| Detroit Lions at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 2, 1973 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 44982 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 63 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 51 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Terry Metcalf 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Steve Owens 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 43 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 36 FG | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 43 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Charlie Sanders 5 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 34 FG | 20 | 16 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 1 | |
| Jim Hooks | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Munson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Gary Keithley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 0 | 211 | 8.8 | 1 | 101.2 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 85 | 5.3 | 0 | 65.9 | |||
| Gary Keithley | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 22.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 1 | |
| Jim O'Brien | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Walker Gillette | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mike Lucci | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Gary Keithley | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Dick Jauron | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Jim Hooks | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Hammond | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Chuck Detwiler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Charlie Weaver | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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