Rams 38-24 Saints (31 Aug, 1997) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO					24
STL					38

St. Louis Rams

1-0, 1-0 home

New Orleans Passing


Heath Shuler
Danny Wuerffel
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
8/21	115	5.5	0	2	2-18	17.1
4/12	69	5.8	1	1	1-7	46.9
12/33	159	5.6	1	3	3-25	27.8

St. Louis Passing


Tony Banks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/21	226	10.8	2	1	2-12	110.4
13/21	214	10.8	2	1	2-12	110.4

New Orleans Rushing


Troy Davis
Mario Bates
Ray Zellars
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	30	7.5	12
7	28	4.0	16
8	24	3.0	11
19	82	4.3	16

St. Louis Rushing


Lawrence Phillips
Keith Crawford
Amp Lee
Craig Heyward
Ronald Moore
Tony Banks
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
26	125	4.8	3	25
1	23	23.0	0	23
3	17	5.7	0	13
6	17	2.8	0	8
5	5	1.0	0	3
2	2	1.0	0	4
43	189	4.4	3	25

New Orleans Receiving


Andre Hastings
Randal Hill
Irv Smith
Troy Davis
Ray Zellars
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	95	23.8	1	39
1	32	32.0	0	32
2	26	13.0	0	18
1	18	18.0	0	18
4	13	3.3	0	8
12	184	15.3	1	39

St. Louis Receiving


Eddie Kennison
Torrance Small
Ernie Conwell
Amp Lee
Lawrence Phillips
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	80	20.0	0	41
3	67	22.3	1	30
3	63	21.0	1	46
1	8	8.0	0	8
2	8	4.0	0	7
13	226	17.4	2	46

New Orleans Fumbles


Troy Davis
Ray Zellars
team

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

St. Louis Fumbles


Leslie O'Neal
Marquis Walker
team

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

New Orleans Defense



Anthony Newman
Winfred Tubbs
Mark Fields
Vashone Adams
Wayne Martin
Eric Allen
Joe Johnson
Alex Molden
Richard Harvey
Pio Sagapolutele
Darren Mickell
Mickey Washington
Austin Robbins
Ernest Dixon
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	6	1	0	1	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	3	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	53	2	0	6	0	1

St. Louis Defense



Roman Phifer
Ryan McNeil
Keith Lyle
Kevin Carter
Gerald McBurrows
D'Marco Farr
Mike A. Jones
Todd Lyght
Robert Jones
Leslie O'Neal
Jeff Zgonina
Jeff Robinson
Dexter McCleon
Bryan Robinson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	1	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0.5	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	0.5	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	2	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	31	3	0	8	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Eric Allen
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

St. Louis Interceptions


Keith Lyle
Todd Lyght
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	6	0
1	0	0
3	6	0

New Orleans Kick Returns


Eric Guliford
Troy Davis
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	168	42.0	102	1
1	29	29.0	29	0
5	197	39.4	102	1

St. Louis Kick Returns


J.T. Thomas
Jeff Zgonina
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	97	19.4	24
1	5	5.0	5
6	102	17.0	24

New Orleans Punt Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	64	16.0	23	0
4	64	16.0	23	0

St. Louis Punt Returns


Eddie Kennison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	25	8.3	20	0
3	25	8.3	20	0

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	53	1/1	10
3/3	100.0	53	1/1	10

St. Louis Kicking


Jeff Wilkins
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	36	5/5	8
1/2	50.0	36	5/5	8

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	233	46.6	1	0	54
5	233	46.6	1	0	54

St. Louis Punting


Will Brice
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	239	39.8	0	0	43
6	239	39.8	0	0	43

5:00 AM, 31 August 1997

Attendance: 64,575

Referees:
Bill Carollo

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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