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Saints 27, Rams 17
09/06/98
NEW ORLEANS 14 10 0 0 -- 24
RAMS 0 7 7 3 -- 17
FIRST QUARTER
NO -- J. Johnson 5 fumble return (Brien kick), 12:00.
NO -- Hastings 20 pass from L. Smith (Brien kick), 4:13. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 3:21. Key plays: Hobert 15 pass to Cleeland on 3rd-and-9; Hobert 20 pass to Cleeland on 3rd-and-3.
SECOND QUARTER
NO -- FG Brien 36, 11:38. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards, 3:10. Key plays: Hobert 13 pass to Cleeland; L.Smith 8 run.
NO -- L. Smith 35 pass from Hobert (Brien kick), 4:45. Drive: 1 play, 35 yards, :17. Key play: Knight 8 interception return of Banks pass to the Rams' 35.
R -- Moore 1 run (Wilkins kick), :55. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 3:50. Key plays: Banks 14 pass to Bruce; Banks 16 pass to Lee.
THIRD QUARTER
R -- Kennison 15 pass from Banks (Wilkins kick), 7:14. Drive: 11 plays, 26 yards, 5:46. Key play: Kennison 32 punt return to Saints' 26; Banks 12 pass to Kennison.
FOURTH QUARTER
R -- FG Wilkins 34, 1:26. Drive: 15 plays, 82 yards, 5:42. Key plays: Banks 12 run on 3rd-and-11; Banks 23 pass to Bruce; Hewitt 17-yard pass interference penalty to Saints' 3.
A -- 56,943.
TEAM STATISTICS
NO Rams
First Downs 15 22
Rushing 2 2
Passing 11 17
Penalty 2 3
Third Down eff. 5-13 7-16
Fourth Down Eff. 0-0 0-0
Total Net Yards 234 323
Total Plays 56 74
Average gain 4.2 4.4
Net Yards Rushing 37 56
Rushes 24 25
Average per rush 1.5 2.2
Net Yards Passing 197 267
Sacked-yards lost 2-17 5-31
Gross-yard passing 214 298
Completed-Attempted 15-30 29-44
Had Intercepted 1 1
Yards-Pass Play 6.2 5.4
Kickoffs-End Zone-TB 5-0-0 4-3-3
Punts-Average 7-47.0 7-43.6
Punts blocked 0 0
FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0
Total Return Yardage 76 149
Punts Returns 4-52 5-67
Kickoffs Returns 1-16 5-76
Interceptions 1-8 1-6
Penalties-yards 6-54 10-105
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 5-1
Time of Possession 26:01 33:59
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
Saints Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Smith 16 14 0.9 8 0
Hobert 2 13 6.5 14 0
Zellars 5 9 1.8 4 0
Craver 1 1 1.0 1 0
Rams Att. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Moore 15 31 2.1 8 1
Banks 5 17 3.4 12 0
Henley 3 5 1.7 5 0
Lee 1 3 3.0 3 0
Harris 1 0 0.0 0 0
PASSING
Saints Att. Cmp Yds. TD LG Int
Hobert 23 11 170 1 35 0
Wuerffel 6 3 24 0 14 1
Smith 1 1 20 1 20 0
Rams Att. Cmp Yds. TD LG Int
Banks 44 29 298 1 24 1
PASS RECEIVING
Saints No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Cleeland 4 82 20.5 34 0
Smith 3 60 20.0 35 1
Hastings 3 32 10.6 20 1
Craver 2 8 4.0 6 0
Poole 1 12 12.0 12 0
Zellars 1 12 12.0 12 0
Johnson 1 8 8.0 8 0
Rams No. Yds. Avg. LG TD
Bruce 10 131 13.1 24 0
Lee 8 64 8.0 16 0
Conwell 4 37 9.3 13 0
Kennison 2 27 13.5 15 1
Proehl 2 25 12.5 23 0
Henley 2 8 4.0 8 0
Moore 1 6 6.0 6 0
INTERCEPTIONS
Saints No. Yds. LG TD
Knight 1 8 8 0
Rams No. Yds. LG TD
Jenkins 1 6 6 0
PUNTING
Saints No. Yds. Avg. TB In20 LG
Royals 7 329 47.0 1 1 56
Rams No. Yds. Avg. TB In20 LG
Tuten 7 305 43.6 0 1 52
PUNT RETURNS
Saints No. FC Yds. LG TD
Hastings 4 2 52 17 0
(Out of bounds) 1
Rams No. FC Yds. LG TD
Kennison 5 0 67 32 0
(Out of bounds) 1
(Touchback) 1
KICKOFF RETURNS
Saints No. FC Yds. LG TD
Ismail 1 0 16 16 0
(Touchback) 3
Rams No. FC Yds. LG TD
Horne 4 0 63 23 0
Henley 1 0 13 13 0
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS
Saints: Knight 9-0-0, Kevin Mitchell 6-3-0, Cota 5-2-1, Drakeford 6-0-0, Glover 6-0-2, Martin 4-1-2, Hewitt 5-0-0, Molden 4-0-0, J. Johnson 3-1-0, Cherry 5-0-0, Keith Mitchell 1-2-0, Aleaga 2-0-0, B.Smith 1-0-0, Bech 2-0-0, Davis 1-0-0, Gammon 1-0-0, T. Johnson 1-0-0, Kelly 1-0-0, Little 1-0-0, Poole 1-0-0.
Rams: Jenkins 6-0-0, Agnew 5-0-0, Lyght 4-1-0, Styles 3-2-0, Lyle 4-0-0, McCleon 4-0-0, Mike A. Jones 3-1-1, Hill 3-0-0, Carter 2-1-0, Farr 2-1-1, Phillips 1-1-0, Clemons 2-0-1, Mike D. Jones 0-1-0, Fletcher 1-0-0, Henley 1-0-0, Robinson 2-0-0.
MISSED FIELD GOAL
Saints: None. Rams: None.
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