1977 77 St. Louis (0-2) 0 10 0 13 23 1979 79 New Orleans (2-0) 7 14 7 3 31 1 NO TD Muncie 64 run (Yepremian) (2-64-1:05) 6:35 0-7 2 StL TD Hart 7 pass to Cain (Bakken) (9-54-5:08) 12:47 7-7 2 StL FG Bakken 28 (7-46-3:17) 7:02 10-7 2 NO TD Muncie 14 run (Yepremian) (8-80-4:16) 1:47 10-14 2 NO TD Muncie 5 run (Yepremian) (5-47-0:54) 0:17 10-21 3 NO TD Manning 2 run (Yepremian) (13-70-8:13) 6:38 10-28 4 StL TD Morris 13 run (2 - failed) (5-62-2:19) 12:50 16-28 4 StL TD Hart 4 pass to Gray (Bakken) (8-67-4:16) 6:27 23-28 4 NO FG Yepremian 30 (12-51-5:08) 1:05 23-31 StL NO First Downs 20 25 Rushes 18-98 32-194 Passes 32-18-215 27-19-224 Sacked 3-14 1-4 Fumble 2 1 Penalties 6-45 5-31 Turnovers 0 1 Time 26:10 33:47 Third Down 3-11 4-10 Fourth Down 1-1 1-1 Net Offense 299 414 Injuries:Felton(NO-1) 1977 77 St. Louis Cardinals Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Morris,W 10 72 7.2 3 4 17 1 Gray,M 5 0 59 11.8 0 4 19 1 Metcalf 6 26 4.3 1 1 11 0 Harris,I 5 0 78 15.6 0 4 19 0 Hart,J 2 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 Cain 3 0 37 12.3 0 3 17 1 18 98 5.4 4 5 17 1 Morris,W 3 0 31 10.3 0 2 15 0 Metcalf 2 0 10 5.0 0 0 11 0 18 0 215 11.9 0 13 41 2 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Hart,J 31 18 58.1 215 11.9 19 5 0 0 0.0 3 2 6.5 100.9 Donckers 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 39.6 32 18 56.3 215 11.9 19 5 0 0 0.0 3 2 6.3 97.8 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Bakken 2 2 100.0 1 1 100.0 0.0 0.0 28 5 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Carrell 5 188 42 0 0 2 3 17 34.2 37.6 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Metcalf 5 125 25.0 35 0 Metcalf 3 0 19 6.3 9 0 Bradley 1 19 19.0 19 0 3 0 19 6.3 9 0 6 144 24.0 35 0 Fumbles Carrell 1 Metcalf 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Zook 1 Arneson 2 Arneson 1 Kearney 1 Dawson 1 Davis,C 2 Davis,C 1 Tilley 1 Allerman 1 Nelson 1 Williams 1 Yankowsk 1 Tackles Arneson 8 Reaves 4 Black 3 Colbert 2 Patulski 1 Wehrli 7 Zook 4 Davis,C 3 Stone 2 Giblin 1 Severson 5 Kearney 3 Neils 2 Bell 1 Allerman 1 Yankowsk 5 Williams 3 Bradley 2 Nelson 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0 1979 79 New Orleans Saints Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Muncie 24 167 7.0 6 9 64 3 Chandler 5 0 44 8.8 0 2 11 0 Manning 3 11 3.7 1 2 10 1 Galbreath 3 0 45 15.0 0 2 19 0 Strachan 3 10 3.3 0 2 5 0 Harris,I 3 0 30 10.0 0 2 12 0 Galbreath 2 6 3.0 0 0 6 0 Childs 3 0 36 12.0 0 3 13 0 32 194 6.1 7 13 64 4 Muncie 3 0 44 14.7 0 2 24 0 Mauti 1 0 18 18.0 0 0 18 0 Strachan 1 0 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 19 0 224 11.8 0 11 26 0 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Manning 27 19 70.4 224 11.8 24 3 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 95.3 27 19 70.4 224 11.8 24 3 0 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 95.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 4 4 100.0 2 1 50.0 0.0 0.0 30 7 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Partridge 3 122 44 0 0 0 3 19 34.3 40.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Mauti 5 111 22.2 30 0 Mauti 3 1 17 5.7 7 0 5 111 22.2 30 0 3 1 17 5.7 7 0 Fumbles Bennett 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Grooms 2 Moore,D 1 Hughes 2 Brown,R 1 Merlo 1 Reese 1 Grooms 1 Moore,D 1 Moore,D 1 Moore,D 1 Myers,T 1 Tackles Gray,D 7 Hughes 4 Merlo 2 Ray 2 Bordelon 1 Chapman 1 Myers,T 6 Brown,R 4 Moore,D 2 Kovach 2 Price,El 1 Grooms 5 Reese 4 Campbell 2 Federspi 1 McGill 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD 0 0 0.0 0 0
1st Quarter KO 15:00 StL Metcalf ret of 9 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own14 14:54 StL Morris 5 B1 Dive B1 Z Key-Morris,W 2 5 own19 14:07 StL Metcalf -2 B1 Trap-R B1 tM Basic 3 7 own17 13:59 StL Hart-Morris X P1 S-Flat B1 tM Pass 4 7 own17 13:54 StL Carrell 38,Mauti 5 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 50 13:48 NO Manning-Harris 12 B1 S-Cross R1 M Dbl-Chandler 1 10 opp38 13:04 NO Muncie 17 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Dbl-Muncie 1 10 opp21 12:18 NO Muncie 2 B1 Sweep-R B1 M Basic 2 8 opp19 11:34 NO Manning-Galbreat X B1 S-Hitch B1 M Dbl-Muncie 3 8 opp19 11:30 NO Manning-Muncie X P1 S-Slant Ni M Dbl-Owens,T 4 8 opp19 11:25 NO FG Yepremian 36 no g -- FG -- Block 1 10 own20 11:20 StL Hart-Morris X B1 M-Out B1 sZ Basic 2 10 own20 11:13 StL Metcalf 7 B1 Pitch-L B1 sM Basic 3 3 own27 10:24 StL Hart-Morris 15 B1 S-Slant B1 tM Basic/Bz3/Li 1 10 own42 9:35 StL Pen10(Young) B1 Dive B1 M Basic 1 20 own32 9:28 StL Pen5(Reese) P1 Screen B1 Z Pass 1 15 own37 9:28 StL Hart-Morris 5 P1 S-Slant/Dump Ni Z Pass 2 10 own42 8:41 StL Morris 6 P1 Trap-L Ni Z Basic/Lo 3 4 own48 7:49 StL Hart-Gray X P1 S-Out/RB B1 tMi Basic/Lo 4 14 own38 7:45 StL Carrell 33,Mauti 7 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 7:40 NO Muncie 0 B1 Dive B1 Z Key-Muncie 2 10 own36 6:54 NO Muncie 64/TD B1 Pitch-L Ni sM Dbl-Childs 0-7 KO 6:35 StL Metcalf ret of 35 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own41 6:20 StL Metcalf 6 B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Basic 2 4 own47 5:27 StL Morris -1 B1 Dive B1 tM Basic 3 5 own46 4:30 StL Hart-Harris X P1 S-Slant B1 tM Basic/Li 4 5 own46 4:25 StL Carrell 39,Mauti 0 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own15 4:21 NO Sk-Zook -4 B1 S-Slant R1 M Dbl-Chandler 2 14 own11 3:42 NO Manning-Chandler 7 B1 S-Slant Di Mo Key-Muncie 3 7 own18 3:05 NO Manning-Owens X P2 S-Slant Ni sM Key-Muncie 4 7 own18 3:00 NO Partridge 41,Metcalf -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own46 2:55 StL Hart-Gray X B1 B-Post B1 Z Key-Morris,W 2 10 own46 2:43 StL Hart-Metcalf -1 B1 Screen Ni Z Basic 3 11 own45 1:48 StL Hart-Gray 19 P1 M-Hitch/RB Ni Z Pass 1 10 opp36 0:53 StL Hart-Morris X P1 S-Out B1 tZ Basic 2 10 opp36 0:50 StL Morris 3 B1 Trap-L B1 Z Pass 2nd Quarter 3 7 opp33 15:00 StL Hart-Gray 13 B1 Screen Ni sZ Basic 1 10 opp20 14:17 StL Hart 3 B2 M-Slant B1 tZ Basic/Bz2 2 7 opp17 13:36 StL Morris 10 B2 Pitch-R B1 Z Basic 1 7 opp7 12:53 StL Hart-Cain 7/TD B2 S-Slant B1 tZ Goalline 7-7 KO 12:47 NO Mauti ret of 18 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own23 12:38 NO Manning-Galbreat 19 B1 S-Flat R1 Z Basic 1 10 own42 12:29 NO Muncie -1 B2 OffTkl-R R1 Z Key-Muncie 2 11 own41 11:49 NO Manning-Muncie 8 B2 S-Slant Ni sMo Basic 3 3 own49 11:09 NO Strachan 5 B2 OffTkl-R R1 sM Dbl-Childs 1 10 opp46 10:28 NO Muncie 3/F B2 Trap-L B1 M Run-Muncie 1 10 own43 10:19 NO Loses Challenge 1 10 own43 10:19 StL Hart-Metcalf 11 B1 S-Flat B1 M Basic 1 10 opp46 10:10 StL Hart-Harris 18 B1 M-Out B1 M Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp28 9:33 Pen/Offset B1 Draw/RB B1 M Basic 1 10 opp28 9:24 StL Metcalf 11 B1 Pitch-L B1 M Basic 1 10 opp17 8:38 StL Morris 9 B1 Trap-L B1 M Pass/Bz3 2 1 opp8 7:50 StL Sk-Grooms -3 B1 S-Out B1 tM Goalline 3 4 opp11 7:07 StL Hart-Morris X P1 S-Out/SG B1 tM Basic 4 4 opp11 7:02 StL FG Bakken 28 good -- FG -- Block 10-7 KO 6:56 NO Mauti ret of 18 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own20 6:46 NO Manning-Childs 10 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Key-Galbreath 1 10 own30 6:03 StL Loses Challenge 1 10 own30 6:03 NO Manning-Harris 11 B1 S-Hitch R1 M Dbl-Muncie 1 10 own41 5:19 NO Manning-Muncie 12 B1 S-Slant R1 M Key-Muncie 1 10 opp47 4:33 NO Muncie 13 B1 Pitch-L B1 sM Dbl-Childs 1 10 opp34 3:41 NO Galbreath 0 B1 Dive B1 M Key-Galbreath 2 10 opp34 2:58 NO Manning-Childs 13 B1 S-Hitch B1 M Dbl-Harris,I 1 10 opp21 2:17 NO Manning-Chandler 7 B1 S-Flat B1 M Run-Muncie 2 3 opp14 2:00 NO Muncie 14/TD B2 OffTkl-L R1 sM Key-Strachan 10-14 KO 1:47 StL Metcalf ret of 22 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 1:38 StL Pen5(Finnie) B1 S-Out/HO B1 Z Basic 1 15 own23 1:38 StL Hart-Gray X B1 L-Straight B1 Z Pass 2 15 own23 1:28 StL Hart-Morris X B1 M-Seam/SG/RB/Dump Di Z Basic 3 15 own23 1:24 StL Hart -3/F P1 S-Slant Di M Pass 4 18 own20 1:19 Penalty -- Pt-deep -- Return 4 28 own10 1:15 StL Carrell 42,Mauti 5 -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 opp47 1:11 NO Manning-Muncie 24 B1 S-Out/HO Di Mo Dbl-Harris,I 1 10 opp23 1:05 NO Manning-Chandler 11 B1 S-Slant B1 M Key-Muncie 1 10 opp12 0:40 NO Muncie 7 B1 Pitch-L/HO B1 M Dbl-Galbreath 2 3 opp5 0:32 NO Manning-Galbreat X B1 S-Flat R1 M Run-Muncie 3 3 opp5 0:26 NO Muncie 5/TD B1 OffTkl-R R1 M Dbl-Muncie 10-21 KO 0:17 StL Bradley ret of 19 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 0:07 StL Morris 17 B1 Dive Qu vZ Prevent 3rd Quarter KO 15:00 NO Mauti ret of 24 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own30 14:51 NO Muncie 6 B1 Dive R1 M Dbl-Chandler 2 4 own36 14:11 NO Muncie -1 B1 Trap-R R1 M Run-Muncie 3 5 own35 13:30 NO Muncie 10 P1 Draw Ni M Dbl-Childs 1 10 own45 12:49 NO Manning-Strachan 7 B2 S-Flat B1 Z Basic 2 3 opp48 12:12 NO Manning-Chandler X B2 L-Hitch B1 Z Run-Muncie 3 3 opp48 12:04 NO Manning-Childs 13 B2 S-Hitch R1 M Dbl-Muncie 1 10 opp35 11:17 NO Muncie 1 B2 Sweep-L B1 M Run-Muncie 2 9 opp34 10:31 NO Manning-Chandler 11 B2 S-Slant B1 M Run-Muncie 1 10 opp23 9:49 NO Muncie 10 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Key-Muncie 1 10 opp13 9:01 NO Galbreath 6 B1 OffTkl-L B1 M Key-Galbreath 2 4 opp7 8:20 NO Strachan 5 B1 OffTkl-R B1 M Dbl-Galbreath 1 2 opp2 7:32 NO Strachan 0 B1 Dive R1 M Run 2 2 opp2 6:45 NO Manning 2/TD B1 Bootleg R2 M Dbl-Childs 10-28 KO 6:38 StL Metcalf ret of 33 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own38 6:26 NO Pen5(Reese) B1 Pitch-L B1 Z Pass 1 5 own43 6:19 StL Morris 9 B1 Pitch-R B1 Z Pass 1 10 opp48 5:39 StL Metcalf -1 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Pass 2 11 opp49 4:55 StL Doncker-Metcalf X B1 M-Out/HO/Dump Ni Z Basic 3 11 opp49 4:50 StL Hart-Cain X B1 M-Hitch Ni Z Pass 4 11 opp49 4:43 StL Carrell 36,Mauti 0 -- Pt-side -- LetRoll 1 10 own13 4:38 NO Muncie 0 B1 OffTkl-L B1 Z Basic 2 10 own13 3:42 NO Manning-Galbreat 12 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Key-Muncie 1 10 own25 2:50 NO Muncie -1 B1 OffTkl-R B1 sM Key-Muncie/Bz2/A 2 11 own24 1:53 NO Manning-Harris 7 B1 S-Hitch Ni M Key-Muncie 3 4 own31 1:07 B1 Ni M 3 9 own26 1:07 NO Manning-Chandler 8 P1 M-Slant Di tZ Pass 4 1 own34 0:14 NO Partridge 37,Metcalf -- Pt-deep -- Block 1 10 own38 0:09 StL Hart-Harris 10 B1 M-Seam Di Z Basic 4th Quarter 2 0 own48 15:00 StL Hart-Gray 15 B1 M-Seam Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp37 14:21 StL Hart-Harris 19 B1 M-Cross Ni Z Basic/Bz3 1 10 opp18 13:39 StL Metcalf 5 B1 EndAround/RB B1 M Pass 2 5 opp13 13:00 StL Morris 13/TD B1 Trap-L B1 tM Pass 16-28 KO 12:50 NO Mauti ret of 21 -- KO-deep -- Watch Onside 1 10 own30 12:41 NO Muncie -1 R1 OffTkl-R B1 Z Key-Muncie 2 11 own29 11:57 NO Muncie -1 B1 Trap-L B1 M Dbl-Harris,I 3 12 own28 10:58 NO Manning-Muncie X P1 M-Straight Di Mo Dbl-Harris,I/A 4 12 own28 10:49 NO Partridge 44,Metcalf -- Pt-deep -- Return 1 10 own33 10:43 StL Hart-Harris 14 B1 M-Out/HO Ni Z Basic 1 10 own47 9:57 StL Hart-Cain 13 B1 S-Slant Ni Z Pass 1 10 opp40 9:13 StL Morris 1 B1 Sweep-R Ni Z Pass 2 9 opp39 8:35 StL Sk-Reese -5 B1 S-Flat Ni M Pass 3 14 opp44 8:00 NO Pen6(Federspiel) P1 M-Out/HO/Dump Qu Z Pass 1 10 opp38 7:54 StL Hart-Cain 17 B1 M-Seam Ni Z Basic 1 10 opp21 7:16 StL Hart-Harris 17 B1 M-Cross B1 Z Basic 1 4 opp4 6:32 StL Hart-Gray 4/TD R1 S-Out B1 tZ Goalline 23-28 KO 6:27 NO Mauti ret of 30 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own36 6:16 NO Manning-Galbreat 14 B1 S-Flat R1 Z Basic 1 10 50 5:19 NO Manning 10 B1 S-Slant B1 Z Run-Galbreath 1 10 opp40 4:23 NO Pen10(Harris) B1 S-Slant R1 Z Run-Muncie/Bz2/A 1 20 50 4:17 NO Manning-Harris X B1 S-Slant Ni Z Basic 2 20 50 4:13 NO Manning-Muncie X B1 S-Flat Di Mo Dbl-Muncie 3 20 50 4:08 NO Manning-Mauti 18 P2 M-Straight Di M Dbl-Muncie 4 2 opp32 3:18 NO Muncie 6 B1 OffTkl-L R1 sM Basic/A 1 10 opp26 2:23 NO Muncie 3 B1 Dive R2 M Run-Galbreath 2 7 opp23 2:12 NO Muncie 7 B1 OffTkl-L R2 M Dbl-Muncie 1 10 opp16 2:00 NO Muncie 0 B1 Dive/RS R2 M Run-Muncie/Bz2/C 2 10 opp16 1:56 NO Manning -1 B1 QbKneel B1 M Run-Galbreath 3 11 opp17 1:51 NO Muncie 4 B1 OffTkl-L Ni tM Dbl-Childs 4 7 opp13 1:05 NO FG Yepremian 30 good -- FG -- Block 23-31 KO 1:00 StL Metcalf ret of 26 -- KO-deep -- Return 1 10 own28 0:52 StL Hart-Cain X P1 M-Out/SG/HO/RB/Dump Di Z Pass 2 10 own28 0:49 StL Hart-Gray 8 P1 S-Slant Di dZo Pass 3 2 own36 0:31 StL Hart-Gray X P1 L-Out/HO Di Z Basic 4 2 own36 0:23 StL Hart-Morris 11 P1 M-Out/HO Di Z Pass 1 10 own47 0:14 StL Hart-Morris X P1 L-Out/HO/Dump Qu dZo Pass 2 10 own47 0:10 StL Sk-Grooms -6 P1 L-Slant Qu dZo Pass GAME