Dallas Cowboys @ St. Louis Cardinals - 1.Half ( 1977 Week 04 )
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00:00:00run from scrimmage in Dallas history and Efren Herrera will start it with 1149 to go and the
00:00:06Cardinals have a chance it's Metcalf to the 35 and dragged down from behind Aaron Kyle was up in front
00:00:14Scott Laidlaw number 35 got him from behind and if you wonder how a run like Tony Dorsett
00:00:20just made occurs look at the center blocking on Tim Carney and then a missed tackle in the car
00:00:27the Cardinals have had trouble with that all year they just haven't been tackling well
00:00:30but Fitzgerald on the picture on the play as well Alex and there's a penalty going against
00:00:37the Cardinals well so that's exactly why they drafted Anthony Dorsett was the for runs like
00:00:43that the Cardinals have never had an explosive back like that in the history of that team not
00:00:47like him well it's a clipping penalty against the Cardinals they put it in play first in 10
00:00:55on their own 15
00:01:02so it is first and 10 from the Cardinal 15 final score Minnesota 14 Detroit 7 so all you folks who
00:01:09saw that ball game pull up a chair and join us we've got a dandy Wayne Morris with Terry Metcalf
00:01:15out in front trying to block and he was trying to block D.D. Lewis and couldn't quite do it
00:01:20and of course that's the score right here 10-10 and don't go away it's still happening
00:01:26take your shoes off and let these boys do the rolling around St. Louis Stadium
00:01:30it's 10-10 the Cowboys had a field goal from Herrera the Cardinals had a field goal from
00:01:36Bakken and a 62-yard touchdown run by Terry Metcalf and you can know that number 17 Jim
00:01:42Hart is not going to sit on a tie no I can't say a lead second and five from the 20.
00:01:52In motion comes Wayne Morris
00:01:55there goes Metcalf he's behind Roger Finney and he got out to the 25.
00:02:00Remember it was Roger Finney who threw the key block that opened up that 62-yard run by Metcalf
00:02:06and they're working on that Dallas left side Jethro Pugh and Ed Jones chiefly not singing
00:02:11in disrespect to them but brother Conrad Dobler and Dan Deardorff are two of the best
00:02:15they're running behind their blocks at the point of attack Terry Metcalf coming out for
00:02:20a well-deserved breather Jerry Lattin comes in to take over for him number 32
00:02:28Lattin can run he had a 57-yard touchdown run against Detroit last year
00:02:36first and 10 from the 25.
00:02:39Wayne Morris surviving a very high tackle by Bob Brunig number 53 who almost took his head off
00:02:45he is a exceptionally strong runner they say a bench press is about 360 pounds that he can
00:02:50really get it on yeah Brunig number 53 plays the guitar and I think there were a few notes
00:02:56heard just then in Wayne Morris's head. Brunig has come along well though he really has his
00:03:01development replacing Leroy Jordan has been remarkable.
00:03:04Second and seven from the Cardinal 28.
00:03:15They swing a little to Morris he's got Dobler in front of him and he gets across the 40-yard
00:03:20line and goes out of bounds Dobler was throwing the block at Bob Brunig
00:03:25and cleared him out of there so this time Brunig had somebody his size and he was taken away.
00:03:31Brunig had somebody his size and he was taken away.
00:03:34Dallas had a stun on that time Larry Cole in the game you see Ed Tuttle Jones caught inside
00:03:38that's going to knock off some of the pursuit that might otherwise have been in that area
00:03:42good block downfield anytime you see a run of any distance you're going to see those receivers
00:03:46blocking downfield there's another one there run out of bounds by Bill Gregory over there.
00:03:52So first and 10 on the Cardinal 43-yard line remember they started on their own 15 because
00:03:58of the penalty Hart with his backs hanging close goes deep down the left side and it's
00:04:09intercepted and dropped.
00:04:11Cliff Harris had both hands on the ball a pass intended for Mel Gray.
00:04:15Harris and Kyle were there and Cliff had both meat hooks on it.
00:04:20Let's kind of take a look in at Conrad Dobler because he might have been the
00:04:23person guilty of holding if that is the call.
00:04:26Oh we're getting there we got Mel Gray he's got oh Kyle's got the the coverage on him
00:04:32with the help over there with Cliff Harris.
00:04:35Usually Cliff would make that interception he's got two this year.
00:04:39So the penalty let's read it offense 66 holding.
00:04:44I can't believe it.
00:04:46Would you believe Conrad Dobler holding?
00:04:49That's my main man Conrad they caught him again.
00:04:52Oh brother he's got a lot of publicity and he says it's going against him now the officials
00:04:56are looking for him and built a reputation.
00:04:58He's a scrambler that guy was released one time he said that's a lonely feeling being
00:05:02on waivers I'm gonna do anything in my power to keep from ever being again.
00:05:05Can't blame him for that first and 20 from the Cardinal 33.
00:05:11Hard on a draw to Wayne Morris and down he goes the first guy to hit him big number 56
00:05:18Thomas Henderson who's a super athlete and down he went.
00:05:23A reminder starting tomorrow night Logan's Run takes you to the outer reaches of the
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00:05:35Alex Hawkins have you ever had mind-bending adventures?
00:05:38Not since last night.
00:05:41Jerry Metcalf and Jerry Lattin in and out of the lineup and right now Metcalf is back in there.
00:05:49Second and 18 from the 35.
00:05:56And Hart under heavy pressure gets it away broken up and broken up indeed by Benny Barnes
00:06:02who just got a hand in front of Mel Gray.
00:06:06Big big rush there by Harvey Martin just about the same.
00:06:11Let's see if we can see it in the picture this time look at the top right part of your
00:06:14screen you see the big rush coming in from the outside.
00:06:16The reason there's a big rush offside Dallas just now.
00:06:20I got you I got you Jim Hart should no way thrown that ball the coverage was there he
00:06:24tried to force it.
00:06:27As we say that's not his long suit is throwing on the run or scrambling at all he needs to
00:06:31stay in that defense 77 offside.
00:06:36That would be big Bill Gregory.
00:06:39So Jim Hart with second and 13 from the 40 when we find out that Washington leading
00:06:45Tampa Bay 10 nothing but it comes tough against them.
00:06:48There went my upset of the week I thought maybe Tampa could but they haven't scored
00:06:52but one touchdown this year and the defenses are yeah the defense scored that having trouble
00:06:57with their offense down there in Tampa.
00:06:59Second and 13 for Jim Hart and the Cardinals on their own 40-yard line Gray is left Harris
00:07:04is right.
00:07:05The backs both stay in and he goes for the bomb intended for gray touchdown.
00:07:16He beat Mel Renfro.
00:07:20There's a fight on the field.
00:07:22We have got some action.
00:07:25It is Harvey Martin being restrained and down at the bottom there is even more.
00:07:31As they get up Conrad Dobler was at the bottom is at the bottom of everything with Jim Hart
00:07:37Mel Gray from Mel Renfro.
00:07:41I'm telling you when those two team up they can make things happen in a hurry.
00:07:43That's his first touchdown pass of the year and that's one of the reasons the Cardinals
00:07:47haven't been very effective on offense.
00:07:50Mel Gray can make the big play for you see the big rush there the ball look at the adjustment
00:07:55he makes on the ball he was looking over his other shoulder turn and looked over his left
00:07:58shoulder and made the reception on a perfectly thrown pass.
00:08:02And for Mel Renfro 14 years in the big leagues he had his nose in the rug as Mel Gray carried
00:08:08it in.
00:08:09So the Cardinals come roaring back and it is 16 to 10 St. Louis Jim Bakken will try
00:08:15to make it 17.
00:08:21Boy they really got a mix up there everybody watching Gray dance in the end zone and there
00:08:25was Dobler Hart Harvey Martin they were really going at it.
00:08:28Now that's going to give that Cardinal defense a lift too because they expect the Cardinals
00:08:32they've got the material to score a lot of points they haven't been doing it this year
00:08:35that's going to give that defense make them play a whole lot harder.
00:08:38That was a 60 yard touchdown pass to Mel Gray and now Bakken trying to add one to it it's
00:08:47up it's good.
00:08:51Oh don't go wandering away we got nine minutes and three seconds to go in the second quarter
00:08:57the Cardinals 17 and the Cowboys 10.
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00:10:11It took six plays.
00:10:1285 yards.
00:10:13The capper the 60 yard touchdown pass to Mel Gray.
00:10:16And the Cardinals are leading Dallas 17 to 10.
00:10:20And Jim Bakken kicking off Larry Brinson and Butch Johnson.
00:10:24The twin safeties for Dallas.
00:10:26Bakken hits a knuckleball to the left side.
00:10:29Butch Johnson at the 10.
00:10:31He has Salde and Brinson in front of him.
00:10:33And too many Cardinals.
00:10:36And some more bad blood now.
00:10:37That's Mike Hegman.
00:10:39And Hedgman was angry.
00:10:41And he is being restrained by Williams.
00:10:44And away they go.
00:10:46Boys are a little angry this early in the day.
00:10:49Don't forget the CBS Sports Spectacular.
00:10:51Next Saturday at 4 30 p.m. Eastern.
00:10:54Among other things, highlights of the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
00:10:58Then the Chunichi Cup.
00:11:00And cap that off with the world's strongest men.
00:11:04That's next Saturday 4 30 p.m. Eastern.
00:11:06But we got some pretty strong men here.
00:11:09Cardinals trying to throw Cowboys, vice versa, all over the turf at Bush Memorial Stadium.
00:11:14You've got some emotion out there today.
00:11:16There's no tomorrow for the Cardinals.
00:11:17It's early in the season to consider themselves out if they should lose today.
00:11:22But brother, they don't want to be 1 and 3.
00:11:25What was it?
00:11:26Two years ago they started 2 and 2 though.
00:11:28And they won about nine straight games.
00:11:29They were 9 out of 10 or something like that.
00:11:31Well, here comes Dallas now.
00:11:33First and 10 on their own 25-yard line.
00:11:35Trailing by a touchdown.
00:11:37On a play-action fake to Dorsett.
00:11:39Staubach throws to the left side to Robert Newhouse.
00:11:42Mark Arneson refuses to let go of those big thighs and brings him down.
00:11:47Mark Arneson been used to playing in that middle.
00:11:49And they moved him to the outside.
00:11:50And he made a transition rather easily.
00:11:54His younger brother played for Dallas.
00:11:57So it runs in the family.
00:11:59Is that right?
00:12:00Yeah.
00:12:00I did not know that.
00:12:05Second down and 2 from the 33.
00:12:07A pickup of 8 on that play.
00:12:10So Staubach in a big chunk starts to get his ball club moving.
00:12:14And Dorsett is the deep man behind Newhouse.
00:12:18And Dorsett with Newhouse blocking Worley.
00:12:20And Worley still couldn't make it but there's a flag.
00:12:24Newhouse threw a block at Roger Worley.
00:12:28Worley pushed him aside and then the flag.
00:12:30We'll have to take another look.
00:12:31I want to see what Worley was doing on that side of the field.
00:12:34He plays the defensive right corner.
00:12:35I guess they went in.
00:12:36I didn't see the formation that time.
00:12:39Well, they got here.
00:12:42Just playing over holding.
00:12:44Let's see if it's holding Newhouse on Worley.
00:12:47There's Kenny Reeves.
00:12:51Defensive captain for the Cardinals.
00:12:52Ron Yankowski.
00:12:54Drafted fairly high 4, 6, 8 years ago.
00:12:577 years ago.
00:13:0117 to 10 Cardinals.
00:13:028 minutes and 9 seconds to go in the second quarter.
00:13:06This penalty will be marched off against Dallas.
00:13:08They had 2nd and 2.
00:13:1744.
00:13:1944.
00:13:21You had it, Newhouse.
00:13:22You were right.
00:13:2344.
00:13:24So it was Robert Newhouse and trying to block off Roger Worley.
00:13:28And Newhouse was guilty of holding.
00:13:30So that's a big call of 10.
00:13:32That makes it 2nd and 12.
00:13:33The ball is back on the Dallas 23-yard line.
00:13:39Drew Pearson wide right.
00:13:41Golden Richards wide left.
00:13:43Dorsett is in there with Newhouse and the backs are split.
00:13:48Tight end on the right side.
00:13:50Starbuck looking for Newhouse but then throws down the left side.
00:13:53And it's complete to Drew Pearson.
00:13:56And Lee Nelson pushes him out of bounds.
00:13:58What a beautifully run route that time.
00:14:00That's exactly the way they teach it.
00:14:02He went downfield about 15, 18 yards and then came back for the football.
00:14:06Watches Roger Stalbeck.
00:14:07Makes a perfect throw in a very disciplined pattern by a very disciplined receiver.
00:14:12Look how he came back at it.
00:14:13Kept both feet inbounds.
00:14:14That's a good job.
00:14:15Lee Nelson bumped him out.
00:14:16And if Newhouse had stayed down in his area, he would have been wide open as well.
00:14:20It really did.
00:14:21He can't catch so.
00:14:22Newhouse is not.
00:14:23There they are.
00:14:24There they are.
00:14:24The Wild Bunch.
00:14:25That's Roger Finney, number 60.
00:14:27Tom Banks, number 54.
00:14:30Dan Dierdorf, number 72.
00:14:31And number 72, I think in my mind, is the best tackle in football.
00:14:361st and 10 on the Dallas 35.
00:14:39Dorsett on a play-action fake to Dorsett.
00:14:42Starbuck under some heat.
00:14:44Gets it off to Newhouse, who stumbles across the 35.
00:14:48Goes down at the 40.
00:14:49Billy Joe Dupree was trying to take Sensabaugh apart.
00:14:55And you see a little heat on Roger Starbuck.
00:14:57Had a little blitz going that time.
00:14:59Let's see if we can pick it up over here.
00:15:00Number 53, Steve Neils going inside.
00:15:02Ian Jankowski outside.
00:15:05When they blitz, the linebacker inside.
00:15:07There you see.
00:15:07There's Steve Neils.
00:15:09That defensive end will maintain an outside position.
00:15:12Hold him in that pocket.
00:15:15Oh, that was...
00:15:17No, that was corny, wasn't it?
00:15:20Well, they had two blitzes that time.
00:15:222nd and 5 from the 40-yard line of Dallas.
00:15:31Starbuck to Dorsett at the 40-yard line.
00:15:34And Dorsett tied up by Neils.
00:15:36Belted by Mike Dawson.
00:15:38Neils did a little dance step to keep Dorsett in place.
00:15:42And then Dawson erased him.
00:15:43Dawson's going to be a good football player.
00:15:45Number one draft choice.
00:15:46Let's look in on Tony Dorsett.
00:15:50No place to go.
00:15:52Catches it nicely in his hands.
00:15:54Good job there by Steve Neils.
00:15:56Bringing him back into the pursuit of Mike Dawson.
00:16:00Boy, Mike Dawson knocked his accent off there with that Dorsett.
00:16:05He knocked a syllable into foul territory.
00:16:08Drop him like a bad habit, buddy.
00:16:103rd and 1 on the Dallas 44.
00:16:13Dorsett and Newhouse back at Starbuck.
00:16:16Pearson on the wing.
00:16:17Here comes Dorsett.
00:16:19And he carries it out across the 50.
00:16:21Roger Worley came up to meet him along with Tim Carney.
00:16:24And Dorsett, with great power leg action, just drove it across the midfield stripe.
00:16:30Final score, Baltimore 45, Miami 28.
00:16:35Burt Jones throwing three touchdown passes in that game that I see right here.
00:16:39A shocker.
00:16:39Yes, sir.
00:16:40That one really did come as a surprise.
00:16:42As we mentioned here, Bradshaw was hurt in that game.
00:16:44And I hope nothing serious.
00:16:45But they took him for x-rays at the hospital, as I report.
00:16:501st and 10 from the 50.
00:16:535 minutes and 50 seconds to go in the second quarter.
00:16:5517 to 10, Cardinals.
00:16:57Starbuck down the right side.
00:16:59Intended for Drew Pearson.
00:17:00No good.
00:17:01Lee Nelson right there.
00:17:04Well, he's been mentioned a few times today.
00:17:08Coming right at you.
00:17:09As I'll be.
00:17:09Here we go.
00:17:10Roger in his pocket.
00:17:14Just absolutely thrown perfectly there.
00:17:17Not much of an effort there for some reason.
00:17:19But Drew Pearson, he's a better receiver than that.
00:17:27So it's 2nd and 10.
00:17:28The ball on the 50-yard line.
00:17:30Dorsett and Newhouse.
00:17:31Drew Pearson, wide right.
00:17:33Golden Richards in a slot to free the tight end on the left side.
00:17:382nd and 10.
00:17:40Newhouse staying in the block.
00:17:42He can't do it.
00:17:44John Zook came in and took his head off.
00:17:47Yes, sir.
00:17:48Number 63, John Zook out of Kansas.
00:17:52Ah, he's been out most of the year with some injuries.
00:17:54This is the first week he's been healthy enough to play.
00:17:57John Zook, oh, he's going to help that Cardinal team.
00:18:00He's a big pass rusher.
00:18:01And they certainly need that.
00:18:02Look at him coming around the outside.
00:18:04Roger never saw him, but he felt it.
00:18:07John Zook, they got him in the pocket.
00:18:09John Zook, they got him in a trade.
00:18:10Number one draft choice, I guess two years ago, was it?
00:18:13Yeah, the Atlanta trade with Greg Kendall.
00:18:16That's right.
00:18:18Tim Carney out now in that nickel defense.
00:18:21Jeff Severson comes in.
00:18:22The ball on the 39-yard line of Dallas.
00:18:253rd and 21.
00:18:26So Roger took his lumps on that play.
00:18:30There you see the third down efficiency.
00:18:32Dupre is loosened off the tight end spot.
00:18:36Pearson on the left.
00:18:38Butch Johnson on the right.
00:18:40And Starbuck looking and running to the left side to Pearson,
00:18:43who is touched by Worley and then goes down.
00:18:47Roger Worley was unable to keep him,
00:18:49but he got a couple of teammates to come over to make sure he wouldn't get away.
00:18:53And whoa, look at here.
00:18:54That's Dawson pointing to Drew Pearson saying, you and me.
00:19:00A mismatch.
00:19:01By the way, Mike Dawson is 6'4", 274.
00:19:05When he says you and me, you don't answer.
00:19:08Pearson didn't look like he wanted to pursue that.
00:19:10Don't forget the CBS Sports Spectacular.
00:19:13The entire running of the 59th $300,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup race
00:19:18will be on the CBS Sports Spectacular next Saturday at 4.30 p.m.
00:19:234th and 9 from the 49-yard line.
00:19:25Metcalf all alone on his 10.
00:19:28Danny White kicking from the 40.
00:19:30And he got a good one over to the left side to Metcalf on his 5.
00:19:36Chased by Randy White and buried at the last moment by Stahls at the 15.
00:19:43Good coverage by that putting team, the Dallas Cowboys.
00:19:46Stahls almost took Metcalf's entire jersey off after Randy White first grabbed him.
00:19:55David Stahls, who finally brought him down, by the way, is a rookie.
00:19:58And that's a little news in that defensive front side,
00:20:01but not so much on the special team.
00:20:03How many did they have this year?
00:20:04Cowboys, 8 or 9, something like that.
00:20:06Every year, 8 or 9, 10 rookies make that ball club.
00:20:10They turn them over, bro.
00:20:11They only have three on the defense.
00:20:141st and 10 on the Cardinal 14-yard line.
00:20:22Too many blues over there.
00:20:25Bob Bruning leading the charge.
00:20:28Bruning, of course, number 53 for Dallas,
00:20:31had to really fill a big pair of shoes as we see halftime.
00:20:33Atlanta, San Francisco, no score.
00:20:36Bob Bruning, a three-year man out of Arizona State,
00:20:39all he is doing is replacing Leroy Jordan.
00:20:42Oh, brother, that's hard enough in itself.
00:20:44Leroy told me this last year, he said,
00:20:45I got a rookie behind me.
00:20:46If I don't play the best football I've ever played in my life,
00:20:48I'm not going to last a season.
00:20:50He said, Bruning will move me out of it.
00:20:51Well, we're seeing him now.
00:20:522nd and 6 from the 18-yard line.
00:20:56Hart giving it to Wayne Morris.
00:20:58Metcalf tried to block for him,
00:20:59but he couldn't quite take D.D. Lewis out of there,
00:21:02and Aaron Kyle came up and made the hit.
00:21:06Now, you hear a lot more about other linebackers
00:21:08when you do D.D. Lewis,
00:21:09but he's just as good as anybody who plays that game.
00:21:12Been around Dallas for about nine years now.
00:21:15Give you an idea of Terry Metcalf's role.
00:21:17He is 5'10", 185-pounder,
00:21:20and he was trying to clear D.D. Lewis out of the way.
00:21:236'1", and 2'15".
00:21:24That's a tough assignment.
00:21:26He's a great competitor.
00:21:27He'll do anything that you ask him to do.
00:21:29He really is that.
00:21:313rd and 6 from the 18,
00:21:33and now let's see Hart's big play.
00:21:36Gray is right.
00:21:39Harris left.
00:21:42And it'll be Metcalf, of course, on a big play.
00:21:46It'll be something else as he runs across the 25-yard line.
00:21:51Oh, look at this.
00:21:52Everybody's fighting.
00:21:53Herrera's in on the action now.
00:21:54He and Metcalf are struggling.
00:21:56Get out of town.
00:21:57What is this?
00:21:57I think there's got to be a clip, however, against the Cardinals.
00:22:01The play unfolded too well.
00:22:02Oh, good block by Conrad Dobler.
00:22:04Hate to see that happen to him.
00:22:07He really got out there and cleared it away.
00:22:08That Metcalf, he just keeps you on the edge of your seat, doesn't he?
00:22:12We have two minutes and 41 seconds to go to the half.
00:22:15The Cardinals, 17, the Cowboys, 10,
00:22:17and they are really just warming up.
00:22:20Ball on the 9.
00:22:21Let's listen.
00:22:22Offense, 66, flipping.
00:22:27Well, it's Conrad Dobler, all right.
00:22:29Well, let's take a look at old Conrad.
00:22:31He'd be the right guard pulling.
00:22:33Let's see what he does.
00:22:34Looked like to me he got out there in good shape.
00:22:37There he is rolling there.
00:22:39I don't believe they must call that on somebody else.
00:22:41Conrad didn't clip.
00:22:43He'd been guilty of holding, but he didn't clip.
00:22:46Third and 15 from the 9.
00:22:49The Hart faced with another tough assignment.
00:22:53Uh-oh, a mix-up.
00:22:56Wayne Morris finally falling on the ball.
00:23:00But on fourth down, they put a lot of pressure on a very anxious putter.
00:23:05Wouldn't you say Terry Joyce looks anxious out there and slow?
00:23:08Yes, I would say just exactly that.
00:23:09I have never been sold on him.
00:23:11He used to take a lot more time to kick the ball.
00:23:13They reduced his steps from 3 to 2,
00:23:15but it's still not quick enough to suit me.
00:23:17Henderson is on the right side and Barnes is on the left side.
00:23:22That would be 56-31.
00:23:25And of course, his first punt was blocked by Waters.
00:23:27They're coming.
00:23:31There's a flag and there will be a penalty, I'm sure,
00:23:35on a fair catch by Butch Johnson.
00:23:37Let's see.
00:23:37Well, they came after that punt.
00:23:39Barnes almost got it, too.
00:23:41Someone received a warning evidently, but no flag.
00:23:45And the crowd at the far end of the stadium thought the warning was more than that.
00:23:50As Joyce just did get it away,
00:23:52Benny Barnes missed the ball and rolled in underneath Joyce's legs.
00:23:57So there's the two-minute warning.
00:23:59The Cardinals 17, the Cowboys 10.
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00:25:08Well, the cheerleaders cheering the Cardinal fans who are leading 17 to 10,
00:25:13and at the same time, lifting the spirits of the Dallas Cowboy fans.
00:25:18Because Dallas in good field position,
00:25:20first and 10 on the Cardinal 42-yard line.
00:25:23And of course, that was a very big clipping penalty against Conrad Dobler.
00:25:28Instead of a first down by Metcalf,
00:25:30they wound up having to punt out of the end zone,
00:25:32and Terry Joyce barely got a chance to score.
00:25:35And Terry Joyce barely got it away.
00:25:38Watch old Roger go to work.
00:25:40Ben, he's a quiet killer.
00:25:41He doesn't say a whole lot, but he's got some killer in him, buddy.
00:25:44Well, we got two minutes to go to half.
00:25:46First and 10 on the Cardinal 42.
00:25:48Golden Richards, right.
00:25:50Drew Pearson, left.
00:25:52Millie Jo Dupre and a flex on the left side.
00:25:57And it's to Preston Pearson at the 30,
00:26:00and a sandwich applied by Mark Arneson and Tim Carney, the linebackers.
00:26:04That's good enough for a first down,
00:26:05and he picked up 13 quicker than you can say Alex Hawkins.
00:26:08Or a dunk shot.
00:26:09You know, he's an old basketball player,
00:26:11and he used a little basketball pivot move right there.
00:26:15144 to the half.
00:26:17First and 10 from the Cardinal 30.
00:26:20Staubach, a little left to Pearson.
00:26:24He got away from Carney.
00:26:26Neal slowed him up, and he was finally taken down.
00:26:30He needed help from Lee Nelson.
00:26:32Same kind of pivot, though.
00:26:33It's a pick and roll.
00:26:34I think that's what they call it in basketball.
00:26:36He just pivots around there.
00:26:38You know, Preston Pearson, I played with him in Baltimore
00:26:40when he first came up before he was traded to Pittsburgh,
00:26:42and we never really took him serious in the back.
00:26:44He was a safety man.
00:26:45Played a little bit just on special teams,
00:26:47and he really didn't play that much until he went to Pittsburgh.
00:26:50And coming up at halftime, of course,
00:26:52Brent Musburger, Phyllis George, and Irv Cross.
00:26:55And they have an entertaining halftime show for you,
00:26:58and then we'll be back to see the second half of the Cowboys and the Cardinals.
00:27:01We have a time out on the field.
00:27:03One minute and 32 seconds to go.
00:27:06The Cardinals holding on to a seven-point lead,
00:27:09and Dallas now trying to shoot holes in it.
00:27:12Jay Salty, Billy Joe Dupree, Preston Pearson,
00:27:15all of the other blue and silver.
00:27:18The front offensive line with Staubach talking to his head coach, Tom Landry.
00:27:2518th year as Cowboy coach.
00:27:27He has had 12 straight winning seasons.
00:27:3011 of 12 years he has guided Dallas into the playoffs.
00:27:35They won the Super Bowl, number six, back in 1972.
00:27:40I told a Dallas writer, Bob St. John, years ago,
00:27:44he was doing a story article about me,
00:27:45and he asked me how I felt about Landry
00:27:47before he put that winning combination together,
00:27:49and I said, you never make it.
00:27:51There ain't no way you'll ever be a winning coach.
00:27:53See what I know about it?
00:27:54Nothing.
00:27:57Predictions are about worth that much.
00:27:59I'm the guy that said Jim Brown would never make it big, too.
00:28:02What's the comedy line where the comic says,
00:28:04but don't take me seriously,
00:28:05I predicted Zsa Zsa Gabor would be a nun.
00:28:09All right, second and three from the Cowboy
00:28:12moving to the Cardinal 23-yard line.
00:28:19Staubach under some heat and dumps it away,
00:28:22and they were going to eat him up.
00:28:24John Zook and Mike Dawson claiming that Staubach
00:28:28pulled the plug and just got rid of it.
00:28:29And you know he did, too.
00:28:30Nobody in that area, and nobody in there.
00:28:32They had the blitz on that time, right up the middle.
00:28:35Tim Carney was blitzing right up the middle.
00:28:37I think you can see it, and he goes unblocked.
00:28:40I believe it's Carney, isn't it?
00:28:42All right, but you see nobody in that area,
00:28:44and I think it was intentionally ground the ball.
00:28:47Well, it was not called.
00:28:48If they're not going to bring it to Rodgers' attention,
00:28:49he's not going to call their attention to it.
00:28:52Third down and three from the Cardinal 23.
00:28:55We have, as you see, a minute and 28 to the half.
00:28:59Drew Pearson wide right,
00:29:00Golden Richards left,
00:29:01Dupree the tight end on the right side.
00:29:04The backs are Jay Salde and Preston Pearson.
00:29:07Salde in there to block, a big tight end.
00:29:09Dawson ran around him,
00:29:11and the pass broken up, intended for Pearson.
00:29:14Guess who?
00:29:14Rene Nelson, the unknown soldier.
00:29:19Rising to the occasion,
00:29:21doing what they expected him to do,
00:29:23and doing it so capably, too.
00:29:24He's got the coverage.
00:29:26He has all day.
00:29:27Big rush there by Dawson, number 73, as you saw.
00:29:30You can't have a man covered any better than that.
00:29:33Plenty of room.
00:29:35The rush is so strong by the Cardinals
00:29:38that Dallas brought in tight end Jay Salde
00:29:40to try to help Starbuck out,
00:29:43and Dawson went right by Salde,
00:29:45but couldn't quite get a shot at Starbuck.
00:29:47And the corner,
00:29:48really that has been the weakness of the Cardinals.
00:29:49They've only had three quarterback sacks
00:29:51coming into today's game this season.
00:29:53Herrera with the ball,
00:29:55spotted on the 30,
00:29:56so a 40-yard field goal attempt is good.
00:30:00And the Cowboys come scrambling back.
00:30:02We have one minute and 19 seconds to go to the half.
00:30:08The Cardinals lead cut to four.
00:30:11St. Louis 17, Dallas 13.
00:30:14And the crowd applauding both sides.
00:30:16We are seeing a fabulous half of a great football game.
00:30:19Well, the Cardinals are the number one passing team in the NFC,
00:30:22and I wouldn't be at all surprised
00:30:23if Jim Hart doesn't come out and just start humming it again.
00:30:26I'll tell you one thing,
00:30:27when you pass against Dallas,
00:30:30the opposing quarterbacks up to today
00:30:33have passed for an efficiency of only 38 percent.
00:30:36Dallas is the toughest in the NFL.
00:30:39They have intercepted eight.
00:30:40They are tied with Baltimore and Kansas City
00:30:43to be number one in the NFL.
00:30:45So every time Hart puts that ball in the air,
00:30:48it's a crapshoot,
00:30:48but he's getting away with it.
00:30:50It's the number three defensive team in the NFC.
00:30:52With all that information, there's 11 sacks.
00:30:54They've really been getting after the quarterbacks on the other teams.
00:30:57Efren Herrera, who doesn't mind mixing it up at all,
00:31:01will tee it up on the 35.
00:31:04There's the scoring drive.
00:31:05Five plays, 19 yards, a penalty hurting them.
00:31:09And then they finally get the field goal from Herrera.
00:31:12So it is 17-13 Cardinals, a minute 19 to go to the half.
00:31:17And Herrera kicking to Terry Metcalf if he goes that deep.
00:31:22But he's going to keep it on the ground.
00:31:24Wayne Morris over, but he lets Metcalf pick it up.
00:31:27He's to the 25, to the 30, and to the 32-yard line.
00:31:31Jay Saldy is an unknown soldier out there.
00:31:34Big number 87 for Dallas.
00:31:37But he is involved in all kinds of plays,
00:31:39including blocking for Staubach.
00:31:41And just then, he was the one who tripped up Metcalf.
00:31:45He and Barnes are very good on the special teams.
00:31:47Both of them do a good job.
00:31:48Excellent job.
00:31:50There is Jay Saldy.
00:31:51And it's time to salute some people who don't get too much press.
00:31:55Second-year man out of South Carolina.
00:31:57He was the only rookie free agent to stick with Dallas from training camp.
00:32:01And he's doing a fine job.
00:32:04Morris and Metcalf are behind Hart.
00:32:08First and 10 from the 30.
00:32:10And Hart, under pressure from Randy White,
00:32:12got away and completes it to his big man, number 88,
00:32:17J.B. Cain at midfield.
00:32:20J.B. has a good job.
00:32:23But Jim Hart, getting away from that Dallas rush this time.
00:32:26You see a good rush by Randy White here.
00:32:29Randy be coming in the picture.
00:32:30Number 54, you see him right there.
00:32:32Hart kind of ducking, expecting to be hit.
00:32:34And when he wasn't, he just got up and threaded a needle.
00:32:37Right in the hands to J.B. Cain.
00:32:41Now, J.B. Cain is a tight end that can go deep on you.
00:32:43Look at the rush there by White, though.
00:32:45Banks just barely bumped him off there.
00:32:47Theodorff doing his usual good job on two tall Jones.
00:32:52He does get a lick here, though.
00:32:54Yes, sir.
00:32:55All the boys.
00:32:56Randy Hughes hit him first on the side.
00:32:59Aaron Kyle going on top of him.
00:33:01Time out.
00:33:01We should point out J.B. Cain caught five touchdown passes last year,
00:33:07tying Mel Gray.
00:33:09So he's a tight end who can get him and put up six.
00:33:12He's caught two touchdown passes this year.
00:33:14Both of them were leaping one-handed grabs that were a thing of beauty.
00:33:17Yes, sir.
00:33:18That's Terry Joyce.
00:33:19Very, very early in the game, Terry had to get a punt away,
00:33:22and it was blocked by Charlie Waters.
00:33:26The next time he was asked to punt,
00:33:28Tom Henderson apparently stood behind the Dallas line,
00:33:31hollering and pointing, I'm coming, I'm coming.
00:33:34And Dallas evidently tried to intimidate him,
00:33:37but Terry was able to get them away.
00:33:39But even so, he is not that loose that he's just going to stand on the sidelines and watch.
00:33:44He's got to do something while he waits.
00:33:45You got it, Ben.
00:33:49And you got Terry Metcalf.
00:33:50Yes, sir.
00:33:51I love to watch him play.
00:33:52What do you call him?
00:33:53The tooth fairy?
00:33:54The tooth fairy.
00:33:55I haven't seen him.
00:33:55You ever see anybody catch the tooth fairy?
00:33:57I've been doing it for years, getting by with it.
00:33:59They always think this guy's going to go down with injuries,
00:34:01but so far he's been fairly durable.
00:34:04And a nice little earring in his left ear.
00:34:06He didn't explain that one to me, so I didn't ask.
00:34:09First and ten from midfield.
00:34:11A minute and six to go.
00:34:13It's 17-13 Cardinals.
00:34:21The backs stay in the block,
00:34:23and a hard hit by Harvey Martin gets a way to pass and throws it away.
00:34:27Harvey Martin and Bill Gregory appeared to have him for a sack, and he got away.
00:34:33How in the world did he get out of that trap?
00:34:35Gracious.
00:34:36Look at old Cliff Harris.
00:34:37Now, buddy, he put something on you, soap and water won't wash off.
00:34:39He will hit you.
00:34:40If you move, he'll hit you.
00:34:42You see Hart just shaking his head there.
00:34:45What's the rush again?
00:34:46He said, I dodged a bullet here.
00:34:48Big rush there.
00:34:50Let's look at Gregory.
00:34:51Look, Martin's always around there.
00:34:53Yes, sir.
00:34:53Who is that?
00:34:54One of the backs back there trying to pick him up.
00:34:56No, that was Finney.
00:34:57Roger Finney, number 60.
00:34:58Yeah, he just drove Finney back into the backfield.
00:35:00Good job there, but Jim Hart, a good place to put it, too.
00:35:03Throw it to the green grass.
00:35:06All right, second and ten from midfield.
00:35:08We have 59 seconds to the half.
00:35:1017-13 Cardinals.
00:35:15Hart, not at all conservative.
00:35:16A little swing to Wayne Morris, and he took his eye off the ball for a very good reason.
00:35:22The reason is named Thomas Henderson.
00:35:246-2, 220.
00:35:26Two interceptions.
00:35:28Two interceptions last week.
00:35:29Number one interceptor in the NFC.
00:35:31He's had three of the year.
00:35:32One of them for about a 72-yard touchdown last week, as I recall.
00:35:36Isn't that right?
00:35:3779, which was the longest since Mel Renfro ran 90 way back in 1965.
00:35:43Oh, Mel's done a great job.
00:35:45What a great career he's had there for Dallas.
00:35:47Probably be his last year.
00:35:48Probably be Jackie Smith's last year.
00:35:50It was a little sad as Mel Gray beat Mel Renfro for that touchdown pass in the corner.
00:35:54Very true.
00:35:55It happens to all of them.
00:35:56Third and ten from the 50.
00:35:58The backstart to Flair.
00:36:00Hart got away from one arm, and a beefy shot.
00:36:03He got it in there to Harris.
00:36:05Great catch by Ike Harris.
00:36:08There's a penalty on, and somebody's hand, a big taped hand, almost knocked Jim Hart's head off.
00:36:14Harvey Martin.
00:36:15I believe you'll find that hand belongs to Harvey Martin.
00:36:19Look at it.
00:36:20He looks a little put out.
00:36:23Oh, Harvey, don't worry about it.
00:36:25Oh, Harvey, brother, what a player he is.
00:36:28Too mean.
00:36:30Too mean.
00:36:32There he is.
00:36:32He plays every play for you, too, brother.
00:36:34He doesn't rest at all.
00:36:37Ah, you watch him now.
00:36:38Watch old number 79 at the bottom of your screen there.
00:36:42That's Roger Finney doing a job on him, or trying to.
00:36:44See him coming across his back with that right arm?
00:36:47Full of tape.
00:36:48That Hart is accurate, though, isn't he?
00:36:50That was a great reception by Harris and Mel Renfro.
00:36:54Mel Renfro hit him with all of his 14 years experience.
00:36:57There's O'Meal taking a good look in there at Randy White.
00:37:00What an athlete he's going to be.
00:37:01You know, his career parallels that of Bob Lilly pretty closely.
00:37:05First two years, he was moved around.
00:37:06They tried to play him at linebacker, inside and outside.
00:37:09They did the same thing to Bob Lilly when he was a rookie, but they used him as a defensive end.
00:37:13He didn't really come into his own until they moved him to defensive tackle.
00:37:16Now they moved him, Randy White, to the defensive tackle, and he's coming on.
00:37:20They put a nickname on Randy White.
00:37:22There's Harvey Martin.
00:37:23Martin, who is a teammate of Dwight White of Pittsburgh in college at East Texas State.
00:37:29They call him the smiling assassin down there.
00:37:32They also, he has a radio show called the Beautiful Harvey Martin Show,
00:37:36starring the hard-hearted headhunter.
00:37:39Would you?
00:37:39Would you?
00:37:43Randy White also has a nickname.
00:37:45They call him the manster.
00:37:47Half man, half monster.
00:37:49He's a phenom, brother.
00:37:50He's going to get better and better and better.
00:37:53Those are tough shoes, though, when you start trying to play for Bob Lilly.
00:37:57Dan Deardorff told me that the toughest man he ever had to block was Bob Lilly.
00:38:03And I said, when in the world did you do that?
00:38:04He said, I was a guard early, and I had to block him in the first two games that he started for the Cardinals.
00:38:08He said it was a nightmare.
00:38:09What a way to start your career.
00:38:11And often finish it.
00:38:13First and 10 with 48 seconds to go and a half on the Dallas 35-yard line.
00:38:18The backs release.
00:38:19Harvey Martin got him, but he got away into the end zone.
00:38:22There's nobody there.
00:38:24Harvey Martin is going to win a belt in just missing today.
00:38:28Yes, sir.
00:38:29And he's doing a good job on him, as good as you're going to do.
00:38:32Looked like Jim might have hurt his hand.
00:38:36He is twisting and turning and throwing off balance.
00:38:39And of course, there's always a possibility of being hit.
00:38:42And he was spun just before throwing.
00:38:44And evidently hurt that throwing hand.
00:38:49The fingers on the right hand.
00:38:51What a young face he has, though.
00:38:53He doesn't look like he's going to shave till next Thursday.
00:38:56You're not talking about Harvey Martin.
00:38:57No, I'm talking about Jim Hart.
00:38:59Oh, of course.
00:39:00Peaches, peaches.
00:39:04There's the stat, as Jim Hart brings him up.
00:39:06Second and 10 from the 35-yard line at Dallas.
00:39:0942 seconds to go to the half.
00:39:15Hart is buried by Harvey Martin.
00:39:19And that's the first time Martin was able to get a good lick in.
00:39:22And I mean, it was a lick.
00:39:24You can't dodge him all day long.
00:39:26Sooner or later, Harvey is going to get you.
00:39:28And he did that time, as you see Jim Hart right there.
00:39:30Wayne Morris and Dan Deardorff trying to help the quarterback to get up.
00:39:35And the Cardinal bench coming out now to help as Metcalf comes over.
00:39:39So Harvey kept missing, kept missing, and finally got him.
00:39:43Same thing Matt Dillon says.
00:39:44You can't keep dodging bullets forever.
00:39:46Look at this, though.
00:39:49There he is.
00:39:51Take that.
00:39:52Oh, brother.
00:39:54Just completely dominated him that time.
00:39:56Roger just wearing down.
00:39:59Roger Finney just got run down that time.
00:40:01It looked like Harvey's left arm found its way just underneath the left ear of Jim Hart.
00:40:09That brings on an interesting situation if Jim Hart cannot return to the game.
00:40:13Their backup quarterback, Bill Donkers, I guess he'd use, wouldn't he, Ben?
00:40:18Yeah, probably.
00:40:19Pesarkowitz was not even in uniform earlier.
00:40:23Donkers would be the backup quarterback.
00:40:25And right now you see him listening to his coach, Don Correale.
00:40:30Hart probably trying to cushion the fall.
00:40:33Also complicated matters by falling heavily on his right arm.
00:40:37Oh, I'm glad to see that.
00:40:38Looks like he's going to be all right.
00:40:39He's just shaking up there.
00:40:41I certainly hope so.
00:40:42I'd love to see the guy play.
00:40:44There's 38 seconds to the half.
00:40:46It's a pretty safe bet that he's not going to play at least until the third quarter.
00:40:51He got a lick.
00:40:55Take it off there, Jim.
00:40:58I sure hope he's all right.
00:41:005 for 18, 126 yards, and one touchdown.
00:41:04And one touchdown.
00:41:06But here is the Harvey Martin show.
00:41:08Yes, sir.
00:41:09Just total domination of Roger Finney this time.
00:41:11A left hand slap there and then just completely ran over him.
00:41:14Yeah, I guess he did pull his face mask a little bit, but too much power there.
00:41:19Supposed to be illegal, but well, he missed some of them.
00:41:27I believe this is the first action Donkers has seen this year, isn't it?
00:41:31He's coming in now.
00:41:32He was in one game last year.
00:41:35And so Bill Donkers really having a tough assignment with 38 seconds to go.
00:41:41No doubt he's going to put it up.
00:41:43No, he goes down.
00:41:44Harvey Martin lands on top of him with Roger Finney.
00:41:48Oh, you got to feel sorry for a kid on his first play of the year.
00:41:51Just falling down like that.
00:41:52Graciously.
00:41:55Martin just putting on a devastating rush to the outside.
00:41:58What he's doing to Finney right now isn't even worth talking about.
00:42:02He just, oh, just lost his footing altogether.
00:42:06Yeah, Donkers was going down on his own.
00:42:08And Jim Hart taking a little sip and trying to revive his spirits.
00:42:12And evidently, although he took a serious shake-up type, not a serious injury,
00:42:17he looks like the type who will be able to come back in the third quarter.
00:42:20So Donkers, one play and he hit the rug.
00:42:24And now Terry Joyce with 17 seconds will be putting from his 40 to Butch Johnson,
00:42:31standing all alone on the Dallas 10.
00:42:34And the score, the Cardinals 17, the Cowboys 13.
00:42:38We only have, as you see, a couple of seconds to go.
00:42:40We might not even have a kick.
00:42:47With two seconds left, there's a delay of game penalty against the Cardinals.
00:42:52They are not the least bit phased by it.
00:42:54At the point, offense, delay.
00:42:59Well, they, I think, will just kill it again.
00:43:01Joyce going back.
00:43:04Two seconds to go to the half.
00:43:06It has been a great half.
00:43:0817-13 Cardinals.
00:43:10Ben, do you think he's going to kick it?
00:43:12Or do you think he'll just run around there with it?
00:43:13If I'm going to kick it, I'm going to run around there with it.
00:43:15Or do you think he'll just run around there with it?
00:43:17If I were he, I would walk back about three steps and fall down.
00:43:20You've got it.
00:43:24Thank you very much.
00:43:28There ain't no way he's going to kick the ball half, but Tom Henderson would love it.
00:43:32That's the end of the first half with the score, the Cardinals 17, the Cowboys 13.
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00:44:14Football League. Well, every now and then you get all the ingredients.
00:44:18You get two good ball clubs, you get perfect weather, a sellout crowd,
00:44:22some very high potent offensive performers,
00:44:26and they are all working today, much to the delight of a sellout crowd here in St. Louis.
00:44:32Not a cloud in the sky.
00:44:34And it's Dallas and the Cardinals, and Hawkey couldn't ask for a better first half.
00:44:38Vinny, you've got it right on the head, but this is one of the finest football games you're ever going to see.
00:44:42But do you think what's going on in the minds of Roger Finney at halftime, you suppose?
00:44:46I was just going to ask you that. Probably the biggest single question posed to the Cardinals.
00:44:50What do you do about Harvey Martin?
00:44:54Well, you can try hobbling him or putting him in a cage. If none of those work, you can have him arrested.
00:44:58Or maybe shoot him with a tranquilizer.
00:45:03He was playing in an uncontrollable rage in that latter part of that second quarter.
00:45:07In fact, on that last play, when Hart went down under the charge by Harvey Martin,
00:45:11he was literally a wild man. It looked like he got away with a strong head slap.
00:45:15It looked like he got away with some face mask grabbing.
00:45:19And Hart didn't get away.
00:45:21No, no. I hope to see him come back out in the second half.
00:45:25We got too good a game. I don't want to see anybody run.
00:45:27We can take a look at some numbers as far as halftime.
00:45:32And as you read those numbers, we'll fill you in.
00:45:36First of all, Jim Bakken kicked a 32-yard field goal.
00:45:40The big play was a 42-yard pass penalty to set it up.
00:45:44However, the Cowboys came back a 29-yard field goal from Efren Herrera.
00:45:48Then Terry Metcalf in the first quarter ran 62 yards for a touchdown.
00:45:52Bakken converted.
00:45:56But in the second quarter, Anthony Dorsett ran 77 yards for a touchdown.
00:46:01Then a 60-yard pass play from Jim Hart to Mel Gray,
00:46:05who caught it in front of Mel Renfroe for the touchdown.
00:46:09And finally, in the second quarter, Efren Herrera kicked a 40-yard field goal.
00:46:13So you're up to date on the scoring plays.
00:46:17The Cardinals leading the Cowboys 17-13 at halftime.
00:46:21Hawk, do you read anything particular in the stats?
00:46:25You know, I haven't even had a chance to look at the stats.
00:46:30I mean, we've had a little bit of everything.
00:46:34Blocked punts, long touchdown runs, long touchdown passes, plenty of penalties.
00:46:38Sacks and near sacks.
00:46:42There is the question mark at the start of the second half.
00:46:46Is Jim Hart...
00:46:50Listen, let's go.
00:46:54Well, the great coach Tom Landry, 53 years old,
00:46:58in history, as he started this year with 137 wins.
00:47:02And he's already won three to get to 140.
00:47:06Staubach there, throwing on the sidelines,
00:47:10with Tony Hill catching so that Roger doesn't stick a finger in it.
00:47:14And in a moment, we'll be getting underway.
00:47:18Jim Bakken will tee it up on the 35-yard line.
00:47:22Butch Johnson, number 86, Larry Brinson, number 36,
00:47:27goes deep for the Dallas Cowboys.
00:47:31That's Butch Johnson, the second cousin of Senator Edward Brooks of the state of Massachusetts.
00:47:35So there's a lot of running in that family.
00:47:39One for political office and the other for yardage.
00:47:43All right, Bakken says he's ready.
00:47:4717 to 13 in favor of the Cardinals.
00:47:51And here we go, the start of the third quarter.
00:47:55Butch Johnson says it's out of whack and it goes out of bounds.
00:47:59And so Bakken will have to kick it again.
00:48:03Jim Bakken is very much a part of the history of the St. Louis Cardinals.
00:48:07And as number 25 goes back to take it up,
00:48:11he is the all-time St. Louis scorer.
00:48:15He has led in points 14 straight years.
00:48:19He was All-NFL, All-NFC two years in a row.
00:48:23First player out of Wisconsin four times in the Pro Bowl.
00:48:2716 years of experience.
00:48:31What did he finish with field goal percentage last year? Something like 79% or something like that?
00:48:35Just about exactly it.
00:48:37I don't think he missed but three field goals inside the 40 last year.
00:48:41Among other things, he holds a National Football League record.
00:48:45He kicked seven field goals in one game. He went seven for nine.
00:48:49What we're saying is he could be a factor.
00:48:51Bakken gets it up in the air and down the middle. It's time to Butch Johnson on the 10.
00:48:55And he gives to Billy Joe Dupree at the 20 on a reverse.
00:48:59And Dupree is going to be driven out of bounds by Steve Jones
00:49:03at the 45-yard line.
00:49:07Billy Joe Dupree, who has carried seven ender rounds last year.
00:49:11So he's accustomed to those handoffs and he made the most of it.
00:49:15You can tell he isn't Anthony Dorsett, though.
00:49:19He's got long legs taking those little short strides.
00:49:21He hasn't got the greatest speed in the world, but it was very effective.
00:49:25We've just had a little bit of everything.
00:49:29So first and 10 for the Cowboys.
00:49:31The ball on the Cowboy 43-yard line.
00:49:37Staubach has Butch Johnson sitting this one down.
00:49:43Dew Pearson breaking to the left. That's Robert Newhouse.
00:49:47Just as Leo Nelson was coming up off a block by Donovan.
00:49:51And Nelson knocked him out.
00:49:53That's a tough play because it was a good block by Pat Donovan.
00:49:57But he literally knocked Nelson right into the ball carrier.
00:49:59Yeah, they forced that outside the 10.
00:50:01Bob Bale got a lot of penetration that time, making it go outside.
00:50:05Billy picked up six.
00:50:09Atlanta has finally gotten on the scoreboard to break that shutout.
00:50:13And it is Atlanta 7, San Francisco nothing.
00:50:15It's been a surprise team this year.
00:50:17Right from the opening gun when they knocked off Los Angeles.
00:50:19Second and four from the 49.
00:50:23Newhouse and Preston Pearson.
00:50:25Preston in motion to the right.
00:50:27And it's a flip back to Newhouse.
00:50:29He has Donovan out in front of him.
00:50:31And he's still on his feet as he gets across the 35-yard line.
00:50:35And the one man to get him was Charlie Davis.
00:50:37Gracious me, the speed of Pat Donovan.
00:50:41Third-year player moved in that right tackle position.
00:50:45Due to an injury to the regular tackle for the Cowboys.
00:50:47Look at him get out there and turn it up field.
00:50:49Got the good speed.
00:50:51Newhouse.
00:50:54Ah, we got old Drew Pearson out there blocking a little bit.
00:50:57Notice he did not hit below the legs or below the waist.
00:51:00That would constitute as clipping.
00:51:02Bobby Newhouse rolling down that right sideline.
00:51:05Who's that putting a hit on him over there?
00:51:07Charlie Davis.
00:51:08The Cowboys on the move.
00:51:09First and 10 on the Cardinal 35-yard line.
00:51:17Play action fake to Pearson.
00:51:18Pressure over the middle to Butch Johnson.
00:51:20And it's complete.
00:51:22And it was Lee Nelson who had him by the jersey, number 38.
00:51:26And finally he went down.
00:51:27But Butch Johnson, second-year man out of the University of California of Riverside,
00:51:32made the catch.
00:51:33And the blitz was on.
00:51:34The Cardinals to generate some kind of pass rush.
00:51:36The middle linebacker, Tim Carney, blitzing on that time.
00:51:39He also had Steve Niels in there.
00:51:41Perfect poise by Roger Staubach.
00:51:43Nice throw to Butch Johnson.
00:51:45First and 10 just inside the 25.
00:51:48They'll mark it on the Cardinal 24-yard line.
00:51:51To the Cowboys on the move.
00:51:54Pearson, deep man out of the eye.
00:51:58And Pearson, second man through.
00:52:00And he is hit and buried.
00:52:02The first man was Tim Carney, the middle linebacker, who came up to get him.
00:52:05Number 56.
00:52:09Robert Newhouse, number 44.
00:52:13The little guy.
00:52:15Look at that low center of gravity.
00:52:16Good block there.
00:52:17Attaboy.
00:52:18Well, he didn't win the battle, but he stayed it off.
00:52:20He broke even on it.
00:52:23Second and nine from the 23.
00:52:25Mark Arneson was trying to fight Newhouse off on that block.
00:52:29So second and nine.
00:52:31Drew Pearson, wide left.
00:52:35Preston Pearson, the deep back out of the eye.
00:52:40Pitch back to Preston Pearson.
00:52:43And he fights his way down to the 15-yard line.
00:52:46He's probably got a yard and a half to go for a first down.
00:52:49Arneson and Davis making the tackle.
00:52:52Once again, the right side of the Dallas line.
00:52:54Rafferty and Donovan making good blocks there.
00:52:56And Preston Pearson just following his blocking so well.
00:52:58The story of Preston Pearson.
00:53:00Three years with Baltimore.
00:53:02Five years with Pittsburgh.
00:53:04And the miracle of Dallas, how they ever got him.
00:53:06And now leading Dallas in rushing yardage and receiving yardage.
00:53:11Coming off 76 knee surgery.
00:53:14Remarkable story.
00:53:15And he's playing better football now than he ever has in his life, I believe.
00:53:19Walt Potelsky taking over for Mike Dawson up front now.
00:53:22Third and two from the 16.
00:53:26Play action fake to Newhouse and a flip to Preston Pearson.
00:53:30Mike Sensible tackles him.
00:53:32And the ball is loose and picked up by Mark Arneson.
00:53:35And Cardinals have recovered on the 15-yard line.
00:53:39Would you believe.
00:53:41Mark Arneson.
00:53:42There's a man that never fumbles.
00:53:44Preston Pearson, I don't recall the last fumble I saw him make.
00:53:47Just turned it loose right that time.
00:53:49A big break for the Cardinals.
00:53:53Pearson runs the slant end pattern that time.
00:53:55He fakes the ball to Newhouse.
00:53:57There's that area.
00:53:58And Preston just, you see him shake it loose right there.
00:54:11You usually think of Firestone only on the road.
00:54:14But when you take a day to relax, you'll find Firestone sometimes
00:54:17You usually think of Firestone only on the road.
00:54:19But when you take a day to relax, you'll find Firestone
00:54:22stays right with you to share in the fun.
00:54:24Like children's balloons made of Firestone.
00:54:27To the 30-yard line.
00:54:29He's out in the open and pulled down at the 45-yard line by Aaron Kyle.
00:54:36You can look for Tom Banks to make a block.
00:54:38The all-pro sitter of the Cardinals.
00:54:40He's got to happen because that hole sprung right in the middle there.
00:54:43Shit from the end zone.
00:54:44He blocks that.
00:54:46Bob Young comes and turns his man in.
00:54:48The middle linebacker, Bob Brunick.
00:54:49And the hole is there.
00:54:51Charlie Watt, no, Cliff Harris missed the tackle.
00:54:53As did D.D. Lewis.
00:54:55Watch Kyle though.
00:54:56Closes that ground in a hurry.
00:54:58He said, we've seen that before.
00:55:00So Terry Metcalf throwing the block.
00:55:02Wayne Morris carries it to the 46 first and 10 Cardinals.
00:55:11And it's Wayne Morris again.
00:55:12And he gets out to midfield and goes over a yard
00:55:15with Cliff Harris on top of him.
00:55:17And the handkerchief goes down.
00:55:19They've got to pin the flag down.
00:55:29And it's against the Cardinals.
00:55:31A demoralizing blow for them for the moment at least.
00:55:35The Cardinals had their backs against the walls.
00:55:38There you see the defensive squad.
00:55:40Kenny Reeves and Mark Arneson.
00:55:42Severson, Sensaboy and Carney.
00:55:44All going over their assignment.
00:55:47Offense number 88.
00:55:49Holding.
00:55:50First down.
00:55:51J.V. Cain was guilty of holding.
00:55:54Jim Hart is well sound and back out there at the wheel.
00:55:58The ball on the Cardinal 36-yard line.
00:56:00First and 20.
00:56:03The Cardinals leading 17-13.
00:56:06949-59 to go in the third quarter.
00:56:10Mel Gray wide right.
00:56:12Mike Harris wide left.
00:56:14Cain the tight end on the right side.
00:56:17That's Wayne Morris in motion.
00:56:19Picked up by Waters.
00:56:20Here comes Metcalf.
00:56:21He passes broken up by Waters.
00:56:24So Charlie Waters just picked up the man in motion
00:56:26and he was there to block the pass.
00:56:28Yes sir. Worked once but not again.
00:56:31Oh Charlie Waters is a fine safety man.
00:56:33He comes up here.
00:56:35He's already committed himself now
00:56:36so he's got to go on through with the thing.
00:56:38Now he plays a little volleyball with it.
00:56:40He had missed his assignment.
00:56:41That was his coverage over there.
00:56:42Wayne Morris.
00:56:43But he decided once he'd made the mistake
00:56:44to go ahead and continue on with it.
00:56:46That's the thing to do.
00:56:49Jim Hart second and 20 from his own 36.
00:56:52But of course that's a lot better than where they were.
00:56:54A completed pass to Pearson who fumbled
00:56:57and it was recovered by Mark Arneson.
00:57:00And now they're out to their own 36-yard line
00:57:02albeit second and 20.
00:57:05Gray wide right.
00:57:06Picked up by Benny Barnes.
00:57:09Morrison Metcalf.
00:57:10Back of Hart.
00:57:14Hart going high and deep intended for Gray
00:57:18and it's short.
00:57:19In fact the closest man to it was Benny Barnes
00:57:22who peeled off Gray and came back to try and intercept.
00:57:26Jim Hart looked very awkward throwing that ball that time didn't he?
00:57:30You suppose he's still suffering from the effects of that
00:57:33being sacked back in the second quarter?
00:57:35I'm just wondering the combination he had
00:57:37sore fingers on his throwing hand earlier
00:57:40went down heavily under Harvey Martin
00:57:42appeared to take a little bit of a lick on the right side of the neck
00:57:45and just underneath the right ear
00:57:47and fell heavily on his arm.
00:57:49So we'll have to keep an eye on him Hart.
00:57:52Third and 20 from the 36.
00:57:54Gray wide right.
00:57:55Harris wide left.
00:57:56Kane on the right side.
00:57:58And it's still Wayne Morris and Terry Metcalf.
00:58:01Big Jones and Randy White putting pressure in the passes
00:58:04thrown behind Metcalf
00:58:06because Randy White was coming up the middle
00:58:08number 54 ready to eat him up.
00:58:14The Dallas rush
00:58:16would appear to be taking its toll
00:58:18the last few minutes of the second quarter
00:58:20and early here in the third.
00:58:21Well you know that halftime break
00:58:23you give Tom Landry and his staff a little time
00:58:25to make their adjustments at halftime and all that
00:58:27and that doesn't make any sense.
00:58:29Dallas would stiffen like this in the third quarter.
00:58:31So Terry Joyce will be punting from his 25
00:58:34and here come the blues
00:58:35but they keep him out.
00:58:37However it's not that good a punt
00:58:39it'll hit on the 35
00:58:40and it takes a cowboy bounce.
00:58:42Look at that thing.
00:58:45Gray stops on the 10 yard line of Dallas.
00:58:49Now that's something you should never do
00:58:51is let that ball hit.
00:58:52So many times you see
00:58:53that ball should be fielded on punts.
00:58:55They just don't do that.
00:58:58They got about 20 more yards
00:59:00out of letting it bounce.
00:59:01It turns out to be a 46 yard punt
00:59:04by Terry Joyce
00:59:05thanks to those bunts.
00:59:06Stone's able to be down there to spot it.
00:59:10And so the Cowboys
00:59:11one minute ago it seemed
00:59:13they were down there first and 10
00:59:15on the Cardinal 14.
00:59:17Meanwhile Billy Donkers
00:59:19number 10
00:59:20who had one play in the first half
00:59:22is warming up
00:59:23and you're wondering if Jim Hart
00:59:25is still pretty groggy.
00:59:27Yeah there's going to have to be some adjustments made
00:59:29if Donkers does go in
00:59:30because I don't think we've mentioned it
00:59:31but he does have
00:59:32Donkers the backup quarterback to Jim Hart
00:59:34does have a
00:59:36severe I would say
00:59:37speech impediment.
00:59:38Yes in fact
00:59:39I remember Alex doing a game here
00:59:41where Donkers came in to call the play
00:59:43and we explained the problem
00:59:45and how he overcame the problem
00:59:47and sure enough on his first and only play
00:59:50it was a delay of game
00:59:51too much time to call off the play.
00:59:53So that's another pressure on the kid.
00:59:54Meanwhile the question is
00:59:56can Jim Hart survive and come back.
00:59:59The Cardinals after all are still leading
01:00:0117-13
01:00:03we have 9-34 to go in the third quarter
01:00:05the ball is on the Dallas 10-yard line.
01:00:09So Staubach
01:00:10has to move him 90 yards now.
01:00:15Golden Richards left
01:00:17Drew Pearson right
01:00:19Preston Pearson deep man out of the eye.
01:00:22And here comes Preston
01:00:23Arneson can't hold him.
01:00:25Sensabaugh can't get him
01:00:27and Niels runs him out of bounds.
01:00:34That's been the Cardinals problem those
01:00:36poor tackling all season long.
01:00:38They've improved the defense over last year
01:00:40but they really
01:00:41they played well at the point of attack
01:00:43but they just don't
01:00:44they get plenty of people around the ball carrier
01:00:45but don't wrap him up.
01:00:49Second down and one
01:00:50and there's a footnote on Roger Staubach
01:00:53you could go for quite a while on Roger Staubach.
01:00:58He came into this game
01:01:00first in the league with 33
01:01:02first downs through the air.
01:01:04Now it's second and one from the 19.
01:01:09Second man
01:01:10Preston Pearson
01:01:11and he's hit by Kenny Reeves
01:01:13and Mark Arneson
01:01:14and dropped as he crossed the 25-yard line.
01:01:19Preston Pearson
01:01:20at Illinois
01:01:2111-year man
01:01:22he had knee surgery
01:01:24in 76
01:01:25a great all-around athlete
01:01:27he was all Big Ten in basketball.
01:01:31One of the nicest people you want to meet too
01:01:33the way he's handled himself down there with
01:01:35all the publicity that
01:01:37Tony Dorsett
01:01:38had got and received
01:01:39since he was drafted number one
01:01:40and Preston just hanging right in there
01:01:42and hanging on to his job.
01:01:43He's 32 years old
01:01:44he's being challenged by 23-year-old Dorsett
01:01:4725-year-old Dennison
01:01:49so he's got his job worked out.
01:01:51First and 10 from the 26.
01:01:55Butch Johnson in a slot right
01:01:57and Staubach on a deep fade
01:01:59gets away from Dawson
01:02:01gets away from Carney
01:02:02got away from Davis
01:02:04and is finally caught
01:02:06before he could get to the 40
01:02:07by Mark Arneson.
01:02:09But it was a litany of frustration
01:02:11as we rolled off the names
01:02:13as he was able to escape.
01:02:15Yes, but they added the mention
01:02:16of being able to run the ball
01:02:17like a Roger Staubach can do
01:02:18rather than maybe a 10 or 12 yard loss
01:02:20which he would have had right there.
01:02:22His mobility and his speed right there
01:02:24and running ability
01:02:25running out of the arms of would-be tacklers
01:02:27and picks up a first down.
01:02:29Look at that straight arm
01:02:30learned that in the Navy.
01:02:34Let's see what it looks like
01:02:35from where Roger's seeing it.
01:02:37Oh, he can see it too.
01:02:39Big strong rush there by Mike Dawson.
01:02:43Carney in on pursuit too.
01:02:46First and 10 from the 38 yard line.
01:02:48Staubach to Robert Newhouse
01:02:50who hesitates, runs around Dawson
01:02:52gets across midfield
01:02:54and is dragged down at the 45 yard line.
01:02:56Arneson pulled him down
01:02:58and Dawson who was furious
01:03:00that he had escaped him
01:03:01and Mike, big number 73
01:03:03finally chased him
01:03:04and got a little of him from behind.
01:03:06Nice blocking by Pat Donovan
01:03:08and Tom Rafferty here.
01:03:10Let's watch it.
01:03:13Good job there.
01:03:15Look at the blocks all over there.
01:03:16Golden Richards putting a block on there too.
01:03:19See there once again
01:03:20the faulty tackling of the Cardinals.
01:03:22Newhouse looked like he might come up lane.
01:03:24You know there are a lot of holes
01:03:25in that field out there
01:03:26and I think he might have hit one right there.
01:03:27It is a very difficult rug in which to run
01:03:30but the Cowboys are doing it.
01:03:32First and 10 on the Cardinal 45 yard line.
01:03:36Play action fake to Preston Pearson
01:03:38Staubach to his big tight end
01:03:40Billy Joe Dupree
01:03:41and Mike Arneson just cuts the legs
01:03:43from underneath him.
01:03:47Billy Joe, that's a lot of men.
01:03:496'4", 226, out of Michigan State.
01:03:52He's one of your better tight ends
01:03:54as a receiver against the zone coverage.
01:03:56He doesn't have a lot of moves
01:03:57and he doesn't have a lot of speed
01:03:58but he knows where to find those open areas
01:03:59when he's playing a team that's zone oriented.
01:04:04That guy makes me sick right there.
01:04:06Mike Ditkey, have you seen how good he looks?
01:04:08Great day.
01:04:09He just looks great.
01:04:11He's older than I am, I believe.
01:04:13White shirt, arms folded.
01:04:15The great Mike Ditkey taking it all in.
01:04:172nd and 7 from the Cardinal 42.
01:04:19Drew Pearson in motion left.
01:04:21Staubach throwing to Pearson.
01:04:23It's complete and he's knocked out of bounds
01:04:25by Lee Nelson.
01:04:26He got inside the 35 to the 33 yard line.
01:04:30That'll be enough for a first down.
01:04:33There is Tom Banks who looks like
01:04:35he stepped out of the Wizard of Oz.
01:04:36He would play the Lion.
01:04:38Talking to Dan Deardorff.
01:04:40Just to Deardorff's left,
01:04:41the familiar figure of Conrad Dobler.
01:04:43Looks like Waylon and Willie and the Boas.
01:04:45Yep.
01:04:46And that's Jimmy Otis wearing the windbreaker.
01:04:48One offensive back there with the lineman.
01:04:53Alright, it's 1st and 10 from the Cardinal 33 yard line.
01:04:57Staubach on a quick one to the right side
01:04:59to Drew Pearson and Lee Nelson
01:05:01knocks him out of there.
01:05:02And Randy White comes over to make sure
01:05:04Lee Nelson doesn't try to rough his man up again.
01:05:07And Lee says, excuse me, I'll leave.
01:05:09They have had a lot of would-be fights
01:05:11just about develop out there today.
01:05:12Almost every play.
01:05:13It's a highly emotional game between these two teams.
01:05:17Just a little 05 yard turnaround.
01:05:19It's a timing pattern.
01:05:20Ball will be there when he plants that foot to go.
01:05:22Roger timed it perfectly.
01:05:24And there's Randy White trying to save Pearson
01:05:27from taking too serious a fall
01:05:29and then he'll have a reminder about it.
01:05:31Ah, don't you love to see young people have a good time.
01:05:33Let's take our minds off the violence.
01:05:402nd and 4 from the Cardinal 27 yard line.
01:05:46Pearson and Newhouse split.
01:05:52Roger getting good blocking.
01:05:54Now goes high and deep in the end zone.
01:05:56No good.
01:05:57Kenny Reeves right there with the tight end
01:06:00Billy Joe Dupree.
01:06:01And Reeves desperately trying to catch it
01:06:04but he came up empty.
01:06:05Kenny Reeves came over on a trade to the Atlanta Falcons
01:06:08to the Cardinals.
01:06:09And they tried to play him on the corner
01:06:11but Kenny's corner days were gone.
01:06:12He lost a step.
01:06:13But he's still an excellent coverage
01:06:14at one on one man
01:06:15in almost any tight end in football.
01:06:17And as big as Billy Joe Dupree is 6'4".
01:06:20Kenny Reeves is no midget.
01:06:22He is 6'3".
01:06:23So they had size against size down there.
01:06:26Reeves has 35 career interceptions
01:06:29starting this season.
01:06:30So if you go into his territory
01:06:33you're liable to give the ball up.
01:06:35He's going to get some.
01:06:36He's sure.
01:06:373rd and 4 from the 27.
01:06:39Starbuck down the right side.
01:06:41Complete to Drew Pearson.
01:06:43But he was out of bounds.
01:06:44So no catch.
01:06:48Don't believe that he could have kept his feet in bounds.
01:06:50I believe he was too high and too close to the sideline.
01:06:53But we'll see.
01:06:54Roger Whirley he's working against.
01:06:56Let's see.
01:06:58No, I don't believe so.
01:06:59No way.
01:07:00He just couldn't get him down.
01:07:03So 4th and 4 from the Cardinal 27.
01:07:07Starbuck will give way to the talented leg and foot
01:07:10of Efren Herrera.
01:07:12And the pride of Guadalajara
01:07:14will try and kick it through.
01:07:16And then Dallas would be trailing by one.
01:07:19It's up.
01:07:21It is good.
01:07:23Hey.
01:07:24Boy what a leg.
01:07:26Efren Herrera 5'9", 190 at a UCLA.
01:07:30He'll push it even closer.
01:07:325'29 in the third quarter.
01:07:34There you have it.
01:07:44You usually think of Firestone only on the road.
01:07:47But when you take a day to relax,
01:07:49you'll find Firestone stays right with you to share in the fun.
01:07:52Like children's balloons made of Firestone natural rubber latex.
01:07:56For padded protection,
01:07:58Firestone can supply rubber bumpers and urethane foam.
01:08:02And seat belts on thrillers like these.
01:08:06Under the counter you'll find Firestone again
01:08:08in the stainless steel beverage containers.
01:08:12For smooth stops,
01:08:13steam locomotives rely on Firestone air brake hoses.
01:08:18Firestone air stroke actuators open the gates to fun.
01:08:23Inside, Firestone vinyl resins or stage floorings.
01:08:27So even when you take a day off, Firestone doesn't.
01:08:31For we believe as long as Firestone keeps thinking about people,
01:08:35people will be happy.