| New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1977 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48417 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 71 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 38 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 9 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Chuck Muncie 19 run (Rich Szaro kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Jim Thaxton 25 pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Henry Childs 53 pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 28 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Rich Szaro 22 FG | 24 | 28 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 11 pass from Terry Metcalf (Jim Bakken kick) | 24 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Henry Childs 29 pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick) | 31 | 35 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Jones 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 31 | 42 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Wayne Morris 12 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 31 | 49 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 13 | 102 | 7.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Tony Galbreath | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Wayne Morris | 25 | 95 | 3.8 | 4 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 17 | 78 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Jerry Latin | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 2 | 285 | 8.1 | 3 | 78.9 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 0 | 225 | 9.4 | 1 | 114.1 | |||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | 143.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Thaxton | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 1 | |
| Henry Childs | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 2 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Rich Mauti | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| J.V. Cain | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 2 | |
| Ike Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Latin | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Lee Nelson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 1 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Rich Mauti | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | ||
| Greg Boykin | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lenny Willis | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Rick Kingrea | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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