NFL game summary for 11/25/1976:

Danny White threw a pass to Benny Barnes on a fake punt, setting up Roger Staubach's four-yard touchdown run with 20 seconds left in the first half to break a 7-7 tie, and the Cowboys stayed in front for the win, widening their lead to two games in the NFC East. Thomas Henderson blocked a fourth quarter punt out of the end zone for a 19-12 advantage over the Cardinals. Jim Hart brought St. Louis back to within five points on a 19-yard pass to Mel Gray with 1:55 left in the game, but a last-second scoring drive died when Hart's fourth down pass to J.V. Cain fell incomplete in the end zone with eight seconds left.

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	160.5  (8)	210.7  (2)	371.3  (2)	31
	DEFENSE	142.3  (16)	154.5  (13)	296.8  (14)	29
Dallas Cowboys	OFFENSE	155.6  (12)	209.9  (4)	365.5  (3)	21
	DEFENSE	125.0  (7)	131.2  (6)	256.2  (4)	22

Line: Cowboys by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (8-4-0)	0	7	0	7	14
Dallas Cowboys (10-2-0)	7	7	0	5	19

( 0- 7) DAL Scott Laidlaw 2 yard pass from Roger Staubach (Efren Herrera kick)
( 7- 7) STL Steve Jones 5 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7-14) DAL Roger Staubach 4 yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)
( 7-17) DAL Efren Herrera 42 yard field goal
( 7-19) DAL Safety, Thomas Henderson blocked punt out of end zone
(14-19) STL Mel Gray 19 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)

                     STL             DAL
First Downs:         24              16
Rushes-yards:        31-128          41-169
Yards/rush:          4.1             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-46-259-2     11-22-126-2
Sacked-yards:        1-10            0-0
Net pass yards:      249             126
Net yards/pass:      5.3             5.7
Total net yards:     377             295
Total plays:         78 (39% run)    63 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             1-1
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     5-59            9-56

Attendance: 62,498

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 20 of 46 for 259 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
DAL: Roger Staubach, 10 of 21 for 83 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Danny White, 1 of 1 for 43 yards

Rushing:
STL: Steve Jones, 8 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Jim Otis, 8 for 24 yards; Wayne Morris, 7 for 35 yards; Terry Metcalf, 6 for 22 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 8 yards; Terry Joyce, 1 for 0 yards
DAL: Preston Pearson, 15 for 48 yards; Scott Laidlaw, 10 for 39 yards; Roger Staubach, 7 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Robert Newhouse, 5 for 18 yards; Doug Dennison, 3 for 9 yards; Billy Joe DuPree, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
STL: Ike Harris, 6 for 113 yards; Mel Gray, 6 for 89 yards and 1 TD; Pat Tilley, 2 for 19 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 11 yards; Terry Metcalf, 2 for 10 yards; J.V. Cain, 1 for 12 yards; Wayne Morris, 1 for 5 yards
DAL: Billy Joe DuPree, 3 for 46 yards; Drew Pearson, 3 for 28 yards; Scott Laidlaw, 3 for 4 yards and 1 TD; Benny Barnes, 1 for 43 yards; Robert Newhouse, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 48 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 20 yards; Wayne Morris, 1 for 19 yards
DAL: Butch Johnson, 3 for 87 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 1 for 26 yards
DAL: Butch Johnson, 2 for 20 yards

Interceptions:
STL: Roger Wehrli, 2 for 31 yards
DAL: Benny Barnes, 1 for 23 yards; Harvey Martin, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
STL: Terry Joyce, 4 for 163 yards
DAL: Danny White, 5 for 183 yards

Field Goals:
DAL: Efren Herrera, 1/2

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