| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 9, 1979 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 71370 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 66 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 27 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Doug Kotar 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ernie Jones 31 interception return (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Theotis Brown 1 run (Mike Wood kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Mark Arneson 29 opponents fumble recovery (Mike Wood kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 2 run (Mike Wood kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Chandler 28 pass from Jim Hart (Mike Wood kick failed) | 27 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Dave Stief |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 76 | NT | Charlie Davis |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 56 | LILB | Tim Kearney |
| 55 | RILB | Eric Williams |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 78 | LOT | Gus Coppens |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 74 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 84 | TE | Al Dixon |
| 9 | QB | Joe Pisarcik |
| 44 | HB | Doug Kotar |
| 48 | FB | Kenny Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 79 | RDT | Mike McCoy |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 28 | SS | Beasley Reece |
| 31 | FS | Ernie Jones |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 31 | 109 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 10 | 40 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Thomas Lott | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Emery Moorehead | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 162 | 6.8 | 1 | 51.0 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 35 | 13 | 37.1 | 2 | 112 | 3.2 | 0 | 22.6 | |||
| Dave Jennings | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Al Chandler | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Dave Stief | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Earnest Gray | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Kenny Johnson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Cleveland Jackson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Perry Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ken Stone | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31t | 1 |
| Alan Caldwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 10 | 415 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Thomas Lott | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Tony Green | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Tony Green | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Frank Marion | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| New York Giants | |
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