| New York Giants at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 13, 1981 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 47358 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 38 F Humidty: 62% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York GiantsNYG | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 30 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | George Martin 20 opponents fumble recovery (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 27 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Rob Carpenter 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 33 FG | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Greg LaFleur 3 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 20 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mike Friede |
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 73 | LOT | Jeff Weston |
| 67 | LOG | Billy Ard |
| 58 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 72 | ROT | Gordon King |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 12 | QB | Scott Brunner |
| 35 | RB | Ike Forte |
| 26 | FB | Rob Carpenter |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 77 | NT | Bill Neill |
| 70 | RDE | Gary Jeter |
| 57 | LOLB | Byron Hunt |
| 55 | LILB | Brian Kelley |
| 53 | RILB | Harry Carson |
| 56 | ROLB | Lawrence Taylor |
| 36 | LCB | Mark Haynes |
| 29 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 28 | FS | Beasley Reece |
| 24 | RCB | Terry Jackson |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mel Gray |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 66 | LOT | George Collins |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 51 | C | Tom Brahaney |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 72 | ROT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 89 | TE | Greg LaFleur |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | RB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 73 | LDT | Mike Dawson |
| 69 | RDT | Rush Brown |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 55 | LOLB | Eric Williams |
| 58 | MLB | Dave Ahrens |
| 54 | ROLB | E.J. Junior |
| 22 | LCB | Roger Wehrli |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 37 | FS | Ken Greene |
| 35 | RCB | Jeff Griffin |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 26 | 117 | 4.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Leon Bright | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Leon Perry | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Ike Forte | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Brunner | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 18 | 75 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Scott Brunner | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 1 | 86 | 3.6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 41.3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 31 | 16 | 51.6 | 1 | 163 | 5.3 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 64.3 |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Johnny Perkins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ike Forte | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Earnest Gray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Leon Bright | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Mel Gray | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Chris Combs | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg LaFleur | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Beasley Reece | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mark Haynes | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Eric Williams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 6 | 278 | 46.3 | 52 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 9 | 0 | |
| Terry Jackson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 30 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Giants | |
| Lawrence Taylor | 2.0 |
| Byron Hunt | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Rush Brown | 0.5 |
| Bruce Radford | 0.5 |
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