Week 13, 1985

played in Dallas, TX

67 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	14	10	0	0	-	24
Dallas Cowboys	0	0	3	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:24 STL - Steve Watson 17 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
1Q: 03:40 STL - Tony Paige 1 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 14:52 STL - Mardye McDole 19 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 12:38 STL - Benny Ricardo 52 field goal
3Q: 10:55 DAL - Mike Wood 33 field goal
4Q: 11:33 DAL - Mike Wood 30 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:24 STL - Steve Watson 17 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
1Q: 03:40 STL - Tony Paige 1 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 14:52 STL - Mardye McDole 19 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 12:38 STL - Benny Ricardo 52 field goal
3Q: 10:55 DAL - Mike Wood 33 field goal
4Q: 11:33 DAL - Mike Wood 30 field goal

Team Statistics STL DAL
Record 8-4 6-6
First Downs 17 7
- by Rushing 7 2
- by Passing 10 5
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 346 244
- Offensive Plays 68 55
- Yards per Play 5.09 4.44
Net Rushing Yards 117 83
- Rushing Attempts 42 20
- Yards per Rush 2.79 4.15
Net Passing Yards 229 161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 24 - 15 - 0 31 - 12 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 243 186
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 4/25
- Yards per Pass Play 8.81 4.60
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 0/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.9 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/4
Penalties/Yards 5/25 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 4/20 6/46
Kick Returns/Yards 1/11 4/128
Interception Ret./Yards 2/24 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:18 24:42

Team Statistics	STL	DAL
Record	8-4	6-6
First Downs	17	7
- by Rushing	7	2
- by Passing	10	5
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	346	244
- Offensive Plays	68	55
- Yards per Play	5.09	4.44
Net Rushing Yards	117	83
- Rushing Attempts	42	20
- Yards per Rush	2.79	4.15
Net Passing Yards	229	161
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	24 - 15 - 0	31 - 12 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	243	186
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	4/25
- Yards per Pass Play	8.81	4.60
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	0/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.9	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/4
Penalties/Yards	5/25	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	4/20	6/46
Kick Returns/Yards	1/11	4/128
Interception Ret./Yards	2/24	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 28
Time of Possession	35:18	24:42

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:46	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
1	6:35	3:03	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown
1	1:37	1:55	OWN 26	5	74	Touchdown
2	14:01	1:28	OPP 38	3	3	Field Goal
2	8:40	3:49	OWN 3	9	30	Punt
2	3:15	1:16	OWN 45	3	6	Punt
2	1:16	1:16	OWN 22	3	20	Half
3	10:50	2:14	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
3	7:38	1:18	OWN 26	3	7	Punt
3	5:47	3:01	OWN 29	5	11	Punt
3	1:01	1:15	OWN 42	3	1	Punt
4	11:28	1:58	OPP 40	4	5	Missed FG
4	8:36	2:19	OWN 49	3	-1	Punt
4	5:25	2:23	OPP 20	3	1	Missed FG
4	1:00	1:00	OWN 46	4	12	Game

Dallas Cowboys
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:14	2:39	OWN 43	3	-2	Punt
1	3:32	1:55	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	14:42	0:41	OWN 42	1	0	Interception
2	12:33	3:53	OWN 35	5	10	Punt
2	4:51	1:36	OWN 18	3	7	Punt
2	1:59	0:43	OWN 8	2	58	Interception
3	15:00	4:10	OWN 48	6	36	Field Goal
3	8:36	0:58	OWN 30	3	6	Punt
3	6:20	0:33	OWN 31	3	0	Punt
3	2:46	1:45	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
4	14:46	3:18	OWN 20	5	67	Field Goal
4	9:30	0:54	OWN 42	4	9	Downs
4	6:17	0:52	OWN 21	4	-1	Downs
4	3:02	2:02	OWN 26	10	28	Downs

Game MVP: Joe Montana, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Frank Pollard	28	77	2.75	11	1	0
Tony Paige	11	29	2.64	11	1	1
Scott Bull	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Roy Green	1	2	2.00	2	0	0
James Jones	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Gerald Willhite	15	71	4.73	10	1
Eric Lane	4	10	2.50	6	0
Steve Pelleur	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	23	14	230	2/14	2	58	0	123.4
Scott Bull	1	1	13	0/0	0	13	0	118.8

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Pelleur	31	12	186	4/25	0	58	2	32.5

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Steve Watson	4	6	79	19.75	50	40	1
WR Roy Green	3	8	36	12.00	15	18	0
WR Billy Ryckman	2	2	22	11.00	3	13	0
FB James Jones	2	2	64	32.00	54	58	0
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	3	3.00	2	3	0
WR Mardye McDole	1	2	19	19.00	0	19	1
TE Rodney Holman	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Melvin Hoover	1	2	15	15.00	6	15	0

Dallas	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Ricky Sanders	4	12	78	19.50	17	54
TE Keith Krepfle	3	4	32	10.67	3	19
WR Eddie Brown	3	9	68	22.67	0	58
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	4	7	7.00	0	7
RB Gerald Willhite	1	2	1	1.00	0	1

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Ken Woodard	1	22	22.00	0
CB Albert Lewis	1	2	2.00	0

Dallas	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Dallas	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	7	318	45.4	38.9	50	6

Dallas	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Miller	7	289	41.3	38.4	52	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Benny Ricardo	1/3	1/2	1/2	52	3/3

Dallas	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	2/2	0/0	0/0	33	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Ryckman	4	20	5.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nat Moore	5	40	8.0	0
Lam Jones	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Billy Ryckman	1	11	11.0	0

Dallas	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Nat Moore	4	128	32.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Don McNeal	5	1	0.0	13	25
S Chris Williams	5	0	0.0	6	7
DE Keith Ferguson	4	0	1.5	19	25
DT Gary Johnson	4	0	0.0	13	21
ILB Fredd Young	3	2	0.5	18	28
DE Ben Thomas	2	0	1.0	6	15
OLB Mike Woods	2	0	0.0	6	9
S Rick Woods	2	0	0.0	10	21
S Leonard Smith	2	0	0.0	15	32
DE Smiley Creswell	1	0	1.0	5	14
S Rod McSwain	1	3	0.0	13	23
CB Albert Lewis	1	1	0.0	16	26
DT Brad Shearer	1	0	0.0	5	12
CB Wayne Smith	1	0	0.0	14	31
OLB Ken Woodard	1	0	0.0	14	25
DE Shawn Miller	1	0	0.0	14	20
DT Eric Holle	0	1	0.0	13	16
CB Jerry Gray	0	1	0.0	12	24

Dallas	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Donnie Shell	10	3	0.0	35	21
ILB Tom Graves	6	1	0.0	17	2
S Terrance Hoagie	5	3	0.0	35	19
CB Everson Walls	4	1	0.0	34	21
DT Cody Jones	4	0	0.0	24	13
DT Harvey Armstrong	4	0	0.0	21	15
DE Dan Hampton	3	1	1.0	37	19
ILB Dick Ambrose	2	4	0.0	33	23
S Wes Hopkins	2	2	0.0	13	14
OLB Greg Bracelin	2	1	0.0	32	18
CB Steve Brown	2	1	0.0	32	17
CB Jeff Fisher	2	0	0.0	25	20
OLB Robert Lyles	2	0	0.0	14	5
OLB Mario Celotto	1	0	1.0	10	8
S Andre Young	1	1	0.0	7	9
DE Mack Moore	1	1	0.0	31	16
OLB Steve Potter	1	0	0.0	20	10
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	0	---	---	---
DE Jerome Foster	1	0	0.0	15	15
ILB Michael Green	1	0	0.0	6	4
CB Bobby Johnson	1	0	0.0	12	14
WR Ricky Sanders	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Bert Cooper	0	1	0.0	9	3

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Keith Ferguson	1.5	0	3	0	25
DE Ben Thomas	1.0	0	1	0	15
DE Smiley Creswell	1.0	0	0	0	14
ILB Fredd Young	0.5	1	0	0	28
DT Gary Johnson	0.0	1	0	1	21
DE Shawn Miller	0.0	0	2	0	20
DT Brad Shearer	0.0	0	1	0	12
DT Eric Holle	0.0	0	1	0	16

Dallas	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Dan Hampton	1.0	0	2	0	19
OLB Mario Celotto	1.0	0	1	0	8

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Chris Williams	3	0	0	7
CB Don McNeal	2	1	0	25
S Leonard Smith	2	1	0	32
S Rick Woods	2	0	0	21
S Rod McSwain	1	1	0	23
OLB Mike Woods	1	0	0	9
ILB Fredd Young	1	0	0	28
CB Jerry Gray	0	2	0	24
OLB Ken Woodard	0	0	1	25
CB Albert Lewis	0	0	1	26

Dallas	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Everson Walls	3	1	21
S Donnie Shell	2	2	21
S Terrance Hoagie	2	1	19
CB Steve Brown	1	1	17
S Wes Hopkins	1	1	14
ILB Dick Ambrose	1	0	23
ILB Tom Graves	1	0	2
CB Jeff Fisher	1	0	20
S Andre Young	1	0	9
CB Bobby Johnson	1	0	14
OLB Robert Lyles	1	0	5

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Scully	4	11	0	40	0	23
Larry McCarren	4	10	2	35	0	24
Luis Sharpe	2	7	1	35	1	24
Tommie Ginn	2	3	0	7	0	2
James Jones	2	2	1	18	0	7
Leotis Harris	1	4	1	33	0	21
Dennis Lick	0	2	0	34	1	21
Rodney Holman	0	1	0	26	0	12
Tony Paige	0	1	0	24	0	7

Dallas	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Ryczek	2	3	17	0	29
Frank Myers	1	2	13	2	29
John Giesler	1	2	19	0	34
Jim Arneson	0	4	20	0	33
Ron Heller	0	2	15	2	27
Bo Matthews	0	2	11	0	10
Rob Fada	0	2	10	0	9
Phil LaPorta	0	1	6	0	14
Hugh McKinnis	0	1	6	0	10

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Don McNeal	4	31
James Jones	2	14
Tony Paige	1	19
Billy Ryckman	1	17
Larry McCarren	1	10
Wayne Smith	1	4

Dallas	Tackles	STPlays
Michael Green	2	14
Bo Matthews	2	11
Hugh McKinnis	1	15

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Larry McCarren	35	24	---	---	10	69
Don McNeal	---	---	13	25	31	69
John Scully	40	23	---	---	---	63
Joe Montana	36	25	---	---	---	61
Leotis Harris	33	21	---	---	6	60
Luis Sharpe	35	24	---	---	---	59
Dennis Lick	34	21	---	---	---	55
Mardye McDole	13	20	---	---	21	54
Frank Pollard	30	20	---	---	2	52
Roy Green	33	18	---	---	---	51
Tony Paige	24	7	---	---	19	50
Wayne Smith	---	---	14	31	4	49
Leonard Smith	---	---	15	32	2	49
Fredd Young	---	---	18	28	3	49
Keith Ferguson	---	---	19	25	3	47
Rodney Holman	26	12	---	---	8	46
Steve Watson	29	15	---	---	---	44
Rick Woods	---	---	10	21	12	43
Albert Lewis	---	---	16	26	1	43
Ken Woodard	---	---	14	25	2	41
Melvin Hoover	17	15	---	---	8	40
Mark Boyer	15	9	---	---	16	40
James Jones	18	7	---	---	14	39
Jerry Gray	---	---	12	24	3	39
Shawn Miller	---	---	14	20	3	37
Gary Johnson	---	---	13	21	2	36
Rod McSwain	---	---	13	23	---	36
Jeff Davis	---	---	7	9	16	32
Eric Holle	---	---	13	16	1	30
Billy Ryckman	5	7	---	---	17	29
Ben Thomas	---	---	6	15	7	28
Walt Downing	9	5	---	---	10	24
Eric Laakso	8	5	---	---	10	23
Mike Woods	---	---	6	9	8	23
Brad Shearer	---	---	5	12	5	22
Chris Williams	---	---	6	7	8	21
Smiley Creswell	---	---	5	14	1	20
Kelvin Clark	7	2	---	---	10	19
Tommie Ginn	7	2	---	---	4	13
Scott Bull	6	1	---	---	3	10
Bill Ring	0	0	---	---	9	9
Benny Ricardo	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kervin Wyatt	---	---	1	2	3	6
Bruce Collie	2	3	---	---	---	5
Mark Malone	0	0	---	---	---	0

Dallas	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jim Arneson	20	33	---	---	8	61
Dick Ambrose	---	---	33	23	4	60
John Giesler	19	34	---	---	7	60
Donnie Shell	---	---	35	21	3	59
Dan Hampton	---	---	37	19	3	59
Terrance Hoagie	---	---	35	19	4	58
Everson Walls	---	---	34	21	1	56
Dan Ryczek	17	29	---	---	9	55
Jeff Fisher	---	---	25	20	10	55
Steve Pelleur	20	35	---	---	---	55
Greg Bracelin	---	---	32	18	3	53
Steve Brown	---	---	32	17	3	52
Frank Myers	13	29	---	---	9	51
Steve Potter	---	---	20	10	19	49
Mack Moore	---	---	31	16	2	49
Ricky Sanders	16	32	---	---	---	48
Eddie Brown	16	32	---	---	---	48
Keith Krepfle	12	15	---	---	17	44
Harvey Armstrong	---	---	21	15	6	42
Ron Heller	15	27	---	---	---	42
Gerald Willhite	16	25	---	---	---	41
Cody Jones	---	---	24	13	3	40
Wes Hopkins	---	---	13	14	13	40
Eric Lane	4	10	---	---	24	38
Jerome Foster	---	---	15	15	8	38
Preston Gothard	11	21	---	---	6	38
Bobby Johnson	---	---	12	14	10	36
Bo Matthews	11	10	---	---	11	32
Hugh McKinnis	6	10	---	---	15	31
Phil LaPorta	6	14	---	---	9	29
Eugene Goodlow	6	16	---	---	5	27
Tom Graves	---	---	17	2	6	25
Michael Green	---	---	6	4	14	24
Rob Fada	10	9	---	---	3	22
Bert Cooper	---	---	9	3	8	20
Robert Lyles	---	---	14	5	1	20
Mario Celotto	---	---	10	8	1	19
Lam Jones	2	3	---	---	12	17
Andre Young	---	---	7	9	1	17
Nat Moore	0	0	---	---	16	16
Mark Nichols	0	1	---	---	9	10
Jim Miller	0	0	---	---	9	9
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	---	---	3	3
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	2	2
Glenn Carano	0	0	---	---	---	0
Frank Reich	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	37	3.1
Middle	26	76	2.9
Right	3	5	1.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	18	4.5
Middle	9	31	3.4
Right	7	34	4.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	23	14	2	0	0	6	3	0	0
Scott Bull	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Dallas	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Pelleur	31	12	2	0	2	5	8	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	17	17.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	8	116	11.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	110	11.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	1	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	5	29	3.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	3	25	2.1
Long (19+ Yds)	9	3	131	14.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	8	3	36	0	18
WR Steve Watson	6	4	79	1	15
WR Billy Ryckman	2	2	22	0	7
WR Mardye McDole	2	1	19	0	20
WR Melvin Hoover	2	1	15	0	15
FB James Jones	2	2	64	1	7
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	3	0	20
TE Rodney Holman	1	1	5	0	12

Dallas	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ricky Sanders	12	4	1	78	1	32
WR Eddie Brown	9	3	0	68	1	32
TE Keith Krepfle	4	3	0	32	0	15
WR Eugene Goodlow	4	1	1	7	0	16
RB Gerald Willhite	2	1	0	1	0	25

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	6	13	2.17	2.75
Tony Paige	1	1	1.00	2.64

Dallas	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gerald Willhite	1	6	6.00	4.73

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	2	2	36	18.00	10.00

Dallas	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Pelleur	1	1	3	3.00	6.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Steve Watson	1	1	17	17.00	13.17
WR Mardye McDole	1	1	19	19.00	9.50

Dallas	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Keith Krepfle	1	1	3	3.00	8.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	3	1
James Jones	1	0
Tony Paige	1	0

Dallas	Rushes	Conversions
Gerald Willhite	3	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	9	4	3
Scott Bull	1	1	1

Dallas	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Pelleur	9	4	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roy Green	3	0	0
WR Billy Ryckman	2	2	2
WR Steve Watson	2	1	1
WR Mardye McDole	2	1	1
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	0

Dallas	Targ	Catch
WR Ricky Sanders	3	1
WR Eddie Brown	3	2
TE Keith Krepfle	1	1
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	0
RB Gerald Willhite	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,200 (3,300)