| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 28, 1971 Location: New York, NY Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62878 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 47 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | John Gilliam 18 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 18 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Larry Stallings 26 interception return (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Bob Tucker 63 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | John Gilliam 13 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 24 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 44 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 50 | C | Wayne Mulligan |
| 72 | ROG | Dan Dierdorf |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 83 | TE | Jim McFarland |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 36 | RB | MacArthur Lane |
| 23 | RB | Johnny Roland |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 70 | LDT | Rolf Krueger |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 60 | MLB | Jim Hargrove |
| 52 | RLB | Rick Ogle |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 8 | LS | Larry Wilson |
| 22 | RS | Roger Wehrli |
| 43 | RCB | Norm Thompson |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 65 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 70 | LOG | Bob Hyland |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 26 | RB | Bobby Duhon |
| 24 | RB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 73 | LDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 76 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 51 | RLB | John Douglas |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 20 | LS | Scott Eaton |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 24 | 116 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| MacArthur Lane | 16 | 88 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Bobby Duhon | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | 10 | 20 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 2 | 137 | 8.1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 69.6 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 3 | 228 | 6.9 | 63t | 1 | 3 | 17 | 48.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| John Gilliam | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 21 | 2 | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim McFarland | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| MacArthur Lane | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Don Herrmann | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rich Houston | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 28 | 0 | ||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 63t | 1 | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Morrison | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Stallings | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Henry Reed | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Scott Eaton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 44 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roger Wehrli | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Dickson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| George Hoey | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Joe Green | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Richmond Flowers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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