NFL game summary for 11/24/1974:

After the Giants had taken a 21-20 lead on a Craig Morton-to-Walker Gillette 17-yard touchdown pass with 1:16 left, the Cardinals moved from New York's 46-yard line, following a short kickoff, to the Giants' 18 and Jim Bakken kicked a 36-yard field goal with three seconds remaining for the St. Louis victory which maintained the Big Red's one-game lead in the NFC East. The two previous weeks, the Giants lost 26-20 in overtime to the Jets and 20-19 to the Lions with two seconds to go.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	157.6  (7)	161.5  (11)	319.1  (8)	12
	DEFENSE	125.2  (11)	180.3  (21)	305.5  (17)	17
New York Giants	OFFENSE	111.9  (21)	153.4  (16)	265.3  (19)	24
	DEFENSE	144.8  (18)	182.4  (22)	327.2  (22)	21

Line: Cardinals by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (9-2-0)	6	0	7	10	23
New York Giants (2-9-0)	0	7	7	7	21

( 3- 0) STL Jim Bakken 36 yard field goal
( 6- 0) STL Jim Bakken 32 yard field goal
( 6- 7) NYG Ron Johnson 2 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)
( 6-14) NYG Bob Tucker 29 yard pass from Craig Morton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(13-14) STL Earl Thomas 16 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(20-14) STL Mel Gray 45 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(20-21) NYG Walker Gillette 17 yard pass from Craig Morton (Pete Gogolak kick)
(23-21) STL Jim Bakken 36 yard field goal

                     STL             NYG
First Downs:         20              20
Rushes-yards:        23-82           29-104
Yards/rush:          3.6             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     25-42-259-0     21-35-257-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      259             257
Net yards/pass:      6.2             7.3
Total net yards:     341             361
Total plays:         65 (35% run)    64 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               1
Penalties-yards:     7-49            7-65

Attendance: 40,615

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 25 of 42 for 259 yards and 2 TDs
NYG: Craig Morton, 21 of 35 for 257 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 15 for 48 yards; Jim Otis, 6 for 32 yards; Donny Anderson, 1 for 2 yards; Jim Hart, 1 for 0 yards
NYG: Joe Dawkins, 12 for 65 yards; Leon McQuay, 12 for 30 yards; Ron Johnson, 4 for 7 yards and 1 TD; Craig Morton, 1 for 2 yards

Receiving:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 7 for 42 yards; Mel Gray, 5 for 102 yards and 1 TD; J.V. Cain, 4 for 41 yards; Jim Otis, 4 for 24 yards; Earl Thomas, 2 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Donny Anderson, 2 for 13 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for 8 yards
NYG: Bob Tucker, 5 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Walker Gillette, 4 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Joe Dawkins, 4 for 33 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 40 yards; Ray Rhodes, 2 for 34 yards; Leon McQuay, 2 for 24 yards; Ron Johnson, 2 for 17 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 40 yards; Ken Reaves, 1 for 22 yards; Eddie Moss, 1 for 16 yards
NYG: Leon McQuay, 3 for 68 yards; Bobby Brooks, 2 for 50 yards; Brian Kelley, 1 for 6 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Terry Metcalf, 2 for 21 yards
NYG: Leon McQuay, 1 for 15 yards; Ray Rhodes, 1 for 8 yards; Pete Athas, 1 for 3 yards

Interceptions:
STL: Norm Thompson, 1 for 20 yards

Punting:
STL: Hal Roberts, 4 for 164 yards
NYG: Dave Jennings, 4 for 126 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 3/4
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 0/1

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