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Sunday November 19, 1972
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NFL game summary for 11/19/1972:



Giants' quarterback Norm Snead connected twice with tight end Bob Tucker for passing gains of 22 and 20 yards to place the ball on the Cardinals' 1-yard line, and Ron Johnson ran over for the deciding score with 4:42 remaining. Johnson rushed for 134 yards. Pete Gogolak had a pair of field goals and an extra point to lift his career point total to 489, a new Giants' club record.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New York GiantsOFFENSE130.7  (17)177.6  (5)308.2  (10)18
DEFENSE141.7  (15)186.0  (24)327.7  (21)24
St. Louis CardinalsOFFENSE87.9  (25)137.7  (19)225.6  (26)23
DEFENSE152.8  (20)186.2  (25)339.0  (24)16

Line: Giants by 5

Team1234F
New York Giants (6-4-0)0301013
St. Louis Cardinals (2-7-1)07007

( 0- 7) STL Johnny Roland 13 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Jim Bakken kick)
( 3- 7) NYG Pete Gogolak 40 yard field goal
( 6- 7) NYG Pete Gogolak 21 yard field goal
(13- 7) NYG Ron Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
                     NYG             STL
First Downs:         16              12
Rushes-yards:        41-150          37-186
Yards/rush:          3.7             5.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-24-97-0      5-8-35-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-14
Net pass yards:      97              21
Net yards/pass:      4.0             1.9
Total net yards:     247             207
Total plays:         65 (63% run)    48 (77% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        3-0             4-1
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     5-35            4-50

Attendance: 48,014
Passing:
NYG: Norm Snead, 13 of 24 for 97 yards
STL: Gary Cuozzo, 5 of 7 for 35 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Larry Wilson, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 30 for 134 yards and 1 TD; Joe Orduna, 7 for 28 yards; Norm Snead, 3 for 7 yards; Joe Morrison, 1 for -19 yards
STL: Donny Anderson, 22 for 121 yards; Johnny Roland, 15 for 65 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 4 for 64 yards; Don Herrmann, 3 for 21 yards; Ron Johnson, 3 for 1 yard; Joe Orduna, 2 for 3 yards; Rich Houston, 1 for 8 yards
STL: Johnny Roland, 4 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Donny Anderson, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
NYG: Joe Orduna, 1 for 12 yards
STL: Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 42 yards; Fred Hyatt, 1 for 41 yards; Mel Gray, 1 for 19 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Bob Grim, 2 for 0 yards; Pete Athas, 1 for 9 yards
STL: Mel Gray, 2 for -4 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Pat Hughes, 1 for 3 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 4 for 176 yards
STL: Donny Anderson, 4 for 148 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 2/4




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