Week 9, 1974

played in Los Angeles, CA

67 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	7	0	3	3	-	13
Los Angeles Rams	0	0	0	3	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:24 STL - Ray Jarvis 1 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
3Q: 04:31 STL - John Leypoldt 39 field goal
4Q: 11:43 LAS - Toni Linhart 18 field goal
4Q: 00:44 STL - John Leypoldt 22 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:24 STL - Ray Jarvis 1 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
3Q: 04:31 STL - John Leypoldt 39 field goal
4Q: 11:43 LAS - Toni Linhart 18 field goal
4Q: 00:44 STL - John Leypoldt 22 field goal

Team Statistics STL LAS
Record 6-2 3-5
First Downs 16 19
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 9 12
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 390 292
- Offensive Plays 59 69
- Yards per Play 6.61 4.23
Net Rushing Yards 192 119
- Rushing Attempts 26 36
- Yards per Rush 7.38 3.31
Net Passing Yards 198 173
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 17 - 0 32 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 204 178
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 6.00 5.24
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 9/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.9 4.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/70 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 1/2 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 1/29 3/76
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 26
Time of Possession 24:00 36:00

Team Statistics	STL	LAS
Record	6-2	3-5
First Downs	16	19
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	9	12
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	390	292
- Offensive Plays	59	69
- Yards per Play	6.61	4.23
Net Rushing Yards	192	119
- Rushing Attempts	26	36
- Yards per Rush	7.38	3.31
Net Passing Yards	198	173
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 17 - 0	32 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	204	178
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	6.00	5.24
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	9/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.9	4.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/70	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	1/2	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	1/29	3/76
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 26
Time of Possession	24:00	36:00

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:46	OWN 39	7	61	Touchdown
1	8:36	4:09	OWN 30	10	21	Punt
1	1:24	2:28	OWN 26	6	20	Punt
2	5:32	0:50	OWN 20	3	-6	Punt
2	1:28	1:28	OWN 2	6	61	Half
3	12:15	1:45	OWN 9	5	18	Punt
3	8:46	4:22	OWN 35	8	43	Field Goal
4	11:37	3:56	OWN 17	7	52	Fumble
4	5:06	0:33	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
4	1:33	0:56	OWN 20	6	75	Field Goal

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:14	2:38	OWN 20	6	9	Punt
1	4:27	3:03	OWN 20	6	20	Punt
2	13:56	8:24	OWN 4	12	56	Punt
2	4:42	3:14	OWN 25	6	25	Punt
3	15:00	2:45	OWN 26	5	19	Punt
3	10:30	1:44	OWN 30	3	4	Punt
3	4:24	7:47	OWN 35	14	64	Field Goal
4	7:41	2:35	OWN 31	6	31	Punt
4	4:33	3:00	OWN 49	9	46	Interception
4	0:37	0:37	OWN 26	3	8	Game

Game MVP: Len Hauss, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Terry Metcalf	14	63	4.50	14	2
Altie Taylor	8	56	7.00	21	3
Tom Bailey	3	73	24.33	76	1
Norm Bulaich	1	0	0.00	0	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lawrence McCutcheon	26	76	2.92	15	2
Tom Sullivan	8	38	4.75	8	0
Dexter Bussey	1	2	2.00	2	0
Ron Jaworski	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gary Huff	22	11	133	1/6	0	31	0	68.9
Jim Hart	10	6	71	0/0	1	24	0	115.0

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ron Jaworski	32	22	178	1/5	0	19	1	69.5

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Rich Caster	3	3	44	14.67	3	26	0
WR Ray Jarvis	3	10	48	16.00	10	31	1
WR Terry Metcalf	2	2	19	9.50	0	12	0
WR Ken Payne	2	4	22	11.00	8	12	0
WR Bubba O'Neil	2	4	37	18.50	4	24	0
RB Tom Bailey	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
FB Norm Bulaich	1	2	4	4.00	5	4	0
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	4	14	14.00	1	14	0
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	8	8.00	3	8	0
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Steve Holden	5	6	38	7.60	7	11
WR Tom Stropka	4	5	43	10.75	10	19
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	3	3	16	5.33	0	7
WR Mike Rengel	3	6	33	11.00	7	17
TE Cornell Corbett	2	2	6	3.00	0	4
WR Toby Fredrick	2	6	21	10.50	1	13
RB Dexter Bussey	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
RB Tom Sullivan	1	1	5	5.00	7	5
FB Ed Williams	1	1	10	10.00	8	10
TE Chuck Naretta	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Roger Wehrli	1	0	0.00	0

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov
Gary Huff	1	0
Bubba O'Neil	1	0
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	1

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dave Elmendorf	0	1	1	0
Harvey Martin	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Al Blake	5	221	44.2	42.0	57	2

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rickey Jarrell	7	280	40.0	34.0	48	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	1/1

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	1/1	0/0	0/0	18	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dan Myers	1	2	2.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dave Elmendorf	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jim Tolbert	1	29	29.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Glenn Buchanan	3	76	25.3	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Mike Weger	10	3	0.0	36	32
CB Roger Wehrli	8	1	0.0	36	33
ILB Will Foster	7	3	0.0	33	32
OLB Dwight Lewis	7	2	0.0	34	33
CB Hugh Rodgers	5	1	0.0	25	27
DT Eric Kasay	4	1	0.0	21	22
DE Billy Howard	3	1	0.5	32	33
CB Ray Easterling	3	0	0.0	16	26
OLB Roy Winston	2	1	0.0	12	4
S Dan Myers	2	1	0.0	15	12
OLB Jim Merlo	2	0	0.0	8	3
S Jim Tolbert	2	0	0.0	21	29
DE Ron Yankowski	1	0	0.5	33	31
DT John Grant	1	4	0.0	34	32
ILB Mark Cooney	1	0	0.0	3	0
OLB Willie Harper	0	1	0.0	2	0

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Dave Elmendorf	10	2	0.0	26	32
ILB Jeff Siemon	5	3	0.0	25	31
DT Gary Larson	5	0	0.0	21	31
CB Broderick Ours	5	0	0.0	20	30
DE Harvey Martin	4	1	0.5	25	31
ILB Isiah Robertson	4	0	0.0	26	33
ILB Tyrone Anthony	2	2	0.0	9	16
CB Steve Tannen	2	1	0.0	23	28
S Bernie Sims	2	0	0.0	12	14
DE Jack Youngblood	1	2	0.5	24	32
OLB Rick Middleton	1	1	0.0	9	6
OLB Jim Youngblood	1	1	0.0	22	26
QB Ron Jaworski	1	0	---	---	---
CB Mark Washington	0	1	0.0	14	14
S Glenn Buchanan	0	1	0.0	11	18

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Billy Howard	0.5	0	1	33
DE Ron Yankowski	0.5	0	0	31
DT Eric Kasay	0.0	2	0	22
CB Ray Easterling	0.0	1	0	26
ILB Will Foster	0.0	1	0	32

Los Angeles	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jack Youngblood	0.5	0	4	2	32
DE Harvey Martin	0.5	0	1	0	31
DT Bob Hoskins	0.0	1	0	0	12
ILB Isiah Robertson	0.0	1	0	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Dwight Lewis	5	1	0	33
CB Roger Wehrli	4	0	1	33
ILB Will Foster	4	0	0	32
CB Hugh Rodgers	3	0	0	27
CB Ray Easterling	1	0	0	26
S Jim Tolbert	1	0	0	29
S Mike Weger	1	0	0	32
OLB Roy Winston	1	0	0	4
DT Eric Kasay	1	0	0	22
S Dan Myers	1	0	0	12

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Dave Elmendorf	5	0	32
ILB Tyrone Anthony	2	1	16
ILB Isiah Robertson	2	0	33
CB Steve Tannen	2	0	28
CB Broderick Ours	2	0	30
S Bernie Sims	2	0	14
DT Bob Hoskins	1	0	12
ILB Jeff Siemon	1	0	31

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Len Hauss	4	6	1	26	0	29
Dan Dierdorf	2	5	0	26	0	29
Sam Davis	2	4	0	19	0	28
Glen Holloway	1	3	0	21	0	31
Joe Scibelli	1	2	0	7	0	6
Larry Brown	1	1	1	8	0	9
Norm Bulaich	1	1	0	15	0	12
Tom Funchess	0	3	0	20	0	25
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	1	0	6	1	10

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Harris Richardson	3	5	1	26	0	27
Sam Rohde	2	7	0	28	0	29
Bob McKay	1	5	0	31	1	28
Ed Williams	1	2	0	13	0	9
Billy Lindstrom	1	2	0	8	0	3
Gerry Sullivan	1	1	0	30	0	24
Emmanuel Bumgarner	1	1	0	1	0	2
Cleo Miller	0	3	0	20	0	15
Bob Van Duyne	0	3	0	18	0	11
Daryl White	0	2	0	28	0	27
Hardy Dillon	0	2	0	10	0	16
Jim Sexton	0	1	0	1	0	0
Chuck Naretta	0	1	0	22	0	16

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Mark Cooney	3	11
Todd McQuarters	1	13

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Rick Middleton	1	19
Chester Ferguson	1	7

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Roger Wehrli	---	---	36	33	3	72
Mike Weger	---	---	36	32	2	70
Will Foster	---	---	33	32	3	68
Dwight Lewis	---	---	34	33	1	68
John Grant	---	---	34	32	1	67
Billy Howard	---	---	32	33	1	66
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	25	27	14	66
Ron Yankowski	---	---	33	31	1	65
Len Hauss	26	29	---	---	7	62
Dan Dierdorf	26	29	---	---	---	55
Jim Tolbert	---	---	21	29	3	53
Glen Holloway	21	31	---	---	---	52
Sam Davis	19	28	---	---	4	51
Ray Jarvis	17	21	---	---	13	51
Eric Kasay	---	---	21	22	3	46
Tom Funchess	20	25	---	---	---	45
Rich Caster	20	23	---	---	---	43
Ray Easterling	---	---	16	26	---	42
Dan Myers	---	---	15	12	13	40
Norm Bulaich	15	12	---	---	12	39
Ken Payne	14	16	---	---	8	38
Gary Huff	14	23	---	---	---	37
Bubba O'Neil	16	20	---	---	---	36
Terry Metcalf	15	19	---	---	---	34
Cotton Speyrer	11	22	---	---	---	33
Roy Winston	---	---	12	4	10	26
Al Clark	---	---	11	7	7	25
Larry Brown	8	9	---	---	7	24
Ron Mikolajczyk	6	10	---	---	7	23
Sammy Danko	---	---	12	3	8	23
Tom Bailey	3	6	---	---	13	22
Jim Hart	12	10	---	---	---	22
Dale Norman	---	---	12	4	5	21
Willie Harper	---	---	2	0	18	20
Joe Scibelli	7	6	---	---	7	20
Matt Braxton	3	9	---	---	8	20
Altie Taylor	8	8	---	---	---	16
Mark Cooney	---	---	3	0	11	14
Todd McQuarters	0	0	---	---	13	13
Jim Arneson	0	5	---	---	7	12
Jim Merlo	---	---	8	3	---	11
Vincent Forbes	5	2	---	---	3	10
Al Blake	0	0	---	---	7	7
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ray Kiddoo	---	---	0	0	5	5
Jeff Gainey	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Jaworski	36	33	---	---	---	69
Dave Elmendorf	---	---	26	32	8	66
Sam Rohde	28	29	---	---	8	65
Jack Youngblood	---	---	24	32	7	63
Isiah Robertson	---	---	26	33	3	62
Harris Richardson	26	27	---	---	8	61
Bob McKay	31	28	---	---	---	59
Harvey Martin	---	---	25	31	2	58
Jeff Siemon	---	---	25	31	2	58
Steve Tannen	---	---	23	28	7	58
Daryl White	28	27	---	---	---	55
Gary Larson	---	---	21	31	2	54
Gerry Sullivan	30	24	---	---	---	54
Broderick Ours	---	---	20	30	2	52
Jim Youngblood	---	---	22	26	2	50
Cleo Miller	20	15	---	---	13	48
Lawrence McCutcheon	27	19	---	---	1	47
Mark Washington	---	---	14	14	17	45
Mike Rengel	19	23	---	---	1	43
Steve Holden	16	21	---	---	5	42
Glenn Buchanan	---	---	11	18	13	42
Chuck Naretta	22	16	---	---	---	38
Tom Stropka	22	15	---	---	---	37
Bob Van Duyne	18	11	---	---	7	36
Cornell Corbett	17	14	---	---	5	36
Rick Middleton	---	---	9	6	19	34
Toby Fredrick	11	13	---	---	9	33
Tom Sullivan	8	13	---	---	7	28
Ed Williams	13	9	---	---	6	28
Bob Hoskins	---	---	10	12	5	27
Bernie Sims	---	---	12	14	---	26
Hardy Dillon	10	16	---	---	---	26
Tyrone Anthony	---	---	9	16	---	25
Dexter Bussey	4	4	---	---	14	22
Billy Lindstrom	8	3	---	---	8	19
Chase Chandler	---	---	4	8	5	17
Emmanuel Bumgarner	1	2	---	---	14	17
Jim Sexton	1	0	---	---	8	9
Chester Ferguson	0	1	---	---	7	8
Rickey Jarrell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Chester Dawkins	---	---	2	0	4	6
Vern Den Herder	---	---	3	1	---	4
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	3	3
Gerald Rasberry	0	0	---	---	1	1
Al Speer	0	0	---	---	1	1
John Hufnagel	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	88	14.7
Middle	15	78	5.2
Right	5	26	5.2
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	41	6.8
Middle	19	42	2.2
Right	11	36	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gary Huff	22	11	2	2	5	1	2	1	0
Jim Hart	10	6	1	0	0	0	3	1	0

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ron Jaworski	32	22	0	1	3	1	4	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	45	6.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	7	73	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	81	11.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	7	3.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	16	107	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	64	8.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ray Jarvis	10	3	1	48	1	21
WR Ken Payne	4	2	2	22	0	16
WR Cotton Speyrer	4	1	1	14	0	22
WR Bubba O'Neil	4	2	1	37	1	20
TE Rich Caster	3	3	0	44	1	23
FB Norm Bulaich	2	1	0	4	0	12
WR Terry Metcalf	2	2	0	19	0	19
RB Tom Bailey	1	1	0	1	0	6
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	0	8	0	8
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	0	7	0	9

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Steve Holden	6	5	0	38	21
WR Mike Rengel	6	3	0	33	23
WR Toby Fredrick	6	2	2	21	13
WR Tom Stropka	5	4	0	43	15
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	3	3	0	16	19
TE Cornell Corbett	2	2	0	6	14
RB Dexter Bussey	1	1	0	6	4
RB Tom Sullivan	1	1	0	5	13
FB Ed Williams	1	1	0	10	9
TE Chuck Naretta	1	0	1	0	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Terry Metcalf	3	8	2.67	4.50

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Lawrence McCutcheon	2	5	2.50	2.92

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Hart	2	2	13	6.50	7.10

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ron Jaworski	3	2	11	3.67	5.56

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	1	1.00	4.80
WR Ken Payne	1	1	12	12.00	5.50

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Rengel	1	1	7	7.00	5.50
TE Cornell Corbett	1	1	4	4.00	3.00
WR Toby Fredrick	1	0	0	0.00	3.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Terry Metcalf	1	0
Altie Taylor	1	1

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Lawrence McCutcheon	5	3
Ron Jaworski	1	0
Tom Sullivan	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gary Huff	6	4	3
Jim Hart	4	3	2

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ron Jaworski	10	6	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ray Jarvis	3	1	1
TE Rich Caster	2	2	1
WR Ken Payne	2	1	1
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	1	1
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	0
WR Bubba O'Neil	1	1	1

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Steve Holden	2	1	1
WR Mike Rengel	2	1	1
WR Tom Stropka	2	1	1
WR Toby Fredrick	2	1	1
RB Dexter Bussey	1	1	1
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 55,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,900 (21,400)
End Zone 12,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	55,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,900 (21,400)
End Zone	12,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,300)