| St. Louis Cardinals at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1974 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 47172 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 52 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Alvin Maxson 66 run (Bill McClard kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Paul Seal 6 run (Bill McClard kick) | 0 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 82 | WR | Earl Thomas |
| 73 | LOT | Ernie McMillan |
| 60 | LOG | Roger Finnie |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 70 | LDT | Leo Brooks |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 57 | MLB | Mark Arneson |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 45 | LS | Jim Tolbert |
| 41 | RS | Clarence Duren |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker |
| 65 | LOT | Dave Thompson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 85 | TE | John Beasley |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 13 | QB | Larry Cipa |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Maxson |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 82 | RDE | Bob Pollard |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 22 | 148 | 6.7 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Larry Cipa | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 39 | 16 | 41.0 | 0 | 181 | 4.6 | 0 | 55.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Larry Cipa | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 0 | 93 | 5.5 | 0 | 59.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Earl Thomas | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Rod McNeill | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Hal Roberts | 8 | 325 | 40.6 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 338 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Eddie Moss | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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