Hart rallies Big Red to give Dallas its first loss

Jim Hart threw two touchdown passes as part of three 4th quarter scores to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 29-28 win over the Dallas Cowboys.

The loss was Dallas' first of the season. 

The Cowboys led 28-10 after Roger Staubach's 47-yard scoring strike to Drew Pearson late in the third quarter.

Hart finished with 8 of 16 for 230 yards and three touchdown passes, including a 68-yard bomb to Mel Gray.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 St. Louis	0	3	7	19	0	29
1977 Dallas	0	14	14	0	0	28

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
2	12:40	1977 Dallas	E.Herrera 46 yd. field goal	3-0 DAN
2	8:41	1977 St. Louis	J.Bakken 34 yd. field goal	3-3 DAN
2	4:58	1977 Dallas	E.Herrera 40 yd. field goal	6-3 DAN
2	0:52	1977 Dallas	A.Kyle 94 yd. intercept (R.Newhouse Run)	14-3 DAN
3	5:53	1977 Dallas	T.Dorsett 3 yd. run (E.Herrera kick)	21-3 DAN
3	2:58	1977 St. Louis	W.Morris 20 yd. pass from J.Hart (J.Bakken kick)	21-10 DAN
3	1:06	1977 Dallas	D.Pearson 47 yd. pass from R.Staubach (E.Herrera kick)	28-10 DAN
4	11:43	1977 St. Louis	J.Otis 5 yd. run (J.Bakken kick)	28-17 DAN
4	4:21	1977 St. Louis	M.Gray 68 yd. pass from J.Hart (Run failed)	28-23 DAN
4	1:30	1977 St. Louis	J.Cain 4 yd. pass from J.Hart (Run failed)	29-28 SLN

Team Statistics
	1977 St. Louis	1977 Dallas
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-7-0-14	7-12-0-19
Third Down Efficiency	1-7-14%	8-20-40%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	3-4-75%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	17-21-81%	7-7-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	343-46-7.5	342-77-4.4
Total Net Yards Rushing	127	115
Total Rushes	28	37
Average Per Rush	4.5	3.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	8/16 (50.0%)	17/38 (44.7%)
Net Yards Passing	216	227
Avg Yards Per Pass	14.4	6.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/14	2/13
Punts/Average	5/37.6	4/41.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/3	4/-7
Kickoffs/Returns	5/126	5/91
Interceptions/Returns	1/0	1/94
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	2/1
Time of Possession	21 mins 39 secs	38 mins 21 secs
Average Drive Start	SLN 29	DAN 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 St. Louis
Jim Hart	16	8	230	50.0	14.4	3	18.8	1	6.3	68	2/14	109.4
1977 Dallas
Roger Staubach	38	17	240	44.7	6.3	1	2.6	1	2.6	47	2/13	63.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 St. Louis
Wayne Morris	12	39	3.3	7	0	0	1/1
Terry Metcalf	8	52	6.5	16	0	0	0/0
Jim Otis	4	6	1.5	5	1	0	0/0
Jerry Latin	2	32	16.0	16	0	0	0/0
Jim Hart	2	-2	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
1977 Dallas
Tony Dorsett	24	89	3.7	19	1	0	1/0
Robert Newhouse	11	18	1.6	5	0	1	0/0
Roger Staubach	2	8	4.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 St. Louis
Mel D. Gray	4	139	34.8	68	1	0
Terry Metcalf	2	67	33.5	58	0	0
Wayne Morris	1	20	20.0	20	1	0
J.V. Cain	1	4	4.0	4	1	0
1977 Dallas
Billy Joe DuPree	4	41	10.3	15	0	0
Preston Pearson	4	34	8.5	16	0	0
Drew Pearson	2	85	42.5	47	1	0
Golden Richards	2	24	12.0	14	0	0
Tony Dorsett	2	22	11.0	14	0	0
Jay Saldi	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Butch Johnson	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Robert Newhouse	1	13	13.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 St. Louis
Jim Bakken	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1977 Dallas
Efren Herrera	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/2	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 St. Louis
Duane Carrell	5	37.6	39.0	0	1	45	0
1977 Dallas
Danny White	4	41.8	36.0	1	1	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 St. Louis
Terry Metcalf	5	126	25.2	28	0
1977 Dallas
Larry Brinson	4	73	18.3	25	0
Butch Johnson	1	18	18.0	18	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 St. Louis
Pat Tilley	1	0	3	3.0	3	0
1977 Dallas
Butch Johnson	4	1	-7	-1.8	0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 St. Louis
Eric D. Williams	9	0	0
Mark Arneson	8	0	0
Mike Sensibaugh	8	0	0
Tim Kearney	7	0	0
Charlie M. Davis	5	2	0
John Zook	4	0	0
Mike Dawson	4	0	0
Ken Reaves	3	0	0
Roger Wehrli	3	0	0
Lee Nelson	2	0	0
Ron Yankowski	1	0	0
Steve Jones	0	0	1
1977 Dallas
Bob Breunig	6	0	1
Thomas Henderson	5	2	0
Aaron Kyle	5	0	0
Ed "Too Tall" Jones	3	0	0
D.D. Lewis	2	0	0
Benny Barnes	2	0	0
Cliff Harris	2	0	0
Jethro Pugh	2	0	0
Randy White	2	0	0
Harvey Martin	2	0	0
Charlie Waters	1	0	0
Jay Saldi	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 St. Louis
Mark Arneson	1	0	0.0	0	0
1977 Dallas
Aaron Kyle	1	94	94.0	94	1