| St. Louis Cardinals at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1978 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 49244 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 70 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Otis 7 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 20 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Scott Dierking 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 41 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 38 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Scott Dierking 11 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 45 FG | 10 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 62 | LOT | Keith Wortman |
| 54 | LOG | Tom Banks |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 68 | ROG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 87 | TE | Al Chandler |
| 15 | QB | Steve Pisarkiewicz |
| 24 | HB | Wayne Morris |
| 35 | FB | Jim Otis |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 83 | NT | Mike Dawson |
| 63 | RDE | John Zook |
| 53 | LOLB | Steve Neils |
| 55 | LILB | Eric Williams |
| 50 | RILB | Kurt Allerman |
| 57 | ROLB | Mark Arneson |
| 27 | LCB | Carl Allen |
| 37 | SS | Ken Greene |
| 23 | FS | Ken Stone |
| 22 | RCB | Roger Wehrli |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Derrick Gaffney |
| 89 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 72 | LOT | Chris Ward |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 61 | ROT | John Roman |
| 83 | TE | Jerome Barkum |
| 17 | QB | Matt Robinson |
| 25 | RB | Scott Dierking |
| 33 | FB | Kevin Long |
| Offense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Lawrence Pillers |
| 74 | NT | Abdul Salaam |
| 73 | RDE | Joe Klecko |
| 51 | LOLB | Greg Buttle |
| 63 | LILB | John Hennessy |
| 52 | RILB | Mike Hennigan |
| 59 | ROLB | Bob Martin |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Shafer Suggs |
| 22 | FS | Burgess Owens |
| 38 | RCB | Ed Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Otis | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Wayne Morris | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Scott Dierking | 23 | 94 | 4.1 | 11t | 2 |
| Kevin Long | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Darnell Powell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Matt Robinson | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 27 | 10 | 37.0 | 2 | 164 | 6.1 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 27.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Matt Robinson | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 126 | 5.7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 67.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mel Gray | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Steve Jones | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Childs | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Al Chandler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Wesley Walker | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Derrick Gaffney | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Scott Dierking | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bruce Harper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Kevin Long | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clark Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bobby Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Jim Bakken | 4 | 147 | 36.8 | 42 | 0 |
| Steve Little | 2 | 91 | 45.5 | 50 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 4 | 0 | 73 | 18.3 | 39 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 0 | 53 | 17.7 | 31 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Jimmy Childs | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Bruce Harper | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Mike Dawson | 0.5 |
| Bob Pollard | 0.5 |
| New York Jets | |
| Lawrence Pillers | 1.5 |
| Joe Klecko | 0.5 |
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