| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Giants |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 4, 1977 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 71826 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 41 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Bobby Hammond 15 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ike Harris 6 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 20 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Bill Bryant 54 interception return (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 37 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Willie Spencer 2 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 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 |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 21 | RB | Terry Metcalf |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 76 | RDT | Charlie Davis |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 55 | LLB | Eric Williams |
| 59 | MLB | Marv Kellum |
| 57 | RLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 36 | SS | Ken Reaves |
| 46 | FS | Jeff Severson |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 61 | C | Karl Chandler |
| 79 | ROG | Mike Gibbons |
| 62 | ROT | Ron Mikolajczyk |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 9 | QB | Joe Pisarcik |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 77 | RDT | Troy Archer |
| 77 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 21 | LCB | Bill Bryant |
| 29 | SS | Clyde Powers |
| 20 | FS | Jim Stienke |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Terry Metcalf | 11 | 68 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Doug Kotar | 17 | 82 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hammond | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Willie Spencer | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 1 | |
| Larry Csonka | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 2 | 126 | 5.5 | 1 | 46.6 | |||
| Billy Donckers | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103.1 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0 | 84 | 8.4 | 0 | 62.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Jerry Latin | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Ike Harris | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Jones | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Johnny Perkins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bill Bryant | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 |
| Brad Van Pelt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Duane Carrell | 6 | 213 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Bill Bradley | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Bobby Hammond | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Terry Metcalf | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Kurt Allerman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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