| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 71370 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| New York Giants | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Doug Kotar 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Ernie Jones 31 interception return (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Theotis Brown 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mark Arneson 29 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Wood kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 2 run (Mike Wood kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Al Chandler 28 pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick failed) | 27 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 31 | 109 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Thomas Lott | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Emery Moorehead | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 162 | 6.8 | 1 | 51.0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 35 | 13 | 37.1 | 2 | 112 | 3.2 | 0 | 22.6 | |||
| Dave Jennings | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Al Chandler | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Earnest Gray | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Cleveland Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Perry Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Alan Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 10 | 415 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Thomas Lott | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Tony Green | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Tony Green | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Frank Marion | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| New York Giants | |
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