NO 24 @ STL 17 - 1998 NFL

1998 Week 1

New Orleans SaintsNO

24-17

St. Louis RamsSTL

Sun, September 6, 1998 · 1:00PM · TWA Dome

Attendance: 56,943Surface: astroturfRoof: domeLine: St. Louis Rams -4.0O/U: 36.5 (over)

NO: Mike Ditka · STL: Dick Vermeil

Team Stats

STL

1st Downs

24-35

Rushing

24-47

15-30-214

Passing

29-44-298

232

Scoring

1st Quarter

12:07

Joe Johnson 5 yard defensive fumble return (Doug Brien kick)

Andre Hastings 20 yard pass from Lamar Smith (Doug Brien kick)

14-

2nd Quarter

Doug Brien 36 yard field goal

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
NO
Passing
Billy Joe Hobert	11/23	170	1	0	2	87.2
Danny Wuerffel	3/6	24	0	1	0	20.8
Lamar Smith	1/1	20	1	0	0	158.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Billy Joe Hobert	2	13	0	14	0
Lamar Smith	16	14	0	8	0
Ray Zellars	5	7	0	4	0
Aaron Craver	1	1	0	1	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Lamar Smith	4	3	60	1	35
Ray Zellars	1	1	12	0	12
Aaron Craver	2	2	8	0	6
Cam Cleeland	6	4	82	0	34
Andre Hastings	9	3	32	1	20
Keith Poole	2	1	12	0	12
Tony Johnson	2	1	8	0	8
Qadry Ismail	4	0	0	0	0
STL

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
NO
Sammy Knight	9	9	0	1			0	0
La'Roi Glover	6	6	2	0			1	0
Kevin Mitchell	9	6	1	0			1	0
Chad Cota	7	5	1	0			0	0
Wayne Martin	5	4	1	0			0	0
Joe Johnson	4	3	1	0			0	1
Cam Cleeland			0	0			0	1
Andre Hastings			0	0			0	1
Tyronne Drakeford	6	6	0					0
Chris Hewitt	4	4	0					0
Alex Molden	4	4	0					0
Keith Mitchell	3	1	0					0
Ink Aleaga	2	2	0					0
Brady Smith	1	1	0					0
Je'Rod Cherry	3	3	0
STL
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
NO
Doug Brien	3/3	1/1	0	0	-	-
Mark Royals	-	-	7	329	47.0	56
STL
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
NO
Andre Hastings	0	0	0	4	52	0
Qadry Ismail	1	16	0	0	0	0
STL
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD

Drive Summary

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	NOR 48	3	-4	1:04	Punt
2	1	NOR 23	8	77	3:21	Touchdown
3	1	NOR 37	3	7	1:18	Punt

Expected Points Added

STL

5.7Total-5.7

-3.8Off Total-8.8

-1.1Off Pass-2.1

-10.6Off Rush-13.5

8.8Def Total3.8

2.1Def Pass1.1

13.5Def Rush10.6

-1.0

Starting Lineups

QBBilly Joe Hobert

RBLamar Smith

FBRay Zellars

WRQadry Ismail

WRAndre Hastings

TECam Cleeland

LTWillie Roaf

LGKyle Turley

CJerry Fontenot

RGChris Naeole

#	QTR	START	PLAYS	YDS	TOP	RESULT
1	1	STL 11	3	6	1:49	Punt
2	1	STL 10	1	-5	0:07	Fumble
3	1	STL 18	6	29	4:26	Punt
4	1	STL 19	3	9	1:59	Punt
5	1	STL 22	3	-4	1:08	Punt
6	2	STL 17	6	16	2:49	Punt
7	2	STL 28	3	3	1:14	Interception
8	3	STL 17	9	83	3:50	Touchdown
9	3	NOR 26	11	26	5:46	Touchdown
10	3	STL 26	5	16	2:34	Punt
11	4	STL 8	5	14	1:36	Punt
12	4	STL 2	15	82	5:42	Field Goal
13	4	STL 41	5	17	0:59	End of Game

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