Rams 34-27 Falcons (15 Dec, 1996) Box Score

St. Louis Rams

5-10, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
STL					34
ATL					27

Atlanta Falcons

3-12, 2-6 home

St. Louis Passing


Tony Banks
Isaac Bruce
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/16	304	19.0	3	1	2-13	125.0
1/1	15	15.0	0	0	0-0	118.8
12/17	306	18.8	3	1	2-13	128.1

Atlanta Passing


Bobby Hebert
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
28/49	363	7.4	2	6	3-3	54.6
28/49	360	7.4	2	6	3-3	54.6

St. Louis Rushing


Lawrence Phillips
Tony Banks
Jerald Moore
Harold Green
Isaac Bruce
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
22	112	5.1	1	38
10	27	2.7	0	19
3	18	6.0	0	14
8	13	1.6	0	8
1	4	4.0	0	4
44	174	4.0	1	38

Atlanta Rushing


Jamal Anderson
Bobby Hebert
Craig Heyward
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
13	37	2.8	0	10
1	25	25.0	0	25
1	1	1.0	1	1
15	63	4.2	1	25

St. Louis Receiving


Eddie Kennison
Isaac Bruce
Aaron Laing
Jermaine Ross
Harold Green
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	226	45.2	3	77
2	37	18.5	0	29
2	35	17.5	0	18
2	20	10.0	0	15
1	1	1.0	0	1
12	319	26.6	3	77

Atlanta Receiving


Bert Emanuel
Jamal Anderson
J.J. Birden
Eric Metcalf
Terance Mathis
Tyrone Brown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
9	173	19.2	1	53
7	74	10.6	0	20
4	50	12.5	0	21
4	28	7.0	1	13
2	27	13.5	0	16
2	11	5.5	0	7
28	363	13.0	2	53

St. Louis Fumbles


Tony Banks
Eddie Kennison
James Harris
team

FUM	LOST	REC
4	2	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
5	3	1

Atlanta Fumbles


J.J. Birden
Bobby Hebert
Jeff Zgonina
Ron George
Travis Hall
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
0	0	1
2	1	3

St. Louis Defense



Keith Lyle
Todd Lyght
Gerald McBurrows
D'Marco Farr
Toby Wright
Marquis Walker
Anthony Parker
Leslie O'Neal
Robert Jones
Kevin Carter
Roman Phifer
James Harris
Chuck Osborne
Carlos Jenkins
Herman O'Berry
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	6	0	0	3	0	0
6	4	0	0	2	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	1.5	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	3	0	0
3	2	1.5	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	38	3	0	10	0	0

Atlanta Defense



Jessie Tuggle
Travis Hall
Lorenzo Styles
Dan Owens
Ron George
Craig Sauer
Lester Archambeau
Chuck Smith
Devin Bush
Jeff Zgonina
Brad Edwards
David Brandon
Louis Riddick
Clay Matthews
Darnell Walker
Lenny McGill
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
49	44	2	0	2	0	0

St. Louis Interceptions


Keith Lyle
D'Marco Farr
Todd Lyght
Anthony Parker
team

INT	YDS	TD
3	1	0
1	5	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
6	6	0

Atlanta Interceptions


Brad Edwards
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	15	0
1	15	0

St. Louis Kick Returns


J.T. Thomas
Keith Crawford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	58	29.0	39
1	19	19.0	19
3	77	25.7	39

Atlanta Kick Returns


Roell Preston
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	107	21.4	36	0
5	107	21.4	36	0

St. Louis Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No St. Louis Punt Returns

Atlanta Punt Returns


Eric Metcalf
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	40	20.0	31	0
2	40	20.0	31	0

St. Louis Kicking


Chip Lohmiller
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	25	4/4	10
2/2	100.0	25	4/4	10

Atlanta Kicking


Morten Andersen
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	34	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	34	3/3	9

St. Louis Punting


Sean Landeta
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	193	48.3	0	1	68
4	193	48.3	0	1	68

Atlanta Punting


Dan Stryzinski
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	82	41.0	0	1	44
2	82	41.0	0	1	44

5:00 AM, 15 December 1996

Attendance: 26,519

Referees:
Jerry Markbreit

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Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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