1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
St. Louis	7	3	9	7	26
New Orleans	0	7	0	14	21

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
STL		TD		MARSHALL FAULK 13 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 5:45. Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards in 2:45. Key plays: Bly 14-yard interception return to New Orleans 36; Faulk 8-yard run to New Orleans 28; Faulk 11-yard run to New Orleans 13. ST LOUIS 7-0
2ND QUARTER
NOR		TD		DARRIN SMITH 41 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 4:31. ST LOUIS 7, NEW ORLEANS 7
STL		FG		JEFF WILKINS 19 YD, 13:42. Drive: 15 plays, 82 yards in 9:11. Key plays: Faulk 17-yard run to St Louis 40; Warner 18-yard pass to Proehl on 3rd-and-9 to New Orleans 41; Faulk 6-yard run to New Orleans 35; Faulk 10-yard run to New Orleans 18; Watson 10-yard run to New Orleans 2. ST LOUIS 10-7
3RD QUARTER
STL		FG		JEFF WILKINS 39 YD, 3:19. Drive: 7 plays, 56 yards in 3:19. Key plays: Warner 28-yard pass to Holt to New Orleans 49; Warner 22-yard pass to Bruce to New Orleans 27; Warner 11-yard pass to Faulk to New Orleans 16. ST LOUIS 13-7
STL		TD		MARSHALL FAULK 9 YD RUN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED), 12:15. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 4:16. Key plays: Faulk 19-yard run to St Louis 43; Faulk 10-yard run to New Orleans 47; Green 25-yard pass to Holt on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 25. ST LOUIS 19-7
4TH QUARTER
NOR		TD		WILLIE JACKSON 28 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 5:39. Drive: 6 plays, 94 yards in 2:15. Key plays: Brooks 41-yard pass to Jackson to New Orleans 47; 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Rams' Lyght to St Louis 38; Brooks 5-yard pass to Morton to St. Louis 33. ST LOUIS 19-14
STL		TD		MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 11:33. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards in 5:54. Key plays: Faulk 7-yard run to St Louis 28; Green 19-yard pass to Holt to New Orleans 44; Green 42-yard pass to Holt New Orleans 1. ST LOUIS 26-14
NOR		TD		JOE HORN 22 YD PASS FROM AARON BROOKS (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 12:36. Drive: 6 plays, 60 yards in 1:03. Key plays: Brooks 10-yard pass to Wilson to midfield; Brooks 19-yard pass to Reed to St Louis 31; Brooks 9-yard run to St Louis 22. ST LOUIS 26-21

TEAM STATISTICS

	STL	NOR
FIRST DOWNS 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	26 5-12 0-0 474 72 6.6 246 42 5.9 228 18-27 7.6 3-20 4-42.3 84 3-4 4-66 1-14 6-65 0-0 37:42	12 3-11 0-0 269 48 5.6 73 15 4.9 196 16-31 5.9 2-12 7-39.4 200 2-15 5-144 1-41 7-48 3-0 22:18

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 32-220, Justin Watson 2-16, Robert Holcombe 4-10, Kurt Warner 2-1, Torry Holt 1-0, Trent Green 1-minus 1.
New Orleans rushing
Jerald Moore 4-45, Terry Allen 6-17, Aaron Brooks 3-7, Chad Morton 1-3, Brian Milne 1-1.
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 12-17 for 133 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, Trent Green 6-10 for 115 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
New Orleans passing
Aaron Brooks 16-31 for 208 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
St Louis receiving
Marshall Faulk 7-41, Torry Holt 5-121, Isaac Bruce 2-43, Ricky Proehl 2-32, Ernie Conwell 1-8, Roland Williams 1-3.
New Orleans receiving
Joe Horn 5-60, Willie Jackson 4-71, Jake Reed 2-36, Brian Milne 2-20, Robert Wilson 1-10, Lamont Hall 1-6, Chad Morton 1-5.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
London Fletcher 5-2-0, Grant Wistrom 5-1-0, Todd Lyght 4-0-1, Dexter Mccleon 4-0-0, Dre Bly 3-0-0, Jacoby Shepherd 3-0-0, Kevin Carter 3-0-1, Leonard Little 3-0-0, Keith Lyle 2-0-0, Todd Collins 1-1-0, Devin Bush 0-2-0, Mike Jones 0-1-0, Ray Agnew 0-1-0, Sean Moran 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Sammy Knight 8-2-0, Darren Perry 7-3-0, Norman Hand 5-3-1, Mark Fields 6-1-0, Darrin Smith 5-2-0, Kevin Mathis 4-3-0, Darren Howard 5-1-0, La'roi Glover 5-1-1, Fred Thomas 5-0-0, Keith Mitchell 3-2-0, William Whitehead 1-1-1, Chris Oldham 0-2-0, Joe Johnson 1-0-0, Alex Molden 1-0-0, Michael Hawthorne 1-0-0.
Interceptions
St Louis (Dre Bly 1 for 14 yards); New Orleans (Darrin Smith 1 for 41 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Perry Paganelli, Head linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Field judge-Lloyd Mcpeters, Side judge-Terry Mcaulay, Back judge-Bob Lawing.
A: 64,900; T: 3:05.