Week 1, 1986

played in Los Angeles, CA

59 degrees, rain, 13 mph wind

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

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:32 STL - Frank Pollard 9 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
1Q: 02:11 LAS - Mike Tice 1 pass from Steve Young (Mick Luckhurst extra point)
2Q: 13:33 STL - Eugene Goodlow 21 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 02:26 STL - Roy Green 14 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 08:36 STL - Al Walker 14 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 01:26 LAS - Jonathan Hayes 30 pass from Steve Young (Mick Luckhurst extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:32 STL - Frank Pollard 9 run (Benny Ricardo extra point)
1Q: 02:11 LAS - Mike Tice 1 pass from Steve Young (Mick Luckhurst extra point)
2Q: 13:33 STL - Eugene Goodlow 21 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
2Q: 02:26 STL - Roy Green 14 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 08:36 STL - Al Walker 14 pass from Joe Montana (Benny Ricardo extra point)
3Q: 01:26 LAS - Jonathan Hayes 30 pass from Steve Young (Mick Luckhurst extra point)

Team Statistics STL LAS
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 19 18
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 12 12
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 416 280
- Offensive Plays 61 55
- Yards per Play 6.82 5.09
Net Rushing Yards 151 90
- Rushing Attempts 37 27
- Yards per Rush 4.08 3.33
Net Passing Yards 265 190
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 23 - 18 - 1 28 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 270 190
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 11.04 6.79
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/13 4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.5 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 3/19 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/9 1/4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/44 5/103
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 24
Time of Possession 34:09 25:51

Team Statistics	STL	LAS
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	19	18
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	12	12
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	416	280
- Offensive Plays	61	55
- Yards per Play	6.82	5.09
Net Rushing Yards	151	90
- Rushing Attempts	37	27
- Yards per Rush	4.08	3.33
Net Passing Yards	265	190
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	23 - 18 - 1	28 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	270	190
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	11.04	6.79
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/13	4/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.5	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	3/19	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/9	1/4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/44	5/103
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 24
Time of Possession	34:09	25:51

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:26	OWN 38	5	18	Punt
1	8:29	1:07	OWN 43	3	57	Touchdown
1	2:01	3:43	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	10:46	0:46	OPP 21	2	1	Interception
2	8:01	5:46	OWN 18	13	82	Touchdown
3	11:29	3:02	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
3	6:08	1:51	OWN 17	3	8	Punt
3	1:11	3:30	OWN 14	6	13	Punt
4	9:56	9:56	OWN 8	16	73	Game

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:34	3:05	OWN 3	6	11	Punt
1	7:22	5:21	OWN 37	10	63	Touchdown
2	13:18	2:32	OWN 25	4	12	Fumble
2	10:00	1:59	OWN 11	5	13	Punt
2	2:15	2:15	OWN 23	5	23	Half
3	15:00	3:31	OWN 32	7	24	Punt
3	8:27	2:19	OWN 25	6	15	Punt
3	4:17	3:06	OWN 29	6	71	Touchdown
4	12:41	2:45	OWN 34	6	23	Punt

Game MVP: Joe Montana, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Junior Tautalatasi	21	86	4.10	16	2	0
Frank Pollard	11	57	5.18	11	1	1
Tony Paige	2	5	2.50	4	0	0
Joe Montana	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Kelvin Bryant	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
Vance Johnson	1	3	3.00	3	0	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Greg Bell	17	53	3.12	14	1
Steve Young	5	22	4.40	9	0
Johnny Hector	2	7	3.50	5	0
Broderick Sargent	2	5	2.50	3	0
Gary Wilkins	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	23	18	270	1/5	3	55	1	137.0

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Young	28	14	190	0/0	2	36	0	95.8

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Roy Green	7	9	94	13.43	71	53	1
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	3	61	20.33	20	36	1
WR Al Walker	2	3	33	16.50	2	19	1
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	10	5.00	4	6	0
TE Mark Boyer	2	2	64	32.00	29	55	0
WR Vance Johnson	2	2	8	4.00	6	9	0
TE Rodney Holman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
FB Tony Paige	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jerry Rice	3	12	31	10.33	0	11	0
WR Stephone Paige	2	2	15	7.50	14	12	0
TE Jonathan Hayes	2	2	36	18.00	19	30	1
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	2	55	27.50	29	36	0
WR Webster Slaughter	2	5	28	14.00	14	18	0
TE Mike Tice	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	1
WR Lindsay Scott	1	3	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Jay Novacek	1	1	13	13.00	3	13	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Anthony Dickerson	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Frank Pollard	1	0	0
Zeke Mowatt	0	1	0
Fredd Young	0	1	0
Wayne Smith	0	0	1

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Greg Bell	1	0	0	0
Phil Williams	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	3	130	43.3	42.0	46	1

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Cliff Parsley	5	232	46.4	40.6	67	3

Kicking Statistics

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

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mick Luckhurst	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	1	9	9.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerry Rice	1	4	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	1	30	30.0	0
Billy Ryckman	1	14	14.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerry Rice	5	103	20.6	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Fredd Young	7	2	0.0	27	26
CB Albert Lewis	6	2	0.0	22	21
CB Wayne Smith	4	3	0.0	20	28
S Chris Williams	3	1	0.0	20	22
DE Smiley Creswell	3	0	0.0	7	5
S Rod McSwain	3	0	0.0	22	23
DT Gary Johnson	2	3	0.0	16	13
DE Keith Ferguson	2	1	0.0	20	23
OLB Jeff Davis	2	1	0.0	23	27
CB Jerry Gray	2	1	0.0	18	25
DT Kent Kremer	2	0	0.0	18	22
S Leonard Smith	2	0	0.0	27	26
WR Roy Green	1	0	---	---	---
DE Shawn Miller	1	0	0.0	19	18
DE Ben Thomas	0	1	0.0	8	10
OLB Paul Butcher	0	1	0.0	8	2

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB John Harper	6	2	0.0	28	16
DE Steve Hamilton	5	1	1.0	24	18
DT Mike Charles	5	1	0.0	28	20
DT Bob Clasby	5	1	0.0	26	18
S Ronnie O'Bard	4	1	0.0	22	19
CB Davlin Mullen	3	3	0.0	21	18
S Antonio Gibson	3	2	0.0	24	21
ILB Al Rhodes	3	2	0.0	9	8
CB Darrell Green	3	1	0.0	34	21
CB Van Jakes	2	1	0.0	28	22
S Brenard Wilson	2	0	0.0	14	4
OLB Anthony Dickerson	2	0	0.0	17	8
OLB Dan Rains	2	0	0.0	12	11
DT Mike Rackers	2	0	0.0	18	8
DE John Cannon	1	2	0.0	21	10
CB Myron Dupree	1	0	0.0	24	10
DE Mike Johnson	1	0	0.0	17	14
WR Jerry Rice	1	0	---	---	---
ILB Phil Williams	1	0	0.0	2	0
DE Curtis Anderson	0	1	0.0	13	6
OLB Lamonte Hunley	0	1	0.0	25	12

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Gary Johnson	1	0	13
DT Kent Kremer	0	1	22
DE Keith Ferguson	0	1	23
S Leonard Smith	0	1	26
ILB Fredd Young	0	1	26
CB Jerry Gray	0	1	25

Los Angeles	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Steve Hamilton	1.0	0	1	0	18

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Albert Lewis	3	0	21
CB Jerry Gray	2	1	25
CB Wayne Smith	2	0	28
DE Smiley Creswell	2	0	5
S Leonard Smith	2	0	26
S Rod McSwain	1	2	23
ILB Fredd Young	1	0	26
OLB Paul Butcher	1	0	2
OLB Jeff Davis	0	1	27

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Ronnie O'Bard	3	0	0	19
ILB Al Rhodes	3	0	0	8
S Antonio Gibson	2	1	0	21
DT Bob Clasby	2	0	0	18
CB Davlin Mullen	2	0	0	18
CB Darrell Green	1	1	0	21
OLB Anthony Dickerson	1	0	1	8
OLB Dan Rains	1	0	0	11
DT Mike Charles	1	0	0	20
CB Myron Dupree	1	0	0	10
CB Van Jakes	1	0	0	22
DE Steve Hamilton	0	1	0	18

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Larry McCarren	3	9	2	30	0	20
Leotis Harris	3	5	0	33	0	16
Dennis Lick	3	4	0	31	0	18
John Scully	2	9	2	36	0	23
Luis Sharpe	1	3	0	33	0	19
Tony Paige	1	2	0	15	0	11
Tommie Ginn	0	2	0	7	0	4
Kelvin Clark	0	1	0	10	0	11
Mark Boyer	0	1	0	25	0	11
Ken Dallafior	0	0	0	4	1	8

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Rich Strenger	1	8	26	25
Mark Traynowicz	1	4	20	19
Melvin Jones	1	3	26	26
Rob Monaco	1	3	21	27
Andy Frederick	1	2	27	24
Broderick Sargent	1	2	15	12
Greg Christy	1	1	14	18

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Junior Tautalatasi	3	8
Kelvin Bryant	1	16
Wayne Smith	1	11
Curtis Adams	1	7

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Myron Dupree	1	14
Davlin Mullen	1	13
Greg Christy	1	4

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jeff Davis	---	---	23	27	18	68
Leonard Smith	---	---	27	26	10	63
Joe Montana	37	24	---	---	---	61
Wayne Smith	---	---	20	28	11	59
John Scully	36	23	---	---	---	59
Fredd Young	---	---	27	26	---	53
Leotis Harris	33	16	---	---	3	52
Luis Sharpe	33	19	---	---	---	52
Larry McCarren	30	20	---	---	---	50
Roy Green	26	23	---	---	1	50
Chris Williams	---	---	20	22	8	50
Dennis Lick	31	18	---	---	---	49
Albert Lewis	---	---	22	21	5	48
Jerry Gray	---	---	18	25	5	48
Rod McSwain	---	---	22	23	---	45
Mark Boyer	25	11	---	---	8	44
Vance Johnson	19	17	---	---	8	44
Keith Ferguson	---	---	20	23	---	43
Kent Kremer	---	---	18	22	2	42
Al Walker	15	13	---	---	12	40
Shawn Miller	---	---	19	18	1	38
Junior Tautalatasi	23	3	---	---	8	34
Frank Pollard	14	19	---	---	---	33
Gary Johnson	---	---	16	13	1	30
Tony Paige	15	11	---	---	4	30
Eric Holle	---	---	15	13	---	28
Eugene Goodlow	15	9	---	---	2	26
Kelvin Bryant	8	1	---	---	16	25
Kelvin Clark	10	11	---	---	3	24
Ben Thomas	---	---	8	10	6	24
Rodney Holman	15	8	---	---	---	23
Zeke Mowatt	6	2	---	---	11	19
Billy Ryckman	4	3	---	---	9	16
Ken Dallafior	4	8	---	---	3	15
Tommie Ginn	7	4	---	---	2	13
Smiley Creswell	---	---	7	5	---	12
Kervin Wyatt	---	---	7	2	1	10
Paul Butcher	---	---	8	2	---	10
Curtis Adams	0	0	---	---	7	7
Benny Ricardo	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mark Brown	---	---	0	2	2	4
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	3	3
Don Laster	1	1	---	---	1	3
Scott Bull	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mark Malone	0	0	---	---	---	0
Derrick Harmon	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Darrell Green	---	---	34	21	9	64
Melvin Jones	26	26	---	---	5	57
Steve Young	27	28	---	---	---	55
Andy Frederick	27	24	---	---	3	54
Jerry Rice	22	26	---	---	6	54
Davlin Mullen	---	---	21	18	13	52
Rich Strenger	26	25	---	---	1	52
Van Jakes	---	---	28	22	---	50
Rob Monaco	21	27	---	---	2	50
Mike Charles	---	---	28	20	---	48
Myron Dupree	---	---	24	10	14	48
Antonio Gibson	---	---	24	21	---	45
Bob Clasby	---	---	26	18	---	44
John Harper	---	---	28	16	---	44
Mark Traynowicz	20	19	---	---	5	44
Steve Hamilton	---	---	24	18	1	43
Ronnie O'Bard	---	---	22	19	1	42
Lamonte Hunley	---	---	25	12	1	38
Dan Rains	---	---	12	11	13	36
Greg Christy	14	18	---	---	4	36
Jonathan Hayes	19	15	---	---	1	35
Greg Bell	21	13	---	---	---	34
Mike Johnson	---	---	17	14	3	34
John Cannon	---	---	21	10	2	33
Ronnie Harmon	17	16	---	---	---	33
Johnny Hector	6	11	---	---	13	30
Broderick Sargent	15	12	---	---	3	30
Anthony Dickerson	---	---	17	8	1	26
Mike Rackers	---	---	18	8	---	26
Webster Slaughter	11	15	---	---	---	26
Stephone Paige	5	17	---	---	3	25
Lindsay Scott	1	5	---	---	16	22
Curtis Anderson	---	---	13	6	---	19
Al Rhodes	---	---	9	8	2	19
Brenard Wilson	---	---	14	4	---	18
Jay Novacek	10	6	---	---	2	18
Mike Tice	2	1	---	---	13	16
Gary Wilkins	6	3	---	---	5	14
Jamie Williams	0	0	---	---	13	13
Jim Jensen	0	0	---	---	8	8
Phil Williams	---	---	2	0	5	7
Cliff Parsley	0	0	---	---	5	5
Mick Luckhurst	0	0	---	---	3	3
Leonard Mitchell	1	1	---	---	---	2
Dale Zorn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mike Kruczek	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	30	4.3
Middle	22	84	3.8
Right	7	38	5.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	12	51	4.3
Right	11	30	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	23	18	4	0	0	3	1	0	1

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Young	28	14	2	1	3	4	5	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	61	12.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	47	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	52	10.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	3	110	27.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	12	12.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	146	10.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	2	1	13	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	11	1	19	1.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	9	7	94	1	23
WR Al Walker	3	2	33	0	13
WR Eugene Goodlow	3	3	61	2	9
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	10	0	19
TE Mark Boyer	2	2	64	1	11
WR Vance Johnson	2	2	8	0	17
TE Rodney Holman	1	0	0	0	8
FB Tony Paige	1	0	0	0	11

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jerry Rice	12	3	3	31	0	26
WR Webster Slaughter	5	2	0	28	0	15
WR Lindsay Scott	3	1	0	11	0	5
WR Stephone Paige	2	2	0	15	0	17
TE Jonathan Hayes	2	2	0	36	1	15
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	2	0	55	1	16
TE Mike Tice	1	1	0	1	0	1
TE Jay Novacek	1	1	0	13	0	6

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Junior Tautalatasi	2	8	4.00	4.10
Joe Montana	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
Frank Pollard	1	9	9.00	5.18

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Johnny Hector	1	2	2.00	3.50
Greg Bell	1	1	1.00	3.12
Broderick Sargent	1	2	2.00	2.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	4	2	28	7.00	11.74

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Young	3	2	12	4.00	6.79

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Al Walker	2	1	14	7.00	11.00
WR Roy Green	2	1	14	7.00	10.44

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jerry Rice	2	1	11	5.50	2.58
TE Mike Tice	1	1	1	1.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Junior Tautalatasi	4	2
Joe Montana	1	0

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Broderick Sargent	2	0
Greg Bell	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	8	7	6

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Young	8	3	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roy Green	2	2	1
TE Mark Boyer	2	2	2
RB Frank Pollard	1	1	1
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	1	1
FB Tony Paige	1	0	0
WR Vance Johnson	1	1	1

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Lindsay Scott	2	1	1
WR Jerry Rice	2	0	0
WR Webster Slaughter	2	0	0
WR Stephone Paige	1	1	1
TE Jonathan Hayes	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (21,400)
End Zone 12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (21,400)
End Zone	12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)