Sunday, November 29, 1981
St. Louis Cardinals 27, New England Patriots 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (6-7-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| New England Patriots (2-11-0) | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| STL | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Neil O'Donoghue 44 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NWE | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | STL | Neil O'Donoghue 45 yard field goal | 6 | 7 |
| 3rd | NWE | Tony Collins 6 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 13 |
| STL | Wayne Morris 1 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 13 | 13 | |
| 4th | STL | Ottis Anderson 14 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 20 | 13 |
| NWE | Vagas Ferguson 3 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 20 | 20 | |
| STL | Roy Green 33 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 27 | 20 |
| STL | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-157-2 | 27-127-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-28-280-1-0 | 17-25-245-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 3-19 |
| Net pass yards | 255 | 226 |
| Total yards | 412 | 353 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-20 | 6-46 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Neil Lomax | STL | 20 | 28 | 280 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Ottis Anderson | STL | 25 | 95 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Roy Green | STL | 3 | 79 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 5 | 76 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 11 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 2 | 46 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 3 | 21 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Greg LaFleur | STL | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Carl Birdsong | STL | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Matt Cavanaugh | NWE | 17 | 24 | 245 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 4 | 94 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 4 | 71 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 9 | 49 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 9 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 3 | 38 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Vagas Ferguson | NWE | 7 | 32 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ken Greene | STL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 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 | |||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Toler | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||