Exhibition Week 4, 1988

played in Birmingham, AL

77 degrees, rain, 14 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	6	17	0	0	-	23
Birmingham Texans	0	0	0	3	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:43 STL - Dale Dawson 20 field goal
1Q: 04:13 STL - Dale Dawson 40 field goal
2Q: 08:28 STL - DJ Dozier 18 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
2Q: 04:19 STL - Dale Dawson 37 field goal
2Q: 00:46 STL - Curtis Duncan 27 pass from Jeff Hostetler (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 15:00 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:43 STL - Dale Dawson 20 field goal
1Q: 04:13 STL - Dale Dawson 40 field goal
2Q: 08:28 STL - DJ Dozier 18 run (Dale Dawson extra point)
2Q: 04:19 STL - Dale Dawson 37 field goal
2Q: 00:46 STL - Curtis Duncan 27 pass from Jeff Hostetler (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 15:00 BIR - Ali Haji-Sheikh 46 field goal

Team Statistics STL BIR
Record 2-1 2-1
First Downs 17 17
- by Rushing 5 4
- by Passing 10 13
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 317 276
- Offensive Plays 63 73
- Yards per Play 5.03 3.78
Net Rushing Yards 94 94
- Rushing Attempts 28 25
- Yards per Rush 3.36 3.76
Net Passing Yards 223 182
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 34 - 22 - 0 42 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 231 220
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 6/38
- Yards per Pass Play 6.37 3.79
Fumbles/Lost 3/0 5/3
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 9.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/3
Penalties/Yards 3/28 8/66
Punt Returns/Yards 1/10 4/19
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 6/108
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 37 OWN 26
Time of Possession 30:46 29:14

Team Statistics	STL	BIR
Record	2-1	2-1
First Downs	17	17
- by Rushing	5	4
- by Passing	10	13
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	317	276
- Offensive Plays	63	73
- Yards per Play	5.03	3.78
Net Rushing Yards	94	94
- Rushing Attempts	28	25
- Yards per Rush	3.36	3.76
Net Passing Yards	223	182
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	34 - 22 - 0	42 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	231	220
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	6/38
- Yards per Pass Play	6.37	3.79
Fumbles/Lost	3/0	5/3
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	9.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/3
Penalties/Yards	3/28	8/66
Punt Returns/Yards	1/10	4/19
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	6/108
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 37	OWN 26
Time of Possession	30:46	29:14

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:42	OWN 32	3	6	Punt
1	13:18	1:40	OPP 13	5	10	Field Goal
1	7:15	3:08	OWN 30	5	47	Field Goal
2	12:05	3:49	OWN 42	8	58	Touchdown
2	6:27	2:14	OWN 41	8	39	Field Goal
2	2:00	1:02	OWN 15	3	5	Punt
2	0:58	0:25	OPP 38	2	38	Touchdown
3	12:00	1:22	OWN 10	4	46	Punt
3	10:06	2:51	OPP 23	5	9	Missed FG
3	6:13	2:18	OWN 29	4	15	Punt
4	14:53	2:59	OWN 15	6	6	Punt
4	7:24	5:14	OWN 9	10	53	Missed FG
4	0:35	0:35	OWN 33	2	-2	Game

Birmingham Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:38	4:23	OWN 28	8	14	Punt
1	4:07	7:02	OWN 23	12	35	Fumble
2	8:16	1:49	OWN 21	3	-2	Punt
2	4:13	2:13	OWN 25	7	25	Punt
2	0:33	0:33	OWN 35	3	-7	Half
3	15:00	3:00	OWN 30	5	33	Punt
3	10:38	0:32	OWN 5	2	-2	Interception
3	7:15	1:02	OWN 21	4	16	Punt
3	3:55	4:02	OWN 30	9	41	Field Goal
4	11:54	4:30	OWN 25	12	66	Downs
4	2:10	1:35	OWN 45	8	22	Downs

Game MVP: Dick Chapura, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Frank Pollard	13	23	1.77	12	1	0
DJ Dozier	10	52	5.20	18	1	1
Jeff Hostetler	2	-2	-1.00	-1	0	0
Tony Paige	1	9	9.00	9	0	0
Mark Boyer	1	1	1.00	1	0	0
Solomon Miller	1	11	11.00	11	1	0

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bo Jackson	23	90	3.91	12	1	0
Paul Palmer	2	4	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jeff Hostetler	27	18	182	0/0	1	38	0	98.1
Steve Bono	7	4	49	1/8	0	39	0	78.9

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bernie Kosar	42	23	220	6/38	0	33	1	59.6

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Curtis Duncan	6	8	91	15.17	37	38	1
WR Roy Green	5	5	44	8.80	5	14	0
FB Tony Paige	3	3	17	5.67	9	8	0
WR Solomon Miller	3	9	59	19.67	33	39	0
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	8	4.00	6	5	0
WR J.J. Birden	2	3	13	6.50	1	10	0
RB DJ Dozier	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Mark Boyer	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
C Butch Rolle	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Gil Fenerty	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tim Brown	6	10	87	14.50	0	33
RB Bo Jackson	5	7	12	2.40	2	4
WR Gerald Carter	4	7	49	12.25	12	17
WR Frank Pillow	3	9	37	12.33	23	16
C Harper LeBel	2	2	12	6.00	3	11
TE Len Bias	2	6	15	7.50	8	10
Unknown	1	1	8	8.00	0	8

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Leonard Smith	1	0	0.00	0

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
DJ Dozier	2	0	0
Roy Green	1	1	0
Dick Chapura	0	1	1
Curtis Duncan	0	1	1
Ken Dallafior	0	1	0
Solomon Miller	0	1	0
Harris Barton	0	1	0
Albert Lewis	0	0	1
Leonard Smith	0	0	1
Selwyn Brown	0	0	1

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force
Bernie Kosar	3	0	0
Gerald Carter	2	0	0
Gary Wilkins	0	1	0
Paul Oswald	0	1	0
J.C. Pearson	0	0	2
Kenny Easley	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Kidd	5	218	43.6	39.8	55	2

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jeff Feagles	5	174	34.8	32.8	50	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dale Dawson	3/5	1/2	0/1	40	2/2

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ali Haji-Sheikh	1/1	1/1	0/0	46	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gil Fenerty	1	10	10.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gerald Carter	2	11	5.5	0
Tom Morris	2	8	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Albert Lewis	1	22	22.0	0

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg
Paul Palmer	3	49	16.3
Spencer Tillman	2	33	16.5
Tom Morris	1	26	26.0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Leonard Smith	11	5	1.0	21	39
ILB Fredd Young	8	2	1.0	13	26
CB Albert Lewis	6	1	1.0	21	34
ILB Vincent Brown	5	0	0.0	12	21
DT Dick Chapura	4	2	2.0	17	29
S Jim Bowman	4	1	0.0	16	39
CB Selwyn Brown	3	1	0.0	15	41
CB Victor Scott	2	3	0.0	20	36
DE Keith Ferguson	2	0	0.0	13	16
OLB Paul Butcher	2	0	0.0	11	14
DE Josh Moore	1	0	1.0	21	45
S Rod McSwain	1	3	0.0	16	38
DT Eric Holle	1	1	0.0	8	19
DE Tom Gibson	1	1	0.0	12	32
ILB Walter Johnson	1	1	0.0	10	24
DT Kent Kremer	1	0	0.0	16	13
OLB Ken Woodard	1	0	0.0	10	14
ILB Mark Brown	0	1	0.0	1	1
CB Jerry Gray	0	1	0.0	13	26

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Jack Del Rio	5	3	0.0	26	28
CB Martin Mayhew	5	1	0.0	20	24
OLB Jesse Penn	4	1	1.0	10	11
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	4	3	0.0	22	30
S Kenny Easley	4	0	0.0	12	17
DT Rush Brown	3	3	0.0	21	26
CB J.C. Pearson	3	2	0.0	18	29
S Jeff Fuller	3	1	0.0	15	21
DE Larry Roberts	3	0	0.0	15	19
CB Brian Davis	3	0	0.0	17	25
DE Skip McClendon	2	1	0.0	24	31
ILB Otis Wilson	2	0	0.0	7	12
DE John Goodman	1	1	0.0	20	23
CB Tom Morris	1	1	0.0	1	6
DT Gerald Williams	1	1	0.0	22	26
S Tim Gordon	1	1	0.0	16	21
DE Alonzo Mitz	1	0	0.0	10	12
TE Len Bias	1	0	---	---	---
S Darryl Holmes	1	0	0.0	13	13
CB Craig Curry	0	1	0.0	13	10

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Dick Chapura	2.0	1	0	29
DE Josh Moore	1.0	1	0	45
CB Albert Lewis	1.0	0	0	34
S Leonard Smith	1.0	0	0	39
ILB Fredd Young	1.0	0	0	26
DT Kent Kremer	0.0	1	1	13
DE Keith Ferguson	0.0	1	0	16
ILB Vincent Brown	0.0	1	0	21
DT Eric Holle	0.0	0	1	19
DE Ben Thomas	0.0	0	1	3

Birmingham	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jesse Penn	1.0	0	0	11
DE Skip McClendon	0.0	2	0	31
DE Larry Roberts	0.0	1	0	19
DT Gerald Williams	0.0	1	0	26
DT Rush Brown	0.0	0	1	26

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Leonard Smith	5	0	1	39
S Jim Bowman	4	0	0	39
CB Albert Lewis	3	2	0	34
CB Selwyn Brown	3	0	0	41
ILB Fredd Young	2	2	0	26
CB Victor Scott	2	1	0	36
OLB Ken Woodard	1	0	0	14
S Rod McSwain	1	0	0	38
DE Tom Gibson	1	0	0	32
ILB Vincent Brown	1	0	0	21
CB Jerry Gray	0	1	0	26

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Martin Mayhew	3	1	24
OLB Jack Del Rio	3	0	28
CB Brian Davis	3	0	25
ILB Ken Norton Jr.	2	1	30
OLB Jesse Penn	2	0	11
DE Skip McClendon	2	0	31
S Jeff Fuller	1	2	21
S Kenny Easley	1	1	17
CB J.C. Pearson	1	1	29
S Darryl Holmes	1	1	13
CB Tom Morris	1	0	6
DE Alonzo Mitz	1	0	12
S Tim Gordon	1	0	21

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Harris Barton	2	6	19	0	18
Luis Sharpe	2	2	22	1	28
Ken Dallafior	2	2	19	0	22
John Scully	1	7	17	0	21
Tommie Ginn	1	3	20	0	23
John Bruhin	0	3	11	0	14
Tony Paige	0	1	9	0	11
Dean Steinkuhler	0	1	15	0	24
Larry Williams	0	1	9	0	13

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Dombrowski	3	4	2	22	3	43
Steve Wilson	1	5	0	19	0	43
Kent Hill	1	3	0	21	1	39
Mike Blanchard	1	3	0	12	0	20
Harper LeBel	1	1	0	15	0	25
Gary Wilkins	1	1	0	16	0	25
Jim Sweeney	0	5	0	22	0	33
Tom Crockett	0	2	0	18	2	39
Todd Peat	0	1	0	6	0	19

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Selwyn Brown	3	23
Curtis Duncan	3	18
Albert Lewis	2	10
Mark Boyer	1	13
Ken Woodard	1	8

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
Otis Wilson	1	15
Brian Davis	1	10
Jack Del Rio	1	5

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Selwyn Brown	---	---	15	41	23	79
Josh Moore	---	---	21	45	3	69
Albert Lewis	---	---	21	34	10	65
Leonard Smith	---	---	21	39	5	65
Rod McSwain	---	---	16	38	7	61
Curtis Duncan	17	25	---	---	18	60
Victor Scott	---	---	20	36	2	58
Jim Bowman	---	---	16	39	---	55
DJ Dozier	16	12	---	---	23	51
Luis Sharpe	22	28	---	---	---	50
Jeff Hostetler	23	27	---	---	---	50
Tommie Ginn	20	23	---	---	5	48
John Scully	17	21	---	---	10	48
Dick Chapura	---	---	17	29	1	47
Tom Gibson	---	---	12	32	3	47
Solomon Miller	14	18	---	---	13	45
J.J. Birden	15	24	---	---	6	45
Ken Dallafior	19	22	---	---	3	44
Mark Boyer	9	21	---	---	13	43
Walter Johnson	---	---	10	24	9	43
Frank Pollard	16	25	---	---	---	41
Jerry Gray	---	---	13	26	2	41
Dean Steinkuhler	15	24	---	---	---	39
Fredd Young	---	---	13	26	---	39
Roy Green	19	18	---	---	---	37
Harris Barton	19	18	---	---	---	37
Vincent Brown	---	---	12	21	3	36
Robert Tyler	16	11	---	---	9	36
John Bruhin	11	14	---	---	10	35
Kent Kremer	---	---	16	13	4	33
Ken Woodard	---	---	10	14	8	32
Keith Ferguson	---	---	13	16	2	31
Larry Williams	9	13	---	---	7	29
Eric Holle	---	---	8	19	1	28
Tony Paige	9	11	---	---	7	27
Paul Butcher	---	---	11	14	---	25
Butch Rolle	5	2	---	---	18	25
Rollin Putzier	---	---	5	18	2	25
Felix Blair	8	12	---	---	5	25
Gil Fenerty	4	8	---	---	9	21
Steve Bono	5	8	---	---	---	13
Dale Dawson	0	0	---	---	11	11
John Kidd	0	0	---	---	10	10
Ben Thomas	---	---	4	3	---	7
Mark Brown	---	---	1	1	2	4
David Archer	0	0	---	---	---	0

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bernie Kosar	25	48	---	---	---	73
Jim Dombrowski	22	43	---	---	3	68
Bo Jackson	23	39	---	---	4	66
Steve Wilson	19	43	---	---	3	65
Len Bias	21	39	---	---	5	65
Tim Brown	22	43	---	---	---	65
Skip McClendon	---	---	24	31	6	61
Kent Hill	21	39	---	---	---	60
Jim Sweeney	22	33	---	---	4	59
Jack Del Rio	---	---	26	28	5	59
Ken Norton Jr.	---	---	22	30	6	58
Tom Crockett	18	39	---	---	1	58
Gerald Williams	---	---	22	26	9	57
Gary Wilkins	16	25	---	---	14	55
J.C. Pearson	---	---	18	29	7	54
Harper LeBel	15	25	---	---	13	53
Rush Brown	---	---	21	26	5	52
Brian Davis	---	---	17	25	10	52
Tim Gordon	---	---	16	21	11	48
Martin Mayhew	---	---	20	24	4	48
John Goodman	---	---	20	23	2	45
Frank Pillow	9	31	---	---	---	40
Jeff Fuller	---	---	15	21	3	39
Larry Roberts	---	---	15	19	5	39
Kenny Easley	---	---	12	17	9	38
Mike Blanchard	12	20	---	---	6	38
Gerald Carter	13	21	---	---	3	37
Otis Wilson	---	---	7	12	15	34
Craig Curry	---	---	13	10	9	32
Todd Peat	6	19	---	---	6	31
Darryl Holmes	---	---	13	13	2	28
Paul Palmer	2	9	---	---	17	28
Alonzo Mitz	---	---	10	12	3	25
Jesse Penn	---	---	10	11	3	24
Unknown	---	---	3	7	9	19
Tom Morris	---	---	1	6	10	17
Paul Oswald	5	4	---	---	6	15
Unknown	5	1	---	---	8	14
Shockmain Horne	0	1	---	---	13	14
Kevin Murphy	---	---	1	0	7	8
Spencer Tillman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Jeff Feagles	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ali Haji-Sheikh	0	0	---	---	3	3
Mark Lewis	1	0	---	---	2	3
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
Phil Autry	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	50	4.2
Middle	9	25	2.8
Right	5	21	4.2
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	27	6.8
Middle	16	55	3.4
Right	5	12	2.4
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jeff Hostetler	27	18	2	0	0	6	3	1	0
Steve Bono	7	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bernie Kosar	42	23	1	1	3	6	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	23	3.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	11	120	7.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	50	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	38	19.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	10	9	52	5.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	3	25	2.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	9	91	6.5
Long (19+ Yds)	8	2	52	6.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Solomon Miller	9	3	59	1	18
WR Curtis Duncan	8	6	91	2	25
WR Roy Green	5	5	44	0	18
FB Tony Paige	3	3	17	0	11
WR J.J. Birden	3	2	13	0	24
RB Frank Pollard	2	2	8	0	25
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0	0	21
C Butch Rolle	1	0	0	0	2
RB DJ Dozier	1	1	-1	0	12
RB Gil Fenerty	1	0	0	0	8

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tim Brown	10	6	0	87	1	43
WR Frank Pillow	9	3	0	37	0	31
WR Gerald Carter	7	4	1	49	0	21
RB Bo Jackson	7	5	0	12	0	39
TE Len Bias	6	2	2	15	0	39
C Harper LeBel	2	2	0	12	0	25
Unknown	1	1	0	8	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	5	6	1.20	1.77
DJ Dozier	2	21	10.50	5.20

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jeff Hostetler	2	2	6	3.00	6.74
Steve Bono	2	0	0	0.00	7.00

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bernie Kosar	4	2	11	2.75	5.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Tony Paige	1	1	7	7.00	5.67
RB DJ Dozier	1	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
WR J.J. Birden	1	0	0	0.00	4.33
RB Gil Fenerty	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Len Bias	2	1	5	2.50	2.50
RB Bo Jackson	1	0	0	0.00	1.71
WR Tim Brown	1	1	6	6.00	8.70

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	2	1
DJ Dozier	1	0

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jeff Hostetler	7	4	2
Steve Bono	3	2	0

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bernie Kosar	13	10	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Roy Green	2	2	2
WR Curtis Duncan	2	2	0
FB Tony Paige	1	1	0
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0
WR Solomon Miller	1	0	0
C Butch Rolle	1	0	0
RB DJ Dozier	1	1	0
WR J.J. Birden	1	0	0

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tim Brown	3	1	0
WR Gerald Carter	2	2	2
C Harper LeBel	2	2	1
RB Bo Jackson	2	2	0
WR Frank Pillow	2	1	1
TE Len Bias	1	1	0
Unknown	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 45,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,900 (21,400)
End Zone 10,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,800 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	45,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,900 (21,400)
End Zone	10,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,800 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,300)