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St. Louis Cardinals 31 at Houston Oilers 27

Sunday, October 20, 1974

St. Louis Cardinals 31, Houston Oilers 27

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St. Louis Cardinals (6-0-0)7143731
Houston Oilers (1-5-0)10301427

Scoring

STLHOU
1stSTLJim Otis 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)70
HOUSkip Butler 28 yard field goal73
HOUMike Montgomery 8 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)710
2ndSTLEarl Thomas 6 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)1410
STLEarl Thomas 40 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)2110
HOUSkip Butler 24 yard field goal2113
3rdSTLJim Bakken 25 yard field goal2413
4thSTLDonny Anderson 5 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)3113
HOUGeorge Amundson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)3120
HOUGeorge Amundson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)3127

Team Stats

STLHOU
First downs2321
Rush-yards-TDs45-211-226-85-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-25-134-2-026-41-354-1-0
Sacked-yards0-01-6
Net pass yards134348
Total yards345433
Fumbles-lost2-24-3
Turnovers23
Penalties-yards7-779-65

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terry Metcalf STL 16 77 0 0 3 13 0 0
Jim Otis STL 14 76 1 0 2 10 0 0
Jim Hart STL 14 25 134 2 0 0
Donny Anderson STL 15 58 1 0
Earl Thomas STL 2 46 2 0
Jackie Smith STL 2 29 0 0
Mel Gray STL 3 20 0 0
J.V. Cain STL 2 16 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Mike Montgomery HOU 9 179 1 0
Dan Pastorini HOU 26 40 354 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
Mack Alston HOU 4 71 0 0
Willie Rodgers HOU 8 34 0 0 4 34 0 0
Billy Parks HOU 3 42 0 0
Ronnie Coleman HOU 12 41 0 0
George Amundson HOU 5 9 2 0 3 18 0 0
Billy Johnson HOU 1 9 0 0
Ken Burrough HOU 2 1 0 0
Lynn Dickey HOU 0 1 0 0 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Willie Belton STL 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Jack LeVeck STL 0 0 0 0 1 12 12.0 0 0
Terry Metcalf STL 0 0 0 0 3 141 47.0 0 0 2 34 17.0 0 0
Jim Tolbert STL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Bob Gresham HOU 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Billy Johnson HOU 0 0 0 0 4 144 36.0 0 0 3 32 10.7 0 0
Jeff Severson HOU 0 0 0 0 1 10 10.0 0 0 2 24 12.0 0 0