| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1968 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62907 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 32 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 22 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Willis Crenshaw 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Homer Jones 73 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jackie Smith 11 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Willis Crenshaw 66 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ernie Koy 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Morrison 68 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Willis Crenshaw 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 28 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 31 | SE | Jerry Daanen |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 33 | FB | Willis Crenshaw |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 59 | LLB | Ernie Clark |
| 57 | MLB | Mike Strofolino |
| 60 | RLB | Dave Meggyesy |
| 48 | LCB | Bob Atkins |
| 20 | LS | Mike Barnes |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Lonnie Sanders |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | SE | Homer Jones |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 62 | ROG | Darrell Dess |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 88 | TE | Aaron Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 28 | HB | Bobby Duhon |
| 40 | FL | Joe Morrison |
| 24 | FB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Jim Katcavage |
| 73 | LDT | Roger Anderson |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 79 | RDE | Bruce Anderson |
| 56 | LLB | Tommy Crutcher |
| 66 | MLB | Henry Davis |
| 54 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 26 | 162 | 6.2 | 66t | 3 |
| Johnny Roland | 9 | 81 | 9.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11t | 1 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 16 | 68 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Young | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 1 | 74 | 7.4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 1 | 325 | 11.2 | 73t | 2 | 4 | 41 | 103.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Homer Jones | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 73t | 1 |
| Joe Morrison | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 68 | 1 |
| Aaron Thomas | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tucker Frederickson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Lonnie Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 2 | 98 | 49.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Koy | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ronnie Blye | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 23 | 0 | |
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