Visitor:  St. Louis Cardinals

Home:  Dallas Cowboys

Date:  November 16, 1970

Monday Night Football

 

Scoring:

Team                1          2          3          4          Final

STL                 7          10        0          21          38

DAL                0          0          0          0             0

 

Visitor playmakers:

HB Johnny Roland, HB John Gilliam, RB Roy Shivers, LB Don Parrish, CB Roger Wehrli, LB Larry Stallings, DE Cal Snowden, DE Chuck Walker, CB Nate Wright

 

Home playmakers:

LB Chuck Howley, DB Cornell Green

 

Network:  ABC

Announcers:  Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith

 

Pregame:  Yes – a tribute to the Marshall University football team, whose plane crashed the previous weekend

Halftime:  Yes

Postgame:  No

Commercials:  Yes

 

Grade:  B

 

Notes:  John Roland, starting for injured Cid Edwards, scored three touchdowns, including a 74-yard punt return, and the Cardinals scored their third consecutive shutout by stopping the Cowboys twice within the 10-yard line. It marked the first time since 1935 that a NFL team registered three straight shutouts.

 

Thanks Bruno!

 

Running time:  3:03 (2 discs)