| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 12, 1976 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 60553 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 37 F Humidty: 85% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| New York Giants | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Larry Watkins 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Jones 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 43 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Doug Kotar 3 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Jones 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 | S | Ken Reaves |
| 20 | S | Mike Sensibaugh |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Walker Gillette |
| 89 | WR | Ed Marshall |
| 76 | LOT | Mike Gibbons |
| 79 | LOG | Al Simpson |
| 61 | C | Karl Chandler |
| 74 | ROG | John Hicks |
| 63 | ROT | Doug Van Horn |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 15 | QB | Craig Morton |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| 36 | RB | Larry Watkins |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 66 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 77 | RDT | Troy Archer |
| 71 | RDE | Dave Gallagher |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 21 | LCB | Bill Bryant |
| 29 | LS | Clyde Powers |
| 23 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 21 | RCB | Jim Stienke |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 28 | 119 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 17 | 71 | 4.2 | 2 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 18 | 103 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| Larry Watkins | 12 | 48 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Gordon Bell | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Craig Morton | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Marsh White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 1 | 82 | 5.9 | 0 | 50.3 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Craig Morton | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 2 | 87 | 4.0 | 0 | 11.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| J.V. Cain | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gordon Bell | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Watkins | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Walker Gillette | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Norm Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rick Volk | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Joyce | 4 | 151 | 37.8 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hammond | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| New York Giants | |
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