Week 8, 1983

played in Los Angeles, CA

59 degrees, fair, 4 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	14	17	-	31
Los Angeles Rams	14	7	0	7	-	28

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:41 LAS - Van Harmon 15 pass from Ed Burns (Joe Danelo extra point)
1Q: 04:17 LAS - John Kimbrough 28 pass from Ed Burns (Joe Danelo extra point)
2Q: 01:00 LAS - Marvin Sims 1 run (Joe Danelo extra point)
3Q: 03:30 STL - Don Hasselbeck 16 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 02:28 STL - Kent Kremer 17 fumble return (Benny Ricardo extra point)
4Q: 15:00 LAS - Freddie Solomon 10 pass from Ed Burns (Joe Danelo extra point)
4Q: 06:05 STL - Don Hasselbeck 9 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
4Q: 02:22 STL - Frank Pollard 14 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
4Q: 00:06 STL - Benny Ricardo 35 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:41 LAS - Van Harmon 15 pass from Ed Burns (Joe Danelo extra point)
1Q: 04:17 LAS - John Kimbrough 28 pass from Ed Burns (Joe Danelo extra point)
2Q: 01:00 LAS - Marvin Sims 1 run (Joe Danelo extra point)
3Q: 03:30 STL - Don Hasselbeck 16 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 02:28 STL - Kent Kremer 17 fumble return (Benny Ricardo extra point)
4Q: 15:00 LAS - Freddie Solomon 10 pass from Ed Burns (Joe Danelo extra point)
4Q: 06:05 STL - Don Hasselbeck 9 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
4Q: 02:22 STL - Frank Pollard 14 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
4Q: 00:06 STL - Benny Ricardo 35 field goal

Team Statistics STL LAS
Record 6-1 0-8
First Downs 21 24
- by Rushing 2 8
- by Passing 18 16
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 338 388
- Offensive Plays 52 74
- Yards per Play 6.50 5.24
Net Rushing Yards 58 126
- Rushing Attempts 12 40
- Yards per Rush 4.83 3.15
Net Passing Yards 280 262
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 27 - 0 32 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 311 272
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/31 2/10
- Yards per Pass Play 7.00 7.71
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/8 7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.3 4.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 3/23 3/32
Punt Returns/Yards 2/21 3/15
Kick Returns/Yards 3/87 5/111
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/1 3/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 26
Time of Possession 25:21 34:39

Team Statistics	STL	LAS
Record	6-1	0-8
First Downs	21	24
- by Rushing	2	8
- by Passing	18	16
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	338	388
- Offensive Plays	52	74
- Yards per Play	6.50	5.24
Net Rushing Yards	58	126
- Rushing Attempts	12	40
- Yards per Rush	4.83	3.15
Net Passing Yards	280	262
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 27 - 0	32 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	311	272
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/31	2/10
- Yards per Pass Play	7.00	7.71
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/8	7/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.3	4.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	3/23	3/32
Punt Returns/Yards	2/21	3/15
Kick Returns/Yards	3/87	5/111
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/1	3/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 26
Time of Possession	25:21	34:39

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:16	1:27	OWN 45	3	-2	Punt
1	6:30	0:25	OWN 49	1	9	Fumble
1	4:02	4:08	OWN 20	8	40	Punt
2	9:05	1:30	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt
2	0:53	0:44	OWN 31	3	6	Punt
3	15:00	2:07	OWN 28	4	-21	Punt
3	8:48	5:26	OWN 8	10	92	Touchdown
4	14:50	2:41	OWN 20	6	10	Punt
4	9:35	3:40	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
4	3:44	1:33	OWN 33	4	67	Touchdown
4	1:21	1:20	OWN 32	5	50	Field Goal

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:44	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
1	11:49	5:19	OWN 16	11	84	Touchdown
1	6:05	2:03	OWN 42	5	58	Touchdown
2	14:54	5:49	OWN 20	11	42	Downs
2	7:35	6:42	OWN 7	19	93	Touchdown
2	0:09	0:09	OWN 24	1	0	Half
3	12:53	4:05	OWN 33	6	16	Punt
3	3:22	1:07	OWN 21	2	-4	Fumble
3	2:15	2:25	OWN 40	5	60	Touchdown
4	12:09	2:34	OWN 36	5	16	Punt
4	5:55	2:11	OWN 27	3	7	Punt
4	2:11	0:50	OWN 30	3	8	Punt

Game MVP: Joe Montana, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Frank Pollard	9	48	5.33	15	2	0
Sherman Smith	3	10	3.33	9	0	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Curt Warner	20	61	3.05	8	0	0
Johnny Hector	16	59	3.69	13	1	0
Marvin Sims	2	0	0.00	1	0	1
Van Harmon	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Ed Burns	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	35	27	311	5/31	3	28	0	131.9

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ed Burns	32	22	272	2/10	3	33	0	126.0

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Frank Pollard	7	7	98	14.00	63	24	1
WR Roy Green	6	9	54	9.00	2	13	0
WR Billy Ryckman	4	7	55	13.75	20	28	0
WR Mike Friede	4	4	27	6.75	5	10	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	3	3	49	16.33	20	21	0
TE Don Hasselbeck	2	2	25	12.50	9	16	2
RB Sherman Smith	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Rodney Holman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Freddie Solomon	7	9	73	10.43	0	15	1
WR Van Harmon	6	7	60	10.00	4	15	1
WR John Kimbrough	4	6	53	13.25	20	28	1
WR Stephone Paige	3	4	66	22.00	6	33	0
TE Joe Rose	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Curt Warner	1	2	12	12.00	12	12	0
TE Rick Walker	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE McDonald Oden	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Sherman Smith	1	0	0	0
Kent Kremer	0	1	0	1
Kevin Long	0	0	1	0
Keith Ferguson	0	0	1	0

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force
Van Harmon	1	0	0
Ed Burns	1	0	0
Myron Dupree	0	1	0
Darrell Green	0	1	0
Greg Gaines	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	6	278	46.3	40.5	59	2

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
George Roberts	5	212	42.4	34.2	48	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Benny Ricardo	1/1	0/0	0/0	35	4/4

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Joe Danelo	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	2	21	10.5	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Van Harmon	3	15	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bernie Jackson	3	87	29.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Fred Bohannon	4	95	23.8	0
Davlin Mullen	1	16	16.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bob Breunig	13	2	0.0	30	28
S Leonard Smith	7	1	0.0	29	31
DT John Woodcock	5	2	0.0	21	17
CB Wayne Smith	5	0	0.0	29	30
DE Keith Ferguson	4	1	1.0	29	23
S Bernie Jackson	4	2	0.0	36	25
S Chris Williams	3	1	1.0	20	17
CB Walter Packer	3	1	0.0	22	27
S John Sanders	3	0	0.0	14	11
CB Albert Lewis	3	0	0.0	28	24
ILB Mark Brown	2	0	0.0	7	7
DT Kent Kremer	1	2	0.0	24	23
OLB Jeff Davis	1	2	0.0	20	10
OLB Kervin Wyatt	1	1	0.0	13	6
DT Gary Johnson	1	0	0.0	27	16
DT Dave Pear	1	0	0.0	17	16
OLB Mike Woods	1	0	0.0	27	28
DE Elvis Franks	1	0	0.0	19	10
DE John Goodman	1	0	0.0	21	24
OLB Ken Woodard	0	2	0.0	7	1

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Greg Gaines	9	0	0.0	8	26
S Fred Bohannon	5	0	1.0	9	34
CB Darrell Green	4	1	0.0	10	32
OLB Andrew Melontree	3	1	1.0	4	15
ILB Avon Riley	3	1	1.0	9	28
CB Myron Dupree	3	0	0.0	10	26
CB Davlin Mullen	3	0	0.0	10	28
CB Don McNeal	2	0	1.0	5	20
DT Stan Johnson	2	1	0.5	10	29
DE Bob Kohrs	2	0	0.5	2	22
S Jimmy Allen	2	0	0.0	6	24
DT Bob Golic	2	0	0.0	6	16
S Jerry Reese	1	1	0.0	11	25
OLB Jeff McIntyre	0	1	0.0	3	14
OLB Anthony Dickerson	0	1	0.0	1	6
DT Mike Charles	0	1	0.0	7	29

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Knock	PPlay
DE Keith Ferguson	1.0	0	2	23
S Chris Williams	1.0	0	0	17
DT Kent Kremer	0.0	1	0	23

Los Angeles	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
CB Don McNeal	1.0	0	0	0	20
OLB Andrew Melontree	1.0	0	0	0	15
ILB Avon Riley	1.0	0	0	0	28
S Fred Bohannon	1.0	0	0	0	34
DE Bob Kohrs	0.5	0	2	0	22
DT Stan Johnson	0.5	0	0	0	29
DT Mike Charles	0.0	1	0	0	29
DE Greg Brown	0.0	0	1	1	30

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Wayne Smith	5	0	30
OLB Bob Breunig	4	0	28
CB Walter Packer	3	1	27
CB Albert Lewis	2	1	24
S Bernie Jackson	2	0	25
S John Sanders	1	1	11
S Chris Williams	1	1	17
S Leonard Smith	1	1	31
OLB Mike Woods	1	0	28
OLB Kervin Wyatt	1	0	6
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	7
OLB Jeff Davis	0	1	10

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Greg Gaines	5	0	26
S Fred Bohannon	4	0	34
ILB Avon Riley	3	0	28
CB Davlin Mullen	3	0	28
S Jimmy Allen	2	1	24
CB Myron Dupree	2	1	26
OLB Andrew Melontree	2	0	15
CB Darrell Green	2	0	32
DT Stan Johnson	1	0	29
S Jerry Reese	1	0	25
DE Bob Kohrs	1	0	22
CB Don McNeal	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Larry McCarren	1	4	3	11	0	34
Reggie McKenzie	1	2	1	11	1	35
Dennis Lick	1	2	0	11	1	35
John Scully	1	2	0	11	0	39
Dan Dierdorf	0	2	0	11	1	36
Dan Stonebarger	0	0	0	1	1	1
Burt Prince	0	0	0	1	1	4

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Andy Frederick	4	11	31	0	28
Rod Walters	3	6	27	1	24
Eric Moran	3	5	23	0	20
Bob Van Duyne	1	4	29	1	22
Keith Fahnhorst	1	4	26	0	20
A.J. Pritchett	1	3	24	0	22
Joe Rose	0	2	28	0	17
Steve Alvers	0	2	23	0	20
Marvin Sims	0	1	12	0	15
Larry Ruebens	0	1	17	0	14

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Sherman Smith	3	22
Kevin Long	2	7
Mike Friede	1	20
Mardye McDole	1	18
Billy Ryckman	1	7

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Eric Lane	2	27
Rick Walker	2	16
Larry Ruebens	1	5

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernie Jackson	---	---	36	25	11	72
Walter Packer	---	---	22	27	21	70
Leonard Smith	---	---	29	31	2	62
Bob Breunig	---	---	30	28	1	59
Wayne Smith	---	---	29	30	---	59
John Scully	11	39	---	---	7	57
Mike Woods	---	---	27	28	---	55
Joe Montana	12	40	---	---	---	52
Keith Ferguson	---	---	29	23	---	52
Albert Lewis	---	---	28	24	---	52
Roy Green	10	35	---	---	6	51
Mike Friede	8	23	---	---	20	51
Larry McCarren	11	34	---	---	3	48
Chris Williams	---	---	20	17	11	48
Dan Dierdorf	11	36	---	---	---	47
Gary Johnson	---	---	27	16	4	47
Kent Kremer	---	---	24	23	---	47
Reggie McKenzie	11	35	---	---	---	46
Dennis Lick	11	35	---	---	---	46
John Goodman	---	---	21	24	1	46
John Woodcock	---	---	21	17	2	40
Frank Pollard	9	25	---	---	5	39
Billy Ryckman	5	26	---	---	7	38
Kervin Wyatt	---	---	13	6	19	38
Dave Pear	---	---	17	16	4	37
Rodney Holman	7	22	---	---	8	37
Sherman Smith	3	10	---	---	22	35
Don Hasselbeck	5	11	---	---	18	34
Jeff Davis	---	---	20	10	2	32
Elvis Franks	---	---	19	10	---	29
Alfred Jenkins	6	21	---	---	---	27
John Sanders	---	---	14	11	---	25
Kevin Long	3	14	---	---	7	24
Mardye McDole	1	5	---	---	18	24
James Jones	3	8	---	---	13	24
Mark Brown	---	---	7	7	1	15
Angelo Fields	1	5	---	---	7	13
Ken Woodard	---	---	7	1	5	13
Burt Prince	1	4	---	---	7	12
Dan Stonebarger	1	1	---	---	7	9
Benny Ricardo	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tommie Ginn	1	6	---	---	---	7
Ed Fisher	1	5	---	---	---	6
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	6	6
Scott Bull	0	0	---	---	1	1
Mark Malone	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ed Burns	40	34	---	---	---	74
Van Harmon	20	21	---	---	18	59
Andy Frederick	31	28	---	---	---	59
Fred Bohannon	---	---	9	34	15	58
Myron Dupree	---	---	10	26	20	56
Rod Walters	27	24	---	---	4	55
Bob Van Duyne	29	22	---	---	1	52
A.J. Pritchett	24	22	---	---	5	51
Joe Rose	28	17	---	---	6	51
Stephone Paige	18	21	---	---	12	51
Eric Lane	14	7	---	---	27	48
Eric Moran	23	20	---	---	5	48
Keith Fahnhorst	26	20	---	---	1	47
Curt Warner	23	23	---	---	---	46
Freddie Solomon	28	17	---	---	---	45
Steve Alvers	23	20	---	---	2	45
Davlin Mullen	---	---	10	28	7	45
Greg Brown	---	---	12	30	1	43
Darrell Green	---	---	10	32	1	43
Johnny Hector	18	14	---	---	10	42
Avon Riley	---	---	9	28	4	41
Stan Johnson	---	---	10	29	1	40
Mike Charles	---	---	7	29	4	40
Jerry Reese	---	---	11	25	3	39
Andrew Melontree	---	---	4	15	18	37
Marvin Sims	12	15	---	---	10	37
Larry Ruebens	17	14	---	---	5	36
John Kimbrough	19	16	---	---	---	35
Greg Gaines	---	---	8	26	1	35
Jimmy Allen	---	---	6	24	1	31
Brison Manor	---	---	7	23	1	31
McDonald Oden	12	12	---	---	7	31
Rick Walker	8	6	---	---	16	30
Bob Kohrs	---	---	2	22	6	30
Jeff McIntyre	---	---	3	14	11	28
Don McNeal	---	---	5	20	1	26
Bob Golic	---	---	6	16	3	25
Bruce Jackson	---	---	2	13	5	20
Anthony Dickerson	---	---	1	6	4	11
Barry Pearson	0	1	---	---	5	6
Joe Danelo	0	0	---	---	5	5
George Roberts	0	0	---	---	5	5
Steve Busick	---	---	0	0	2	2
Dennis McKenzie	0	0	---	---	---	0
Russ Ferrell	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	-2	-2.0
Middle	8	52	6.5
Right	3	8	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	13	58	4.5
Middle	16	39	2.4
Right	11	29	2.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	35	27	4	0	2	2	3	1	0

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ed Burns	32	22	3	1	2	6	0	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	71	10.1
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	119	8.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	8	93	10.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	28	5.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	27	6.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	53	6.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	9	94	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	4	98	19.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	9	6	1	54	0	35
WR Billy Ryckman	7	4	1	55	1	26
RB Frank Pollard	7	7	0	98	2	25
WR Mike Friede	4	4	0	27	0	23
WR Alfred Jenkins	3	3	0	49	1	21
RB Sherman Smith	2	1	0	3	0	10
TE Don Hasselbeck	2	2	0	25	0	11
TE Rodney Holman	1	0	0	0	0	22

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Freddie Solomon	9	7	0	73	0	17
WR Van Harmon	7	6	0	60	0	21
WR John Kimbrough	6	4	1	53	1	16
WR Stephone Paige	4	3	0	66	2	21
TE Joe Rose	2	1	0	8	0	17
RB Curt Warner	2	1	0	12	0	23
TE Rick Walker	1	0	0	0	0	6
TE McDonald Oden	1	0	1	0	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Johnny Hector	4	7	1.75	3.69
Marvin Sims	1	1	1.00	0.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	4	4	47	11.75	8.89

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ed Burns	3	3	36	12.00	8.50

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Don Hasselbeck	2	2	25	12.50	12.50
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	22	11.00	14.00

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Van Harmon	1	1	15	15.00	8.57
WR Freddie Solomon	1	1	10	10.00	8.11
WR Stephone Paige	1	1	11	11.00	16.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Curt Warner	3	2
Marvin Sims	1	1
Johnny Hector	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	5	4	2

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ed Burns	9	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roy Green	2	1	0
WR Mike Friede	2	2	1
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	1

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Van Harmon	2	2	2
WR Freddie Solomon	2	2	2
WR John Kimbrough	2	0	0
TE Rick Walker	1	0	0
TE McDonald Oden	1	0	0
TE Joe Rose	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,400 (21,400)
End Zone 13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,400 (21,400)
End Zone	13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,300 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,900 (3,300)