| New York Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1978 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 48820 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Chandler 5 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 2 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 1 run (Jim Bakken kick blocked) | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 26 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Jimmy Robinson 52 pass from Joe Pisarcik (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 72 | ROT | Gordon King |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 12 | QB | Jerry Golsteyn |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 33 | RB | Bobby Hammond |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 77 | RDT | Troy Archer |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 34 | SS | Larry Mallory |
| 31 | WS | Ernie Jones |
| 21 | RCB | Bill Bryant |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 62 | ROG | Keith Wortman |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 24 | HB | Wayne Morris |
| 35 | FB | Jim Otis |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 83 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 55 | LILB | Eric Williams |
| 50 | RILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Hammond | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Pisarcik | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 7 | 17 | 2.4 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Taylor | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Pough | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 22 | 78 | 3.5 | 2 | |
| Steve Jones | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 3 | 196 | 7.3 | 1 | 42.1 | |||
| Jerry Golsteyn | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 0 | 217 | 9.4 | 1 | 99.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bobby Hammond | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Al Dixon | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Eason Ramson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Al Chandler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Jim Otis | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Stone | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 4 | 207 | 51.8 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mike Wood | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Hammond | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Ernie Pough | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Lee Nelson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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