| San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1976 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 50365 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 53 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | J.V. Cain 9 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Delvin Williams 4 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick failed) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Delvin Williams 23 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Terry Metcalf 23 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Delvin Williams 1 run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mel Gray 77 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick blocked) | 20 | 20 |
| 5 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 21 FG | 20 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 77 | LOT | Jean Barrett |
| 65 | LOG | Steve Lawson |
| 62 | C | Randy Cross |
| 61 | ROG | Andy Maurer |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 40 | RB | Wilbur Jackson |
| 24 | RB | Delvin Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 72 | RDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 52 | LLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 57 | MLB | Frank Nunley |
| 50 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | SS | Mel Phillips |
| 23 | FS | Bruce Rhodes |
| 33 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| 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 | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Bell |
| 76 | LDT | Charlie Davis |
| 73 | RDT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 56 | MLB | Tim Kearney |
| 57 | RLB | Mark Arneson |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 20 | FS | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 34 | 194 | 5.7 | 23 | 3 |
| Wilbur Jackson | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 23 | 109 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 17 | 8 | 47.1 | 1 | 125 | 7.4 | 0 | 47.4 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 271 | 8.7 | 3 | 100.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Lash | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 1 | |
| Mel Gray | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 1 | |
| J.V. Cain | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mel Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Wittum | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Joyce | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Tony Leonard | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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