NFL game summary for 10/03/1971:

Rocky Thompson's 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and Fran Tarkenton's 13 completions on his first 15 passing attempts rocketed the Giants into a 21-3 lead, and a fumble recovery by Willie Williams halted a late St. Louis drive to clinch the victory.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	85.0  (21)	154.5  (19)	239.5  (23)	3
	DEFENSE	125.0  (15)	262.5  (26)	387.5  (25)	5
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	117.5  (14)	180.0  (12)	297.5  (12)	8
	DEFENSE	133.0  (16)	93.0  (1)	226.0  (5)	1

Line: Cardinals by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (2-1-0)	14	7	0	0	21
St. Louis Cardinals (1-2-0)	3	7	7	3	20

( 0- 3) STL Jim Bakken 14 yard field goal
( 7- 3) NYG Rocky Thompson 93 yard kickoff return (Pete Gogolak kick)
(14- 3) NYG Bob Tucker 10 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(21- 3) NYG Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
(21-10) STL Mel Gray 64 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-17) STL Mel Gray 60 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-20) STL Jim Bakken 22 yard field goal

                     NYG             STL
First Downs:         16              14
Rushes-yards:        32-81           30-129
Yards/rush:          2.5             4.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-32-239-2     10-22-186-1
Sacked-yards:        2-19            1-10
Net pass yards:      220             176
Net yards/pass:      6.5             7.7
Total net yards:     301             305
Total plays:         66 (48% run)    53 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             5.8
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             6-3
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     5-65            3-45

Attendance: 49,571

Passing:
NYG: Fran Tarkenton, 20 of 32 for 239 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
STL: Pete Beathard, 10 of 22 for 186 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Bobby Duhon, 13 for 45 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 7 for 28 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 5 for 6 yards and 1 TD; Rocky Thompson, 4 for -1 yards; Rich Houston, 1 for 2 yards; Bob Tucker, 1 for 1 yard; Junior Coffey, 1 for 0 yards
STL: MacArthur Lane, 17 for 69 yards; Roy Shivers, 9 for 37 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 10 yards; Cid Edwards, 1 for 8 yards; Pete Beathard, 1 for 5 yards; Johnny Roland, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 5 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Rich Houston, 4 for 68 yards; Clifton McNeil, 4 for 52 yards; Tucker Frederickson, 3 for 21 yards; Bobby Duhon, 2 for 24 yards; Rocky Thompson, 2 for 12 yards
STL: MacArthur Lane, 4 for 32 yards; Dave Williams, 3 for 30 yards; Mel Gray, 2 for 124 yards and 2 TDs; Roy Shivers, 1 for 0 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 3 for 141 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Duhon, 1 for 19 yards
STL: Mel Gray, 1 for 21 yards; Norm Thompson, 1 for 17 yards; Johnny Roland, 1 for 7 yards; Dan Dierdorf, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Bobby Duhon, 2 for 5 yards; Spider Lockhart, 1 for 15 yards
STL: Norm Thompson, 3 for 17 yards; Larry Willingham, 1 for -2 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Willie Williams, 1 for 14 yards
STL: Mike McGill, 1 for 19 yards; Norm Thompson, 1 for 9 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 5 for 209 yards
STL: Chuck Latourette, 6 for 246 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 0/2
STL: Jim Bakken, 2/2

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