| New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: August 31, 1997 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Trans World Dome Attendance: 64575 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| St. Louis Rams | 0 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 31 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 53 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams | Lawrence Phillips 1 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams | Torrance Small 30 pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Eric Guliford 102 kickoff return (Andre Hastings pass from Heath Shuler) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Doug Brien 46 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis Rams | Ernie Conwell 48 pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Louis Rams | Lawrence Phillips 25 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | St. Louis Rams | Lawrence Phillips 5 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Andre Hastings 30 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 24 | 35 |
| 4 | St. Louis Rams | Jeff Wilkins 36 FG | 24 | 38 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Troy Davis | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| NO | Mario Bates | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| NO | Ray Zellars | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| STL | Lawrence Phillips | 26 | 125 | 4.8 | 25t | 3 |
| STL | Keith Crawford | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| STL | Craig Heyward | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| STL | Amp Lee | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| STL | Ron Moore | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| STL | Tony Banks | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NO | Heath Shuler | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 2 | 115 | 5.5 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17.1 |
| NO | Danny Wuerffel | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 69 | 5.8 | 30t | 1 | 1 | 7 | 46.9 |
| STL | Tony Banks | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 226 | 10.8 | 46t | 2 | 2 | 12 | 110.4 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Andre Hastings | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 39 | 1 |
| NO | Ray Zellars | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| NO | Irv Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| NO | Randal Hill | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| NO | Troy Davis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| STL | Eddie Kennison | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 41 | 0 |
| STL | Torrance Small | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 30t | 1 |
| STL | Ernie Conwell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 46t | 1 |
| STL | Lawrence Phillips | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| STL | Amp Lee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Eric Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| STL | Keith Lyle | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| STL | Todd Lyght | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NO | Mark Royals | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 54 | 0 |
| STL | Will Brice | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Eric Guliford | 4 | 2 | 64 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| STL | Eddie Kennison | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
| NO | Doug Brien | 6 | 378 | 63.0 | 0 |
| STL | Jeff Wilkins | 7 | 506 | 72.3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Eric Guliford | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 102t | 1 |
| NO | Troy Davis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| STL | J.T. Thomas | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 24 | 0 |
| STL | Jeff Zgonina | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| NO | Mark Fields | 1.0 |
| NO | Alex Molden | 1.0 |
| STL | Leslie O'Neal | 1.0 |
| STL | Roman Phifer | 1.0 |
| STL | Kevin Carter | 0.5 |
| STL | D'Marco Farr | 0.5 |
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