Week 8, 1974

played in Carolina, NC

64 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	3	17	0	3	-	23
Carolina Panthers	7	0	0	8	-	15

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:06 CAR - Drew Pearson 17 pass from Dale Zorn (Don Cockroft extra point)
1Q: 02:59 STL - John Leypoldt 33 field goal
2Q: 13:08 STL - Cotton Speyrer 8 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 04:41 STL - Altie Taylor 4 run (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:18 STL - John Leypoldt 22 field goal
4Q: 06:00 STL - John Leypoldt 34 field goal
4Q: 00:47 CAR - David Knight 18 pass from Dale Zorn (Dale Zorn pass to Harold Jaeger for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:06 CAR - Drew Pearson 17 pass from Dale Zorn (Don Cockroft extra point)
1Q: 02:59 STL - John Leypoldt 33 field goal
2Q: 13:08 STL - Cotton Speyrer 8 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 04:41 STL - Altie Taylor 4 run (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:18 STL - John Leypoldt 22 field goal
4Q: 06:00 STL - John Leypoldt 34 field goal
4Q: 00:47 CAR - David Knight 18 pass from Dale Zorn (Dale Zorn pass to Harold Jaeger for conversion)

Team Statistics STL CAR
Record 5-2 4-4
First Downs 21 12
- by Rushing 11 3
- by Passing 9 8
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 327 225
- Offensive Plays 69 52
- Yards per Play 4.74 4.33
Net Rushing Yards 211 95
- Rushing Attempts 41 29
- Yards per Rush 5.15 3.28
Net Passing Yards 116 130
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 26 - 18 - 0 19 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 135 155
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/19 4/25
- Yards per Pass Play 4.14 5.65
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 3/2
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/55 4/33
Punt Returns/Yards 1/4 3/14
Kick Returns/Yards 1/30 5/101
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/1
Red Zone Visits 5 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 32
Time of Possession 35:21 24:39

Team Statistics	STL	CAR
Record	5-2	4-4
First Downs	21	12
- by Rushing	11	3
- by Passing	9	8
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	327	225
- Offensive Plays	69	52
- Yards per Play	4.74	4.33
Net Rushing Yards	211	95
- Rushing Attempts	41	29
- Yards per Rush	5.15	3.28
Net Passing Yards	116	130
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	26 - 18 - 0	19 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	135	155
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/19	4/25
- Yards per Pass Play	4.14	5.65
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	3/2
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	2/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/55	4/33
Punt Returns/Yards	1/4	3/14
Kick Returns/Yards	1/30	5/101
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/1
Red Zone Visits	5	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 32	OWN 32
Time of Possession	35:21	24:39

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:05	OWN 40	2	-6	Fumble
1	12:59	1:26	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	8:58	6:04	OWN 20	10	64	Field Goal
1	0:02	1:59	OWN 39	5	61	Touchdown
2	11:04	6:29	OWN 35	14	65	Touchdown
2	2:45	1:10	OWN 19	3	-11	Punt
2	1:35	1:23	OPP 46	6	41	Field Goal
3	12:52	1:26	OWN 19	3	4	Punt
3	9:35	2:59	OWN 20	5	35	Punt
3	3:10	1:32	OWN 5	3	2	Punt
4	15:00	2:10	OWN 41	4	12	Punt
4	11:17	5:24	OPP 49	8	32	Field Goal
4	0:42	0:42	OPP 41	4	13	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:55	0:56	OPP 25	2	11	Fumble
1	11:33	2:35	OWN 49	6	51	Touchdown
1	2:54	2:52	OWN 12	5	13	Punt
2	13:03	1:59	OWN 21	3	7	Punt
2	4:35	1:50	OWN 38	3	1	Punt
2	0:12	0:12	OWN 30	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	2:08	OWN 34	3	3	Punt
3	11:26	1:51	OWN 32	5	31	Punt
3	6:36	3:26	OWN 20	5	19	Punt
3	1:38	1:38	OPP 41	3	7	Missed FG
4	12:50	1:33	OWN 1	3	3	Punt
4	5:53	5:11	OWN 20	15	80	Touchdown

Game MVP: Terry Metcalf, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Terry Metcalf	20	130	6.50	38	3	0
Altie Taylor	16	66	4.13	16	2	1
Jim Hart	3	-3	-1.00	-1	0	0
Tom Bailey	2	18	9.00	18	1	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Vic Washington	17	65	3.82	20	1
Brian Molinaro	5	20	4.00	8	0
Bob Hudson	3	8	2.67	5	0
Dale Zorn	3	5	1.67	5	0
Hugh McKinnis	1	-3	-3.00	-3	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Hart	26	18	135	2/19	1	15	0	94.2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dale Zorn	19	14	155	4/25	2	22	0	132.5

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ray Jarvis	5	6	42	8.40	2	12	0
WR Cotton Speyrer	5	7	40	8.00	0	10	1
WR Bubba O'Neil	3	5	35	11.67	5	15	0
WR Ken Payne	2	5	10	5.00	0	11	0
TE Rich Caster	1	1	4	4.00	2	4	0
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Vic Washington	4	4	27	6.75	2	11	0
WR Drew Pearson	3	5	47	15.67	1	22	1
WR David Knight	2	4	25	12.50	0	18	1
TE Richard Hooper	2	2	20	10.00	4	17	0
FB Perry Williams	1	1	21	21.00	20	21	0
RB Brian Molinaro	1	1	4	4.00	3	4	0
TE Andrew James	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Harold Jaeger	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Jim Hart	1	0	0
Roy Winston	0	1	1
Tom Bailey	0	1	0
Billy Howard	0	0	1
Ron Yankowski	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Glen Edwards	1	0	0
Vic Washington	1	0	0
Dale Zorn	1	0	0
Isaac Curtis	0	1	0
Jim Wolf	0	1	0
Steve King	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Al Blake	6	235	39.2	33.5	46	1

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John James	7	289	41.3	37.9	53	1

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	3/3	0/0	0/0	34	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dan Myers	1	4	4.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glen Edwards	3	14	4.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Wehrli	1	30	30.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edddie Brown	5	101	20.2	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Mike Weger	6	2	0.0	29	23
CB Roger Wehrli	6	0	0.0	29	23
ILB Will Foster	5	3	0.0	29	21
DE Ron Yankowski	4	1	1.0	27	22
CB Hugh Rodgers	4	0	0.0	25	18
S Jim Tolbert	3	1	1.0	24	20
OLB Dwight Lewis	3	3	0.0	29	22
S Dan Myers	3	2	0.0	16	6
DE Billy Howard	2	1	1.5	27	21
DT John Grant	2	1	0.5	27	22
CB Ray Easterling	2	0	0.0	22	16
DT Eric Kasay	2	0	0.0	14	17
QB Jim Hart	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Jim Merlo	1	0	0.0	5	4
DE Sammy Danko	1	0	0.0	7	4

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Honor Jackson	11	4	0.0	35	26
DE Tony Cline	8	1	0.0	36	22
OLB Steve King	6	3	2.0	36	27
S Glen Edwards	6	0	0.0	37	25
OLB Gary Weaver	5	3	0.0	38	28
DT Jim Wolf	5	3	0.0	36	25
CB J.T. Thomas	4	0	0.0	36	27
CB Karl Lynch	3	0	0.0	33	21
CB Terry Schmidt	2	0	0.0	6	8
OLB Waymond Bryant	1	2	0.0	31	17
CB C.J. Garrett	1	2	0.0	33	26
DE Dennis Johnson	1	1	0.0	37	24
G Noah Jackson	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Rick Kay	1	0	0.0	7	2
ILB Sam Monson	1	0	0.0	13	9
ILB Carlos Nixon	0	1	0.0	11	1

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Billy Howard	1.5	0	0	21
S Jim Tolbert	1.0	0	0	20
DE Ron Yankowski	1.0	0	0	22
DT John Grant	0.5	0	0	22
S Mike Weger	0.0	1	0	23
DT Eric Kasay	0.0	0	1	17

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Steve King	2.0	0	0	27
CB J.T. Thomas	0.0	1	0	27
DE Tony Cline	0.0	0	1	22
DE Kenyon Hill	0.0	0	1	9

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	PPlay
CB Roger Wehrli	3	23
OLB Dwight Lewis	2	22
CB Hugh Rodgers	2	18
S Dan Myers	2	6
CB Ray Easterling	1	16
ILB Will Foster	1	21
S Jim Tolbert	1	20
S Mike Weger	1	23
DT Eric Kasay	1	17

Carolina	Caught	PPlay
S Glen Edwards	3	25
S Honor Jackson	3	26
CB J.T. Thomas	3	27
OLB Gary Weaver	3	28
OLB Steve King	2	27
CB Terry Schmidt	1	8
DT Jim Wolf	1	25
CB Karl Lynch	1	21
CB C.J. Garrett	1	26

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Dierdorf	4	8	40	1	26
Len Hauss	4	7	39	0	28
Joe Scibelli	3	3	6	0	8
Glen Holloway	2	6	39	1	27
Tom Funchess	2	5	30	0	24
Sam Davis	1	4	35	0	20
Rich Caster	1	2	25	0	22
Jim Arneson	0	1	2	0	0
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	1	12	0	6
Matt Braxton	0	1	4	0	5

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Julio Bauer	3	6	20	1	18
Dave Dalby	2	6	25	0	20
Steve Riley	1	4	28	3	22
Noah Jackson	1	4	29	0	20
Quinn Hoffman	1	3	22	0	20
Richard Hooper	1	1	16	0	12
Hugh McKinnis	0	1	17	0	13
Andy Dawson	0	1	9	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Mark Cooney	4	15
Roy Winston	2	12
Jim Tolbert	1	10
Ron Mikolajczyk	1	9

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Carlos Nixon	2	17
Drew Pearson	1	15

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Len Hauss	39	28	---	---	9	76
Jim Hart	41	28	---	---	---	69
Dan Dierdorf	40	26	---	---	---	66
Glen Holloway	39	27	---	---	---	66
Sam Davis	35	20	---	---	8	63
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	25	18	14	57
Roger Wehrli	---	---	29	23	4	56
Rich Caster	25	22	---	---	7	54
Tom Funchess	30	24	---	---	---	54
Jim Tolbert	---	---	24	20	10	54
Bubba O'Neil	22	17	---	---	15	54
Mike Weger	---	---	29	23	1	53
Will Foster	---	---	29	21	2	52
Dwight Lewis	---	---	29	22	1	52
Norm Bulaich	26	16	---	---	8	50
John Grant	---	---	27	22	1	50
Ron Yankowski	---	---	27	22	1	50
Billy Howard	---	---	27	21	1	49
Ray Jarvis	31	17	---	---	1	49
Ray Easterling	---	---	22	16	9	47
Ken Payne	15	13	---	---	12	40
Terry Metcalf	22	16	---	---	---	38
Cotton Speyrer	23	15	---	---	---	38
Eric Kasay	---	---	14	17	---	31
Dan Myers	---	---	16	6	9	31
Todd McQuarters	15	7	---	---	7	29
Ron Mikolajczyk	12	6	---	---	9	27
Tom Bailey	2	5	---	---	18	25
Altie Taylor	17	7	---	---	---	24
Willie Harper	---	---	0	1	22	23
Joe Scibelli	6	8	---	---	9	23
J.V. Cain	3	0	---	---	18	21
Matt Braxton	4	5	---	---	10	19
Sammy Danko	---	---	7	4	7	18
Mark Cooney	---	---	0	2	15	17
Roy Winston	---	---	2	3	12	17
Dale Norman	---	---	3	3	8	14
Jim Arneson	2	0	---	---	9	11
Al Clark	---	---	4	5	2	11
Jim Merlo	---	---	5	4	1	10
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	9	9
Al Blake	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ray Kiddoo	---	---	0	0	7	7
Vincent Forbes	2	1	---	---	1	4
Gary Huff	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff Gainey	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Glen Edwards	---	---	37	25	22	84
J.T. Thomas	---	---	36	27	12	75
Steve King	---	---	36	27	9	72
Gary Weaver	---	---	38	28	2	68
C.J. Garrett	---	---	33	26	8	67
Karl Lynch	---	---	33	21	12	66
Honor Jackson	---	---	35	26	3	64
Jim Wolf	---	---	36	25	3	64
Dennis Johnson	---	---	37	24	2	63
Tony Cline	---	---	36	22	3	61
Drew Pearson	23	22	---	---	15	60
Dave Dalby	25	20	---	---	8	53
Dale Zorn	29	23	---	---	---	52
Waymond Bryant	---	---	31	17	2	50
Steve Riley	28	22	---	---	---	50
Noah Jackson	29	20	---	---	---	49
Andrew James	16	12	---	---	16	44
Julio Bauer	20	18	---	---	6	44
Quinn Hoffman	22	20	---	---	---	42
Hugh McKinnis	17	13	---	---	11	41
Richard Hooper	16	12	---	---	7	35
David Knight	11	11	---	---	10	32
Rick Kay	---	---	7	2	21	30
Bob Hudson	3	3	---	---	23	29
Vic Washington	18	11	---	---	---	29
Carlos Nixon	---	---	11	1	17	29
Harold Jaeger	16	11	---	---	---	27
Sam Monson	---	---	13	9	4	26
Andy Dawson	9	8	---	---	8	25
Kenyon Hill	---	---	8	9	7	24
Isaac Curtis	13	10	---	---	---	23
Floyd Tongue	---	---	8	5	6	19
Edddie Brown	---	---	8	4	6	18
Brian Molinaro	8	9	---	---	---	17
Perry Williams	3	1	---	---	12	16
Terry Schmidt	---	---	6	8	1	15
Kenny Frame	4	3	---	---	7	14
Rodney Bridges	7	3	---	---	3	13
J.B. Shepard	1	1	---	---	8	10
John James	0	0	---	---	7	7
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steve Neils	---	---	2	2	---	4
Terry Hanratty	0	0	---	---	1	1
Kyle Wooden	1	0	---	---	---	1
Tony Adams	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jack Mildren	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	61	6.8
Middle	19	56	2.9
Right	10	97	9.7
None	3	-3	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	43	5.4
Middle	15	26	1.7
Right	5	27	5.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Hart	26	18	0	0	5	0	2	0	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dale Zorn	19	14	2	1	2	0	1	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	10	58	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	8	77	7.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	4	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	48	6.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	64	8.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	39	19.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Cotton Speyrer	7	5	2	40	15
WR Ray Jarvis	6	5	0	42	17
WR Ken Payne	5	2	1	10	13
WR Bubba O'Neil	5	3	2	35	17
TE Rich Caster	1	1	0	4	22
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	0	0	16
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	0	4	7

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Drew Pearson	5	3	1	47	1	22
WR David Knight	4	2	1	25	0	11
WR Vic Washington	4	4	0	27	0	11
TE Richard Hooper	2	2	0	20	0	12
FB Perry Williams	1	1	0	21	1	1
RB Brian Molinaro	1	1	0	4	0	9
TE Andrew James	1	1	0	11	0	12
WR Harold Jaeger	1	0	0	0	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Altie Taylor	4	9	2.25	4.13
Tom Bailey	1	0	0.00	9.00
Terry Metcalf	1	0	0.00	6.50

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Vic Washington	1	4	4.00	3.82

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Hart	4	4	26	6.50	5.19

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dale Zorn	4	3	38	9.50	8.16

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	6	6.00	7.00
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	0	0.00	0.00
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	1	8	8.00	5.71
WR Bubba O'Neil	1	1	12	12.00	7.00

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR David Knight	2	1	18	9.00	6.25
WR Drew Pearson	1	1	17	17.00	9.40
TE Richard Hooper	1	1	3	3.00	10.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Altie Taylor	4	2
Jim Hart	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Vic Washington	3	0
Brian Molinaro	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Hart	8	4	2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dale Zorn	6	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cotton Speyrer	3	2	1
WR Ray Jarvis	2	1	1
WR Bubba O'Neil	2	0	0
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR David Knight	2	2	1
WR Drew Pearson	2	1	1
WR Vic Washington	1	1	0
WR Harold Jaeger	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 51,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,000 (21,400)
End Zone 10,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	51,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,000 (21,400)
End Zone	10,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)