Cardinals 19-17 Saints (20 Dec, 1998) Box Score

New Orleans Saints

6-9, 2-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO					17
ARI					19

Arizona Cardinals

8-7, 4-3 home

New Orleans Passing


Kerry Collins
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/43	265	6.2	1	0	4-27	84.0
25/43	238	6.2	1	0	4-27	84.0

Arizona Passing


Jake Plummer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
32/44	394	9.0	0	1	0-0	90.5
32/44	394	9.0	0	1	0-0	90.5

New Orleans Rushing


Aaron Craver
Lamar Smith
Kerry Collins
Wilmont Perry
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7	45	6.4	25
13	41	3.2	14
1	0	0.0	0
1	-4	-4.0	-4
22	82	3.7	25

Arizona Rushing


Adrian Murrell
Jake Plummer
Larry Centers
Frank Sanders
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	65	3.4	1	21
4	38	9.5	0	21
2	15	7.5	0	11
1	1	1.0	0	1
26	119	4.6	1	21

New Orleans Receiving


Sean Dawkins
Cameron Cleeland
Lamar Smith
Andre Hastings
Keith Poole
Aaron Craver
Eric Guliford
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7	77	11.0	0	19
7	71	10.1	1	23
4	46	11.5	0	16
2	24	12.0	0	18
1	20	20.0	0	20
3	14	4.7	0	8
1	13	13.0	0	13
25	265	10.6	1	23

Arizona Receiving


Frank Sanders
Rob Moore
Larry Centers
Eric Metcalf
Johnny McWilliams
Chris Gedney
Adrian Murrell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
10	138	13.8	28
9	97	10.8	33
5	55	11.0	19
3	49	16.3	23
2	36	18.0	23
1	11	11.0	11
2	8	4.0	12
32	394	12.3	33

New Orleans Fumbles


Kerry Collins
Lamar Smith
Chad Cota
Sammy Knight
team

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

Arizona Fumbles


Adrian Murrell
Frank Sanders
Jamir Miller
team

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

New Orleans Defense



Sammy Knight
Chad Cota
Chris Bordano
Keith Mitchell
Tyronne Drakeford
Mark Fields
Alex Molden
La'Roi Glover
Vinson Smith
Joe Johnson
Brady Smith
Fred Weary
Wayne Martin
Austin Robbins
Jared Tomich
Julian Pittman
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
10	8	0	0	2	0	1
9	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	3	0	0	0	0	0
7	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	2	0	0
6	6	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	53	0	0	5	0	2

Arizona Defense



Jamir Miller
Kwamie Lassiter
Corey Chavous
Mark Maddox
J.B. Brown
Pat Tillman
Tony McCombs
Patrick Sapp
Andre Wadsworth
Tommy Bennett
Carl Simpson
J.J. McCleskey
Tom Knight
Simeon Rice
Aeneas Williams
Bernard Wilson
Rashod Swinger
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	8	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
6	5	0	0	1	0	0
5	4	1	0	0	0	0
5	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	0	0	0
4	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
71	48	4	0	3	0	0

New Orleans Interceptions


Sammy Knight
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	39	1
1	39	1

Arizona Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Arizona Interceptions

New Orleans Kick Returns


Eric Guliford
Earl Little
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	70	23.3	29
2	32	16.0	20
5	102	20.4	29

Arizona Kick Returns


Eric Metcalf
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	41	13.7	16	0
3	41	13.7	16	0

New Orleans Punt Returns


Eric Guliford
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	4	4.0	4	0
1	4	4.0	4	0

Arizona Punt Returns


Eric Metcalf
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	24	6.0	9	0
4	24	6.0	9	0

New Orleans Kicking


Doug Brien
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	28	2/2	5
1/2	50.0	28	2/2	5

Arizona Kicking


Chris Jacke
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/5	80.0	46	1/1	13
4/5	80.0	46	1/1	13

New Orleans Punting


Mark Royals
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	252	50.4	1	2	64
5	252	50.4	1	2	64

Arizona Punting


Scott Player
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	63	31.5	0	1	41
2	63	31.5	0	1	41

5:00 AM, 20 December 1998

Attendance: 51,617

Referees:
Tony Corrente

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

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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