Sunday, December 8, 1968
St. Louis Cardinals 28, New York Giants 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (8-4-1) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| New York Giants (7-6-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| STL | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Willis Crenshaw 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NYG | Homer Jones 73 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| STL | Jackie Smith 11 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 2nd | STL | Willis Crenshaw 66 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 7 |
| NYG | Ernie Koy 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 14 | |
| 3rd | NYG | Joe Morrison 68 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4th | STL | Willis Crenshaw 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 28 | 21 |
| STL | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-277-4 | 39-157-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-10-74-0-1 | 16-29-325-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-41 |
| Net pass yards | 74 | 284 |
| Total yards | 351 | 441 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 3-22 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Willis Crenshaw | STL | 26 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Roland | STL | 9 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 7 | 10 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Joe Conrad | STL | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Shivers | STL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | NYG | 16 | 29 | 325 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Homer Jones | NYG | 4 | 142 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Morrison | NYG | 4 | 109 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ernie Koy | NYG | 17 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 16 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Aaron Thomas | NYG | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Young | NYG | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Chuck Latourette | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lonnie Sanders | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ronnie Blye | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||