NFL game summary for 10/22/1972:

Trailing 21-7 at halftime, the Giants rebounded for two touchdowns within 62 seconds to tie the count early in the third period. Two plays after Pat Hughes recovered a fumble at the Cardinals' 19, Norm Snead hit Don Herrmann with a 16-yard TD pass. Then Spider Lockhart intercepted a pass and dashed 29 yards for another score. The deciding points were provided by Pete Gogolak on field goals from the 16 and 43-yard lines.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	71.6  (25)	131.2  (19)	202.8  (24)	11
	DEFENSE	158.0  (21)	178.0  (22)	336.0  (20)	10
New York Giants	OFFENSE	140.2  (15)	169.2  (9)	309.4  (11)	10
	DEFENSE	131.2  (13)	211.0  (24)	342.2  (22)	15

Line: Giants by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (2-4-0)	0	21	0	0	21
New York Giants (4-2-0)	0	7	14	6	27

( 7- 0) STL Donny Anderson 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7- 7) NYG Charlie Evans 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
(14- 7) STL Johnny Roland 5 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(21- 7) STL Johnny Roland 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-14) NYG Don Herrmann 16 yard pass from Norm Snead (Pete Gogolak kick)
(21-21) NYG Spider Lockhart 29 yard interception return (Pete Gogolak kick)
(21-24) NYG Pete Gogolak 16 yard field goal
(21-27) NYG Pete Gogolak 43 yard field goal

                     STL             NYG
First Downs:         13              16
Rushes-yards:        26-83           36-107
Yards/rush:          3.2             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-25-137-2     15-26-209-1
Sacked-yards:        4-29            0-0
Net pass yards:      108             209
Net yards/pass:      3.7             8.0
Total net yards:     191             316
Total plays:         55 (47% run)    62 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          3.5             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-2
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     7-45            4-30

Attendance: 62,756

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 13 of 25 for 137 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
NYG: Norm Snead, 15 of 26 for 209 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
STL: Johnny Roland, 11 for 52 yards and 2 TDs; Donny Anderson, 9 for 20 yards; Cannonball Butler, 2 for 5 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 0 yards; Leon Burns, 1 for 5 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for 1 yard
NYG: Ron Johnson, 21 for 76 yards; Charlie Evans, 14 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Norm Snead, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
STL: Johnny Roland, 5 for 41 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 4 for 50 yards; Donny Anderson, 3 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Walker Gillette, 1 for 11 yards
NYG: Bob Tucker, 6 for 86 yards; Ron Johnson, 4 for 69 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Evans, 2 for 15 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 15 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Mel Gray, 3 for 78 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 57 yards
NYG: Joe Orduna, 2 for 42 yards; Chuck Crist, 1 for 7 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Roger Wehrli, 1 for 22 yards
NYG: Pete Athas, 1 for 6 yards

Interceptions:
STL: Jeff Staggs, 1 for 7 yards
NYG: Spider Lockhart, 1 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Richmond Flowers, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
STL: Donny Anderson, 5 for 192 yards
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 3 for 78 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 0/1
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 2/3

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