NFL game summary for 09/23/1973:

Jim Hart broke through Washington's pass defense by completing 17 of 30 for 286 yards and one TD in a game marked by back-to-back 97-yard TD kickoff returns. Donny Anderson scored three times for the Cardinals, running his total to 6 TDs in two weeks. With St. Louis leading 24-17 in the last quarter, Don Shy returned a kickoff 97 yards for a Cardinals' score only to have Herb Mul-Key return the following kickoff 97 yards for the Redskins. The two 97-yard kickoffs were the longest in the NFC in 1973 and were only the second time in NFL history that consecutive kickoffs were returned for TDs.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	83.0 (24)	128.0 (16)	211.0 (21)	2
DEFENSE	128.0 (11)	7.0 (2)	135.0 (2)	7
OFFENSE	197.0 (7)	195.0 (5)	392.0 (4)	3
DEFENSE	109.0 (9)	143.0 (12)	252.0 (7)	3

Line: Redskins by 13

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Washington Redskins (1-1-0)	0	7	3	17	27
St. Louis Cardinals (2-0-0)	7	0	10	17	34

( 0- 7) STL Donny Anderson 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7- 7) WAS Charley Taylor 23 yard pass from Billy Kilmer (Curt Knight kick)
(10- 7) WAS Curt Knight 28 yard field goal
(10-14) STL Donny Anderson 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(10-17) STL Jim Bakken 23 yard field goal
(10-24) STL Donny Anderson 12 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(17-24) WAS Charlie Harraway 10 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Curt Knight kick)
(17-31) STL Don Shy 97 yard kickoff return (Jim Bakken kick)
(24-31) WAS Herb Mul-Key 97 yard kickoff return (Curt Knight kick)
(24-34) STL Jim Bakken 28 yard field goal
(27-34) WAS Curt Knight 37 yard field goal

                     WAS             STL
First Downs:         22              20
Rushes-yards:        26-69           35-65
Yards/rush:          2.7             1.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     26-40-301-0     17-30-286-0
Sacked-yards:        1-10            1-8
Net pass yards:      291             278
Net yards/pass:      7.1             9.0
Total net yards:     360             343
Total plays:         67 (38% run)    66 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          5.4             5.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             0-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     7-63            6-50

Attendance: 50,316

Passing:
WAS: Billy Kilmer, 14 of 22 for 161 yards and 1 TD; Sonny Jurgensen, 12 of 18 for 140 yards and 1 TD STL: Jim Hart, 17 of 30 for 286 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
WAS: Larry Brown, 15 for 49 yards; Duane Thomas, 6 for 13 yards; Charlie Harraway, 5 for 7 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 15 for 24 yards; Donny Anderson, 14 for 34 yards and 2 TDs; Eddie Moss, 5 for 8 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for -1 yards
Receiving:
WAS: Charley Taylor, 9 for 132 yards and 1 TD; Larry Brown, 6 for 55 yards; Roy Jefferson, 4 for 54 yards; Charlie Harraway, 4 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Alvin Reed, 3 for 20 yards STL: Terry Metcalf, 6 for 78 yards; Jackie Smith, 5 for 129 yards; Donny Anderson, 4 for 53 yards and 1 TD; Ahmad Rashad, 1 for 22 yards; Don Shy, 1 for 4 yards
Kick returns:
WAS: Herb Mul-Key, 6 for 225 yards and 1 TD STL: Don Shy, 5 for 177 yards and 1 TD; Jim McFarland, 1 for 19 yards
Punt returns:
WAS: Speedy Duncan, 1 for 3 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
WAS: Mike Bragg, 3 for 110 yards STL: Gary Keithley, 6 for 207 yards
Field Goals:
WAS: Curt Knight, 2/5 STL: Jim Bakken, 2/2