Sunday, September 6, 1998
New Orleans Saints 24, St. Louis Rams 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (1-0-0) | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| St. Louis Rams (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| NOR | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NOR | Joe Johnson 5 yard fumble return (Doug Brien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| NOR | Andre Hastings 20 yard pass from Lamar Smith (Doug Brien kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Doug Brien 36 yard field goal | 17 | 0 |
| NOR | Lamar Smith 35 yard pass from Billy Joe Hobert (Doug Brien kick) | 24 | 0 | |
| STL | Jerald Moore 0 yard rush (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| 3rd | STL | Eddie Kennison 15 yard pass from Tony Banks (Jeff Wilkins kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4th | STL | Jeff Wilkins 34 yard field goal | 24 | 17 |
| NOR | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-35-0 | 24-47-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-30-214-2-1 | 29-44-298-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-17 | 6-31 |
| Net pass yards | 197 | 267 |
| Total yards | 232 | 314 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 5-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-54 | 10-105 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Joe Hobert | NOR | 11 | 23 | 170 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Lamar Smith | NOR | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 35 |
| Cam Cleeland | NOR | 4 | 82 | 0 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 3 | 32 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Ray Zellars | NOR | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Danny Wuerffel | NOR | 3 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||
| Keith Poole | NOR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Craver | NOR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Tony Johnson | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Tony Banks | STL | 29 | 44 | 298 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Isaac Bruce | STL | 10 | 131 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Amp Lee | STL | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Ernie Conwell | STL | 4 | 37 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Jerald Moore | STL | 15 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Eddie Kennison | STL | 2 | 27 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Proehl | STL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| June Henley | STL | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Derrick Harris | STL | 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 | |||
| Chad Cota | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| La'Roi Glover | NOR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Andre Hastings | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Qadry Ismail | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Johnson | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sammy Knight | NOR | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wayne Martin | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kevin Mitchell | 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 | |||
| D'Marco Farr | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| June Henley | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Horne | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Jenkins | STL | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Jones | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Eddie Kennison | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||