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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings - December 21st, 1974
St. Louis Cardinals 14 at Minnesota Vikings 30
Saturday, December 21, 1974
St. Louis Cardinals 14, Minnesota Vikings 30| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (10-5-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Minnesota Vikings (11-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 30 |
Scoring
| STL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | STL | Earl Thomas 13 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam 16 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Fred Cox 37 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| MIN | Nate Wright 20 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 17 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam 38 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (kick failed) | 7 | 23 | |
| 4th | MIN | Chuck Foreman 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 30 |
| STL | Terry Metcalf 11 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 30 |
Team Stats
| STL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-100-1 | 42-199-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-40-200-1-1 | 13-23-169-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 1-3 |
| Net pass yards | 184 | 166 |
| Total yards | 284 | 365 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 1-15 | 4-39 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Hart | STL | 18 | 40 | 200 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 15 | 55 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 29 | ||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 5 | 77 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Earl Thomas | STL | 6 | 64 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 8 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||||
| Gary Hammond | STL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ken Willard | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 23 | 114 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 16 | 67 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 13 | 23 | 169 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 38 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 2 | 25 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mark Arneson | STL | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Greg Hartle | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 11 | |||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Wehrli | STL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Doug Kingsriter | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Lurtsema | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| Doug Sutherland | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jackie Wallace | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Jeff Wright | MIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
St. Louis Cardinals Starting Lineup
| Jim Hart | QB |
| Terry Metcalf | RB |
| Jim Otis | FB |
| Earl Thomas | WR |
| Mel Gray | WR |
| Jackie Smith | TE |
| Roger Finnie | LT |
| Bob Young | LG |
| Tom Brahaney | C |
| Conrad Dobler | RG |
| Dan Dierdorf | RT |
| Council Rudolph | LDE |
| Lee Brooks | LDT |
| Bob Rowe | RDT |
| Ron Yankowski | RDE |
| Larry Stallings | LLB |
| Mark Arneson | MLB |
| Pete Barnes | RLB |
| Norm Thompson | LCB |
| Roger Wehrli | RCB |
| Jim Tolbert | SS |
| Clarence Duren | FS |
Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup
| Fran Tarkenton | QB |
| Dave Osborn | RB |
| Chuck Foreman | FB |
| John Gilliam | WR |
| Jim Lash | WR |
| Stu Voigt | TE |
| Charles Goodrum | LT |
| Andy Maurer | LG |
| Mick Tingelhoff | C |
| Ed White | RG |
| Ron Yary | RT |
| Carl Eller | LDE |
| Doug Sutherland | LDT |
| Alan Page | RDT |
| Jim Marshall | RDE |
| Roy Winston | LLB |
| Jeff Siemon | MLB |
| Wally Hilgenberg | RLB |
| Nate Wright | LCB |
| Jackie Wallace | RCB |
| Jeff Wright | SS |
| Paul Krause | FS |