| New York Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1976 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48039 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 83 F Humidty: 36% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mike Sensibaugh 35 interception return (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Larry Csonka 5 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 22 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Jones 3 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 34 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Larry Csonka 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 14 | 20 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Jones 3 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 27 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Marsh White 2 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 21 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Ray Rhodes |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 73 | LOT | Tom Mullen |
| 62 | LOG | Ron Mikolajczyk |
| 61 | C | Karl Chandler |
| 74 | ROG | John Hicks |
| 63 | ROT | Doug Van Horn |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 15 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 71 | LDT | Dave Gallagher |
| 66 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 55 | MLB | Brian Kelley |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 37 | LCB | Bobby Brooks |
| 29 | LS | Clyde Powers |
| 21 | RS | Jim Stienke |
| 21 | RCB | Bill Bryant |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 88 | TE | J.V. Cain |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Offense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 76 | LDT | Charlie Davis |
| 71 | RDT | Marvin Upshaw |
| 79 | RDE | Bob Bell |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 55 | MLB | Ray White |
| 57 | RLB | Mark Arneson |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 36 | S | Ken Reaves |
| 20 | S | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 11 | 2 |
| Doug Kotar | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Bell | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Marsh White | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| Craig Morton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Jones | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Wayne Morris | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 1 | 215 | 7.7 | 0 | 72.8 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 22 | 16 | 72.7 | 0 | 117 | 5.3 | 1 | 100.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Gordon Bell | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ike Harris | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| J.V. Cain | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mike Sensibaugh | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Joyce | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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