Sunday, October 11, 1987
New Orleans Saints 19, St. Louis Cardinals 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (2-2-0) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (2-2-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| NOR | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | STL | Mark D. Jackson 77 yard fumble return (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 0 | 7 |
| STL | Jason Staurovsky 24 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | STL | Leonard Smith 29 yard fumble return (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 0 | 17 |
| NOR | Eric Martin 5 yard pass from Kevin Ingram (kick failed) | 6 | 17 | |
| 3rd | NOR | Dwight Beverly 3 yard rush (kick failed) | 12 | 17 |
| 4th | STL | Sammy Garza 2 yard rush (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 12 | 24 |
| NOR | Dwight Beverly 5 yard rush (Mike Cofer kick) | 19 | 24 |
| NOR | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 30 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 48-213-2 | 31-139-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-36-182-1-1 | 3-10-11-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-27 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 155 | 4 |
| Total yards | 368 | 143 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-70 | 11-72 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Fourcade | NOR | 16 | 34 | 177 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dwight Beverly | NOR | 35 | 139 | 2 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 7 | 101 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Mike Waters | NOR | 2 | 33 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Rodenberger | NOR | 5 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Stacey Dawsey | NOR | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Kevin Ingram | NOR | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Malcolm Scott | NOR | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ken O'Neal | NOR | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Barnhardt | NOR | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Derrick McAdoo | STL | 19 | 91 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Earl Ferrell | STL | 8 | 37 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Sammy Garza | STL | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| J.T. Smith | STL | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Halloran | STL | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Michael Adams | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dwight Beverly | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Scott Leach | NOR | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Swoopes | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Mark Garalczyk | STL | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Mathis | STL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Broderick Sargent | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vai Sikahema | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Leonard Smith | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||