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Sunday October 20, 1974
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NFL game summary for 10/20/1974:



St. Louis remained the only unbeaten team in the NFL, winning its sixth straight despite a strong closing bid by Houston's Dan Pastorini. Jim Hart converted two Oilers' fumbles into scoring passes to Earl Thomas within a space of 92 seconds in the second quarter. Pastorini completed 26 of 40 passes for 354 yards and led the Oilers back to within four points of the lead on scoring drives of 60 and 65 yards in the fourth quarter, each ending with a touchdown by George Amundson. Houston's Billy Johnson's 144 yards in kickoff returns lifted him back into the AFC lead in that category.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
St. Louis CardinalsOFFENSE166.6  (8)153.6  (11)320.2  (8)5
DEFENSE134.0  (12)174.6  (19)308.6  (19)9
Houston OilersOFFENSE84.2  (26)145.4  (15)229.6  (22)18
DEFENSE156.2  (20)206.4  (25)362.6  (26)9

Line: Cardinals by 14

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (6-0-0)7143731
Houston Oilers (1-5-0)10301427

( 7- 0) STL Jim Otis 1 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
( 7- 3) HOU Skip Butler 28 yard field goal
( 7-10) HOU Mike Montgomery 8 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (Skip Butler kick)
(14-10) STL Earl Thomas 6 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-10) STL Earl Thomas 40 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(21-13) HOU Skip Butler 24 yard field goal
(24-13) STL Jim Bakken 25 yard field goal
(31-13) STL Donny Anderson 5 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(31-20) HOU George Amundson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)
(31-27) HOU George Amundson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)
                     STL             HOU
First Downs:         23              21
Rushes-yards:        45-211          26-85
Yards/rush:          4.7             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-25-134-0     26-41-354-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-6
Net pass yards:      134             348
Net yards/pass:      5.4             8.3
Total net yards:     345             433
Total plays:         70 (64% run)    68 (38% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             6.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             4-3
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     7-77            9-65

Attendance: 26,371
Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 14 of 25 for 134 yards and 2 TDs
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 26 of 40 for 354 yards and 1 TD; Lynn Dickey, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 16 for 77 yards; Donny Anderson, 15 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Jim Otis, 14 for 76 yards and 1 TD
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 12 for 41 yards; Willie Rodgers, 8 for 34 yards; George Amundson, 5 for 9 yards and 2 TDs; Dan Pastorini, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
STL: Mel Gray, 3 for 20 yards; Terry Metcalf, 3 for 13 yards; Earl Thomas, 2 for 46 yards and 2 TDs; Jackie Smith, 2 for 29 yards; J.V. Cain, 2 for 16 yards; Jim Otis, 2 for 10 yards
HOU: Mike Montgomery, 9 for 179 yards and 1 TD; Mack Alston, 4 for 71 yards; Willie Rodgers, 4 for 34 yards; Billy Parks, 3 for 42 yards; George Amundson, 3 for 18 yards; Ken Burrough, 2 for 1 yard; Billy Johnson, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 141 yards; Willie Belton, 2 for 37 yards; Jack LeVeck, 1 for 12 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 4 for 144 yards; Bob Gresham, 1 for 20 yards; Jeff Severson, 1 for 10 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 34 yards; Jim Tolbert, 1 for 0 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 3 for 32 yards; Jeff Severson, 2 for 24 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
STL: Hal Roberts, 6 for 233 yards
HOU: David Beverly, 3 for 114 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/1
HOU: Skip Butler, 2/2




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