Exhibition Week 2, 1987

played in Birmingham, AL

89 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	7	0	7	6	-	20
Birmingham Texans	0	3	0	0	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:01 STL - DJ Dozier 1 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
2Q: 06:31 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 33 field goal
3Q: 06:25 STL - Frank Pollard 5 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 04:21 STL - Dale Dawson 37 field goal
4Q: 01:15 STL - Dale Dawson 28 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:01 STL - DJ Dozier 1 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
2Q: 06:31 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 33 field goal
3Q: 06:25 STL - Frank Pollard 5 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 04:21 STL - Dale Dawson 37 field goal
4Q: 01:15 STL - Dale Dawson 28 field goal

Team Statistics STL BIR
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 24 8
- by Rushing 9 4
- by Passing 15 2
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 360 143
- Offensive Plays 77 45
- Yards per Play 4.68 3.18
Net Rushing Yards 138 94
- Rushing Attempts 41 16
- Yards per Rush 3.37 5.88
Net Passing Yards 222 49
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 28 - 1 27 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 222 60
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 6.17 1.69
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/17 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.8 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/25 6/50
Punt Returns/Yards 3/28 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 4/88
Interception Ret./Yards 1/16 1/22
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 31
Time of Possession 40:02 19:58

Team Statistics	STL	BIR
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	24	8
- by Rushing	9	4
- by Passing	15	2
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	360	143
- Offensive Plays	77	45
- Yards per Play	4.68	3.18
Net Rushing Yards	138	94
- Rushing Attempts	41	16
- Yards per Rush	3.37	5.88
Net Passing Yards	222	49
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 28 - 1	27 - 14 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	222	60
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	6.17	1.69
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/17	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.8	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/25	6/50
Punt Returns/Yards	3/28	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	4/88
Interception Ret./Yards	1/16	1/22
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 31
Time of Possession	40:02	19:58

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:41	7:46	OWN 22	13	78	Touchdown
1	1:27	2:58	OWN 22	6	16	Punt
2	12:15	0:07	OPP 35	1	8	Fumble
2	11:14	1:24	OWN 5	3	4	Punt
2	6:25	4:14	OWN 20	10	44	Punt
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 14	3	11	Half
3	15:00	8:44	OWN 25	15	75	Touchdown
3	2:11	3:49	OWN 11	8	49	Interception
4	10:32	6:18	OWN 35	11	45	Field Goal
4	3:28	2:18	OPP 38	6	27	Field Goal
4	0:38	0:38	OPP 36	1	-2	Game

Birmingham Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:19	OWN 40	3	3	Punt
1	5:55	4:28	OWN 20	8	15	Punt
2	13:29	1:14	OWN 12	3	5	Punt
2	12:08	0:54	OWN 41	3	7	Punt
2	9:50	3:25	OWN 36	6	48	Field Goal
2	2:11	1:15	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
3	6:16	4:05	OWN 44	6	14	Punt
4	13:22	2:50	OPP 49	6	21	Missed FG
4	4:14	0:46	OWN 33	4	5	Downs
4	1:10	0:32	OWN 19	2	-7	Interception

Game MVP: Steve Bono, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Frank Pollard	21	85	4.05	13	1	1
DJ Dozier	14	27	1.93	4	0	1
Junior Tautalatasi	4	14	3.50	6	0	0
David Archer	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0
Curtis Adams	1	14	14.00	14	1	0

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Robert Weathers	8	50	6.25	16	1
Tim Wilson	4	28	7.00	27	1
Earl Gant	4	16	4.00	12	1

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Hostetler	18	14	120	0/0	0	18	1	71.3
Steve Bono	18	14	102	0/0	0	11	0	90.3

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernie Kosar	27	14	60	2/11	0	15	1	42.4

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Curtis Duncan	7	9	63	9.00	8	15
WR Roy Green	4	6	35	8.75	14	14
WR Eugene Goodlow	4	5	25	6.25	2	10
WR Vance Johnson	4	4	33	8.25	2	11
FB Tony Paige	3	3	18	6.00	4	13
RB Frank Pollard	2	3	14	7.00	5	10
WR Mardye McDole	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
TE Rodney Holman	1	2	8	8.00	0	8
TE Mark Boyer	1	2	18	18.00	5	18
RB Junior Tautalatasi	1	1	5	5.00	2	5

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Cris Carter	5	7	23	4.60	4	11
TE Len Bias	3	4	16	5.33	0	15
WR Gerald Carter	2	4	6	3.00	2	3
WR Rickey Young	1	7	5	5.00	0	5
FB Tim Wilson	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Doug Donley	1	3	2	2.00	2	2
RB Robert Weathers	1	1	2	2.00	2	2

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Jim Bowman	1	16	16.00	0

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Jack Del Rio	1	22	22.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov
Frank Pollard	1	0
Mardye McDole	1	0
Mark Boyer	0	1

Birmingham	Recov	Force
Brian Davis	1	0
Rick Upchurch	0	1
Todd Bell	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	3	132	44.0	37.3	50	1

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jim Arnold	6	251	41.8	37.2	51	4

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dale Dawson	2/2	0/0	0/0	37	2/2

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ali Haji-Sheikh	1/2	0/1	0/0	33	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mardye McDole	2	16	8.0	0
Wayne Smith	1	12	12.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
DJ Dozier	1	21	21.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick Upchurch	2	53	26.5	0
Cris Carter	2	35	17.5	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Fredd Young	4	1	0.0	7	18
S Leonard Smith	3	2	0.0	14	22
ILB Mark Brown	3	0	0.0	9	10
OLB Paul Butcher	3	0	0.0	7	11
DT Kent Kremer	2	2	1.0	12	26
DE Ben Thomas	2	0	1.0	12	20
CB Lupe Sanchez	2	2	0.0	14	20
CB Wayne Smith	2	1	0.0	13	23
DT Eric Holle	2	1	0.0	7	13
S Jim Bowman	2	1	0.0	11	22
DE Keith Ferguson	2	0	0.0	7	20
CB Albert Lewis	2	0	0.0	10	17
DE Shawn Miller	1	1	0.0	13	18
FB Tony Paige	1	0	---	---	---
QB Steve Bono	1	0	---	---	---
CB Jerry Gray	1	0	0.0	8	20
OLB Greg Lloyd	1	0	0.0	9	18
OLB Ken Woodard	0	1	0.0	2	3
S Rod McSwain	0	1	0.0	8	17

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Todd Bell	9	3	0.0	32	25
ILB Otis Wilson	6	2	0.0	22	23
CB J.C. Pearson	6	1	0.0	30	25
ILB Dan Bunz	5	2	0.0	16	13
OLB Jesse Penn	5	1	0.0	17	15
ILB Mike Hunt	4	2	0.0	28	25
DT Pat Ogrin	4	1	0.0	21	13
CB Brian Davis	4	0	0.0	26	26
DE Larry Roberts	3	1	0.0	32	28
S Darryl Holmes	3	1	0.0	27	25
CB Tom Morris	3	0	0.0	27	22
OLB Jack Del Rio	2	2	0.0	29	25
DE Skip McClendon	2	2	0.0	29	20
OLB Linden King	2	0	0.0	22	17
CB Steve Haworth	2	0	0.0	14	10
CB Dennis Thurman	1	1	0.0	11	12
S Frank Reed	1	0	0.0	15	14
DE John Goodman	1	0	0.0	9	8
WR Doug Donley	1	0	---	---	---
DE Alonzo Mitz	1	0	0.0	13	16
DT Gerald Williams	1	0	0.0	20	23
S Tim Gordon	1	0	0.0	11	11

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kent Kremer	1.0	1	0	0	26
DE Ben Thomas	1.0	0	0	1	20
DE Keith Ferguson	0.0	0	1	2	20
DE Shawn Miller	0.0	0	1	0	18
OLB Greg Lloyd	0.0	0	1	0	18

Birmingham	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Fredd Young	2	1	0	18
OLB Paul Butcher	2	1	0	11
CB Wayne Smith	2	0	0	23
CB Jerry Gray	1	1	0	20
S Jim Bowman	1	0	1	22
DT Kent Kremer	1	0	0	26
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	0	10
CB Albert Lewis	1	0	0	17
S Leonard Smith	1	0	0	22
CB Lupe Sanchez	1	0	0	20
OLB Greg Lloyd	1	0	0	18

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB J.C. Pearson	5	1	0	25
ILB Otis Wilson	3	1	0	23
S Darryl Holmes	3	1	0	25
CB Brian Davis	3	0	0	26
S Todd Bell	2	0	0	25
CB Steve Haworth	2	0	0	10
OLB Jesse Penn	2	0	0	15
S Frank Reed	1	1	0	14
OLB Jack Del Rio	1	0	1	25
OLB Linden King	1	0	0	17
DT Pat Ogrin	1	0	0	13
CB Tom Morris	1	0	0	22
DE Alonzo Mitz	1	0	0	16
DE Larry Roberts	1	0	0	28
DE Skip McClendon	1	0	0	20

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
John Scully	3	10	25	24
Tommie Ginn	3	4	24	21
Tony Paige	2	3	15	18
Ken Dallafior	2	2	25	27
Harris Barton	1	8	38	29
Mark Boyer	1	1	28	21
Dennis Lick	0	5	31	29
Leotis Harris	0	3	25	20
Don Laster	0	3	30	19
Luis Sharpe	0	1	7	11

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Steve Wilson	2	3	13	0	21
Doug Dumler	1	4	14	2	26
Len Bias	1	3	10	0	17
Jim Dombrowski	1	1	12	0	25
Tim Wilson	0	4	10	0	11
John Gesek	0	1	5	0	8

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Jeff Davis	2	7
Junior Tautalatasi	1	17
Lupe Sanchez	1	7

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
Rick Upchurch	2	17
Tom Mullady	1	15
Steve Haworth	1	13

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Harris Barton	38	29	---	---	---	67
Dennis Lick	31	29	---	---	4	64
Ken Dallafior	25	27	---	---	4	56
Mark Boyer	28	21	---	---	6	55
Don Laster	30	19	---	---	5	54
Curtis Duncan	23	20	---	---	11	54
John Scully	25	24	---	---	2	51
Roy Green	25	24	---	---	---	49
Leotis Harris	25	20	---	---	3	48
Tommie Ginn	24	21	---	---	2	47
Wayne Smith	---	---	13	23	9	45
Frank Pollard	23	21	---	---	---	44
Junior Tautalatasi	16	9	---	---	17	42
Lupe Sanchez	---	---	14	20	7	41
Kent Kremer	---	---	12	26	2	40
Vance Johnson	19	13	---	---	7	39
Leonard Smith	---	---	14	22	2	38
Shawn Miller	---	---	13	18	7	38
DJ Dozier	14	12	---	---	11	37
Tony Paige	15	18	---	---	3	36
Eugene Goodlow	15	20	---	---	---	35
Jeff Hostetler	17	18	---	---	---	35
Steve Bono	17	18	---	---	---	35
Jim Bowman	---	---	11	22	2	35
Rod McSwain	---	---	8	17	9	34
Ben Thomas	---	---	12	20	1	33
Rodney Holman	16	14	---	---	2	32
Greg Lloyd	---	---	9	18	4	31
Victor Scott	---	---	6	13	11	30
Paul Butcher	---	---	7	11	12	30
Keith Ferguson	---	---	7	20	2	29
Jerry Gray	---	---	8	20	1	29
Mardye McDole	8	6	---	---	14	28
Albert Lewis	---	---	10	17	1	28
Fredd Young	---	---	7	18	3	28
Mark Brown	---	---	9	10	5	24
Eric Holle	---	---	7	13	2	22
Luis Sharpe	7	11	---	---	3	21
Dick Chapura	---	---	6	8	6	20
Butch Rolle	1	2	---	---	12	15
Curtis Adams	2	0	---	---	7	9
Jeff Davis	---	---	1	0	7	8
Ken Woodard	---	---	2	3	2	7
David Archer	7	0	---	---	---	7
Dale Dawson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	5	5

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Larry Roberts	---	---	32	28	5	65
Todd Bell	---	---	32	25	2	59
Mike Hunt	---	---	28	25	4	57
Jack Del Rio	---	---	29	25	2	56
J.C. Pearson	---	---	30	25	1	56
Brian Davis	---	---	26	26	4	56
Skip McClendon	---	---	29	20	4	53
Darryl Holmes	---	---	27	25	---	52
Linden King	---	---	22	17	12	51
Tom Morris	---	---	27	22	1	50
Doug Dumler	14	26	---	---	8	48
Otis Wilson	---	---	22	23	2	47
Bernie Kosar	16	29	---	---	---	45
Jim Dombrowski	12	25	---	---	8	45
Gerald Williams	---	---	20	23	1	44
Cris Carter	11	24	---	---	5	40
Jesse Penn	---	---	17	15	6	38
Paul Oswald	14	22	---	---	2	38
Frank Reed	---	---	15	14	8	37
Steve Haworth	---	---	14	10	13	37
Steve Wilson	13	21	---	---	2	36
Tim Wilson	10	11	---	---	15	36
Pat Ogrin	---	---	21	13	2	36
Robert Weathers	8	19	---	---	9	36
Rickey Young	6	19	---	---	10	35
Tom Mullady	9	8	---	---	15	32
Gerald Carter	7	17	---	---	8	32
Len Bias	10	17	---	---	5	32
Todd Peat	12	20	---	---	---	32
Dan Bunz	---	---	16	13	2	31
Dennis Thurman	---	---	11	12	7	30
Alonzo Mitz	---	---	13	16	1	30
Doug Donley	9	18	---	---	---	27
Rick Upchurch	2	4	---	---	17	23
Tim Gordon	---	---	11	11	1	23
Jeff Sevy	6	15	---	---	---	21
John Gesek	5	8	---	---	7	20
Harper LeBel	4	3	---	---	12	19
John Goodman	---	---	9	8	---	17
Dennis Fisher	0	4	---	---	7	11
Earl Gant	4	5	---	---	---	9
Jim Arnold	0	0	---	---	8	8
Frank Hamilton	4	4	---	---	---	8
Ali Haji-Sheikh	0	0	---	---	4	4
Glenn Carano	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	53	5.3
Middle	17	53	3.1
Right	13	34	2.6
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	42	8.4
Middle	10	44	4.4
Right	1	8	8.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Hostetler	18	14	0	2	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Bono	18	14	0	1	0	3	0	0	0

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernie Kosar	27	14	0	1	4	3	3	3	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	29	5.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	17	123	5.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	6	70	8.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	7	23	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	6	22	2.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	0	0	0.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	15	5.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Yards	PPlay
WR Curtis Duncan	9	7	63	20
WR Roy Green	6	4	35	24
WR Eugene Goodlow	5	4	25	20
WR Vance Johnson	4	4	33	13
RB Frank Pollard	3	2	14	21
FB Tony Paige	3	3	18	18
TE Rodney Holman	2	1	8	14
TE Mark Boyer	2	1	18	21
WR Mardye McDole	1	1	3	6
RB Junior Tautalatasi	1	1	5	9

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Rickey Young	7	1	1	5	19
WR Cris Carter	7	5	0	23	24
WR Gerald Carter	4	2	1	6	17
TE Len Bias	4	3	1	16	17
WR Doug Donley	3	1	1	2	18
FB Tim Wilson	1	1	0	6	11
RB Robert Weathers	1	1	0	2	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	4	14	3.50	4.05
DJ Dozier	3	5	1.67	1.93

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bono	3	3	18	6.00	5.67
Jeff Hostetler	1	1	9	9.00	6.67

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernie Kosar	1	0	0	0.00	2.22

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Roy Green	1	1	9	9.00	5.83
WR Vance Johnson	1	1	8	8.00	8.25
RB Junior Tautalatasi	1	1	5	5.00	5.00
WR Curtis Duncan	1	1	5	5.00	7.00

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rickey Young	1	0	0	0.00	0.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	5	2
DJ Dozier	2	1
Junior Tautalatasi	1	1

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Earl Gant	1	1
Robert Weathers	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Hostetler	5	4	4
Steve Bono	4	3	2

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernie Kosar	10	5	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Frank Pollard	3	2	1
WR Curtis Duncan	3	2	2
WR Roy Green	1	1	1
WR Eugene Goodlow	1	1	1
RB Junior Tautalatasi	1	1	1

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Carter	4	3	1
WR Rickey Young	3	0	0
WR Doug Donley	2	1	0
RB Robert Weathers	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 40,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,400 (21,400)
End Zone 8,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 7,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,400 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	40,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,400 (21,400)
End Zone	8,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,100 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	7,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,400 (3,300)