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St. Louis Cardinals 14 at Minnesota Vikings 30

Saturday, December 21, 1974

St. Louis Cardinals 14, Minnesota Vikings 30

1234Final
St. Louis Cardinals (10-5-0)070714
Minnesota Vikings (11-4-0)0716730

Scoring

STLMIN
2ndSTLEarl Thomas 13 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)70
MINJohn Gilliam 16 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)77
3rdMINFred Cox 37 yard field goal710
MINNate Wright 20 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick)717
MINJohn Gilliam 38 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (kick failed)723
4thMINChuck Foreman 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)730
STLTerry Metcalf 11 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)1430

Team Stats

STLMIN
First downs1719
Rush-yards-TDs25-100-142-199-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT18-40-200-1-113-23-169-2-2
Sacked-yards2-161-3
Net pass yards184166
Total yards284365
Fumbles-lost2-10-0
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards1-154-39

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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

Minnesota Vikings Starting Lineup