mike Hawkins	0	1	0	6	0	13

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Freddie Scott	1	15
Billy Taylor	1	10
Al Chandler	1	8
Ron Coder	1	7

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Tom Graves	3	21
Mike Strachan	2	23
Chuck Naretta	1	18
Irving Merchant	1	16
Rick Fontenot	1	14

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernie Jackson	---	---	25	25	14	64
Mark Cooney	---	---	27	29	4	60
Mike Jolly	---	---	25	16	19	60
Joe Montana	14	42	---	---	---	56
Dan Dierdorf	14	41	---	---	---	55
Larry McCarren	13	39	---	---	3	55
John Grant	---	---	28	23	3	54
Ed Fisher	13	40	---	---	---	53
Sedrick Gourdoux	---	---	26	23	4	53
Freddie Scott	11	26	---	---	15	52
Roy Green	11	35	---	---	6	52
Marv Kellum	---	---	17	14	18	49
Ron Mikolajczyk	12	31	---	---	6	49
Wayne Smith	---	---	25	20	4	49
Dave Pear	---	---	25	20	3	48
John Sanders	---	---	23	21	3	47
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	17	27	2	46
Aaron Meyer	11	34	---	---	---	45
Alfred Jenkins	12	31	---	---	---	43
Al Chandler	6	28	---	---	8	42
Stan Lewis	---	---	19	19	4	42
Tony Peters	---	---	17	14	11	42
Ron Rydalich	---	---	17	21	3	41
Rufus Bess	---	---	20	19	2	41
Frank Pollard	12	28	---	---	---	40
Marvin Switzer	---	---	16	10	11	37
Elvis Franks	---	---	16	13	4	33
Gary Johnson	---	---	18	12	2	32
Brooks Williams	5	10	---	---	17	32
Sherman Smith	2	7	---	---	21	30
Kent Kremer	---	---	10	16	1	27
Roosevelt Leaks	5	12	---	---	7	24
Billy Taylor	1	10	---	---	10	21
Melvin Wilber	4	16	---	---	---	20
Walt Downing	2	11	---	---	7	20
Jim Pietrzak	3	9	---	---	7	19
Randy Love	1	5	---	---	13	19
Richard Wood	---	---	8	3	7	18
Larry Dorsey	0	2	---	---	13	15
Kervin Wyatt	---	---	6	7	1	14
Ron Coder	1	2	---	---	7	10
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tommie Ginn	1	3	---	---	1	5
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Forrest Blue	35	32	---	---	6	73
Danny White	35	32	---	---	---	67
Rayfield Wright	35	30	---	---	---	65
Chris Daniels	27	25	---	---	7	59
Ed Fulton	25	28	---	---	3	56
Mike Strachan	13	19	---	---	23	55
Billy Joe Dupree	29	19	---	---	6	54
Rick Fontenot	---	---	9	28	14	51
Duriel Harris	30	20	---	---	---	50
Walter Packer	---	---	11	30	9	50
Dick Ambrose	---	---	14	33	2	49
Danny Buggs	20	19	---	---	10	49
Pete Cronan	---	---	11	35	3	49
John Giesler	24	25	---	---	---	49
Larry Brooks	---	---	10	34	2	46
Charlie Waters	---	---	11	33	2	46
Cliff Harris	---	---	9	33	3	45
Dan Hampton	---	---	11	30	2	43
Ken Sanders	---	---	10	29	3	42
Drew Lincoln	19	17	---	---	6	42
Emmanuel Hearron	---	---	12	27	3	42
Irving Merchant	15	10	---	---	16	41
Ed Torrice	---	---	6	22	11	39
Mike Pruitt	23	15	---	---	---	38
Scott Perry	---	---	7	28	1	36
Mario Celotto	---	---	5	9	20	34
Don Latimer	---	---	8	24	2	34
Ike Howard	---	---	6	21	6	33
Paul Howard	18	9	---	---	4	31
Mike Hawkins	6	13	---	---	10	29
Alfred Zerillo	11	9	---	---	7	27
Zack Lang	---	---	7	17	3	27
Fair Hooker	10	14	---	---	---	24
Tom Graves	---	---	0	3	21	24
Elvis Peacock	9	10	---	---	2	21
Ken Bailey	1	4	---	---	14	19
Chuck Naretta	0	0	---	---	18	18
C.L. Whittington	---	---	3	7	7	17
Harold Kayton	---	---	2	8	6	16
Andrew Ybarra	---	---	2	11	---	13
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	9	9
Grady Grier	0	0	---	---	7	7
Skip Lewis	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kent Uribe	0	2	---	---	---	2
Pat Haden	0	0	---	---	---	0
Glenn Carano	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	7	3.5
Middle	7	30	4.3
Right	5	28	5.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	37	3.7
Middle	18	87	4.8
Right	7	41	5.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	34	24	6	1	1	1	5	5	1

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Danny White	31	19	3	0	6	1	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	9	1.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	82	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	55	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	7	5	149	21.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	10	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	11	76	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	32	6.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	48	12.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	13	9	0	120	3	35
WR Alfred Jenkins	6	5	0	87	2	31
WR Freddie Scott	4	3	0	55	1	26
TE Al Chandler	3	2	1	7	0	28
WR Melvin Wilber	3	1	0	13	0	16
RB Sherman Smith	2	2	0	1	0	7
WR Larry Dorsey	1	1	0	1	0	2
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	0	11	0	28

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Duriel Harris	7	4	2	56	1	20
WR Irving Merchant	6	4	1	40	1	10
WR Danny Buggs	5	3	2	30	1	19
TE Mike Hawkins	4	3	0	21	0	13
FB Billy Joe Dupree	2	1	0	6	0	19
WR Fair Hooker	2	1	0	-1	0	14
RB Mike Strachan	2	1	0	9	0	19
FB Drew Lincoln	1	1	0	-1	0	17
WR Ken Bailey	1	1	0	6	0	4
RB Mike Pruitt	1	0	1	0	0	15

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	2	8	4.00	4.17

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Mike Pruitt	4	11	2.75	4.68
Mike Strachan	3	8	2.67	4.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	7	5	54	7.71	8.68

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Danny White	7	3	22	3.14	5.35

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roy Green	2	1	8	4.00	9.23
WR Freddie Scott	1	1	11	11.00	13.75
WR Melvin Wilber	1	1	13	13.00	4.33
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	17	17.00	14.50
RB Sherman Smith	1	1	5	5.00	0.50

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Duriel Harris	3	1	17	5.67	8.00
TE Mike Hawkins	1	0	0	0.00	5.25
FB Drew Lincoln	1	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
WR Irving Merchant	1	1	6	6.00	6.67
RB Mike Strachan	1	0	0	0.00	4.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	3	1

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Mike Strachan	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	8	6	5

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Danny White	8	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roy Green	3	2	2
WR Freddie Scott	2	2	2
WR Melvin Wilber	1	0	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	1
RB Sherman Smith	1	1	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Mike Hawkins	2	2	2
WR Irving Merchant	2	1	0
WR Danny Buggs	2	2	1
RB Mike Strachan	1	0	0
WR Duriel Harris	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,300 (21,400)
End Zone 14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,300 (21,400)
End Zone	14,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,900 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (3,300)