| New York Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1979 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 39802 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 49 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ottis Anderson 9 run (Steve Little kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Little 30 FG | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Little 25 FG | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Pat Tilley 7 pass from Steve Pisarkiewicz (Steve Little kick) | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | New York Giants | Billy Taylor 18 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick failed) | 6 | 19 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ottis Anderson 6 run (Steve Little kick) | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Billy Taylor 23 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Steve Little 42 FG | 13 | 29 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Billy Taylor 23 pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) | 20 | 29 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Phil Simms | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 29 | 140 | 4.8 | 19 | 2 |
| Theotis Brown | 13 | 65 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 30 | 18 | 60.0 | 1 | 195 | 6.5 | 3 | 98.6 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 0 | 183 | 7.6 | 1 | 99.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Billy Taylor | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 3 | |
| Gary Shirk | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | |
| Dwight Scales | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Pat Tilley | 6 | 94 | 15.7 | 1 | |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Theotis Brown | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Eric Williams | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Steve Little | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Lee Nelson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 6 | 110 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Hicks | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Green | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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