Sunday October 11, 1981
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/11/1981:



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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE120.2  (18)175.0  (22)295.2  (24)9
DEFENSE154.4  (26)211.8  (19)366.2  (22)10
OFFENSE71.6  (28)211.0  (13)282.6  (26)10
DEFENSE124.8  (13)205.8  (14)330.6  (12)10

Line: Giants by 1

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (2-4-0)070714
New York Giants (3-3-0)01710734

( 7- 0) STL Doug Marsh 14 yard pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) ( 7- 3) NYG Joe Danelo 41 yard field goal ( 7-10) NYG Johnny Perkins 5 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) ( 7-17) NYG Johnny Perkins 7 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) ( 7-20) NYG Joe Danelo 45 yard field goal ( 7-27) NYG Earnest Gray 22 yard pass from Phil Simms (Joe Danelo kick) (14-27) STL Theotis Brown 3 yard rush (Neil O'Donoghue kick) (14-34) NYG Rob Carpenter 21 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)
                     STL             NYG
First Downs:         19              27
Rushes-yards:        26-101          36-198
Yards/rush:          3.9             5.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-29-221-1     19-33-208-0
Sacked-yards:        4-37            5-29
Net pass yards:      184             179
Net yards/pass:      5.6             4.7
Total net yards:     285             377
Total plays:         59 (44% run)    74 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        5-3             1-1
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     7-49            4-44

Attendance: 67,128

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 17 of 26 for 195 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Neil Lomax, 2 of 3 for 26 yards NYG: Phil Simms, 19 of 33 for 208 yards and 3 TDs
Rushing:
STL: Ottis Anderson, 17 for 71 yards; Theotis Brown, 6 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Neil Lomax, 1 for 8 yards; Wayne Morris, 1 for 3 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for 0 yards NYG: Rob Carpenter, 14 for 103 yards and 1 TD; Louis Jackson, 9 for 30 yards; Leon Perry, 5 for 30 yards; Leon Bright, 5 for 8 yards; Phil Simms, 2 for 24 yards; Scott Brunner, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
STL: Ottis Anderson, 5 for 47 yards; Doug Marsh, 4 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Theotis Brown, 3 for 32 yards; Mel Gray, 3 for 18 yards; Pat Tilley, 2 for 31 yards; Roy Green, 1 for 24 yards; Greg LaFleur, 1 for 17 yards NYG: Johnny Perkins, 5 for 55 yards and 2 TDs; Gary Shirk, 3 for 31 yards; Rob Carpenter, 2 for 23 yards; Mike Friede, 2 for 22 yards; Tom Mullady, 2 for 14 yards; Leon Bright, 2 for 10 yards; Leon Perry, 1 for 24 yards; Earnest Gray, 1 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Louis Jackson, 1 for 7 yards
Kick returns:
STL: Stump Mitchell, 4 for 68 yards; Willard Harrell, 1 for 9 yards NYG: Leon Bright, 2 for 43 yards; Alvin Garrett, 1 for 32 yards
Punt returns:
STL: Stump Mitchell, 2 for 24 yards NYG: Leon Bright, 2 for 19 yards; Alvin Garrett, 1 for 3 yards
Interceptions:
NYG: Brian Kelley, 1 for 16 yards
Punting:
STL: Carl Birdsong, 4 for 194 yards NYG: Dave Jennings, 3 for 143 yards
Field Goals:
STL: Neil O'Donoghue, 0/1 NYG: Joe Danelo, 2/2


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