| Philadelphia Eagles at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1972 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 34872 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 26 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia EaglesPHI | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 23 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 14 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHI | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Donny Anderson 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ahmad Rashad 41 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Dempsey 33 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Dempsey 41 FG | 6 | 14 |
| 3 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Tom Dempsey 38 FG | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Walker Gillette 65 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Harold Carmichael 5 pass from John Reaves (Tom Dempsey kick) | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 20 FG | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Philadelphia EaglesPHI | Billy Walik 15 pass from John Reaves (Tom Dempsey kick) | 23 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Ben Hawkins |
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 72 | LOT | Wade Key |
| 70 | LOG | Jimmie Skaggs |
| 59 | C | Mike Evans |
| 68 | ROG | Mark Nordquist |
| 74 | ROT | Steve Smith |
| 87 | TE | Kent Kramer |
| 6 | QB | John Reaves |
| 38 | RB | Tony Baker |
| 27 | RB | Ron James |
| Defense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Rich Harris |
| 82 | LDT | Don Hultz |
| 75 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 99 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 50 | LLB | Ron Porter |
| 54 | MLB | Chuck Allen |
| 95 | RLB | John Bunting |
| 26 | LCB | Al Nelson |
| 20 | LS | Leroy Keyes |
| 28 | RS | Bill Bradley |
| 24 | RCB | Nate Ramsey |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Walker Gillette |
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 72 | LOT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 60 | LOG | Conrad Dobler |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 64 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson |
| 23 | RB | Johnny Roland |
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 71 | LDT | John Richardson |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 60 | LLB | Jim Hargrove |
| 57 | MLB | Mark Arneson |
| 58 | RLB | Terry Miller |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 31 | LS | Chuck Beatty |
| 8 | RS | Larry Wilson |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Tony Baker | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Ron James | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| John Reaves | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Watkins | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Tom Bailey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Harold Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Craig Baynham | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Donny Anderson | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Hart | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||||||||
| John Reaves | 27 | 14 | 51.9 | 0 | 223 | 8.3 | 2 | 104.4 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 1 | 334 | 11.1 | 2 | 109.6 | |||
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Harold Carmichael | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Harold Jackson | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Ben Hawkins | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Walik | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Johnny Roland | 7 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | |
| Walker Gillette | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 1 | |
| Donny Anderson | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 1 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Craig Baynham | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Leroy Keyes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
| Bill Bradley | 5 | 161 | 32.2 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Roger Wehrli | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | ||||||
| Billy Walik | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Al Nelson | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Gary Pettigrew | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bill Overmyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Gray | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia Eagles | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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