| St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 20, 1974 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 26371 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 10 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 28 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Mike Montgomery 8 pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Earl Thomas 6 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Earl Thomas 40 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 24 FG | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 25 FG | 24 | 13 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Donny Anderson 5 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 31 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Amundson 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | George Amundson 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 31 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 82 | WR | Earl Thomas |
| 73 | LOT | Ernie McMillan |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 74 | LDE | Council Rudolph |
| 70 | LDT | Leo Brooks |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 57 | MLB | Mark Arneson |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 45 | LS | Jim Tolbert |
| 41 | RS | Clarence Duren |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 61 | LOG | Harris Jones |
| 53 | C | Fred Hoaglin |
| 68 | ROG | Brian Goodman |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 34 | RB | Willie Rodgers |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 63 | MG | Ronnie Carroll |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 76 | LOLB | Al Cowlings |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 48 | LS | Bob Atkins |
| 25 | RS | Al Johnson |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 16 | 77 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Donny Anderson | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ronnie Coleman | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 2 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 0 | 134 | 5.4 | 2 | 97.7 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 40 | 26 | 65.0 | 0 | 354 | 8.9 | 1 | 101.5 | |||
| Lynn Dickey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 2 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| J.V. Cain | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Otis | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Montgomery | 9 | 179 | 19.9 | 1 | |
| Mack Alston | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | |
| Willie Rodgers | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Hal Roberts | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| David Beverly | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Severson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 0 | ||
| Jack LeVeck | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 144 | 36.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Jeff Severson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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