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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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