Sunday, September 10, 1978
| NWE | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Patriots | John Smith 24 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | Patriots | Steve Grogan 5 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 10 | 0 |
| Patriots | Russ Francis 24 yard pass from Steve Grogan (kick failed) | 16 | 0 | |
| 3rd | Cardinals | Jimmy Childs 8 yard pass from Jim Hart (kick failed) | 16 | 6 |
| NWE | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 52-269-1 | 20-57-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-21-172-1-2 | 12-28-150-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 2-14 |
| Net pass yards | 172 | 136 |
| Total yards | 441 | 193 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-71 | 7-48 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 17 | 143 | 0 | 73 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 13 | 21 | 172 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 6 | 74 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 2 | 59 | 0 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 8 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| James McAlister | NWE | 6 | 34 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 8 | 23 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 7 | 15 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Don Westbrook | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jim Hart | STL | 12 | 28 | 150 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Steve Jones | STL | 9 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Eason Ramson | STL | 4 | 42 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | STL | 2 | 37 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | STL | 4 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Mel Gray | STL | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Jim Thaxton | STL | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jimmy Childs | STL | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Latin | STL | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Raymond Clayborn | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Nelson | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Allen | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Southard | STL | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roger Wehrli | STL | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John Smith | NWE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerrel Wilson | NWE | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Little | STL | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 0 | ||||