1974 St. Louis 27, 1974 Minnesota 13

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total
1974 St. Louis

3

7

3

14

0

27
1974 Minnesota

0

7

3

3

0

13
Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 4:06 1974 St. Louis J.Bakken 25 yd. field goal 3-0 SLN
2 13:49 1974 Minnesota C.Foreman 24 yd. run (F.Cox kick) 7-3 MNN
2 0:30 1974 St. Louis T.Metcalf 10 yd. pass from J.Hart (J.Bakken kick) 10-7 SLN
3 8:40 1974 St. Louis J.Bakken 28 yd. field goal 13-7 SLN
3 1:01 1974 Minnesota F.Cox 24 yd. field goal 13-10 SLN
4 9:49 1974 St. Louis J.Smith 61 yd. pass from J.Hart (J.Bakken kick) 20-10 SLN
4 3:23 1974 Minnesota F.Cox 20 yd. field goal 20-13 SLN
4 1:37 1974 St. Louis T.Metcalf 3 yd. run (J.Bakken kick) 27-13 SLN

Team Statistics
1974 St. Louis 1974 Minnesota
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 6-13-0-19 5-13-0-18
Third Down Efficiency 7-14-50% 3-14-21%
Fourth Down Efficiency 1-1-100% 3-3-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 20-28-71% 6-14-43%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 369-60-6.2 343-69-5.0
Total Net Yards Rushing 110 146
Total Rushes 25 32
Average Per Rush 4.4 4.6
Passes Completed/Attempted 19/35 (54.3%) 20/36 (55.6%)
Net Yards Passing 259 197
Avg Yards Per Pass 7.4 5.6
Sacked/Yards Lost 0/0 1/5
Punts/Average 4/37.5 6/31.2
Punts Received/Return Yardage 3/-2 3/8
Kickoffs/Returns 4/85 6/142
Interceptions/Returns 1/10 2/0
Penalties/Yards 4/20 4/30
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 0/0 0/0
Time of Possession 28 mins 12 secs 31 mins 48 secs
Average Drive Start SLN 30 MNN 28

Passing Stats
Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1974 St. Louis
Jim Hart 35 19 259 54.3 7.4 2 5.7 2 5.7 61 0/0 73.4
1974 Minnesota
Fran Tarkenton 36 20 202 55.6 5.6 0 0 1 2.8 21 1/5 60.2

Rushing Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1974 St. Louis
Jim Otis 12 54 4.5 18 0 0 0/0
Terry Metcalf 8 55 6.9 37 1 0 0/0
Donny Anderson 3 3 1.0 3 0 0 0/0
Ken Willard 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 0 0/0
1974 Minnesota
Chuck Foreman 20 111 5.6 24 1 0 0/0
Dave Osborn 8 18 2.3 7 0 0 0/0
Oscar Reed 4 17 4.3 15 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats
No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1974 St. Louis
Terry Metcalf 6 56 9.3 13 1 0
Mel D. Gray 4 34 8.5 14 0 0
Jackie Smith 3 124 41.3 61 1 0
Donny Anderson 2 10 5.0 5 0 0
Jim Otis 2 20 10.0 13 0 0
J.V. Cain 1 2 2.0 2 0 0
Earl Thomas 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
1974 Minnesota
Chuck Foreman 5 34 6.8 12 0 0
John Gilliam 4 60 15.0 21 0 0
Jim Lash 3 25 8.3 10 0 0
Stu Voigt 3 21 7.0 12 0 0
Ed Marinaro 2 25 12.5 13 0 0
Dave Osborn 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
John Holland 1 6 6.0 6 0 0
Sam McCullum 1 18 18.0 18 0 0

Field Goals
1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1974 St. Louis
Jim Bakken 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 100
1974 Minnesota
Fred Cox 0/0 2/2 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/2 100

Punting
No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1974 St. Louis
Hal Roberts 4 37.5 35.5 0 1 46 0
1974 Minnesota
Mike Eischeid 5 37.4 37.8 0 3 44 1

Kickoff Returns
No Yds Avg Long TD
1974 St. Louis
Gary Hammond 2 20 10.0 10 0
Terry Metcalf 2 65 32.5 35 0
1974 Minnesota
Sam McCullum 3 70 23.3 36 0
Brent McClanahan 3 72 24.0 28 0

Punt Returns
Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1974 St. Louis
Gary Hammond 3 0 -2 -0.7 4 0
Terry Metcalf 0 1 0 0 0
1974 Minnesota
Sam McCullum 2 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jackie Wallace 1 0 8 8.0 8 0

Individual Defense
Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1974 St. Louis
Mark Arneson 12 0 0
Roger Wehrli 6 0 0
Norm Thompson 6 0 0
Pete Barnes 5 0 0
Bob Rowe 5 0 0
Clarence Duren 4 0 0
Larry Stallings 3 0 0
Leo Brooks 3 0 0
Council Rudolph 3 0 0
Ron Yankowski 2 1 0
Ken Reaves 2 0 0
Hurles Scales 1 0 0
1974 Minnesota
Jeff Siemon 11 0 0
Nate Wright 5 0 0
Wally Hilgenberg 4 0 0
Doug Sutherland 4 0 0
Jeff Wright 4 0 0
Alan Page 3 0 0
Carl Eller 3 0 0
Jackie Wallace 3 0 0
Jim Marshall 2 0 0
Roy Winston 2 0 0

Interceptions
No Yds Avg Long TD
1974 St. Louis
Norm Thompson 1 10 10.0 10 0
1974 Minnesota
Paul Krause 2 0 0.0 0 0

Game Story
Jackie Smith put up some nice numbers as the visiting team from St. Louis bested Minnesota by the score of 27 to 13. Smith received 3 passes for 124 receiving yards and added a touchdown. Jim Hart passed 35 times for 259 yards and 2 touchdowns. St. Louis won the air battle out-passing Minnesota 259 to 202 yards. The biggest play of the game was a touchdown pass to Jackie Smith that gained 61 yards with 9:49 left in the 4th quarter. St. Louis led at halftime 10 to 7. They led after three quarters 13 to 10. Chuck Foreman carried the ball 20 times gaining 111 yards and added a touchdown for Minnesota .