| Chicago Bears at St. Louis Cardinals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 31, 1966 Location: St. Louis, MO Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 49516 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 47 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Johnny Roland 3 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Johnny Roland 3 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Rudy Bukich 1 run (Roger LeClerc kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Roger LeClerc 16 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 40 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Larry Wilson 29 interception return (Jim Bakken kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Gale Sayers 80 pass from Rudy Bukich (Roger LeClerc kick) | 17 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Jimmy Jones |
| 70 | LOT | Herm Lee |
| 64 | LOG | Mike Rabold |
| 50 | C | Mike Pyle |
| 72 | ROG | Jim Cadile |
| 63 | ROT | Bob Wetoska |
| 89 | TE | Mike Ditka |
| 10 | QB | Rudy Bukich |
| 40 | HB | Gale Sayers |
| 45 | FL | Dick Gordon |
| 29 | FB | Ronnie Bull |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 74 | LDT | Bob Kilcullen |
| 79 | RDT | Dick Evey |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 31 | LLB | Joe Fortunato |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 53 | RLB | Jim Purnell |
| 26 | LCB | Bennie McRae |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 24 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 23 | RCB | Dave Whitsell |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | SE | Sonny Randle |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 66 | ROG | Rick Sortun |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 12 | QB | Charley Johnson |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 33 | FB | Willis Crenshaw |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 72 | LDT | Sam Silas |
| 79 | RDT | Chuck Walker |
| 86 | RDE | Don Brumm |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 62 | MLB | Dale Meinert |
| 34 | RLB | Bill Koman |
| 49 | LCB | Jimmy Burson |
| 21 | LS | Jerry Stovall |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Abe Woodson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Gale Sayers | 19 | 68 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 9 | 2 |
| Prentice Gautt | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 10 | 24 | 2.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley Johnson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Rudy Bukich | 28 | 12 | 42.9 | 3 | 172 | 6.1 | 80t | 1 | 4 | 38 | 35.7 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 16 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 47 | 2.9 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Gordon | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 80 | 80.0 | 80t | 1 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Conrad | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Larry Wilson | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 1 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 47 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Bakken | 7 | 246 | 35.1 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gale Sayers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Roland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||||
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Frank Roy | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Roy Shivers | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
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