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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

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (0-1-0)6110724
St. Louis Rams (1-0-0)01421338

Scoring

NORSTL
1stNORDoug Brien 31 yard field goal30
NORDoug Brien 53 yard field goal60
2ndSTLLawrence Phillips 1 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick)67
STLTorrance Small 30 yard pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick)614
NOREric Guliford 102 yard kickoff return (Andre Hastings pass from Heath Shuler)1414
NORDoug Brien 46 yard field goal1714
3rdSTLErnie Conwell 48 yard pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick)1721
STLLawrence Phillips 25 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick)1728
STLLawrence Phillips 5 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick)1735
4thNORAndre Hastings 30 yard pass from Danny Wuerffel (Doug Brien kick)2435
STLJeff Wilkins 36 yard field goal2438

Team Stats

NORSTL
First downs1320
Rush-yards-TDs19-82-043-189-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-33-184-1-313-21-226-2-1
Sacked-yards3-252-12
Net pass yards159214
Total yards241403
Fumbles-lost2-20-0
Turnovers51
Penalties-yards10-797-76

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Andre Hastings NOR 4 95 1 39
Heath Shuler NOR 8 21 115 0 2 39
Troy Davis NOR 4 30 0 12 1 18 0 18
Ray Zellars NOR 8 24 0 11 4 13 0 8
Danny Wuerffel NOR 4 12 69 1 1 30
Randal Hill NOR 1 32 0 32
Mario Bates NOR 7 28 0 16
Irv Smith NOR 2 26 0 18
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Lawrence Phillips STL 26 125 3 25 2 8 0 7
Tony Banks STL 13 21 226 2 1 46 2 2 0 4
Eddie Kennison STL 4 80 0 41
Torrance Small STL 3 67 1 30
Ernie Conwell STL 3 63 1 46
Amp Lee STL 3 17 0 13 1 8 0 8
Keith Crawford STL 1 23 0 23
Craig Heyward STL 6 17 0 8
Ronald Moore STL 5 5 0 3

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Eric Allen NOR 1 0 0 0
Troy Davis NOR 0 0 0 0 1 29 29.0 0 0
Mark Fields NOR 1.0 0 0 0 0
Eric Guliford NOR 0 0 0 0 4 168 42.0 1 0 4 64 16.0 0 0
Alex Molden 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Kevin Carter STL 0.5 0 0 0 0
D'Marco Farr STL 0.5 0 0 0 0
Eddie Kennison STL 0 0 0 0 3 25 8.3 0 0
Todd Lyght STL 1 0 0 0
Keith Lyle STL 2 6 0 0
Leslie O'Neal STL 1.0 0 0 0 0
Roman Phifer STL 1.0 0 0 0 0
J.T. Thomas STL 0 0 0 0 5 97 19.4 0 0
Jeff Zgonina STL 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0