Week 1, 1980

played in Los Angeles, CA

74 degrees, rain, 15 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	10	0	0	-	10
Los Angeles Rams	0	0	0	7	-	7

Scoring Summary
2Q: 07:56 STL - Toni Linhart 18 field goal
2Q: 01:42 STL - Alfred Jenkins 14 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)
4Q: 02:05 LAS - Lawrence McCutcheon 3 pass from Ron Jaworski (Joe Danelo extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 07:56 STL - Toni Linhart 18 field goal
2Q: 01:42 STL - Alfred Jenkins 14 pass from Joe Montana (Toni Linhart extra point)
4Q: 02:05 LAS - Lawrence McCutcheon 3 pass from Ron Jaworski (Joe Danelo extra point)

Team Statistics STL LAS
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 17 21
- by Rushing 7 2
- by Passing 8 19
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 269 363
- Offensive Plays 66 65
- Yards per Play 4.08 5.58
Net Rushing Yards 102 56
- Rushing Attempts 38 11
- Yards per Rush 2.68 5.09
Net Passing Yards 167 307
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 21 - 0 51 - 31 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 167 326
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/19
- Yards per Pass Play 5.96 5.69
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.6 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 2/2
Penalties/Yards 5/33 5/28
Punt Returns/Yards 3/3 2/19
Kick Returns/Yards 1/6 3/80
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 20 OWN 25
Time of Possession 34:19 25:41

Team Statistics	STL	LAS
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	17	21
- by Rushing	7	2
- by Passing	8	19
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	269	363
- Offensive Plays	66	65
- Yards per Play	4.08	5.58
Net Rushing Yards	102	56
- Rushing Attempts	38	11
- Yards per Rush	2.68	5.09
Net Passing Yards	167	307
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 21 - 0	51 - 31 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	167	326
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/19
- Yards per Pass Play	5.96	5.69
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	4/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.6	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	2/2
Penalties/Yards	5/33	5/28
Punt Returns/Yards	3/3	2/19
Kick Returns/Yards	1/6	3/80
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 20	OWN 25
Time of Possession	34:19	25:41

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:51	OWN 12	8	25	Punt
1	7:03	5:14	OWN 19	8	32	Punt
2	13:08	5:17	OWN 46	10	53	Field Goal
2	5:39	4:04	OWN 14	12	86	Touchdown
2	0:14	0:14	OWN 26	1	-1	Half
3	13:47	2:07	OWN 42	6	10	Punt
3	9:01	4:00	OWN 20	6	19	Punt
3	0:36	2:55	OWN 13	6	25	Punt
4	9:33	1:39	OWN 5	3	2	Punt
4	6:37	2:37	OWN 7	3	0	Punt
4	1:57	0:47	OWN 19	3	3	Punt

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:09	3:06	OWN 7	6	28	Punt
1	1:49	3:41	OWN 3	9	51	Fumble
2	7:51	2:12	OWN 39	3	9	Punt
2	1:35	1:21	OWN 37	6	44	Missed FG
3	15:00	1:13	OWN 22	3	4	Punt
3	11:40	2:39	OWN 20	6	43	Punt
3	5:01	4:25	OWN 6	8	39	Punt
4	12:41	3:08	OWN 25	6	21	Punt
4	7:54	1:17	OPP 46	3	8	Punt
4	4:00	2:03	OWN 41	9	59	Touchdown
4	1:10	1:10	OWN 23	6	47	Game

Game MVP: Joe Montana, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Frank Pollard	28	85	3.04	10	1
Sherman Smith	7	14	2.00	5	0
Joe Montana	2	2	1.00	3	0
Alfred Jenkins	1	1	1.00	1	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Lawrence McCutcheon	8	28	3.50	9	0	0
Allen Carter	3	28	9.33	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	28	21	167	0/0	1	26	0	101.3

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ron Jaworski	51	31	326	3/19	1	28	0	85.9

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Alfred Jenkins	5	8	45	9.00	1	14	1
WR Freddie Scott	4	6	20	5.00	0	9	0
WR Roy Green	3	3	18	6.00	0	9	0
WR Melvin Wilber	2	2	14	7.00	5	11	0
TE Brooks Williams	2	2	9	4.50	0	5	0
RB Frank Pollard	2	4	32	16.00	20	26	0
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	3	3.00	3	3	0
WR Jim Smith	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Randy Love	1	1	23	23.00	17	23	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Freddie Solomon	5	11	79	15.80	9	27	0
FB Tony Galbreath	5	6	23	4.60	9	8	0
WR Billy Brooks	4	4	36	9.00	9	18	0
WR John Floyd	4	6	42	10.50	2	17	0
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	3	3	12	4.00	0	9	1
WR John Kimbrough	3	9	58	19.33	21	28	0
TE Greg Latta	2	4	15	7.50	2	10	0
WR Daryl Bernstein	2	3	23	11.50	3	20	0
RB Allen Carter	2	2	23	11.50	20	19	0
TE Rick Walker	1	2	15	15.00	0	15	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Alfred Jenkins	1	1	0
Frank Pollard	1	0	0
Marvin Switzer	0	1	0
Joe Montana	0	1	0
Bernie Jackson	0	0	1

Los Angeles	Fumb	Force
Allen Carter	1	0
Jeff Siemon	0	1
Tom Hicks	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	8	398	49.8	44.9	59	4

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rickey Jarrell	7	278	39.7	36.4	49	5

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Toni Linhart	1/1	0/0	0/0	18	1/1

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Joe Danelo	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	2	2	1.0	0
Hugh Rodgers	1	1	1.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Kimbrough	2	19	9.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Freddie Scott	1	6	6.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Allen Carter	3	80	26.7	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Wayne Smith	8	2	0.0	8	47
ILB Mark Cooney	5	2	0.0	10	48
S Mike Jolly	4	0	0.0	7	32
DE Elvis Franks	3	0	1.5	4	22
S Marvin Switzer	3	2	0.0	3	40
S Bernie Jackson	3	0	0.0	10	37
S John Sanders	3	0	0.0	7	26
CB Rufus Bess	3	0	0.0	5	35
DE Ron Rydalich	2	1	0.5	9	24
CB Hugh Rodgers	2	1	0.0	7	41
OLB Bob Breunig	2	1	0.0	10	40
DT John Grant	2	0	0.0	8	42
OLB Marv Kellum	2	0	0.0	5	16
DE Stan Lewis	1	0	1.0	7	32
S Tony Peters	0	1	0.0	5	33

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jeff Siemon	10	2	33	24
S Dave Elmendorf	10	1	33	22
S Jimmy Allen	9	0	32	22
DT Bob Golic	4	2	29	19
CB Dwight Hicks	4	0	34	25
OLB Andrew Melontree	3	4	23	14
OLB Charlie Hall	2	1	12	8
DT Troy Archer	2	1	28	21
OLB Dave Morton	2	1	12	9
DT Stafford Mays	2	1	26	13
CB Broderick Ours	2	0	23	14
DE Ian Lyons	2	0	26	15
ILB Tom Hicks	2	0	5	4
S Larry Brune	2	0	8	11
CB Reggie Pinkney	1	1	4	6
DE Cory Joyner	0	2	28	24
CB Wentford Gaines	0	2	14	15
S Jerry Anderson	0	1	6	8
OLB Anthony Dickerson	0	1	15	7

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Elvis Franks	1.5	1	22
DE Stan Lewis	1.0	0	32
DE Ron Rydalich	0.5	1	24
ILB Mark Cooney	0.0	1	48
DT Kent Kremer	0.0	1	16

Los Angeles	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Cory Joyner	1	1	1	24
DE Kevin Calhoun	0	1	0	13
DE Ian Lyons	0	1	0	15

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Wayne Smith	7	0	47
ILB Mark Cooney	5	2	48
S Marvin Switzer	3	1	40
CB Rufus Bess	3	1	35
S Mike Jolly	3	1	32
CB Hugh Rodgers	2	1	41
S Bernie Jackson	2	0	37
S John Sanders	2	0	26
DT John Grant	1	0	42
OLB Marv Kellum	1	0	16
OLB Bob Breunig	1	0	40
DE Elvis Franks	1	0	22

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Jimmy Allen	7	0	22
ILB Jeff Siemon	3	0	24
ILB Tom Hicks	2	0	4
CB Dwight Hicks	2	0	25
S Larry Brune	1	1	11
S Dave Elmendorf	1	0	22
OLB Charlie Hall	1	0	8
CB Broderick Ours	1	0	14
DE Ian Lyons	1	0	15
CB Reggie Pinkney	1	0	6
OLB Andrew Melontree	1	0	14

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Dan Dierdorf	3	6	0	36	27
Larry McCarren	2	6	2	34	23
Walt Downing	2	4	0	13	4
Aaron Meyer	1	2	0	33	24
Ron Coder	1	2	0	3	0
Ed Fisher	0	7	0	35	28
Ron Mikolajczyk	0	4	0	25	24
Al Chandler	0	3	0	20	12
Roosevelt Leaks	0	1	0	18	9
Tommie Ginn	0	1	0	4	5

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dan Medlin	2	2	0	8	0	35
Everett Little	1	3	0	4	0	27
Jim Sexton	1	2	1	10	2	49
Andy Frederick	1	2	0	8	1	50
Bob Van Duyne	0	2	0	10	0	46

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Marvin Switzer	2	17
Mike Jolly	1	18
Roosevelt Leaks	1	12
Billy Taylor	1	11

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Don McNeal	1	17
Allen Carter	1	13
Tony Galbreath	1	12
Reggie Pinkney	1	12

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Joe Montana	38	28	---	---	---	66
Dan Dierdorf	36	27	---	---	---	63
Ed Fisher	35	28	---	---	---	63
Larry McCarren	34	23	---	---	3	60
Marvin Switzer	---	---	3	40	17	60
Mark Cooney	---	---	10	48	1	59
Aaron Meyer	33	24	---	---	---	57
Mike Jolly	---	---	7	32	18	57
Ron Mikolajczyk	25	24	---	---	7	56
Wayne Smith	---	---	8	47	1	56
Bernie Jackson	---	---	10	37	7	54
Roy Green	30	22	---	---	2	54
John Grant	---	---	8	42	3	53
Alfred Jenkins	27	25	---	---	---	52
Frank Pollard	30	22	---	---	---	52
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	7	41	3	51
Bob Breunig	---	---	10	40	1	51
Brooks Williams	23	14	---	---	14	51
Dave Pear	---	---	5	42	2	49
Al Chandler	20	12	---	---	13	45
Freddie Scott	16	16	---	---	12	44
Stan Lewis	---	---	7	32	3	42
Tony Peters	---	---	5	33	4	42
Rufus Bess	---	---	5	35	2	42
Marv Kellum	---	---	5	16	18	39
Roosevelt Leaks	18	9	---	---	12	39
Ron Rydalich	---	---	9	24	1	34
John Sanders	---	---	7	26	1	34
Elvis Franks	---	---	4	22	7	33
Sherman Smith	8	5	---	---	14	27
Walt Downing	13	4	---	---	9	26
Kent Kremer	---	---	6	16	4	26
Jim Pietrzak	7	5	---	---	9	21
Melvin Wilber	12	9	---	---	---	21
Randy Love	4	4	---	---	10	18
Gary Johnson	---	---	4	13	---	17
Ron Coder	3	0	---	---	9	12
Billy Taylor	0	0	---	---	11	11
Tommie Ginn	4	5	---	---	2	11
Jim Smith	2	2	---	---	6	10
Richard Wood	---	---	1	6	2	9
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	9	9
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	4	4
Kervin Wyatt	---	---	0	2	1	3
Bobby Scott	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Jaworski	11	54	---	---	---	65
Bob Van Duyne	10	46	---	---	8	64
Jim Sexton	10	49	---	---	4	63
John Kimbrough	7	43	---	---	11	61
Dwight Hicks	---	---	34	25	1	60
Jeff Siemon	---	---	33	24	2	59
Andy Frederick	8	50	---	---	1	59
Dave Elmendorf	---	---	33	22	2	57
Freddie Solomon	9	36	---	---	12	57
Jimmy Allen	---	---	32	22	2	56
Cory Joyner	---	---	28	24	1	53
Hardy Dillon	9	41	---	---	2	52
Troy Archer	---	---	28	21	1	50
Bob Golic	---	---	29	19	2	50
Dan Medlin	8	35	---	---	6	49
Don McNeal	---	---	15	14	17	46
Greg Latta	5	27	---	---	12	44
Tony Galbreath	5	27	---	---	12	44
John Floyd	4	40	---	---	---	44
Ian Lyons	---	---	26	15	1	42
Stafford Mays	---	---	26	13	1	40
Andrew Melontree	---	---	23	14	3	40
Broderick Ours	---	---	23	14	2	39
Allen Carter	3	23	---	---	13	39
Everett Little	4	27	---	---	8	39
Dave Morton	---	---	12	9	18	39
Lawrence McCutcheon	8	30	---	---	---	38
Billy Brooks	8	25	---	---	1	34
Kevin Calhoun	---	---	12	13	8	33
Wentford Gaines	---	---	14	15	3	32
Anthony Dickerson	---	---	15	7	9	31
Rick Walker	4	11	---	---	13	28
Charlie Hall	---	---	12	8	5	25
Larry Brune	---	---	8	11	6	25
Bob McKay	5	17	---	---	---	22
Reggie Pinkney	---	---	4	6	12	22
Jerry Anderson	---	---	6	8	4	18
Bob Rush	1	5	---	---	7	13
Derrick Jensen	1	3	---	---	9	13
Daryl Bernstein	1	5	---	---	6	12
Tom Hicks	---	---	5	4	3	12
Rickey Jarrell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Joe Danelo	0	0	---	---	3	3
Secdrick McIntyre	0	0	---	---	3	3
Parnell Dickinson	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ted Fargas	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	8	2.0
Middle	18	59	3.3
Right	15	36	2.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	23	5.8
Middle	7	33	4.7
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	28	21	2	1	1	1	3	1	0

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ron Jaworski	51	31	3	2	7	6	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	13	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	91	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	63	5.7
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	33	8.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	12	54	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	13	192	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	47	5.9

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Alfred Jenkins	8	5	0	45	0	25
WR Freddie Scott	6	4	0	20	0	16
RB Frank Pollard	4	2	1	32	1	22
WR Roy Green	3	3	0	18	0	22
WR Melvin Wilber	2	2	0	14	0	9
TE Brooks Williams	2	2	0	9	0	14
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	0	3	0	9
WR Jim Smith	1	1	0	3	0	2
FB Randy Love	1	1	0	23	1	4

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Freddie Solomon	11	5	3	79	1	36
WR John Kimbrough	9	3	2	58	1	43
FB Tony Galbreath	6	5	0	23	0	27
WR John Floyd	6	4	1	42	0	40
TE Greg Latta	4	2	0	15	0	27
WR Billy Brooks	4	4	0	36	0	25
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	3	3	0	12	0	30
WR Daryl Bernstein	3	2	0	23	1	5
RB Allen Carter	2	2	0	23	0	23
TE Rick Walker	2	1	1	15	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	3	6	2.00	3.04

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	2	2	18	9.00	5.96

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ron Jaworski	4	3	17	4.25	6.39

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	14	14.00	5.63
TE Brooks Williams	1	1	4	4.00	4.50

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	1	1	3	3.00	4.00
WR Freddie Solomon	1	0	0	0.00	7.18
FB Tony Galbreath	1	1	-1	-1.00	3.83
TE Rick Walker	1	1	15	15.00	7.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	8	4
Sherman Smith	2	0

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Lawrence McCutcheon	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	6	5	3

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ron Jaworski	12	8	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Scott	2	2	1
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	1
TE Brooks Williams	1	1	0
FB Randy Love	1	1	1
RB Frank Pollard	1	0	0

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Solomon	2	2	1
FB Tony Galbreath	2	1	0
WR John Kimbrough	2	0	0
TE Greg Latta	1	1	0
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	1	1	1
WR Daryl Bernstein	1	1	0
RB Allen Carter	1	1	0
WR Billy Brooks	1	1	1
TE Rick Walker	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 63,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,600 (21,400)
End Zone 14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	63,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,600 (21,400)
End Zone	14,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,500 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)