Rams 14-13 Saints (21 Dec, 1996) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

3-13, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO					13
STL					14

St. Louis Rams

6-10, 4-4 home

New Orleans Passing


Jim Everett
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
17/26	156	6.0	0	0	1-8	81.6
17/26	148	6.0	0	0	1-8	81.6

St. Louis Passing


Jamie Martin
Tony Banks
Isaac Bruce
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/19	132	6.9	2	1	2-16	96.8
4/9	39	4.3	0	1	4-19	17.6
0/1	0	0.0	0	1	0-0	0.0
16/29	136	5.9	2	3	6-35	56.0

New Orleans Rushing


Mario Bates
Earnest Hunter III
Lorenzo Neal
Lee DeRamus
Jim Everett
Ricky Whittle
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21	67	3.2	1	16
7	16	2.3	0	9
2	9	4.5	0	6
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	0	1
1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
33	93	2.8	1	16

St. Louis Rushing


Tony Banks
Jamie Martin
Lawrence Phillips
Harold Green
Keith Lyle
Jerald Moore
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	15	5.0	5
4	13	3.3	11
9	11	1.2	6
6	9	1.5	12
1	2	2.0	2
2	1	0.5	1
25	51	2.0	12

New Orleans Receiving


Michael Haynes
Torrance Small
Ricky Whittle
Paul Green
Earnest Hunter III
Lee DeRamus
Mario Bates
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	65	16.3	27
4	32	8.0	10
4	24	6.0	8
1	17	17.0	17
2	9	4.5	7
1	6	6.0	6
1	3	3.0	3
17	156	9.2	27

St. Louis Receiving


Isaac Bruce
Eddie Kennison
Harold Green
Aaron Laing
Lawrence Phillips
Jerald Moore
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	97	13.9	1	22
4	42	10.5	1	15
2	10	5.0	0	8
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	8	8.0	0	8
1	5	5.0	0	5
16	171	10.7	2	22

New Orleans Fumbles


Earnest Hunter III
Mario Bates
team

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

St. Louis Fumbles


Kevin Carter
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

New Orleans Defense



Winfred Tubbs
Rufus Porter
Eric Allen
Greg Jackson
Joe Johnson
Alex Molden
Anthony Newman
Wayne Martin
Mark Fields
Austin Robbins
Mark McMillan
Je'Rod Cherry
Richard Harvey
Don Davis
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	3	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	2	0	0	0	0
4	4	2	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
52	45	6	0	6	0	0

St. Louis Defense



Percell Gaskins
Robert Jones
D'Marco Farr
Todd Lyght
Carlos Jenkins
Anthony Parker
Leslie O'Neal
Keith Lyle
Jeremy Lincoln
Toby Wright
Kevin Carter
Chuck Osborne
Gerald McBurrows
Marquis Walker
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	9	0	0	0	0	0
8	5	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	1	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
59	48	1	0	1	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Eric Allen
Anthony Newman
Mark McMillan
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	33	0
1	19	0
1	4	0
3	56	0

St. Louis Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No St. Louis Interceptions

New Orleans Kick Returns


Tyrone Hughes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	80	26.7	38	0
3	80	26.7	38	0

St. Louis Kick Returns


Eddie Kennison
J.T. Thomas
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	37	18.5	23
1	17	17.0	17
3	54	18.0	23

New Orleans Punt Returns


Tyrone Hughes
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	3	1.5	2	0
2	3	1.5	2	0

St. Louis Punt Returns


Eddie Kennison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	16	5.3	10	0
3	16	5.3	10	0

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	43	1/1	7
2/2	100.0	43	1/1	7

St. Louis Kicking


Carlos Huerta
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2
0/0	0.0	0	2/2	2

New Orleans Punting


Klaus Wilmsmeyer
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	247	35.3	1	1	44
7	247	35.3	1	1	44

St. Louis Punting


Sean Landeta
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	298	49.7	0	3	59
6	298	49.7	0	3	59

5:00 AM, 21 December 1996

Attendance: 57,681

Referees:
Ron Blum

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
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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