NFL game summary for 10/14/1973:

Rookie Don Zimmerman, filling in for injured Ben Hawkins, caught a Roman Gabriel pass on the 2-yard line and fought his way into the end zone for the winning TD with no time left on the clock. Harold Carmichael had caught his second TD pass just a few moments earlier as the Eagles rallied from a 24-13 deficit. Jim Hart hit Ahmad Rashad with two TD passes for the Cardinals who gambled and lost on a fourth-down situation in the last minute, giving up the ball for the Eagles' winning march. Carmichael had 12 receptions and moved into the lead among NFC receivers.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	141.2 (13)	185.2 (4)	326.5 (5)	9
DEFENSE	160.2 (17)	177.2 (22)	337.5 (22)	7
OFFENSE	106.5 (24)	201.8 (2)	308.2 (8)	7
DEFENSE	168.8 (21)	240.2 (26)	409.0 (26)	8

Line: Cardinals by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Philadelphia Eagles (1-3-1)	0	7	3	17	27
St. Louis Cardinals (2-3-0)	0	3	14	7	24

( 7- 0) PHI Harold Carmichael 1 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 7- 3) STL Jim Bakken 39 yard field goal
( 7-10) STL Donny Anderson 21 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(10-10) PHI Tom Dempsey 32 yard field goal
(10-17) STL Ahmad Rashad 9 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(13-17) PHI Tom Dempsey 23 yard field goal
(13-24) STL Ahmad Rashad 65 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(20-24) PHI Harold Carmichael 27 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)
(27-24) PHI Don Zimmerman 24 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Tom Dempsey kick)

                     PHI             STL
First Downs:         20              14
Rushes-yards:        27-102          22-65
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     29-45-379-0     26-38-287-1
Sacked-yards:        4-28            2-9
Net pass yards:      351             278
Net yards/pass:      7.2             7.0
Total net yards:     453             343
Total plays:         76 (35% run)    62 (35% run)  
Yards/play:          6.0             5.5
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             0-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     7-64            9-82

Attendance: 44,400

Passing:
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 29 of 45 for 379 yards and 3 TDs STL: Jim Hart, 26 of 38 for 287 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
Rushing:
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 15 for 52 yards; Tom Bailey, 9 for 45 yards; Norm Bulaich, 3 for 5 yards STL: Donny Anderson, 14 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Terry Metcalf, 8 for 22 yards
Receiving:
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 12 for 187 yards and 2 TDs; Tom Sullivan, 7 for 36 yards; Don Zimmerman, 5 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Charle Young, 2 for 44 yards; Tom Bailey, 2 for 29 yards; Norm Bulaich, 1 for 25 yards STL: Jackie Smith, 7 for 83 yards; Donny Anderson, 6 for 44 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 5 for 104 yards and 2 TDs; Walker Gillette, 3 for 39 yards; Terry Metcalf, 3 for 1 yard; Mel Gray, 1 for 10 yards; Don Shy, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
PHI: Al Nelson, 3 for 55 yards; Po James, 1 for 20 yards STL: Willie Belton, 2 for 56 yards; Eddie Moss, 1 for 19 yards; Roger Wehrli, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 2 for 38 yards; Stan Davis, 1 for 0 yards STL: Roger Wehrli, 1 for 3 yards; Willie Belton, 1 for 2 yards
Interceptions:
PHI: Steve Zabel, 1 for 7 yards
Punting:
PHI: Tom McNeill, 5 for 202 yards STL: Gary Keithley, 6 for 226 yards
Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 2/4 STL: Jim Bakken, 1/2