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Sunday November 22, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/22/1970:



Kansas City wound up in its second tie of the year and the Cards had their first deadlock in a duel of kickers. Jan Stenerud made his first two attempts good then missed two long ones in the second half. Jim Bakken was successful on two of three attempts and Buck Buchanan, Chiefs' defensive tackle, blocked a fourth effort.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
St. Louis CardinalsOFFENSE167.9  (1)179.0  (8)346.9  (2)18
DEFENSE115.8  (10)156.9  (11)272.7  (9)25
Kansas City ChiefsOFFENSE134.3  (7)138.6  (20)272.9  (16)26
DEFENSE116.2  (11)135.2  (2)251.4  (3)29

Line: n/a

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (7-2-1)00336
Kansas City Chiefs (5-3-2)33006

( 0- 3) KC  Jan Stenerud 39 yard field goal
( 0- 6) KC  Jan Stenerud 15 yard field goal
( 3- 6) STL Jim Bakken 49 yard field goal
( 6- 6) STL Jim Bakken 14 yard field goal
                     STL             KC
First Downs:         17              11
Rushes-yards:        36-153          43-169
Yards/rush:          4.2             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-23-119-1     5-15-54-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-11
Net pass yards:      119             43
Net yards/pass:      5.2             2.5
Total net yards:     272             212
Total plays:         59 (61% run)    60 (71% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             3.5
Fumbles-lost:        3-3             1-1
Turnovers:           4               3
Penalties-yards:     3-48            5-32

Attendance: 50,711
Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 13 of 23 for 119 yards (1 int)
KC: Len Dawson, 4 of 14 for 38 yards (2 int); Ed Podolak, 1 of 1 for 16 yards

Rushing:
STL: Johnny Roland, 17 for 89 yards; MacArthur Lane, 12 for 46 yards; Jim Hart, 3 for 3 yards; John Gilliam, 2 for 11 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 4 yards; Roy Shivers, 1 for 0 yards
KC: Ed Podolak, 23 for 112 yards; Wendell Hayes, 14 for 45 yards; Len Dawson, 5 for 13 yards; Otis Taylor, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
STL: Johnny Roland, 5 for 14 yards; Roy Shivers, 2 for 33 yards; John Gilliam, 2 for 25 yards; Dave Williams, 1 for 26 yards; MacArthur Lane, 1 for 10 yards; Cid Edwards, 1 for 7 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 4 yards
KC: Otis Taylor, 2 for 25 yards; Wendell Hayes, 2 for 13 yards; Morris Stroud, 1 for 16 yards

Kick returns:
STL: John Gilliam, 1 for 21 yards; Terry Brown, 1 for 14 yards
KC: Robert Holmes, 2 for 56 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Johnny Roland, 1 for 3 yards
KC: Willie Mitchell, 1 for 13 yards

Interceptions:
STL: Miller Farr, 1 for 17 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 0 yards
KC: Jim Lynch, 1 for 27 yards

Punting:
STL: Chuck Latourette, 3 for 119 yards
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 4 for 153 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 2/4
KC: Jan Stenerud, 2/4




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