Sunday November 11, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/11/1973:



Jerry Tagge made his first start as Green Bay quarterback and John Brockington (137 yards on 28 carries) and rookie Les Goodman (56 yards on 11 carries) led a 243-yard ground attack in the Packers' win over St. Louis. Goodman replaced the injured MacArthur Lane in the second quarter. Jim Hart sparked a fourth-quarter Cardinals' rally with touchdown passes to Donny Anderson and Ahmad Rashad. Bart Starr's No. 15 was officially retired at halftime.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
St. Louis CardinalsOFFENSE98.8  (25)209.4  (2)308.1  (9)15
DEFENSE139.8  (12)265.0  (26)404.8  (26)18
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE115.0  (22)63.6  (26)178.6  (26)14
DEFENSE159.4  (23)111.8  (6)271.1  (11)21

Line: Packers by 3

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (3-5-1)7001421
Green Bay Packers (3-4-2)10120325

( 0- 7) GB  John Brockington 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
( 0-10) GB  Chester Marcol 12 yard field goal
( 7-10) STL Donny Anderson 30 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7-16) GB  Jerry Tagge 1 yard rush (kick failed)
( 7-19) GB  Chester Marcol 32 yard field goal
( 7-22) GB  Chester Marcol 24 yard field goal
(14-22) STL Ahmad Rashad 23 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-22) STL Terry Metcalf 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-25) GB  Chester Marcol 9 yard field goal
                     STL             GB
First Downs:         19              21
Rushes-yards:        19-71           52-243
Yards/rush:          3.7             4.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-30-198-0     7-14-67-0
Sacked-yards:        1-11            1-5
Net pass yards:      187             62
Net yards/pass:      6.0             4.1
Total net yards:     258             305
Total plays:         50 (38% run)    67 (77% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     3-34            5-58

Attendance: 52,922
Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 19 of 30 for 198 yards and 2 TDs
GB: Jerry Tagge, 7 of 14 for 67 yards

Rushing:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 10 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Donny Anderson, 6 for 39 yards; Don Shy, 2 for 3 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 0 yards
GB: John Brockington, 28 for 137 yards and 1 TD; Les Goodman, 11 for 56 yards; Jerry Tagge, 6 for 1 yard and 1 TD; MacArthur Lane, 5 for 36 yards; Larry Krause, 1 for 8 yards; Barry Smith, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
STL: Ahmad Rashad, 6 for 90 yards and 1 TD; Terry Metcalf, 6 for 23 yards; Walker Gillette, 4 for 42 yards; Donny Anderson, 2 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Jackie Smith, 1 for 19 yards
GB: Jon Staggers, 3 for 30 yards; Les Goodman, 2 for 19 yards; John Brockington, 1 for 10 yards; MacArthur Lane, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Gary Hammond, 2 for 53 yards; Don Shy, 1 for 27 yards; Dave Butz, 1 for 23 yards; Chuck Detwiler, 1 for 16 yards
GB: Ken Ellis, 2 for 38 yards; Larry Krause, 1 for 26 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Gary Hammond, 2 for 4 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
STL: Gary Keithley, 3 for 61 yards
GB: Ron Widby, 2 for 72 yards

Field Goals:
GB: Chester Marcol, 4/4




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