NFL game summary for 11/03/1974:

The Cowboys, who suffered three of their four losses when opponents, including the Cardinals, kicked winning field goals in the final seconds, turned the tables as rookie Efren Herrera kicked a 20-yard field goal with four seconds remaining to hand St. Louis its first loss of the season. Dallas marched 68 yards to St. Louis' 3-yard line to set up the winning three-pointer.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	165.6  (7)	156.0  (11)	321.6  (8)	7
	DEFENSE	124.4  (9)	199.6  (25)	324.0  (23)	13
Dallas Cowboys	OFFENSE	172.1  (2)	190.1  (4)	362.3  (1)	18
	DEFENSE	100.3  (2)	165.0  (17)	265.3  (8)	16

Line: Cowboys by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (7-1-0)	7	0	7	0	14
Dallas Cowboys (4-4-0)	0	7	0	10	17

( 7- 0) STL Jackie Smith 19 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7- 7) DAL Robert Newhouse 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
(14- 7) STL Mel Gray 10 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(14-14) DAL Calvin Hill 2 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
(14-17) DAL Efren Herrera 20 yard field goal

                     STL             DAL
First Downs:         19              22
Rushes-yards:        33-134          34-132
Yards/rush:          4.1             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-28-116-0     15-27-154-0
Sacked-yards:        3-34            2-8
Net pass yards:      82              146
Net yards/pass:      2.6             5.0
Total net yards:     216             278
Total plays:         64 (51% run)    63 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          3.4             4.4
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               0
Penalties-yards:     9-62            8-69

Attendance: 64,146

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 11 of 28 for 116 yards and 2 TDs
DAL: Roger Staubach, 15 of 27 for 154 yards

Rushing:
STL: Jim Otis, 17 for 69 yards; Donny Anderson, 11 for 28 yards; Terry Metcalf, 5 for 37 yards
DAL: Calvin Hill, 14 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Walt Garrison, 10 for 52 yards; Roger Staubach, 6 for 29 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 2 yards and 1 TD; Les Strayhorn, 1 for 2 yards; Charley Young, 1 for 1 yard; Golden Richards, 1 for -5 yards

Receiving:
STL: Mel Gray, 3 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Jackie Smith, 3 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Earl Thomas, 2 for -2 yards; J.V. Cain, 1 for 13 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 12 yards; Terry Metcalf, 1 for 5 yards
DAL: Drew Pearson, 4 for 61 yards; Golden Richards, 4 for 60 yards; Walt Garrison, 3 for 18 yards; Robert Newhouse, 2 for 7 yards; Billy Joe DuPree, 1 for 5 yards; Charley Young, 1 for 3 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Gary Hammond, 3 for 75 yards; Eddie Moss, 1 for 21 yards
DAL: Doug Dennison, 1 for 21 yards; Les Strayhorn, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Gary Hammond, 2 for 14 yards
DAL: Golden Richards, 4 for 27 yards; Cliff Harris, 3 for 25 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
STL: Hal Roberts, 8 for 305 yards
DAL: Duane Carrell, 8 for 328 yards

Field Goals:
DAL: Efren Herrera, 1/1

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