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New Orleans Saints 31 at St. Louis Cardinals 49

Sunday, October 23, 1977

New Orleans Saints 31, St. Louis Cardinals 49

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (1-5-0)0213731
St. Louis Cardinals (3-3-0)14772149

Scoring

NORSTL
1stSTLMel Gray 38 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)07
STLWayne Morris 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)014
2ndSTLWayne Morris 9 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)021
NORChuck Muncie 19 yard rush (Rich Szaro kick)721
NORJim Thaxton 25 yard pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick)1421
NORHenry Childs 53 yard pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick)2121
3rdSTLWayne Morris 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)2128
NORRich Szaro 22 yard field goal2428
4thSTLMel Gray 11 yard pass from Terry Metcalf (Jim Bakken kick)2435
NORHenry Childs 29 yard pass from Bobby Scott (Rich Szaro kick)3135
STLSteve Jones 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)3142
STLWayne Morris 12 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)3149

Team Stats

NORSTL
First downs2331
Rush-yards-TDs26-165-152-244-5
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-35-285-3-219-26-243-2-0
Sacked-yards1-100-0
Net pass yards275243
Total yards440487
Fumbles-lost0-02-2
Turnovers22
Penalties-yards4-347-67

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bobby Scott NOR 16 35 285 3 2 53
Chuck Muncie NOR 13 102 1 22 1 14 0 14
Jim Thaxton NOR 4 83 1 25
Henry Childs NOR 3 79 2 53
Tony Galbreath NOR 9 39 0 11 1 8 0 8
John Gilliam NOR 2 38 0 23
Mike Strachan NOR 4 24 0 9 1 10 0 10
Don Herrmann NOR 3 30 0 14
Rich Mauti NOR 1 23 0 23
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Terry Metcalf STL 2 2 18 1 0 11 17 78 0 9 5 62 0 19
Wayne Morris STL 25 95 4 12 4 27 0 10
Jim Hart STL 17 24 225 1 0 38 1 1 0 1
Mel Gray STL 3 62 2 38
Jerry Latin STL 5 38 0 15 1 14 0 14
J.V. Cain STL 4 42 0 14
Ike Harris STL 1 23 0 23
Roger Wehrli STL 1 19 0 19
Jackie Smith STL 1 13 0 13
Jim Otis STL 2 12 0 6
Steve Jones STL 1 1 1 1

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
Greg Boykin NOR 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Rick Kingrea NOR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rich Mauti NOR 0 0 0 0 5 89 17.8 0 0
Leonard Willis NOR 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 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
Jerry Latin STL 0 0 0 0 3 79 26.3 0 0
Terry Metcalf STL 0 0 0 0 3 99 33.0 0 0 2 29 14.5 0 0
Lee Nelson STL 1 10 0 0
Roger Wehrli STL 1 12 0 0