NFL game summary for 10/11/1970:

Jim Hart threw three consecutive completions, climaxed by a 49-yard scoring pass to tight end Jackie Smith, to break a 17-17 tie and give St. Louis its third straight victory. MacArthur Lane rushed for 132 yards, including a 74-yard dash, the longest ever by a Cardinal in St. Louis.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	78.7  (24)	104.3  (26)	183.0  (26)	9
	DEFENSE	135.3  (19)	170.3  (17)	305.7  (19)	7
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	139.3  (6)	171.7  (8)	311.0  (7)	9
	DEFENSE	148.3  (23)	140.0  (10)	288.3  (16)	6

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New Orleans Saints (1-3-0)	0	7	3	7	17
St. Louis Cardinals (3-1-0)	7	0	3	14	24

( 0- 7) STL MacArthur Lane 74 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7- 7) NO  Tony Baker 3 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(10- 7) NO  Tom Dempsey 34 yard field goal
(10-10) STL Jim Bakken 44 yard field goal
(10-17) STL Roy Shivers 5 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(17-17) NO  Dave Parks 18 yard pass from Edd Hargett (Tom Dempsey kick)
(17-24) STL Jackie Smith 49 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)

                     NO              STL
First Downs:         19              17
Rushes-yards:        27-130          30-196
Yards/rush:          4.8             6.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-38-220-2     18-31-255-2
Sacked-yards:        1-8             2-19
Net pass yards:      212             236
Net yards/pass:      5.4             7.2
Total net yards:     342             432
Total plays:         66 (40% run)    63 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             6.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-1
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     3-36            7-91

Attendance: 45,294

Passing:
NO: Edd Hargett, 13 of 38 for 220 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
STL: Jim Hart, 18 of 31 for 255 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
NO: Tony Baker, 17 for 98 yards and 1 TD; Jim Otis, 4 for 2 yards; Al Dodd, 2 for 19 yards; Ernie Wheelwright, 2 for 2 yards; Danny Abramowicz, 1 for 7 yards; Edd Hargett, 1 for 2 yards
STL: MacArthur Lane, 16 for 132 yards and 1 TD; Cid Edwards, 8 for 42 yards; Roy Shivers, 5 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Jim Hart, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
NO: Dave Parks, 7 for 114 yards and 1 TD; Danny Abramowicz, 3 for 51 yards; Al Dodd, 2 for 31 yards; Ray Poage, 1 for 24 yards
STL: Jackie Smith, 5 for 149 yards and 1 TD; Cid Edwards, 5 for 22 yards; Dave Williams, 4 for 36 yards; MacArthur Lane, 3 for 41 yards; John Gilliam, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
NO: Elijah Pitts, 1 for 22 yards; Tom Barrington, 1 for 18 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 14 yards
STL: Charlie Pittman, 2 for 31 yards; John Gilliam, 1 for 21 yards

Punt returns:
NO: Gene Howard, 1 for 0 yards
STL: Chuck Latourette, 4 for 27 yards

Interceptions:
NO: Jackie Burkett, 1 for 0 yards; Doug Wyatt, 1 for 0 yards
STL: Roger Wehrli, 2 for 0 yards

Punting:
NO: Julian Fagan, 7 for 297 yards
STL: Chuck Latourette, 5 for 229 yards

Field Goals:
NO: Tom Dempsey, 1/3
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/1

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