| St. Louis Cardinals at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1975 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 64272 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Terry Metcalf 14 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Dwayne Crump 64 blocked field goal recovery (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Dexter Bussey 32 run (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jerry Latin 57 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 24 FG | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Marlin Briscoe 23 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick failed) | 24 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 84 | WR | Ike Harris |
| 60 | LOT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | LOG | Bob Young |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 66 | ROG | Conrad Dobler |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 88 | TE | J.V. Cain |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| 35 | RB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Bell |
| 76 | LDT | Charlie Davis |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 50 | MLB | Greg Hartle |
| 59 | RLB | Pete Barnes |
| 43 | LCB | Norm Thompson |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 31 | FS | Clarence Duren |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 14 | QB | Joe Reed |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 55 | RLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 28 | RS | Mike Weger |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jerry Latin | 15 | 112 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Otis | 14 | 69 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Josh Ashton | 9 | 41 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 1 | |
| Steve Jones | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dennis Shaw | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 10 | 75 | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Horace King | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 0 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 | 74.8 | |||
| Dennis Shaw | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 16 | 5.3 | 16 | 0 | 12.5 | ||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 29 | 14 | 48.3 | 1 | 199 | 6.9 | 1 | 68.0 | |||
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Latin | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ken Reaves | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jeff West | 4 | 126 | 31.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 199 | 49.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Horace King | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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