Sunday October 22, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/22/1972:



Trailing 21-7 at halftime, the Giants rebounded for two touchdowns within 62 seconds to tie the count early in the third period. Two plays after Pat Hughes recovered a fumble at the Cardinals' 19, Norm Snead hit Don Herrmann with a 16-yard TD pass. Then Spider Lockhart intercepted a pass and dashed 29 yards for another score. The deciding points were provided by Pete Gogolak on field goals from the 16 and 43-yard lines.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE71.6  (25)131.2  (19)202.8  (24)11
DEFENSE158.0  (21)178.0  (22)336.0  (20)10
OFFENSE140.2  (15)169.2  (9)309.4  (11)10
DEFENSE131.2  (13)211.0  (24)342.2  (22)15

Line: Giants by 8

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (2-4-0)0210021
New York Giants (4-2-0)0714627

( 7- 0) STL Donny Anderson 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) ( 7- 7) NYG Charlie Evans 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) (14- 7) STL Johnny Roland 5 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) (21- 7) STL Johnny Roland 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) (21-14) NYG Don Herrmann 16 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick) (21-21) NYG Spider Lockhart 29 yard interception return (Pete Gogolak kick) (21-24) NYG Pete Gogolak 16 yard field goal (21-27) NYG Pete Gogolak 43 yard field goal
                     STL             NYG
First Downs:         13              16
Rushes-yards:        26-83           36-107
Yards/rush:          3.2             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-25-137-2     15-26-209-1
Sacked-yards:        4-29            0-0
Net pass yards:      108             209
Net yards/pass:      3.7             8.0
Total net yards:     191             316
Total plays:         55 (47% run)    62 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          3.5             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-2
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     7-45            4-30

Attendance: 62,756

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 13 of 25 for 137 yards and 1 TD (2 int) NYG: Norm Snead, 15 of 26 for 209 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
Rushing:
STL: Johnny Roland, 11 for 52 yards and 2 TDs; Donny Anderson, 9 for 20 yards; Cannonball Butler, 2 for 5 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 0 yards; Leon Burns, 1 for 5 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for 1 yard NYG: Ron Johnson, 21 for 76 yards; Charlie Evans, 14 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Norm Snead, 1 for 2 yards
Receiving:
STL: Johnny Roland, 5 for 41 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 4 for 50 yards; Donny Anderson, 3 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Walker Gillette, 1 for 11 yards NYG: Bob Tucker, 6 for 86 yards; Ron Johnson, 4 for 69 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Evans, 2 for 15 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 15 yards
Kick returns:
STL: Mel Gray, 3 for 78 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 57 yards NYG: Joe Orduna, 2 for 42 yards; Chuck Crist, 1 for 7 yards
Punt returns:
STL: Roger Wehrli, 1 for 22 yards NYG: Pete Athas, 1 for 6 yards
Interceptions:
STL: Jeff Staggs, 1 for 7 yards NYG: Spider Lockhart, 1 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Richmond Flowers, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
STL: Donny Anderson, 5 for 192 yards NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 78 yards
Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 0/1 NYG: Pete Gogolak, 2/3


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