| St. Louis Cardinals at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 4, 1983 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 60430 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Doug Marsh 11 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Wayne Wilson 9 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 47 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 76 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | George Rogers 1 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Kenny Duckett 35 pass from Dave Wilson (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 16 pass from Jim Hart (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 17 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | C | Dan Dierdorf |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 64 | ROT | Randy Clark |
| 80 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Bubba Baker |
| 65 | LDT | David Galloway |
| 78 | RDT | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 52 | LLB | Charlie Baker |
| 58 | MLB | Dave Ahrens |
| 50 | RLB | Bob Harris |
| 47 | LCB | Cedric Mack |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 23 | FS | Benny Perrin |
| 44 | RCB | Wayne Smith |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Jeff Groth |
| 80 | WR | Lindsay Scott |
| 64 | LOT | Dave Lafary |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 66 | ROG | Louis Oubre |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 16 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 38 | HB | George Rogers |
| 30 | FB | Wayne Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Bruce Clark |
| 74 | NT | Derland Moore |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 52 | LILB | Jim Kovach |
| 56 | RILB | Dennis Winston |
| 55 | ROLB | Rob Nairne |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 49 | SS | Frank Wattelet |
| 25 | FS | Johnnie Poe |
| 29 | RCB | Rodney Lewis |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | 33:29 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 8/16 | 0/1 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
| NO | 26:31 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5/12 | 0/0 | 14 | 101 | 2 | 1 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Ottis Anderson | 18 | 60 | 3.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jim Hart | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Benny Perrin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 115 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| George Rogers | 24 | 206 | 8.6 | 76t | 2 |
| Hokie Gajan | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 10 | 32 | 3.2 | 9t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 272 | 6.8 | 3 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 1 | 141 | 7.1 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 73.1 |
| Neil Lomax | 16 | 11 | 68.8 | 0 | 111 | 6.9 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 109.1 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 22 | 61.1 | 1 | 252 | 7.0 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 89.1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Dave Wilson | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 1 | 121 | 11.0 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 93.4 |
| Ken Stabler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Team Totals | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 1 | 121 | 10.1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 85.8 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Doug Marsh | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Ottis Anderson | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Shumann | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Greg LaFleur | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 252 | 11.5 | 2 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jeff Groth | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Kenny Duckett | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 35t | 1 |
| Hoby Brenner | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Wilson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Bob Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dennis Winston | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 1 | 0 | |||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TB | I20 | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||
| Carl Birdsong | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 188 | 47.0 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||
| Russell Erxleben | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 56 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | ||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 2 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jeff Groth | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 65 | 21.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Willard Harrell | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 87 | 21.8 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Kenny Duckett | 3 | 0 | 30 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jimmy Rogers | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 0 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Bruce Clark | 1.0 |
| Tony Elliott | 1.0 |
| Rickey Jackson | 1.0 |
| Derland Moore | 1.0 |
| Team Totals | 4.0 |