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New York Giants 41 at St. Louis Cardinals 35

Sunday, September 7, 1980

New York Giants 41, St. Louis Cardinals 35

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New York Giants (1-0-0)77171041
St. Louis Cardinals (0-1-0)7714735

Scoring

NYGSTL
1stSTLWayne Morris 5 yard rush (Steve Little kick)07
NYGEarnest Gray 10 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)77
2ndNYGEarnest Gray 37 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)147
STLWayne Morris 9 yard rush (Steve Little kick)1414
3rdNYGJoe Danelo 28 yard field goal1714
STLOttis Anderson 24 yard rush (Steve Little kick)1721
NYGJohnny Perkins 58 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)2421
NYGEarnest Gray 42 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)3121
STLDoug Marsh 7 yard pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick)3128
4thNYGEarnest Gray 20 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick)3828
STLPat Tilley 42 yard pass from Jim Hart (Steve Little kick)3835
NYGJoe Danelo 33 yard field goal4135

Team Stats

NYGSTL
First downs1920
Rush-yards-TDs40-104-024-132-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-31-280-5-118-31-322-2-3
Sacked-yards1-64-35
Net pass yards274287
Total yards378419
Fumbles-lost1-03-2
Turnovers15
Penalties-yards9-805-40

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Earnest Gray NYG 9 174 4 42
Phil Simms NYG 16 31 280 5 1 58 4 3 0 5
Johnny Perkins NYG 2 59 1 58
Eddie Hicks NYG 15 39 0 9 1 4 0 4
Mike Hogan NYG 8 20 0 5 1 10 0 10
Larry Heater NYG 7 19 0 5 1 9 0 9
Bo Matthews NYG 6 23 0 5
Tom Mullady NYG 1 14 0 14
Gary Shirk NYG 1 10 0 10
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim Hart STL 18 31 322 2 3 56 1 4 0 4
Ottis Anderson STL 12 85 1 24 4 39 0 17
Pat Tilley STL 4 97 1 42
Mel Gray STL 4 92 0 56
Wayne Morris STL 11 43 2 9 3 34 0 24
Mark R. Bell STL 1 34 0 34
Doug Marsh STL 2 26 1 19

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
Alvin Garrett NYG 0 0 0 0 2 82 41.0 0 0
Mark Haynes NYG 1 6 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0
Larry Heater NYG 0 0 0 0 2 49 24.5 0 0
Bud Hebert NYG 1 0 0 0
Terry Jackson NYG 1 5 0 0
Nate Johnson NYG 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.0 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
Mark R. Bell STL 0 0 0 0 3 29 9.7 0 0
Ken Greene STL 1 -2 0 0
Roy Green STL 0 0 0 0 6 142 23.7 0 0
Randy Love STL 0 0 0 0 1 27 27.0 0 0
Ken Stone STL 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0