1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New Orleans	7	14	3	7	31
St. Louis	7	3	7	7	24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
STL		TD		ROBERT HOLCOMBE 1 YD RUN (JEFF HALL KICK), 12:17. Drive: 4 plays, 46 yards in 1:49. Key plays: Hakim 29-yard punt return to New Orleans 46; Green 33-yard pass to Bruce to New Orleans 13; Green 10-yard pass ro Faulk to New Orleans 1. ST LOUIS 7-0
NOR		TD		BRIAN MILNE 4 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:52. Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards in 1:24. Key plays: Stachelski recovery of Hakim fumble on punt return at St Louis 19; Brooks 15-yard run to St Louis 4. NEW ORLEANS 7, ST LOUIS 7
2ND QUARTER
NOR		TD		JERALD MOORE 3 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 4:32. Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards in 3:09. Key plays: Brooks 21-yard pass to Horn to St Louis 23; Moore 8-yard run to St Louis 3. NEW ORLEANS 14-7
NOR		TD		AARON BROOKS 2 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 13:05. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 5:24. Key plays: Brooks 21-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-8 to New Orleans 43; Brooks 19-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-6 plus 10-yard facemask penalty on Rams' Lyght to St Louis 10. NEW ORLEANS 21-7
STL		FG		JEFF HALL 28 YD, 15:00. Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards in 1:55. Key plays: Green 14-yard pass to Bruce plus 13-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Saints' Johnson to New Orleans 36; Green 12-yard pass to Hakim to New Orleans 28; 5-yard offsides penalty on Saints' Knight on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 23. NEW ORLEANS 21-10
3RD QUARTER
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 30 YD, 5:33. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards in 5:33. Key plays: Brooks 18-yard pass to Poole on 3rd-and-16 to St Louis 42; Brooks 19-yard pass to Horn on 3rd-and-7 to St Louis 20. NEW ORLEANS 24-10
STL		TD		AZ-ZAHIR HAKIM 35 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JEFF HALL KICK), 8:10. Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards in 2:37. Key plays: Green 11-yard pass to Holt on 3rd-and-10 to St Louis 38; 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Saints' Johnson to New Orleans 42; 3-yard pass interference penalty on Saints' Thomas on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans 35. NEW ORLEANS 24-17
4TH QUARTER
STL		TD		RICKY PROEHL 19 YD PASS FROM TRENT GREEN (JEFF HALL KICK), 3:54. Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards in 2:59. Key plays: Fletcher 11-yard interception return to New Orleans 21; Faulk 8-yard run to New Orleans 13. NEW ORLEANS 24, ST LOUIS 24
NOR		TD		AARON BROOKS 1 YD RUN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 11:10. Drive: 11 plays, 85 yards in 7:16. Key plays: Brooks 9-yard pass to Wilson on 3rd-and-8 to New Orleans 37; 47-yard pass interference on Rams' Lyght to St. Louis 11; Morton 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to St. Louis 1. NEW ORLEANS 31-24

TEAM STATISTICS

	NOR	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	23 10 10-18 0-1 332 74 4.5 147 44 3.3 185 17-29 6.2 1-5 4-37.8 104 0-0 4-104 1-0 17-116 0-0 39:26	21 13 3-10 0-1 279 57 4.9 28 10 2.8 251 20-41 5.3 6-38 3-35.3 201 4-80 5-104 2-17 14-132 5-3 20:34

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
New Orleans (Doug Brien 44).
New Orleans rushing
Jerald Moore 18-61, Chad Morton 12-35, Aaron Brooks 7-34, Terrelle Smith 6-20, Fred Mcafee 1-minus 3.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 8-27, Robert Holcombe 1-1, Trent Green 1-0.
New Orleans passing
Aaron Brooks 17-29 for 190 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
St Louis passing
Trent Green 20-41 for 289 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Robert Wilson 1-9, Joe Horn 7-77, Willie Jackson 4-64, Chad Morton 2-12, Keith Poole 1-18, Andrew Glover 1-6, Brian Milne 1-4.
St Louis receiving
Torry Holt 6-89, Isaac Bruce 4-59, Az-zahir Hakim 4-54, Ricky Proehl 3-66, Marshall Faulk 2-16, Roland Williams 1-5.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Alex Molden 7-0-0, La'roi Glover 4-0-3, Sammy Knight 4-0-0, Darrin Smith 3-0-1, Darren Howard 3-0-1, Joe Johnson 2-0-1, Keith Mitchell 2-0-0, Michael Hawthorne 2-0-0, Darren Perry 2-0-0, Fred Thomas 2-0-0, Norman Hand 1-0-0, Kevin Mathis 1-0-0.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
London Fletcher 7-4-0.5, Ray Agnew 6-1-0, Rich Coady 6-0-0, Mike Jones 5-1-0, Todd Lyght 5-1-0, Grant Wistrom 4-2-0.5, Keith Lyle 4-1-0, Dexter Mccleon 4-0-0, Todd Collins 3-0-0, D'marco Farr 2-1-0, Jeff Zgonina 2-1-0, Kevin Carter 2-0-0, Dre Bly 2-0-0, Brian Young 2-0-0, Lorenzo Styles 1-1-0, Taje Allen 1-0-0, Leonard Little 1-0-0.
Interceptions
New Orleans (Chris Oldham 1 for 0 yards); St Louis (London Fletcher 2 for 17 yards).
Fumbles lost
St Louis (Trent Green, Andy Mccollum, Az-zahir Hakim).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
New Orleans (Dave Stachelski, Joe Johnson, Darren Howard).
Officials
Referee-Gerard Austin, Umpire-Jim Duke, Head linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Ron Baynes, Field judge-Keven Mack, Side judge-Rick Patterson, Back judge-Jim Howey.
A: 66,064; T: 3:28.