| Buffalo Bills at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 15, 1981 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 46214 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 60 F Humidty: 53% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 35 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Stump Mitchell 2 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 18 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ottis Anderson 8 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 0 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Butler |
| 82 | WR | Frank Lewis |
| 72 | LOT | Ken Jones |
| 73 | LOG | Jon Borchardt |
| 53 | C | Will Grant |
| 51 | ROG | Jim Ritcher |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 86 | TE | Mark Brammer |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 25 | RB | Roland Hooks |
| 47 | FB | Curtis Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 57 | LOLB | Lucius Sanford |
| 55 | LILB | Jim Haslett |
| 52 | RILB | Chris Keating |
| 58 | ROLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 22 | SS | Steve Freeman |
| 45 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 26 | RCB | Charles Romes |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 66 | LOT | George Collins |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 89 | TE | Greg LaFleur |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 69 | RDT | Rush Brown |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 59 | LOLB | Calvin Favron |
| 58 | MLB | Dave Ahrens |
| 54 | ROLB | E.J. Junior |
| 22 | LCB | Roger Wehrli |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 35 | RCB | Jeff Griffin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Joe Cribbs | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Curtis Brown | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 27 | 177 | 6.6 | 20 | 2 |
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 37 | 21 | 56.8 | 4 | 233 | 6.3 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 36.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 1 | 102 | 4.4 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 64.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jerry Butler | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 23 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Frank Lewis | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Cribbs | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Buster Barnett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Isiah Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Greene | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Greg Cater | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 47 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Robb Riddick | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Ben Williams | 2.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Curtis Greer | 1.0 |
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