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St. Louis Cardinals 27 at New York Giants 14

Sunday, September 9, 1979

St. Louis Cardinals 27, New York Giants 14

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St. Louis Cardinals (1-1-0)01413027
New York Giants (0-2-0)1400014

Scoring

STLNYG
1stNYGDoug Kotar 1 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)07
NYGErnie Jones 31 yard interception return (Joe Danelo kick)014
2ndSTLTheotis Brown 1 yard rush (Mike Wood kick)714
STLMark Arneson 29 yard fumble return (Mike Wood kick)1414
3rdSTLWayne Morris 2 yard rush (Mike Wood kick)2114
STLAl Chandler 28 yard pass from Jim Hart (kick failed)2714

Team Stats

STLNYG
First downs2310
Rush-yards-TDs53-189-218-40-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-24-162-1-214-36-140-0-2
Sacked-yards1-37-52
Net pass yards15988
Total yards348128
Fumbles-lost4-22-1
Turnovers43
Penalties-yards9-5211-90

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ottis Anderson STL 31 109 0 15 4 57 0 28
Jim Hart STL 12 24 162 1 2 28 2 12 0 12
Wayne Morris STL 10 40 1 16 3 28 0 15
Al Chandler STL 1 28 1 28
Thomas Lott STL 5 20 0 7
Gary Parris STL 1 18 0 18
Dave Stief STL 1 15 0 15
Pat Tilley STL 1 9 0 9
Theotis Brown STL 5 8 1 3
Jimmy Childs STL 1 7 0 7
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Joe Pisarcik NYG 13 35 112 0 2 19
Earnest Gray NYG 4 48 0 19
Ken Johnson NYG 9 14 0 6 3 20 0 12
Doug Kotar NYG 6 19 1 4 2 11 0 10
Johnny Perkins NYG 1 28 0 28
Gary Shirk NYG 3 26 0 13
Dave Jennings NYG 1 1 28 0 0 28
Cleveland Jackson NYG 1 7 0 7
Emery Moorehead NYG 3 7 0 4

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
Willard Harrell STL 0 0 0 0 2 71 35.5 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Thomas Lott STL 0 0 0 0 2 25 12.5 0 0
Perry Smith STL 1 22 0 0
Ken Stone STL 1 19 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
Alan Caldwell NYG 1 0 0 0
Tony Green NYG 0 0 0 0 2 24 12.0 0 0 2 14 7.0 0 0
Ernie Jones NYG 1 31 1 0
Frank Marion NYG 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Emery Moorehead NYG 0 0 0 0 1 16 16.0 0 0