| 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 SaintsNO | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| St. Louis RamsSTL | 0 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 31 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 53 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Lawrence Phillips 1 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Torrance Small 30 pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Eric Guliford 102 kickoff return (Andre Hastings pass from Heath Shuler) | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Doug Brien 46 FG | 17 | 14 |
| 3 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Ernie Conwell 48 pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 21 |
| 3 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Lawrence Phillips 25 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 3 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Lawrence Phillips 5 run (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 35 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Andre Hastings 30 pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 24 | 35 |
| 4 | St. Louis RamsSTL | Jeff Wilkins 36 FG | 24 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Andre Hastings |
| 81 | WR | Randal Hill |
| 77 | LOT | Willie Roaf |
| 67 | LOG | Andy McCollum |
| 62 | C | Jerry Fontenot |
| 66 | ROG | Mike Verstegen |
| 74 | ROT | Clarence Jones |
| 82 | TE | Irv Smith |
| 5 | QB | Heath Shuler |
| 24 | RB | Mario Bates |
| 34 | FB | Ray Zellars |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | Darren Mickell |
| 93 | LDT | Wayne Martin |
| 99 | RDT | Pio Sagapolutele |
| 94 | RDE | Joe Johnson |
| 52 | SLB | Richard Harvey |
| 54 | MLB | Winfred Tubbs |
| 55 | WLB | Mark Fields |
| 25 | LCB | Alex Molden |
| 30 | SS | Anthony Newman |
| 27 | FS | Vashone Adams |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Allen |
| St. Louis Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Eddie Kennison |
| 83 | WR | Torrance Small |
| 80 | LOT | Wayne Gandy |
| 66 | LOG | John Gerak |
| 60 | C | Mike Gruttadauria |
| 72 | ROG | Zach Wiegert |
| 73 | ROT | Fred Miller |
| 84 | TE | Ernie Conwell |
| 12 | QB | Tony Banks |
| 21 | RB | Lawrence Phillips |
| 34 | FB | Craig Heyward |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Kevin Carter |
| 75 | NT | D'Marco Farr |
| 79 | UT | Bill Johnson |
| 91 | RDE | Leslie O'Neal |
| 52 | LLB | Mike Jones |
| 55 | MLB | Robert Jones |
| 58 | RLB | Roman Phifer |
| 41 | LCB | Todd Lyght |
| 23 | SS | Gerald McBurrows |
| 35 | FS | Keith Lyle |
| 47 | RCB | Ryan McNeil |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Troy Davis | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Mario Bates | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ray Zellars | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Lawrence Phillips | 26 | 125 | 4.8 | 25t | 3 |
| Keith Crawford | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Craig Heyward | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Amp Lee | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ron Moore | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Banks | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Heath Shuler | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 2 | 115 | 5.5 | 39 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17.1 |
| Danny Wuerffel | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 69 | 5.8 | 30t | 1 | 1 | 7 | 46.9 |
| St. Louis Rams | |||||||||||
| Tony Banks | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 226 | 10.8 | 46t | 2 | 2 | 12 | 110.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Andre Hastings | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 39 | 1 |
| Ray Zellars | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Irv Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Randal Hill | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Troy Davis | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Eddie Kennison | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Torrance Small | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 30t | 1 |
| Ernie Conwell | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Lawrence Phillips | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Amp Lee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Eric Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Keith Lyle | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Todd Lyght | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mark Royals | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 54 | 0 |
| St. Louis Rams | |||||
| Will Brice | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 4 | 2 | 64 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 |
| St. Louis Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Kennison | 3 | 0 | 25 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||
| Doug Brien | 6 | 378 | 63.0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Rams | ||||
| Jeff Wilkins | 7 | 506 | 72.3 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Eric Guliford | 4 | 0 | 168 | 42.0 | 102t | 1 |
| Troy Davis | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Rams | ||||||
| J.T. Thomas | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jeff Zgonina | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Mark Fields | 1.0 |
| Alex Molden | 1.0 |
| St. Louis Rams | |
| Leslie O'Neal | 1.0 |
| Roman Phifer | 1.0 |
| Kevin Carter | 0.5 |
| D'Marco Farr | 0.5 |
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