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Sunday September 15, 1974
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NFL game summary for 09/15/1974:



The Eagles took the opening kickoff and moved to a 44-yard field goal, and the Cardinals climaxed an 80-yard drive for the game's only touchdown on a four-yard pass from Jim Hart to Donny Anderson in the second period. Philadelphia moved from its own 21 to St. Louis' 9-yard line with 27 seconds remaining. Roman Gabriel connected with Harold Carmichael on his first- down pass, but the Eagles' receiver was beyond the end line. Gabriel's next three pass attempts fell incomplete.

Line: Eagles by 1

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (0-1-0)30003
St. Louis Cardinals (1-0-0)07007

( 3- 0) PHI Tom Dempsey 44 yard field goal
( 3- 7) STL Donny Anderson 4 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
                     PHI             STL
First Downs:         20              18
Rushes-yards:        28-113          37-126
Yards/rush:          4.0             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     23-39-208-1     13-27-192-1
Sacked-yards:        5-34            0-0
Net pass yards:      174             192
Net yards/pass:      4.0             7.1
Total net yards:     287             318
Total plays:         72 (38% run)    64 (57% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             5.0
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-2
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     5-35            5-35

Attendance: 40,322
Passing:
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 23 of 39 for 208 yards (1 int)
STL: Jim Hart, 13 of 27 for 192 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
PHI: Tom Sullivan, 16 for 44 yards; Norm Bulaich, 5 for 30 yards; Po James, 4 for 32 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 7 yards; Tom Bailey, 1 for 5 yards; Harold Carmichael, 1 for -5 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 11 for 13 yards; Ken Willard, 10 for 61 yards; Donny Anderson, 8 for 22 yards; Jim Otis, 7 for 30 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
PHI: Norm Bulaich, 5 for 49 yards; Harold Carmichael, 5 for 49 yards; Tom Sullivan, 4 for 37 yards; Don Zimmerman, 3 for 23 yards; Charle Young, 2 for 34 yards; Tom Bailey, 2 for 10 yards; Po James, 2 for 6 yards
STL: Mel Gray, 3 for 52 yards; Jackie Smith, 3 for 39 yards; Earl Thomas, 2 for 45 yards; Donny Anderson, 2 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Terry Metcalf, 2 for 21 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
PHI: Po James, 2 for 45 yards
STL: Gary Hammond, 1 for 21 yards; Terry Metcalf, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
PHI: Charlie Smith, 3 for 13 yards; Bill Bradley, 1 for 9 yards
STL: Gary Hammond, 6 for 48 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: John Outlaw, 1 for 0 yards
STL: Larry Stallings, 1 for 13 yards

Punting:
PHI: Merritt Kersey, 7 for 277 yards
STL: Hal Roberts, 5 for 197 yards

Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 1/1
STL: Jim Bakken, 0/1




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