NFL game summary for 12/17/1972:

The Cardinals built a 14-0 lead and held off a late Philadelphia surge to finish their season with a 4-9-1 record. The Eagles closed at 2-11-1. Jim Hart threw a pair of touchdown passes for St. Louis while completing 19 of 30 passes for 334 yards.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Philadelphia Eagles	OFFENSE	99.2  (24)	146.1  (18)	245.2  (24)	38
	DEFENSE	168.8  (24)	165.2  (19)	334.0  (22)	25
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	89.0  (26)	131.8  (21)	220.8  (26)	37
	DEFENSE	160.4  (20)	183.0  (25)	343.4  (25)	26

Line: Cardinals by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Philadelphia Eagles (2-11-1)	0	6	3	14	23
St. Louis Cardinals (4-9-1)	14	0	7	3	24

( 0- 7) STL Donny Anderson 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
( 0-14) STL Ahmad Rashad 41 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
( 3-14) PHI Tom Dempsey 33 yard field goal
( 6-14) PHI Tom Dempsey 41 yard field goal
( 9-14) PHI Tom Dempsey 38 yard field goal
( 9-21) STL Walker Gillette 65 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(16-21) PHI Harold Carmichael 5 yard pass from John Reaves (Tom Dempsey kick)
(16-24) STL Jim Bakken 20 yard field goal
(23-24) PHI Billy Walik 15 yard pass from John Reaves (Tom Dempsey kick)

                     PHI             STL
First Downs:         18              18
Rushes-yards:        30-104          27-72
Yards/rush:          3.5             2.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-27-223-0     19-31-334-1
Sacked-yards:        5-52            1-10
Net pass yards:      171             324
Net yards/pass:      5.3             10.1
Total net yards:     275             396
Total plays:         62 (48% run)    59 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             6.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             3-1
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     5-55            2-20

Attendance: 34,872

Passing:
PHI: John Reaves, 14 of 27 for 223 yards and 2 TDs
STL: Jim Hart, 19 of 30 for 334 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); Jackie Smith, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
PHI: Po James, 12 for 28 yards; Tony Baker, 10 for 37 yards; Larry Watkins, 3 for 11 yards; Tom Bailey, 3 for 10 yards; John Reaves, 1 for 12 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for 6 yards
STL: Johnny Roland, 10 for 33 yards; Craig Baynham, 7 for 18 yards; Donny Anderson, 7 for 12 yards and 1 TD; Jim Hart, 3 for 9 yards

Receiving:
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 5 for 100 yards and 1 TD; Harold Jackson, 5 for 71 yards; Ben Hawkins, 3 for 37 yards; Billy Walik, 1 for 15 yards and 1 TD
STL: Johnny Roland, 7 for 71 yards; Walker Gillette, 4 for 108 yards and 1 TD; Donny Anderson, 3 for 85 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 49 yards and 1 TD; Jackie Smith, 2 for 11 yards; Craig Baynham, 1 for 10 yards

Kick returns:
PHI: Billy Walik, 2 for 50 yards; Al Nelson, 1 for 35 yards; Gary Pettigrew, 1 for 17 yards; Bill Overmyer, 1 for 0 yards
STL: Ahmad Rashad, 2 for 27 yards; Mel Gray, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 1 for 4 yards
STL: Roger Wehrli, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: Leroy Keyes, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 5 for 161 yards
STL: Donny Anderson, 3 for 119 yards

Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 3/3
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/1

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