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Sunday November 7, 1976
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NFL game summary for 11/07/1976:



Jim Bakken's 20-yard field goal broke a 14-14 fourth quarter tie and Steve Okoniewski recovered an Eagle fumble at the Cardinals' 11 with less than 30 seconds to go in the game, saving the lead and maintaining St. Louis's second place position in the NFC East. Jim Otis rushed 115 yards for his seventh 100-yard game, a Cardinals' record.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
St. Louis CardinalsOFFENSE167.0  (8)213.4  (4)380.4  (4)23
DEFENSE133.6  (11)160.8  (16)294.4  (14)21
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE152.6  (15)116.0  (25)268.6  (20)19
DEFENSE151.5  (19)185.9  (23)337.4  (22)16

Line: Cardinals by 7

Team1234F
St. Louis Cardinals (7-2-0)0014317
Philadelphia Eagles (3-6-0)700714

( 0- 7) PHI Charlie Smith 48 yard pass from Mike Boryla (Horst Muhlmann kick)
( 7- 7) STL Steve Jones 2 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(14- 7) STL Wayne Morris 7 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)
(14-14) PHI Dave Hampton 6 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(17-14) STL Jim Bakken 20 yard field goal
                     STL             PHI
First Downs:         20              14
Rushes-yards:        47-185          32-127
Yards/rush:          3.9             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-25-139-0     15-28-169-1
Sacked-yards:        1-7             3-26
Net pass yards:      132             143
Net yards/pass:      5.1             4.6
Total net yards:     317             270
Total plays:         73 (64% run)    63 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        5-2             4-3
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     6-51            2-57

Attendance: 60,760
Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 14 of 24 for 139 yards; Roger Wehrli, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
PHI: Mike Boryla, 15 of 27 for 169 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Harold Carmichael, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
STL: Jim Otis, 27 for 115 yards; Wayne Morris, 9 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Steve Jones, 5 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Jerry Latin, 4 for 17 yards; Jim Hart, 2 for -2 yards
PHI: Dave Hampton, 10 for 47 yards and 1 TD; James McAlister, 10 for 31 yards; Tom Sullivan, 8 for 10 yards; Mike Boryla, 3 for 34 yards; Charlie Smith, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
STL: Pat Tilley, 6 for 72 yards; Ike Harris, 2 for 50 yards; Jerry Latin, 2 for 10 yards; Steve Jones, 2 for 5 yards; Gary Hammond, 1 for 5 yards; Jackie Smith, 1 for -3 yards
PHI: Dave Hampton, 5 for 34 yards; Charlie Smith, 4 for 76 yards and 1 TD; Charle Young, 3 for 40 yards; Harold Carmichael, 2 for 14 yards; James McAlister, 1 for 5 yards

Kick returns:
STL: Jerry Latin, 2 for 58 yards; Brad Oates, 1 for 12 yards
PHI: James McAlister, 2 for 39 yards; Larry Marshall, 2 for 38 yards

Punt returns:
STL: Pat Tilley, 2 for 17 yards
PHI: Larry Marshall, 2 for 22 yards

Interceptions:
STL: Norm Thompson, 1 for 14 yards

Punting:
STL: Terry Joyce, 6 for 175 yards
PHI: Spike Jones, 8 for 286 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 1/2




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