| New York Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1971 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 49571 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 75 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 14 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Rocky Thompson 93 kickoff return (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | New York Giants | Bob Tucker 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Fran Tarkenton 2 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 64 pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Mel Gray 60 pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 22 FG | 21 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Bobby Duhon | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| NYG | Tucker Frederickson | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| NYG | Rich Houston | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| NYG | Bob Tucker | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| NYG | Junior Coffey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| NYG | Rocky Thompson | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| STL | MacArthur Lane | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| STL | Roy Shivers | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| STL | Jackie Smith | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| STL | Cid Edwards | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| STL | Pete Beathard | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| STL | Johnny Roland | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NYG | Fran Tarkenton | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 2 | 239 | 7.5 | 1 | 69.7 | |||
| STL | Pete Beathard | 22 | 10 | 45.5 | 1 | 186 | 8.5 | 2 | 86.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Bob Tucker | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 1 | |
| NYG | Rich Houston | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Clifton McNeil | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Tucker Frederickson | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bobby Duhon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Rocky Thompson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| STL | MacArthur Lane | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Dave Williams | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Mel Gray | 2 | 124 | 62.0 | 2 | |
| STL | Roy Shivers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Willie Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| STL | Mike McGill | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| STL | Norm Thompson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NYG | Tom Blanchard | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| STL | Chuck Latourette | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Bobby Duhon | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| NYG | Carl Lockhart | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| STL | Norm Thompson | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | ||
| STL | Larry Willingham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Rocky Thompson | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 1 | |
| NYG | Bobby Duhon | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| STL | Mel Gray | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| STL | Norm Thompson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| STL | Johnny Roland | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| STL | Dan Dierdorf | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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