NFL game summary for 11/05/1972:

Kickers Jim Bakken of St. Louis and Tom Dempsey of Philadelphia provided all of the points, but each missed a field goal attempt in the closing minutes. Dempsey failed to make a 45-yard effort with less than five minutes remaining. Bakken's miss was from the 27 with only 17 seconds left.

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	84.4  (25)	126.1  (21)	210.6  (26)	18
	DEFENSE	149.4  (19)	182.7  (22)	332.1  (21)	15
Philadelphia Eagles	OFFENSE	104.3  (22)	174.9  (7)	279.1  (19)	23
	DEFENSE	145.6  (18)	192.6  (24)	338.1  (22)	13

Line: Cardinals by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (2-5-1)	0	6	0	0	6
Philadelphia Eagles (1-6-1)	3	0	0	3	6

( 0- 3) PHI Tom Dempsey 11 yard field goal
( 3- 3) STL Jim Bakken 9 yard field goal
( 6- 3) STL Jim Bakken 32 yard field goal
( 6- 6) PHI Tom Dempsey 30 yard field goal

                     STL             PHI
First Downs:         14              17
Rushes-yards:        32-146          38-99
Yards/rush:          4.6             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-15-106-2      16-26-222-0
Sacked-yards:        3-24            2-22
Net pass yards:      82              200
Net yards/pass:      4.6             7.1
Total net yards:     228             299
Total plays:         50 (64% run)    66 (57% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-1
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     6-45            5-65

Attendance: 65,720

Passing:
STL: Tim Van Galder, 7 of 14 for 106 yards (2 int); Jackie Smith, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
PHI: Pete Liske, 16 of 26 for 222 yards

Rushing:
STL: Donny Anderson, 17 for 41 yards; Johnny Roland, 12 for 77 yards; Tim Van Galder, 2 for 11 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 17 yards
PHI: Po James, 18 for 47 yards; Tony Baker, 15 for 49 yards; Pete Liske, 2 for 9 yards; Harold Jackson, 2 for -8 yards; Larry Crowe, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
STL: Donny Anderson, 2 for 36 yards; Fred Hyatt, 2 for 32 yards; Jackie Smith, 2 for 26 yards; Johnny Roland, 1 for 12 yards
PHI: Kent Kramer, 4 for 72 yards; Po James, 4 for 32 yards; Tony Baker, 3 for 28 yards; Ben Hawkins, 2 for 25 yards; Harold Carmichael, 1 for 34 yards; Gary Ballman, 1 for 18 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for 13 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Larry Willingham, 2 for 39 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 10 yards
PHI: Al Nelson, 3 for 119 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Larry Willingham, 3 for 24 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 0 yards
PHI: Bill Bradley, 4 for 13 yards; Billy Walik, 1 for -4 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 2 for 20 yards

Punting:
STL: Donny Anderson, 6 for 262 yards
PHI: Bill Bradley, 5 for 218 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 2/3
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 2/4

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