Saturday December 4, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/04/1976:



Jim Hart passed for two touchdowns and Jim Otis had his fourth 100-yard day, rushing for 107, as the Cardinals won to stay in playoff contention. Hart put St. Louis in the lead for good with a 41-yard touchdown pass to Terry Metcalf after the Colts had tied the score 7-7 on a one-yard run by Lydell Mitchell. The Cardinals forced three Baltimore turnovers in the fourth quarter to kill any comeback, one of two fumble recoveries leading to Jim Bakken's 22-yard field goal, and Ken Reaves' interception with 1:11 left stopping the Colts' final drive.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE175.7  (4)204.4  (5)380.1  (1)21
DEFENSE116.3  (2)171.8  (22)288.1  (11)30
OFFENSE157.8  (10)213.9  (2)371.8  (2)33
DEFENSE144.5  (15)152.2  (14)296.7  (15)32

Line: Colts by 2

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (10-3-0)737017
St. Louis Cardinals (9-4-0)1470324

( 0- 7) STL J.V. Cain 5 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) ( 7- 7) BAL Lydell Mitchell 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) ( 7-14) STL Terry Metcalf 41 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) (10-14) BAL Toni Linhart 22 yard field goal (10-21) STL Steve Jones 4 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick) (17-21) BAL Raymond Chester 30 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick) (17-24) STL Jim Bakken 22 yard field goal
                     BAL             STL
First Downs:         12              20
Rushes-yards:        20-62           51-177
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-23-241-1     13-22-206-0
Sacked-yards:        3-24            1-8
Net pass yards:      217             198
Net yards/pass:      8.3             8.6
Total net yards:     279             375
Total plays:         46 (43% run)    74 (68% run)  
Yards/play:          6.1             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        4-4             2-1
Turnovers:           5               1
Penalties-yards:     4-20            4-29

Attendance: 48,282

Passing:
BAL: Bert Jones, 13 of 23 for 241 yards and 1 TD (1 int) STL: Jim Hart, 13 of 22 for 206 yards and 2 TDs
Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 15 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Don McCauley, 4 for 4 yards; Bert Jones, 1 for 4 yards STL: Jim Otis, 29 for 107 yards; Terry Metcalf, 14 for 37 yards; Steve Jones, 7 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Jim Hart, 1 for -1 yards
Receiving:
BAL: Roger Carr, 5 for 84 yards; Glenn Doughty, 4 for 81 yards; Raymond Chester, 2 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Don McCauley, 2 for 29 yards STL: J.V. Cain, 3 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Ike Harris, 3 for 57 yards; Terry Metcalf, 3 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Steve Jones, 2 for 3 yards; Pat Tilley, 1 for 17 yards; Mel Gray, 1 for 17 yards
Kick returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 4 for 151 yards; Jackie Wallace, 1 for 23 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 26 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 35 yards; Mike McGraw, 1 for 13 yards
Punt returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 4 for 36 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 12 yards
Interceptions:
STL: Ken Reaves, 1 for 25 yards
Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 5 for 186 yards STL: Terry Joyce, 6 for 218 yards
Field Goals:
BAL: Toni Linhart, 1/1 STL: Jim Bakken, 1/1


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