| New York Jets at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 27, 1971 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50358 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Cid Edwards 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Cid Edwards 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | George Nock 3 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 19 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 25 FG | 10 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 18 | QB | Al Woodall |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 61 | LDT | Roger Finnie |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 19 | RS | Chris Farasopoulos |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 80 | WR | Dave Williams |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 63 | ROG | Clyde Williams |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 10 | QB | Pete Beathard |
| 39 | RB | Cid Edwards |
| 36 | RB | MacArthur Lane |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 53 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 56 | RLB | Mike McGill |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 49 | LS | Dale Hackbart |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 19 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George Nock | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Al Woodall | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| MacArthur Lane | 9 | 47 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Cid Edwards | 23 | 42 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Pete Beathard | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Al Woodall | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 0 | 151 | 5.4 | 0 | 72.2 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 1 | 222 | 9.7 | 0 | 64.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Rich Caster | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| George Nock | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| John Gilliam | 6 | 136 | 22.7 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Roy Shivers | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| MacArthur Lane | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Al Atkinson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Larry Willingham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Norm Thompson | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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