Sunday October 31, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/31/1976:



Jim Bakken's 21-yard field goal at 6:42 of overtime, set up by six straight carries by Jim Otis following a 49ers' fumble of a Cardinals punt, kept St. Louis one game behind Dallas in the NFC East and dropped San Francisco into second place in the NFC West. The 49ers held a 20-14 fourth quarter lead on a three touchdown, club record 194-yard rushing performance by Delvin Williams before Jim Hart combined with Mel Gray for a 77-yard touchdown pass with 8:02 left to tie the game 20-20.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE138.0  (18)141.4  (18)279.4  (18)15
DEFENSE123.1  (9)90.1  (1)213.3  (1)19
OFFENSE169.7  (8)211.7  (5)381.4  (4)22
DEFENSE114.9  (5)167.0  (16)281.9  (9)19

Line: Cardinals by 3

Team1234OTF
San Francisco 49ers (6-2-0)01307020
St. Louis Cardinals (6-2-0)7076323

( 0- 7) STL J.V. Cain 9 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) ( 6- 7) SF Delvin Williams 4 yard rush (kick failed) (13- 7) SF Delvin Williams 23 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) (13-14) STL Terry Metcalf 23 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) (20-14) SF Delvin Williams 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick) (20-20) STL Mel Gray 77 yard pass from Jim Hart (kick failed) (20-23) STL Jim Bakken 21 yard field goal
                     SF              STL
First Downs:         23              17
Rushes-yards:        54-265          34-148
Yards/rush:          4.9             4.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-17-125-1      16-31-271-1
Sacked-yards:        1-8             4-46
Net pass yards:      117             225
Net yards/pass:      6.5             6.4
Total net yards:     382             373
Total plays:         72 (75% run)    69 (49% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     5-35            5-35

Attendance: 50,365

Passing:
SF: Jim Plunkett, 8 of 17 for 125 yards (1 int) STL: Jim Hart, 16 of 31 for 271 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)
Rushing:
SF: Delvin Williams, 34 for 194 yards and 3 TDs; Wilbur Jackson, 17 for 67 yards; Jim Plunkett, 3 for 4 yards STL: Jim Otis, 23 for 109 yards; Terry Metcalf, 9 for 28 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 11 yards
Receiving:
SF: Jim Lash, 4 for 87 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 1 for 16 yards; Delvin Williams, 1 for 8 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 8 yards; Gene Washington, 1 for 6 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 4 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Mel Gray, 3 for 115 yards and 1 TD; J.V. Cain, 3 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Ike Harris, 3 for 35 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 19 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 7 yards
Kick returns:
SF: Tony Leonard, 3 for 94 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 59 yards; Wayne Morris, 1 for 4 yards
Punt returns:
SF: Tony Leonard, 4 for 18 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 27 yards
Interceptions:
SF: Mel Phillips, 1 for 0 yards STL: Norm Thompson, 1 for 38 yards
Punting:
SF: Tom Wittum, 4 for 148 yards STL: Terry Joyce, 7 for 294 yards
Field Goals:
SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 0/2 STL: Jim Bakken, 1/2


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