FINAL
St. Louis 45, Atlanta 29
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Atlanta 14 7 0 8 29
St. Louis 7 22 8 8 45

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
ATL   TD   DARRICK VAUGHN 96 YD KICKOFF RETURN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 0:16. ATLANTA 7-0
STL   TD   TONY HORNE 103 YD KICKOFF RETURN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 0:36. ATLANTA 7, ST LOUIS 7
ATL   TD   TERANCE MATHIS 16 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 4:46. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards in 4:10. Key plays: Chandler 8-yard pass to Dwight on 3rd-and-4 to midfield; Chandler 15-yard pass to Kelly to St. Louis 30; 21-yard pass interference penalty on Rams' Bly at St. Louis 9. ATLANTA 14-7
2ND QUARTER
STL   TD   TONY HORNE 3 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (KEITH LYLE PASS TO LONDON FLETCHER FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 0:05. Drive: 12 plays, 95 yards in 6:47. Key plays: Warner 9-yard pass to Hakim on 3rd-and-3 to St. Louis 21; Warner 47-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-13 to Atlanta 35; Faulk 9-yard run to Atlanta 26; Faulk 12-yard to Atlanta 14. Falcons' Willey at Atlanta 9.. ST LOUIS 15-14
STL   TD   JUSTIN WATSON 2 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 11:44. Drive: 12 plays, 97 yards in 6:29. Key plays: Warner 32-yard pass to Bruce to St. Louis 46; Faulk 10-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Atlanta 35; Faulk 16-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Atlanta 11; Warner 9-yard pass to Bruce to Atlanta 2. ST LOUIS 21-14
ATL   TD   JAMAL ANDERSON 4 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 13:04. Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards in 1:20. Key plays: Chandler 28-yard pass to Anderson to St. Louis 37; Anderson 28-yard run to St. Louis 4. ATLANTA 21, ST LOUIS 21
STL   TD   AZ-ZAHIR HAKIM 30 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (MARSHALL FAULK RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 14:57. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards in 1:53. Key plays: Warner 16-yard pass to Faulk to St. Louis 41; Warner 10-yard pass to Hakim to Atlanta 38; Warner 13-yard pass to Faulk to Atlanta 25. ST LOUIS 29-21
3RD QUARTER
STL   TD   ROBERT HOLCOMBE 12 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (MARSHALL FAULK RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 8:03. Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards in 3:35. Key plays: Faulk 17-yard run to Atlanta 42; Warner 18-yard pass to Faulk to Atlanta 24; Warner 9-yard pass to Holt to Atlanta 15. ST LOUIS 37-21
4TH QUARTER
ATL   TD   TIM DWIGHT 16 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (JAMAL ANDERSON RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 10:33. Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards in 1:43. Key plays: 6-yard pass interference penalty on Rams' Bly to St. Louis 43; Chandler 11-yard pass to Dwight to St. Louis 32; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Rams' McCleon on 3rd-and-10 to St. Louis 17. ST LOUIS 37-29
STL   TD   MARSHALL FAULK 3 YD RUN (KURT WARNER PASS TO ROLAND WILLIAMS FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 13:51. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards in 3:18. Key plays: Faulk 19-yard run to Atlanta 46; Faulk 24-yard run to Atlanta 19; Faulk 8-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Atlanta 3. ST LOUIS 45-29

TEAM STATISTICS
  ATL STL
FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
21
4
13
2-8
1-1
259
49
5.3
61
16
3.8
198
18-30
6.0
3-22
5-42.6
180
7-178
1-3
8-40
0-0
25:16
29
13
15
7-14
2-3
529
74
7.1
227
31
7.3
302
24-40
7.0
3-11
3-35.3
164
5-163
1-0
11-96
0-0
34:44

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Atlanta rushing
Jamal Anderson 14-64, Maurice Smith 2-minus 3.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 25-208, Robert Holcombe 3-12, Justin Watson 2-6, Kurt Warner 1-1.
Atlanta passing
Chris Chandler 18-30 for 220 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 24-40 for 313 yards, 1 INT, 3 TD.
Atlanta receiving
Jamal Anderson 4-67, Tim Dwight 3-35, Terance Mathis 3-32, Bob Christian 3-29, Brian Finneran 2-25, Shawn Jefferson 2-17, Reggie Kelly 1-15.
St Louis receiving
Marshall Faulk 7-78, Az-zahir Hakim 7-73, Isaac Bruce 3-88, Torry Holt 3-51, Tony Horne 2-8, Robert Holcombe 1-12, Justin Watson 1-3.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Ronnie Bradford 9-0-0, Ray Buchanan 6-1-0, Patrick Kerney 4-3-0, Gerald Mcburrows 5-1-1, Ashley Ambrose 5-0-0, Jessie Tuggle 4-1-0, Travis Hall 4-0-1, Marty Carter 2-1-0, Shawn Swayda 2-1-0, Chris Draft 2-0-0, Elijah Williams 1-0-0, Johndale Carty 1-0-0, Chuck Wiley 1-0-0, Mark Simoneau 5-1-1.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
London Fletcher 4-2-0, Keith Lyle 4-2-0, Lorenzo Styles 3-3-0, Devin Bush 4-1-0, Mike Jones 4-0-1, Dexter Mccleon 3-0-0, Todd Lyght 3-0-0, Grant Wistrom 2-1-1, Jeff Zgonina 2-0-0, Fernando Smith 1-1-0, Dre Bly 1-0-0, Sean Moran 1-0-1, Kevin Carter 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Atlanta (Ray Buchanan 1 for 3 yards); St Louis (Dexter Mccleon 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Bruce Maurer, Field judge-Steve Zimmer, Side judge-Larry Rose, Back judge-Richard Reels.
A: 66,019; T: 3:23.

 


ALSO SEE
NFL Scoreboard

Atlanta Clubhouse

St. Louis Clubhouse