NFL game summary for 10/31/1976:

Jim Bakken's 21-yard field goal at 6:42 of overtime, set up by six straight carries by Jim Otis following a 49ers' fumble of a Cardinals punt, kept St. Louis one game behind Dallas in the NFC East and dropped San Francisco into second place in the NFC West. The 49ers held a 20-14 fourth quarter lead on a three touchdown, club record 194-yard rushing performance by Delvin Williams before Jim Hart combined with Mel Gray for a 77-yard touchdown pass with 8:02 left to tie the game 20-20.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
San Francisco 49ers	OFFENSE	138.0  (18)	141.4  (18)	279.4  (18)	15
	DEFENSE	123.1  (9)	90.1  (1)	213.3  (1)	19
St. Louis Cardinals	OFFENSE	169.7  (8)	211.7  (5)	381.4  (4)	22
	DEFENSE	114.9  (5)	167.0  (16)	281.9  (9)	19

Line: Cardinals by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	F
San Francisco 49ers (6-2-0)	0	13	0	7	0	20
St. Louis Cardinals (6-2-0)	7	0	7	6	3	23

( 0- 7) STL J.V. Cain 9 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
( 6- 7) SF  Delvin Williams 4 yard rush (kick failed)
(13- 7) SF  Delvin Williams 23 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)
(13-14) STL Terry Metcalf 23 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(20-14) SF  Delvin Williams 1 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)
(20-20) STL Mel Gray 77 yard pass from Jim Hart (kick failed)
(20-23) STL Jim Bakken 21 yard field goal

                     SF              STL
First Downs:         23              17
Rushes-yards:        54-265          34-148
Yards/rush:          4.9             4.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-17-125-1      16-31-271-1
Sacked-yards:        1-8             4-46
Net pass yards:      117             225
Net yards/pass:      6.5             6.4
Total net yards:     382             373
Total plays:         72 (75% run)    69 (49% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     5-35            5-35

Attendance: 50,365

Passing:
SF: Jim Plunkett, 8 of 17 for 125 yards (1 int)
STL: Jim Hart, 16 of 31 for 271 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)

Rushing:
SF: Delvin Williams, 34 for 194 yards and 3 TDs; Wilbur Jackson, 17 for 67 yards; Jim Plunkett, 3 for 4 yards
STL: Jim Otis, 23 for 109 yards; Terry Metcalf, 9 for 28 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 11 yards

Receiving:
SF: Jim Lash, 4 for 87 yards; Wilbur Jackson, 1 for 16 yards; Delvin Williams, 1 for 8 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 8 yards; Gene Washington, 1 for 6 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 4 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Mel Gray, 3 for 115 yards and 1 TD; J.V. Cain, 3 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Ike Harris, 3 for 35 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 19 yards; Jim Otis, 1 for 7 yards

Kick returns:
SF: Tony Leonard, 3 for 94 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 59 yards; Wayne Morris, 1 for 4 yards

Punt returns:
SF: Tony Leonard, 4 for 18 yards
STL: Terry Metcalf, 3 for 27 yards

Interceptions:
SF: Mel Phillips, 1 for 0 yards
STL: Norm Thompson, 1 for 38 yards

Punting:
SF: Tom Wittum, 4 for 148 yards
STL: Terry Joyce, 7 for 294 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 0/2
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/2

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