Rams 30-18 Panthers (20 Dec, 1997) Box Score

St. Louis Rams

5-11, 3-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
STL					30
CAR					18

Carolina Panthers

7-9, 2-6 home

St. Louis Passing


Tony Banks
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/25	163	6.5	1	0	1-14	95.9
16/25	149	6.5	1	0	1-14	95.9

Carolina Passing


Kerry Collins
Steve Beuerlein
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
11/25	132	5.3	1	3	0-0	34.5
10/17	129	7.6	1	0	3-28	102.3
21/42	233	6.2	2	3	3-28	55.8

St. Louis Rushing


Jerald Moore
David Thompson
Tony Banks
Amp Lee
Eddie Kennison
Craig Heyward
Mike Horan
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
27	113	4.2	0	26
3	11	3.7	1	7
2	11	5.5	0	11
3	10	3.3	0	4
1	5	5.0	0	5
2	1	0.5	0	2
1	-3	-3.0	0	-3
39	148	3.8	1	26

Carolina Rushing


Fred Lane
Kerry Collins
Anthony Johnson
Rae Carruth
Steve Beuerlein
Scott Greene
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
14	78	5.6	10
2	6	3.0	6
1	3	3.0	3
1	3	3.0	3
1	2	2.0	2
1	2	2.0	2
20	94	4.7	10

St. Louis Receiving


Isaac Bruce
Ernie Conwell
Amp Lee
Torrance Small
Aaron Laing
Eddie Kennison
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	43	8.6	0	19
3	39	13.0	1	26
4	37	9.3	0	23
2	30	15.0	0	20
1	11	11.0	0	11
1	3	3.0	0	3
16	163	10.2	1	26

Carolina Receiving


Rae Carruth
Ernie Mills
Kris Mangum
Muhsin Muhammad
Anthony Johnson
Scott Greene
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
4	66	16.5	1	35
5	66	13.2	1	37
4	56	14.0	0	22
4	45	11.3	0	15
2	15	7.5	0	8
2	13	6.5	0	7
21	261	12.4	2	37

St. Louis Fumbles


Jerald Moore
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

Carolina Fumbles


Kerry Collins
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
1	0	0

St. Louis Defense



Keith Lyle
Ryan McNeil
Billy Jenkins
Kevin Carter
Mike A. Jones
Todd Lyght
Taje Allen
D'Marco Farr
Robert Jones
Leslie O'Neal
Bill Johnson
Jay Williams
Roman Phifer
Mike Scurlock
Joe Rowe
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
6	5	0	0	3	0	0
5	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	3	2	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	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
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	2	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	39	3	0	11	0	1

Carolina Defense



Sam Mills
Chad Cota
Mike Minter
Rod Smith
Greg Kragen
Les Miller
Andre Royal
Micheal Barrow
Tyrone Poole
Mike Fox
Tarek Saleh
Dwight Stone
Percell Gaskins
Kinnon Tatum
Tim Morabito
Pat Terrell
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	9	0	0	0	0	0
11	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	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
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	48	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Interceptions


Keith Lyle
Mike A. Jones
team

INT	YDS	TD
2	9	0
1	0	0
3	9	0

Carolina Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Carolina Interceptions

St. Louis Kick Returns


David Thompson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	45	22.5	30	0
2	45	22.5	30	0

Carolina Kick Returns


Michael Bates
Tyrone Poole
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	141	23.5	31
1	5	5.0	5
7	146	20.9	31

St. Louis Punt Returns


Eddie Kennison
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	2	1.0	3	0
2	2	1.0	3	0

Carolina Punt Returns


Tyrone Poole
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	10	10.0	10	0
1	10	10.0	10	0

St. Louis Kicking


Jeff Wilkins
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
3/3	100.0	49	3/3	12
3/3	100.0	49	3/3	12

Carolina Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
No Carolina Kicking

St. Louis Punting


Mike Horan
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	180	45.0	0	2	54
4	180	45.0	0	2	54

Carolina Punting


Ken Walter
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
4	192	48.0	0	1	54
4	192	48.0	0	1	54

5:00 AM, 20 December 1997

Attendance: 58,101

Referees:
Dale Hamer

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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