Week 13, 1975

played in Tampa Bay, FL

54 degrees, rain, 12 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	10	0	3	-	13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	0	0	10	-	10

Scoring Summary
2Q: 15:00 STL - Rich Caster 9 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:46 STL - John Leypoldt 26 field goal
4Q: 13:18 TBY - Al Dodd 58 punt return (Jim Turner extra point)
4Q: 05:58 TBY - Jim Turner 25 field goal
4Q: 00:11 STL - John Leypoldt 53 field goal

Scoring Summary
2Q: 15:00 STL - Rich Caster 9 pass from Jim Hart (John Leypoldt extra point)
2Q: 00:46 STL - John Leypoldt 26 field goal
4Q: 13:18 TBY - Al Dodd 58 punt return (Jim Turner extra point)
4Q: 05:58 TBY - Jim Turner 25 field goal
4Q: 00:11 STL - John Leypoldt 53 field goal

Team Statistics STL TBY
Record 7-5 6-6
First Downs 19 11
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 14 7
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 322 190
- Offensive Plays 71 51
- Yards per Play 4.54 3.73
Net Rushing Yards 80 59
- Rushing Attempts 29 22
- Yards per Rush 2.76 2.68
Net Passing Yards 242 131
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 28 - 0 28 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 277 139
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/35 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.76 4.52
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/17 3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/55 5/30
Punt Returns/Yards 3/15 5/100
Kick Returns/Yards 3/64 3/77
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 26
Time of Possession 34:19 25:41

Team Statistics	STL	TBY
Record	7-5	6-6
First Downs	19	11
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	14	7
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	322	190
- Offensive Plays	71	51
- Yards per Play	4.54	3.73
Net Rushing Yards	80	59
- Rushing Attempts	29	22
- Yards per Rush	2.76	2.68
Net Passing Yards	242	131
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 28 - 0	28 - 12 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	277	139
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/35	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.76	4.52
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/17	3/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/55	5/30
Punt Returns/Yards	3/15	5/100
Kick Returns/Yards	3/64	3/77
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 26
Time of Possession	34:19	25:41

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:39	OWN 18	4	16	Punt
1	9:09	1:29	OWN 15	3	6	Punt
1	6:09	3:44	OWN 1	7	44	Punt
1	0:55	1:02	OPP 15	3	15	Touchdown
2	10:53	2:24	OWN 18	4	24	Punt
2	6:03	5:24	OWN 22	14	69	Field Goal
3	11:39	3:12	OWN 35	5	15	Punt
3	7:38	3:03	OWN 26	6	28	Punt
3	1:06	2:55	OWN 5	6	24	Punt
4	13:11	3:42	OWN 14	6	15	Punt
4	5:51	3:18	OWN 35	5	10	Punt
4	2:01	1:55	OWN 38	8	26	Field Goal

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:21	3:12	OWN 46	5	8	Punt
1	7:40	1:31	OPP 44	3	0	Punt
1	2:25	1:30	OWN 5	3	4	Interception
2	14:53	4:00	OWN 30	6	8	Punt
2	8:29	2:26	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
2	0:39	0:39	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	3:21	OWN 25	5	29	Punt
3	8:27	0:49	OWN 14	4	11	Punt
3	4:35	3:29	OWN 8	10	50	Punt
4	9:29	3:38	OWN 28	8	64	Field Goal
4	2:33	0:32	OWN 20	3	0	Punt

Game MVP: Jim Hart, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Terry Metcalf	14	43	3.07	11	2
Charlie Smith	14	32	2.29	11	1
Warren Bankston	1	5	5.00	5	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
George Amundson	10	23	2.30	9	0
Wayne Mosley	8	27	3.38	10	1
Sonny Jurgensen	2	2	1.00	3	0
Bryan Breech	2	7	3.50	10	1

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Hart	38	28	277	4/35	1	34	0	102.6

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Sonny Jurgensen	28	12	139	1/8	0	31	1	43.6

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terry Metcalf	8	8	66	8.25	31	17	0
WR Bubba O'Neil	5	5	82	16.40	6	34	0
FB Norm Bulaich	3	4	18	6.00	6	12	0
TE Rich Caster	3	5	14	4.67	5	9	1
WR Ken Payne	2	3	22	11.00	1	13	0
RB Charlie Smith	2	4	10	5.00	0	6	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	2	5	38	19.00	3	22	0
TE Larry Brown	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	2	14	14.00	0	14	0
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	2	2.00	0	2	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Barry Pearson	4	9	40	10.00	6	12
WR Ron Jessie	3	6	14	4.67	6	7
TE Jim Mitchell	2	3	39	19.50	16	28
WR Al Dodd	1	2	31	31.00	0	31
WR Freddie Scott	1	5	11	11.00	0	11
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	4	4.00	5	4
RB Wayne Mosley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Norm Doyle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

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

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Al Blake	9	339	37.7	29.8	50	3

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Montrae Jones	8	333	41.6	39.8	49	6

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Leypoldt	2/2	1/1	1/1	53	1/1

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jim Turner	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry Metcalf	3	15	5.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Dodd	5	100	20.0	1

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jim Tolbert	3	64	21.3	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ron Jessie	3	77	25.7	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Mike Weger	7	2	0.0	21	29
S Jim Tolbert	5	1	0.0	16	22
ILB Will Foster	5	0	0.0	22	29
OLB Dwight Lewis	5	0	0.0	22	28
DT John Grant	3	2	0.0	19	29
CB Roger Wehrli	2	0	0.0	22	29
DE Billy Howard	1	0	1.0	22	29
OLB Jim Merlo	1	2	0.0	11	8
DE Ron Yankowski	1	1	0.0	22	28
CB Al Clark	1	0	0.0	12	22
DT Eric Kasay	1	0	0.0	19	22
S Fred Hill	1	0	0.0	3	7
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	0	0.0	21	28

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Arneson	14	3	0.0	29	39
S Donnie Shell	8	4	0.0	28	41
ILB Dallas Hickman	5	1	0.0	17	18
DT Dave Pureifory	4	1	0.5	27	40
S Burgess Owens	4	4	0.0	19	31
OLB Chris Hanburger	4	2	0.0	26	42
DT Bob Rowe	4	2	0.0	18	18
CB Jim Stienke	4	0	0.0	26	37
CB Mel Renfro	3	1	0.0	28	38
CB Everett Allen	3	0	0.0	11	26
DE Elois Grooms	2	2	2.5	19	38
DT John Mendenhall	2	1	1.0	13	24
DE Derek Check	2	1	0.0	18	14
DE Julius Adams	1	4	0.0	27	39
WR Al Dodd	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Billy Howard	1.0	3	0	29
DT Eric Kasay	0.0	2	0	22
DE Ron Yankowski	0.0	1	1	28
DT John Grant	0.0	1	0	29

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Elois Grooms	2.5	2	38
DT John Mendenhall	1.0	0	24
DT Dave Pureifory	0.5	1	40
DE Julius Adams	0.0	1	39
ILB Mark Arneson	0.0	1	39

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Dwight Lewis	3	0	0	28
S Mike Weger	3	0	0	29
CB Al Clark	1	1	0	22
CB Roger Wehrli	1	0	1	29
OLB Jim Merlo	1	0	0	8
S Jim Tolbert	1	0	0	22
S Fred Hill	1	0	0	7
CB Hugh Rodgers	1	0	0	28

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Chris Hanburger	5	2	42
ILB Mark Arneson	4	1	39
CB Jim Stienke	4	0	37
DT Bob Rowe	3	0	18
ILB Dallas Hickman	3	0	18
CB Mel Renfro	2	1	38
S Burgess Owens	2	0	31
S Donnie Shell	2	0	41
CB Everett Allen	2	0	26
DT Dave Pureifory	1	0	40

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Matt Braxton	2	2	7	0	10
Glen Holloway	1	6	28	1	38
Len Hauss	1	6	29	0	40
Sam Davis	1	5	22	0	35
Tom Funchess	1	3	19	2	31
Dan Dierdorf	1	3	22	0	25
Rich Caster	1	2	22	0	26
Larry Brown	0	1	7	0	14
Norm Bulaich	0	1	11	0	18
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	0	13	1	26

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ed Newman	2	4	21	1	25
Ralph Neely	2	2	18	0	26
Sid Smith	1	4	18	0	24
Charles Goodrum	1	2	15	0	22
Booker Brown	0	3	8	0	4
Cal Withrow	0	2	5	0	5
Sam Bycroft	0	2	7	0	11
Dave Foley	0	1	18	0	28

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Mark Cooney	5	16
Hugh Rodgers	1	14
Ken Payne	1	9

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Donnie Shell	2	13
Mel Renfro	1	14
Barty Smith	1	14
Sid Smith	1	9
Norm Doyle	1	8

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Len Hauss	29	40	---	---	11	80
Jim Hart	29	42	---	---	---	71
Sam Davis	22	35	---	---	9	66
Glen Holloway	28	38	---	---	---	66
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	21	28	14	63
Cotton Speyrer	15	27	---	---	15	57
Rich Caster	22	26	---	---	8	56
Mike Weger	---	---	21	29	3	53
Will Foster	---	---	22	29	1	52
Billy Howard	---	---	22	29	1	52
Roger Wehrli	---	---	22	29	1	52
Alfred Jenkins	19	33	---	---	---	52
Dwight Lewis	---	---	22	28	1	51
Ron Yankowski	---	---	22	28	1	51
Tom Funchess	19	31	---	---	---	50
John Grant	---	---	19	29	2	50
Ron Mikolajczyk	13	26	---	---	11	50
Terry Metcalf	14	24	---	---	11	49
Dan Dierdorf	22	25	---	---	---	47
Bubba O'Neil	21	26	---	---	---	47
Eric Kasay	---	---	19	22	3	44
Jim Tolbert	---	---	16	22	4	42
Norm Bulaich	11	18	---	---	12	41
Al Clark	---	---	12	22	7	41
Larry Brown	7	14	---	---	18	39
Warren Bankston	3	5	---	---	26	34
Ken Payne	12	13	---	---	9	34
Charlie Smith	14	14	---	---	---	28
Willie Harper	---	---	0	1	23	24
Jim Merlo	---	---	11	8	5	24
Matt Braxton	7	10	---	---	6	23
Jim Arneson	4	6	---	---	10	20
Revie Sorey	8	9	---	---	3	20
Dale Norman	---	---	9	7	1	17
Mark Cooney	---	---	0	0	16	16
Fred Hill	---	---	3	7	6	16
Ernie Janet	0	0	---	---	11	11
Al Blake	0	0	---	---	11	11
Ray Easterling	---	---	0	0	10	10
Bob Breunig	---	---	0	0	8	8
Stan Hindman	---	---	0	1	6	7
John Leypoldt	0	0	---	---	6	6
Sammy Danko	---	---	0	0	6	6
Tony Peters	---	---	1	0	1	2
Jack Concannon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Gary Huff	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Donnie Shell	---	---	28	41	13	82
Mel Renfro	---	---	28	38	14	80
Mark Arneson	---	---	29	39	3	71
Chris Hanburger	---	---	26	42	2	70
Dave Pureifory	---	---	27	40	3	70
Julius Adams	---	---	27	39	3	69
Jim Stienke	---	---	26	37	4	67
Elois Grooms	---	---	19	38	2	59
Burgess Owens	---	---	19	31	3	53
Ed Newman	21	25	---	---	6	52
Sonny Jurgensen	22	29	---	---	---	51
Sid Smith	18	24	---	---	9	51
Al Dodd	13	21	---	---	16	50
Dave Foley	18	28	---	---	3	49
Everett Allen	---	---	11	26	11	48
John Mendenhall	---	---	13	24	9	46
George Amundson	10	10	---	---	25	45
Jim Mitchell	20	20	---	---	5	45
Ralph Neely	18	26	---	---	---	44
Dallas Hickman	---	---	17	18	8	43
Derek Check	---	---	18	14	7	39
Charles Goodrum	15	22	---	---	1	38
Ron Jessie	13	20	---	---	5	38
Freddie Scott	10	16	---	---	12	38
Bob Rowe	---	---	18	18	1	37
Barry Pearson	14	16	---	---	---	30
Barty Smith	6	9	---	---	14	29
Gregg Bingham	---	---	3	1	23	27
Sam Bycroft	7	11	---	---	9	27
Wayne Mosley	9	17	---	---	---	26
Bryan Breech	10	8	---	---	6	24
Al Chandler	4	2	---	---	16	22
Booker Brown	8	4	---	---	9	21
Cal Withrow	5	5	---	---	8	18
Bert Horn	---	---	2	5	9	16
Norm Doyle	1	6	---	---	8	15
Isaac Fulcher	---	---	3	5	6	14
John Saunders	---	---	3	2	7	12
Jim Turnbull	---	---	2	4	4	10
Montrae Jones	0	0	---	---	9	9
Jim Turner	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	0	0	---	0
Malcolm Padavona	0	0	---	---	---	0
Quentin Vaughn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	---	0
Virgil Livers	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	13	2.6
Middle	17	36	2.1
Right	7	31	4.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	17	2.4
Middle	4	11	2.8
Right	10	32	3.2
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Hart	38	28	3	0	1	4	5	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Sonny Jurgensen	28	12	2	4	3	1	7	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	50	6.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	61	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	7	88	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	3	78	26.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	8	4.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	43	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	4	57	4.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	31	6.2

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Terry Metcalf	8	8	0	66	0	24
TE Rich Caster	5	3	0	14	0	26
WR Bubba O'Neil	5	5	0	82	2	26
WR Alfred Jenkins	5	2	1	38	1	33
FB Norm Bulaich	4	3	0	18	0	18
RB Charlie Smith	4	2	0	10	0	14
WR Ken Payne	3	2	0	22	0	13
WR Cotton Speyrer	2	1	0	14	0	27
TE Larry Brown	1	1	0	11	0	14
FB Matt Braxton	1	1	0	2	0	10

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Barry Pearson	9	4	2	40	0	16
WR Ron Jessie	6	3	1	14	0	20
WR Freddie Scott	5	1	0	11	0	16
TE Jim Mitchell	3	2	0	39	1	20
WR Al Dodd	2	1	0	31	1	21
RB Wayne Mosley	1	0	0	0	0	17
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	0	4	0	8
WR Norm Doyle	1	0	0	0	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Terry Metcalf	4	8	2.00	3.07
Charlie Smith	2	2	1.00	2.29

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Wayne Mosley	1	-2	-2.00	3.38

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jim Hart	3	2	12	4.00	7.29

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Sonny Jurgensen	2	1	11	5.50	4.96

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rich Caster	1	1	9	9.00	2.80
WR Terry Metcalf	1	1	3	3.00	8.25
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	0	0	0.00	7.00

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Barry Pearson	2	1	11	5.50	4.44

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Terry Metcalf	1	0
Charlie Smith	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Bryan Breech	2	1
George Amundson	1	0
Sonny Jurgensen	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Hart	14	10	5

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Sonny Jurgensen	8	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Rich Caster	3	3	1
WR Terry Metcalf	3	3	1
WR Bubba O'Neil	3	3	2
WR Alfred Jenkins	2	0	0
FB Norm Bulaich	1	0	0
WR Ken Payne	1	0	0
WR Cotton Speyrer	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Barry Pearson	3	1	0
WR Al Dodd	2	1	1
TE Jim Mitchell	1	0	0
WR Freddie Scott	1	0	0
RB Bryan Breech	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,900 (21,400)
End Zone 15,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,900 (21,400)
End Zone	15,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,200 (3,300)