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New Orleans Saints 24 at St. Louis Rams 38
Sunday, August 31, 1997
New Orleans Saints 24, St. Louis Rams 38| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (0-1-0) | 6 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| St. Louis Rams (1-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 38 |
| NOR | STL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| NOR | Doug Brien 31 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 53 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| STL | Lawrence Phillips 1 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 6 | 7 |
| STL | Torrance Small 30 yard pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 6 | 14 |
| NOR | Eric Guliford 102 yard kickoff return (Andre Hastings pass from Heath Shuler) | 14 | 14 |
| NOR | Doug Brien 46 yard field goal | 17 | 14 |
| STL | Ernie Conwell 48 yard pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 21 |
| STL | Lawrence Phillips 25 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 28 |
| STL | Lawrence Phillips 5 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 17 | 35 |
| NOR | Andre Hastings 30 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick) | 24 | 35 |
| STL | Jeff Wilkins 36 yard field goal | 24 | 38 |
| NOR | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-82-0 | 43-189-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-33-184-1-3 | 13-21-226-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 2-12 |
| Net pass yards | 159 | 214 |
| Total yards | 241 | 403 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-79 | 7-76 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 4 | 95 | 1 | ||||||||
| Heath Shuler | NOR | 8 | 21 | 115 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Troy Davis | NOR | 4 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 8 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | |||||
| Danny Wuerffel | NOR | 4 | 12 | 69 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Randal Hill | NOR | 1 | 32 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mario Bates | NOR | 7 | 28 | 0 | ||||||||
| Irv Smith | NOR | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Tony Banks | STL | 13 | 21 | 226 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Kennison | STL | 4 | 80 | 0 | ||||||||
| Torrance Small | STL | 3 | 67 | 1 | ||||||||
| Ernie Conwell | STL | 3 | 63 | 1 | ||||||||
| Amp Lee | STL | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Craig Heyward | STL | 6 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||