| New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1968 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 45476 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 55 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 24 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Lorick 9 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jackie Smith 65 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 19 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 32 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Willis Crenshaw 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Dave Williams 53 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 24 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Hart 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 17 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | SE | Dave Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 54 | C | Joe Wendryhoski |
| 77 | ROG | Jim Boeke |
| 78 | ROT | Jerry Jones |
| 87 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 36 | HB | Don McCall |
| 46 | FL | Danny Abramowicz |
| 34 | FB | Tony Lorick |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Mike Tilleman |
| 79 | LDT | Lou Cordileone |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 35 | LLB | Ted Davis |
| 59 | MLB | Fred Whittingham |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 21 | LCB | John Douglas |
| 16 | LS | Bo Burris |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 29 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | SE | Dave Williams |
| 71 | LOT | Bob Reynolds |
| 55 | LOG | Irv Goode |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 64 | ROG | Ken Gray |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 23 | HB | Johnny Roland |
| 40 | FL | Bobby Joe Conrad |
| 33 | FB | Willis Crenshaw |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 79 | RDE | Chuck Walker |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 53 | MLB | Jamie Rivers |
| 60 | RLB | Dave Meggyesy |
| 48 | LCB | Bob Atkins |
| 21 | LS | Jerry Stovall |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 42 | RCB | Lonnie Sanders |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Lorick | 15 | 73 | 4.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Willis Crenshaw | 14 | 63 | 4.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Johnny Roland | 9 | 51 | 5.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Cid Edwards | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 30 | 16 | 53.3 | 1 | 216 | 7.2 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 84.9 |
| Don McCall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 0 | 226 | 10.3 | 65t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 109.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dave Parks | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Don McCall | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Monty Stickles | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 65t | 1 |
| Dave Williams | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 53t | 1 |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Bob Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 49 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Chuck Latourette | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chuck Latourette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 48 | 0 | |
| Gene Howard | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Chuck Latourette | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Willis Crenshaw | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
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