Sunday, October 3, 1971
| NYG | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cardinals | Jim Bakken 14 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| Giants | Rocky Thompson 93 yard kickoff return (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 3 | |
| Giants | Bob Tucker 10 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Giants | Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 21 | 3 |
| Cardinals | Mel Gray 64 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| 3rd | Cardinals | Mel Gray 60 yard pass from Pete Beathard (Jim Bakken kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 4th | Cardinals | Jim Bakken 22 yard field goal | 21 | 20 |
| NYG | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-81-1 | 30-129-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-32-239-1-2 | 10-22-186-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-19 | 1-10 |
| Net pass yards | 220 | 176 |
| Total yards | 301 | 305 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 6-3 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-65 | 3-45 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Fran Tarkenton | NYG | 20 | 32 | 239 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Houston | NYG | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Clifton McNeil | NYG | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tucker Frederickson | NYG | 7 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Junior Coffey | NYG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 2 | 124 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| MacArthur Lane | STL | 17 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Pete Beathard | STL | 10 | 22 | 186 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Shivers | STL | 9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave L. Williams | STL | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jackie Smith | STL | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cid Edwards | STL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Roland | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Bobby Duhon | NYG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spider Lockhart | NYG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rocky Thompson | NYG | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 141 | 47.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Williams | NYG | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dan Dierdorf | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike McGill | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Johnny Roland | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Norm Thompson | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Larry Willingham | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tom Blanchard | NYG | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Gogolak | NYG | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bakken | STL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Latourette | STL | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 0 | ||||