Wild Card Playoff Games, 1974

played in St. Louis, MO

45 degrees, rain, 15 mph wind

Chicago Bears	7	0	0	0	-	7
St. Louis Cardinals	7	7	0	13	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:19 CHI - Joseph Bach 6 pass from Scott Hunter (Errol Mann extra point)
1Q: 07:22 STL - Ken Payne 6 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:19 STL - Altie Taylor 8 run (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 13:25 STL - Ray Jarvis 11 pass from Charley Johnson (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 06:11 STL - John Leypoldt 26 field goal
4Q: 02:33 STL - John Leypoldt 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:19 CHI - Joseph Bach 6 pass from Scott Hunter (Errol Mann extra point)
1Q: 07:22 STL - Ken Payne 6 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:19 STL - Altie Taylor 8 run (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 13:25 STL - Ray Jarvis 11 pass from Charley Johnson (John Leypoldt extra point)
4Q: 06:11 STL - John Leypoldt 26 field goal
4Q: 02:33 STL - John Leypoldt 36 field goal

Team Statistics CHI STL
Record 10-7 13-4
First Downs 14 15
- by Rushing 1 6
- by Passing 12 8
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 184 286
- Offensive Plays 63 66
- Yards per Play 2.92 4.33
Net Rushing Yards 71 138
- Rushing Attempts 22 32
- Yards per Rush 3.23 4.31
Net Passing Yards 113 148
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 16 - 0 33 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 176 151
- Sacks/Yards Lost 10/63 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 2.76 4.35
Fumbles/Lost 4/2 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/13 5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.2 6.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/40 6/45
Punt Returns/Yards 5/12 3/28
Kick Returns/Yards 3/60 2/63
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 3/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 40
Time of Possession 27:22 32:38

Team Statistics	CHI	STL
Record	10-7	13-4
First Downs	14	15
- by Rushing	1	6
- by Passing	12	8
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	184	286
- Offensive Plays	63	66
- Yards per Play	2.92	4.33
Net Rushing Yards	71	138
- Rushing Attempts	22	32
- Yards per Rush	3.23	4.31
Net Passing Yards	113	148
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 16 - 0	33 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	176	151
- Sacks/Yards Lost	10/63	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	2.76	4.35
Fumbles/Lost	4/2	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/13	5/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.2	6.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/40	6/45
Punt Returns/Yards	5/12	3/28
Kick Returns/Yards	3/60	2/63
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	3/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 40
Time of Possession	27:22	32:38

Drive Charts

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:46	OWN 38	8	62	Touchdown
1	7:17	1:24	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	3:24	1:20	OWN 15	3	2	Punt
1	0:53	1:40	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	12:10	1:17	OWN 15	3	-5	Punt
2	10:01	1:35	OWN 40	3	2	Punt
2	6:54	3:25	OWN 21	6	39	Punt
3	12:30	1:16	OWN 20	5	23	Punt
3	8:52	0:55	OWN 45	3	-1	Punt
3	5:16	1:57	OWN 36	3	8	Punt
4	13:18	1:40	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
4	9:29	1:10	OWN 21	2	-3	Fumble
4	6:03	2:29	OWN 20	8	5	Downs
4	2:25	2:25	OWN 27	11	53	Game

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:14	2:57	OWN 35	5	65	Touchdown
1	5:53	2:29	OWN 36	4	10	Punt
1	2:04	1:11	OWN 44	3	5	Punt
2	14:13	2:03	OWN 44	3	5	Punt
2	10:53	0:52	OPP 40	3	7	Missed FG
2	8:26	1:32	OWN 22	3	7	Punt
2	3:29	3:00	OWN 20	6	21	Punt
2	0:29	0:19	OPP 10	2	10	Touchdown
3	15:00	2:30	OWN 33	5	23	Punt
3	11:14	2:22	OWN 7	5	18	Punt
3	7:57	2:41	OWN 7	5	21	Punt
3	3:19	5:01	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
4	11:38	2:09	OWN 39	3	-1	Punt
4	8:19	2:16	OPP 18	3	9	Field Goal
4	3:34	1:09	OPP 25	3	6	Field Goal

Game MVP: Ron Yankowski, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Otis Armstrong	13	43	3.31	21	1
Preston Pearson	8	26	3.25	11	1
Scott Hunter	1	2	2.00	2	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Terry Metcalf	17	73	4.29	42	1	0
Altie Taylor	13	61	4.69	13	2	1
Tom Bailey	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Norm Bulaich	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Scott Hunter	31	16	176	10/63	1	20	0	79.4

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Hart	21	12	66	1/3	1	16	0	78.7
Charley Johnson	12	8	85	0/0	1	25	0	114.9

Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ronnie Talley	4	8	42	10.50	4	13	0
WR Roger Carr	3	3	37	12.33	3	20	0
FB Cid Edwards	3	3	30	10.00	9	12	0
WR Terry Carrol	2	5	21	10.50	0	12	0
WR Joseph Bach	2	6	20	10.00	4	14	1
RB Otis Armstrong	1	1	15	15.00	12	15	0
WR Lester Tresca	1	1	11	11.00	5	11	0
TE Boyd Brown	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Carl Garrett	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Mike Hancock	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ray Jarvis	5	7	37	7.40	0	16	1
WR Terry Metcalf	5	6	31	6.20	13	18	0
WR Bubba O'Neil	3	6	21	7.00	0	8	0
WR Ken Payne	2	4	31	15.50	13	25	1
TE Larry Brown	1	3	7	7.00	0	7	0
FB Norm Bulaich	1	1	9	9.00	1	9	0
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	4	10	10.00	0	10	0
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Chicago	Fumb	Recov
Scott Hunter	2	1
Cid Edwards	1	1
Rob Scribner	1	0

St. Louis	Recov	Force
John Grant	1	0
Len Hauss	1	0
Mark Cooney	0	1
Mike Weger	0	1
Ron Yankowski	0	1
Eric Kasay	0	1

Punting Statistics

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Merritt Kersey	10	445	44.5	37.7	56	3

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Al Blake	9	388	43.1	37.3	51	3

Kicking Statistics

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Errol Mann	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	2/3	0/1	0/1	36	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rob Scribner	5	12	2.4	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry Metcalf	3	28	9.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Preston Pearson	2	41	20.5	0
Rob Scribner	1	19	19.0	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roger Wehrli	2	63	31.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Don Rives	12	1	0.0	31	33
DE Fred Dryer	6	2	0.0	26	32
CB Maurice Cherpeski	5	1	0.0	19	30
OLB Dan Buffone	5	0	0.0	4	4
OLB Brad Van Pelt	4	0	0.0	11	2
OLB Duane Benson	3	4	0.0	30	33
DE Larry Hand	3	2	0.0	29	33
S Kirk Robbins	3	0	0.0	24	32
DE Ron Rydalich	2	1	1.0	22	28
DT Wally Chambers	2	1	0.0	30	33
CB Paul Johnson	2	0	0.0	29	33
CB Durwood Keeton	1	1	0.0	30	32
DT Rick Dvorak	1	0	0.0	13	5
S Rodney Dawkins	1	0	0.0	7	4
S Craig Clemons	0	3	0.0	31	34

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dwight Lewis	10	4	2.0	21	41
DE Ron Yankowski	7	0	2.5	22	41
S Mike Weger	6	2	0.5	22	40
ILB Will Foster	4	1	2.0	21	38
DT Eric Kasay	3	3	1.0	20	20
DT John Grant	3	1	0.5	20	39
CB Hugh Rodgers	3	3	0.0	15	36
CB Roger Wehrli	3	0	0.0	20	41
S Jim Tolbert	2	1	0.5	17	39
CB Al Clark	2	0	0.0	21	38
DE Billy Howard	1	0	1.0	20	30
ILB Mark Cooney	1	0	0.0	1	1
CB Ray Easterling	1	0	0.0	1	5
OLB Jim Merlo	1	0	0.0	7	3
S Dan Myers	0	2	0.0	2	22
OLB Roy Winston	0	1	0.0	2	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Chicago	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ron Rydalich	1.0	0	0	0	28
DE Fred Dryer	0.0	1	1	1	32
DT Wally Chambers	0.0	0	1	0	33
DE Larry Hand	0.0	0	1	0	33
CB Paul Johnson	0.0	0	1	0	33

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Ron Yankowski	2.5	1	1	1	41
OLB Dwight Lewis	2.0	0	0	1	41
ILB Will Foster	2.0	0	0	0	38
DE Billy Howard	1.0	1	2	0	30
DT Eric Kasay	1.0	0	0	0	20
DT John Grant	0.5	0	1	0	39
S Jim Tolbert	0.5	0	1	0	39
S Mike Weger	0.5	0	0	0	40
DE Sammy Danko	0.0	0	1	0	11

Pass Defense Statistics

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Don Rives	6	1	33
OLB Dan Buffone	3	0	4
CB Paul Johnson	2	1	33
CB Maurice Cherpeski	2	0	30
S Kirk Robbins	2	0	32
CB Durwood Keeton	1	1	32
OLB Duane Benson	1	0	33
S Craig Clemons	1	0	34
DE Fred Dryer	1	0	32
DE Larry Hand	1	0	33
S Rodney Dawkins	0	1	4

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Dwight Lewis	3	0	41
S Mike Weger	3	0	40
CB Al Clark	2	2	38
CB Roger Wehrli	2	1	41
CB Hugh Rodgers	2	0	36
ILB Mark Cooney	1	0	1
CB Ray Easterling	1	0	5
DT John Grant	1	0	39
S Jim Tolbert	1	0	39

Blocking Statistics

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Hubert Camarillo	2	4	18	2	31
Alberto White	1	4	19	2	29
Bob Young	1	2	11	0	20
Rich Coady	0	4	20	3	32
Rocky Freitas	0	2	16	1	32
Dave Hill	0	2	6	0	9
Phil LaPorta	0	1	14	2	33
Jim Clack	0	1	6	0	19
Carl Garrett	0	1	9	0	16

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Len Hauss	3	10	0	30	0	31
Glen Holloway	2	7	1	26	0	32
Dan Dierdorf	2	6	0	26	0	24
Tom Funchess	1	3	0	18	0	20
Sam Davis	1	2	0	26	1	32
Joe Scibelli	1	2	0	11	0	4
Norm Bulaich	0	1	0	11	0	14
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	1	0	19	0	20

Special Teams Tackles

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Dave Edwards	2	31
Preston Pearson	1	27
Rich Coady	1	8
Craig Clemons	1	5

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Roy Winston	3	23
Mark Cooney	3	17
Sam Davis	1	12
Ken Payne	1	11

Participation

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Craig Clemons	---	---	31	34	5	70
Duane Benson	---	---	30	33	4	67
Durwood Keeton	---	---	30	32	5	67
Don Rives	---	---	31	33	3	67
Maurice Cherpeski	---	---	19	30	18	67
Wally Chambers	---	---	30	33	3	66
Larry Hand	---	---	29	33	3	65
Paul Johnson	---	---	29	33	3	65
Scott Hunter	22	41	---	---	---	63
Fred Dryer	---	---	26	32	3	61
Rich Coady	20	32	---	---	8	60
Kirk Robbins	---	---	24	32	3	59
Ron Rydalich	---	---	22	28	7	57
Rocky Freitas	16	32	---	---	6	54
Hubert Camarillo	18	31	---	---	4	53
Preston Pearson	8	16	---	---	27	51
Alberto White	19	29	---	---	---	48
Roger Carr	10	20	---	---	17	47
Phil LaPorta	14	33	---	---	---	47
Ronnie Talley	13	32	---	---	1	46
Boyd Brown	14	15	---	---	16	45
Terry Carrol	14	27	---	---	1	42
Bob Young	11	20	---	---	10	41
Joseph Bach	13	27	---	---	---	40
Otis Armstrong	13	19	---	---	5	37
Dave Edwards	---	---	2	1	31	34
Carl Garrett	9	16	---	---	6	31
Jim Clack	6	19	---	---	5	30
Cid Edwards	4	10	---	---	16	30
Lester Tresca	3	11	---	---	14	28
Dave Hill	6	9	---	---	10	25
Mike Hancock	1	2	---	---	18	21
Rick Dvorak	---	---	13	5	2	20
Rodney Dawkins	---	---	7	4	9	20
Brad Van Pelt	---	---	11	2	6	19
Andre Tillman	8	10	---	---	---	18
Rob Scribner	0	0	---	---	16	16
Bill Belk	---	---	6	2	6	14
Dan Buffone	---	---	4	4	5	13
Vinny Hoover	---	---	4	1	7	12
Tom Sutton	---	---	3	1	7	11
Doug Allen	---	---	1	1	8	10
Merritt Kersey	0	0	---	---	10	10
Errol Mann	0	0	---	---	2	2
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
O.J. Fujimoto	0	0	---	---	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Len Hauss	30	31	---	---	12	73
Sam Davis	26	32	---	---	12	70
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	15	36	18	69
Roger Wehrli	---	---	20	41	2	63
Ron Yankowski	---	---	22	41	---	63
Dwight Lewis	---	---	21	41	---	62
Mike Weger	---	---	22	40	---	62
Jim Tolbert	---	---	17	39	5	61
Bubba O'Neil	22	24	---	---	15	61
Al Clark	---	---	21	38	1	60
Rich Caster	26	24	---	---	9	59
Will Foster	---	---	21	38	---	59
John Grant	---	---	20	39	---	59
Glen Holloway	26	32	---	---	---	58
Ron Mikolajczyk	19	20	---	---	12	51
Dan Dierdorf	26	24	---	---	---	50
Billy Howard	---	---	20	30	---	50
Terry Metcalf	18	19	---	---	10	47
Cotton Speyrer	20	22	---	---	2	44
Eric Kasay	---	---	20	20	1	41
Jim Hart	17	22	---	---	---	39
Tom Funchess	18	20	---	---	---	38
Ken Payne	12	15	---	---	11	38
Ray Jarvis	20	16	---	---	1	37
Norm Bulaich	11	14	---	---	10	35
Larry Brown	10	17	---	---	7	34
Tom Bailey	1	3	---	---	29	33
Dan Myers	---	---	2	22	9	33
Willie Harper	---	---	1	0	28	29
Charley Johnson	15	12	---	---	---	27
Joe Scibelli	11	4	---	---	12	27
Roy Winston	---	---	2	2	23	27
Altie Taylor	13	11	---	---	---	24
Jim Arneson	4	7	---	---	11	22
Sammy Danko	---	---	2	11	9	22
Todd McQuarters	1	0	---	---	20	21
Mark Cooney	---	---	1	1	17	19
Matt Braxton	6	5	---	---	5	16
Geoff Carr	---	---	2	2	10	14
Ray Easterling	---	---	1	5	7	13
Al Blake	0	0	---	---	12	12
Jim Merlo	---	---	7	3	---	10
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dale Norman	---	---	5	2	---	7
Vincent Forbes	0	0	---	---	1	1
Gary Huff	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	-1	-1.0
Middle	13	20	1.5
Right	8	52	6.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	27	3.9
Middle	15	77	5.1
Right	10	34	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Scott Hunter	31	16	1	2	2	3	6	2	0

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Hart	21	12	0	0	3	3	2	1	0
Charley Johnson	12	8	1	1	0	1	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	15	15.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	50	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	91	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	20	2.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	11	2.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	53	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	87	7.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ronnie Talley	8	4	0	42	0	32
WR Joseph Bach	6	2	1	20	0	27
WR Terry Carrol	5	2	0	21	0	27
WR Roger Carr	3	3	0	37	1	20
FB Cid Edwards	3	3	0	30	0	10
FB Carl Garrett	2	0	0	0	0	16
RB Otis Armstrong	1	1	0	15	0	19
TE Boyd Brown	1	0	0	0	0	15
TE Mike Hancock	1	0	1	0	0	2
WR Lester Tresca	1	1	0	11	0	11

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ray Jarvis	7	5	1	37	0	16
WR Terry Metcalf	6	5	1	31	0	19
WR Bubba O'Neil	6	3	1	21	0	24
WR Ken Payne	4	2	0	31	1	15
WR Cotton Speyrer	4	1	0	10	0	22
TE Larry Brown	3	1	0	7	0	17
FB Norm Bulaich	1	1	0	9	0	14
RB Altie Taylor	1	1	0	1	0	11
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	0	4	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Preston Pearson	1	5	5.00	3.25

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Altie Taylor	4	30	7.50	4.69
Terry Metcalf	3	4	1.33	4.29
Tom Bailey	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scott Hunter	2	1	6	3.00	5.68

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Hart	2	2	5	2.50	3.14
Charley Johnson	2	1	11	5.50	7.08

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Boyd Brown	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Joseph Bach	1	1	6	6.00	3.33

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	11	11.00	5.29
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	-1	-1.00	5.17
WR Ken Payne	1	1	6	6.00	7.75
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	0	0	0.00	2.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Otis Armstrong	2	0
Preston Pearson	2	0

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Terry Metcalf	4	0
Tom Bailey	1	0
Altie Taylor	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scott Hunter	7	3	2

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Hart	6	4	1
Charley Johnson	4	4	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Terry Carrol	2	0	0
WR Ronnie Talley	2	1	0
WR Roger Carr	1	1	1
FB Cid Edwards	1	1	1
WR Joseph Bach	1	0	0

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ray Jarvis	4	4	2
WR Ken Payne	2	1	1
WR Cotton Speyrer	2	1	1
TE Larry Brown	1	1	0
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 59,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,600 (21,400)
End Zone 13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	59,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,600 (21,400)
End Zone	13,300 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,300)