Sunday, October 3, 1976
New York Giants 21, St. Louis Cardinals 27| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants (0-4-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (3-1-0) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| NYG | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Mike Sensibaugh 35 yard interception return (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 7 |
| NYG | Larry Csonka 5 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| STL | Jim Bakken 22 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| 2nd | STL | Steve Jones 3 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3rd | STL | Jim Bakken 34 yard field goal | 7 | 20 |
| NYG | Larry Csonka 1 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick) | 14 | 20 | |
| 4th | STL | Steve Jones 3 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 27 |
| NYG | Marsh White 2 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick) | 21 | 27 |
| NYG | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-137-3 | 45-187-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-28-215-0-1 | 16-22-117-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 207 | 117 |
| Total yards | 344 | 304 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-65 | 9-80 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Doug Kotar | NYG | 10 | 40 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 132 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Craig Morton | NYG | 18 | 28 | 215 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gordon Bell | NYG | 6 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Larry Csonka | NYG | 13 | 56 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Gary Shirk | NYG | 1 | 31 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 3 | 26 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Marsh White | NYG | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Jones | STL | 17 | 85 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 15 | 70 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 16 | 22 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Ike Harris | STL | 5 | 44 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Terry Metcalf | STL | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 7 | 20 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| J.V. Cain | STL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 2 | 19 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gordon Bell | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jim Robinson | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 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 | |||
| Jerry Latin | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Sensibaugh | STL | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||