1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Carolina	6	7	3	11	27
St. Louis	7	3	14	0	24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 35 YD, 4:01. Drive: 7 plays, 24 yards in 2:23. Key plays: Evans recovery of Hakim fumble at St Louis 41; Beuerlein 11-yard pass to Byrd to St Louis 30; Biakabutuka 13-yard run to St Louis 17. CAROLINA 3-0
STL		TD		AZ-ZAHIR HAKIM 14 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 10:35. Drive: 8 plays, 79 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Green 51-yard pass to Hakim to Carolina 28; Green 11-yard pass to Proehl to Carolina 11; Green 4-for-6 for 84 yards. ST LOUIS 7-3
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 45 YD, 14:49. Drive: 7 plays, 32 yards in 4:14. Key plays: Beuerlein 15-yard pass to Muhammad to St Louis 45; Beuerlein 24-yard pass to Hayes to St Louis 31; Beuerlein 12-yard pass to Byrd to St Louis 19. ST LOUIS 7-6
2ND QUARTER
STL		FG		PETE STOYANOVICH 28 YD, 4:22. Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Green 62-yard pass to Holt to Carolina 29; Green 10-yard pass to Bruce to Carolina 21; Green 10-yard run to Carolina 10. ST LOUIS 10-6
CAR		TD		CASEY CRAWFORD 16 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 9:05. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards in 3:13. Key plays: Beuerlein 10-yard pass to Floyd to St Louis 47; Beuerlein 23-yard pass to Muhammad to St Louis 16. CAROLINA 13-10
3RD QUARTER
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 24 YD, 5:07. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 5:07. Key plays: Beuerlein 25-yard pass to Hayes on 3rd-and-4 to St Louis 37; Beuerlein 20-yard pass to Muhammad to St Louis 17; Biakabutuka 9-yard run to St Louis 8. CAROLINA 16-10
STL		TD		ISAAC BRUCE 4 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 9:41. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 4:34. Key plays: Green 13-yard pass to Akim to St Louis 37; Green 13-yard pass to Watson to midfield; Green 46-yard pass to Holt to Carolina 5; Green 4-for-6 for 76 yards. ST LOUIS 17-16
STL		TD		JUSTIN WATSON 3 YD RUN (PETE STOYANOVICH KICK), 12:34. Drive: 5 plays, 32 yards in 2:37. Key plays: McCleon interception at Carolina 32; Green 6-yard pass to Hakim on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 20; Green 17-yard pass to Conwell to Carolina 3. ST LOUIS 24-16
4TH QUARTER
CAR		TD		DONALD HAYES 13 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (STEVE BEUERLEIN RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 4:17. Drive: 2 plays, 26 yards in 0:10. Key plays: Evans recovery of Bruce fumble on St Louis 26; 13-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Rams' Bly to St Louis 13. CAROLINA 24, ST LOUIS 24
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 46 YD, 14:20. Drive: 13 plays, 45 yards in 5:51. Key plays: Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Muhammad to Carolina 39; Beuerlein 10-yard pass to Muhammad to midfield; Biakabutuka 10-yard run on 4th-and-2 to St Louis 32; Beuerlein 6-yard pass to Biakabutuka to St Louis 28; Beuerlein 4-for-4 for 31 yards. CAROLINA 27-24

TEAM STATISTICS

	CAR	STL
FIRST DOWNS 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 Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	18 12 2-10 1-1 268 54 5.0 90 24 3.8 178 15-25 5.9 5-36 2-43.5 98 1-9 4-89 0-0 5-40 1-1 28:35	20 19 7-14 1-1 426 63 6.8 31 16 1.9 395 29-42 8.4 5-36 2-30.5 124 1-14 6-110 1-0 7-52 3-2 31:25

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
St Louis (Pete Stoyanovich 50, 37).
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 19-77, William Floyd 2-9, Steve Beuerlein 3-4.
St Louis rushing
Trent Green 2-12, Justin Watson 12-12, Az-zahir Hakim 2-7.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 15-25 for 214 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
St Louis passing
Trent Green 29-42 for 431 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Carolina receiving
Muhsin Muhammad 6-83, Donald Hayes 3-62, Issac Byrd 2-23, Casey Crawford 1-16, Karl Hankton 1-14, William Floyd 1-10, Tim Biakabutuka 1-6.
St Louis receiving
Az-zahir Hakim 8-147, Isaac Bruce 7-69, Torry Holt 4-130, Justin Watson 4-27, Ricky Proehl 3-38, Ernie Conwell 2-18, James Hodgins 1-2.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mike Minter 5-1-0, Eugene Robinson 5-1-0, Doug Evans 5-0-0, Lee Woodall 3-2-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 4-0-0, Lester Towns 4-0-0, Sean Gilbert 4-0-1, Hannibal Navies 3-0-0, Mike Rucker 2-1-0, Tim Morabito 2-0-1, Jay Williams 2-0-1, Reggie White 2-0-2, Eric Davis 2-0-0, Damien Richardson 1-0-0, Dean Wells 1-0-0, Al Lucas 1-0-0, Jason Peter 1-0-0.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Grant Wistrom 8-1-1, Dexter Mccleon 6-0-1, London Fletcher 5-0-0, Keith Lyle 5-0-0, Mike Jones 4-1-0, Jacoby Shepherd 4-0-0, Ray Agnew 2-1-1, Devin Bush 2-1-0, Leonard Little 2-0-1, D'marco Farr 1-0-0, Sean Moran 1-0-1, Dre Bly 1-0-0, Kevin Carter 1-0-0.
Interceptions
St Louis (Dexter Mccleon 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Michael Bates); St Louis (Az-zahir Hakim, Isaac Bruce).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Carolina (Lee Woodall, Reggie White); St Louis (Tony Horne).
Officials
Referee-Bob Mcelwee, Umpire-Jeff Rice, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Don Phares, Field judge-Bill Lovett, Side judge-Neely Dunn, Back judge-Tony Stertory.
A: 66,048; T: 3:05.