Week 14, 1988

played in New England, MA

39 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	7	0	0	0	-	7
New England Patriots	3	10	7	7	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:53 NED - Mike Wood 24 field goal
1Q: 01:00 STL - Curtis Duncan 10 pass from Steve Bono (Dale Dawson extra point)
2Q: 11:42 NED - Lin Dawson 3 pass from Gary Kubiak (Mike Wood extra point)
2Q: 04:17 NED - Mike Wood 39 field goal
3Q: 08:31 NED - Tony Nathan 25 run (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 08:34 NED - Tony Nathan 5 pass from Gary Kubiak (Mike Wood extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:53 NED - Mike Wood 24 field goal
1Q: 01:00 STL - Curtis Duncan 10 pass from Steve Bono (Dale Dawson extra point)
2Q: 11:42 NED - Lin Dawson 3 pass from Gary Kubiak (Mike Wood extra point)
2Q: 04:17 NED - Mike Wood 39 field goal
3Q: 08:31 NED - Tony Nathan 25 run (Mike Wood extra point)
4Q: 08:34 NED - Tony Nathan 5 pass from Gary Kubiak (Mike Wood extra point)

Team Statistics STL NED
Record 7-6 8-5
First Downs 16 22
- by Rushing 3 9
- by Passing 13 12
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 278 356
- Offensive Plays 63 64
- Yards per Play 4.41 5.56
Net Rushing Yards 52 144
- Rushing Attempts 13 33
- Yards per Rush 4.00 4.36
Net Passing Yards 226 212
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 47 - 26 - 1 30 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 241 217
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/15 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 4.52 6.84
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/14 6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 5.1
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/25 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 4/25
Kick Returns/Yards 5/46 2/66
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 12 OWN 38
Time of Possession 26:14 33:46

Team Statistics	STL	NED
Record	7-6	8-5
First Downs	16	22
- by Rushing	3	9
- by Passing	13	12
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	278	356
- Offensive Plays	63	64
- Yards per Play	4.41	5.56
Net Rushing Yards	52	144
- Rushing Attempts	13	33
- Yards per Rush	4.00	4.36
Net Passing Yards	226	212
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	47 - 26 - 1	30 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	241	217
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/15	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	4.52	6.84
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/14	6/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	5.1
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/25	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	4/25
Kick Returns/Yards	5/46	2/66
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 12	OWN 38
Time of Possession	26:14	33:46

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:35	OWN 11	5	10	Punt
1	7:45	6:55	OWN 8	12	92	Touchdown
2	11:36	2:21	OWN 15	3	5	Punt
2	7:27	0:48	OWN 1	3	3	Punt
2	4:11	3:07	OWN 20	10	72	Interception
3	11:21	1:35	OWN 5	3	7	Punt
3	8:17	4:00	OWN 14	8	27	Punt
3	1:12	3:34	OWN 2	6	7	Punt
4	8:23	1:49	OWN 25	7	25	Downs
4	4:14	1:01	OWN 20	6	40	Downs

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:25	4:40	OWN 40	9	53	Field Goal
1	0:50	4:14	OWN 33	10	67	Touchdown
2	9:15	1:48	OWN 48	3	5	Punt
2	6:39	2:28	OPP 38	6	16	Field Goal
2	1:04	1:04	OWN 2	3	25	Half
3	15:00	3:39	OWN 34	5	18	Punt
3	9:46	1:29	OPP 41	3	41	Touchdown
3	4:17	3:05	OWN 18	5	37	Punt
4	12:38	4:15	OWN 41	10	59	Touchdown
4	6:34	2:20	50	3	9	Punt
4	3:13	3:13	OWN 40	8	41	Game

Game MVP: Gary Kubiak, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Frank Pollard	7	26	3.71	10	1
DJ Dozier	5	24	4.80	9	0
Steve Bono	1	2	2.00	2	0

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Sylvester Stamps	15	54	3.60	8	0	0
Tony Nathan	14	69	4.93	25	2	1
Larry Heater	2	21	10.50	18	1	0
Gary Kubiak	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0
Herbert Harris	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Bono	47	26	241	3/15	1	33	1	67.7

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gary Kubiak	30	21	217	1/5	2	34	0	112.7

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Vance Johnson	8	11	91	11.38	27	33	0
WR Curtis Duncan	7	14	55	7.86	2	11	1
WR Roy Green	5	11	54	10.80	4	18	0
WR J.J. Birden	3	6	29	9.67	2	15	0
TE Mark Boyer	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0
RB DJ Dozier	1	1	3	3.00	1	3	0
TE Robert Tyler	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Lin Dawson	4	4	49	12.25	26	27	1
FB Stan Edwards	4	4	28	7.00	24	19	0
RB Tony Nathan	3	5	23	7.67	1	9	1
WR Mike Wilson	3	5	22	7.33	6	11	0
TE Bennie Cunningham	2	3	11	5.50	2	12	0
WR Carl Monroe	2	4	52	26.00	13	34	0
WR Terry LeCount	1	1	13	13.00	6	13	0
WR Carl Roaches	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
WR Herbert Harris	1	2	15	15.00	0	15	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Michael Stewart	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Frank Pollard	1	0	0
Harris Barton	0	1	0
Fredd Young	0	0	1

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force
Sylvester Stamps	1	0	0
Gary Kubiak	0	1	0
Greg Gaines	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
John Kidd	6	250	41.7	37.5	52	1

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Engles	4	173	43.3	38.3	46	3

Kicking Statistics

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

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Mike Wood	2/2	0/0	0/0	39	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Fred Bohannon	4	25	6.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
DJ Dozier	5	46	9.2	0

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Fred Bohannon	1	27	27.0	0
Kevin Clark	1	39	39.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Vincent Brown	7	2	0.0	22	30
OLB Greg Lloyd	6	4	0.0	31	30
S Leonard Smith	6	2	0.0	27	30
CB Selwyn Brown	5	1	0.0	18	18
CB Ernest Gibson	3	1	1.0	21	22
DT Kent Kremer	3	1	0.0	14	17
CB Jerry Gray	3	1	0.0	29	24
S Rod McSwain	3	0	0.0	27	24
ILB Fredd Young	3	0	0.0	11	1
DT Rollin Putzier	2	1	0.0	8	6
DE Ben Thomas	2	0	0.0	24	22
DE Keith Ferguson	1	3	0.0	26	21
CB Victor Scott	1	3	0.0	17	14
DT Dick Chapura	1	2	0.0	25	21
OLB Ken Woodard	1	0	0.0	9	9
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	0.0	7	6
S Jim Bowman	1	0	0.0	15	14
DE Mike Hammerstein	1	0	0.0	8	11
DE Tom Gibson	1	0	0.0	13	11
RB Gil Fenerty	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Paul Butcher	0	1	0.0	2	1

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Andrew Melontree	5	0	1.0	8	33
S Glenn Blackwood	5	1	0.0	5	28
OLB Greg Gaines	4	0	1.0	5	6
ILB Mark Dusbabek	4	3	0.0	11	37
DE Reggie White	3	0	1.0	12	42
S Mike Davis	3	2	0.0	9	42
S Michael Stewart	3	1	0.0	7	29
CB Toi Cook	3	0	0.0	8	37
S Fred Bohannon	2	1	0.0	8	38
DE Bruce Clark	2	0	0.0	7	23
S Dextor Clinkscale	2	0	0.0	4	17
CB Preston Davis	2	0	0.0	5	17
CB Kevin Clark	2	0	0.0	6	24
OLB Milt McColl	1	0	0.0	11	38
DE Bob Kohrs	0	1	0.0	7	35
OLB Todd Seabaugh	0	1	0.0	5	22
DT Pete Koch	0	1	0.0	12	28

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
CB Ernest Gibson	1.0	0	0	22
S Leonard Smith	0.0	1	0	30
DT Dick Chapura	0.0	1	0	21
DE Keith Ferguson	0.0	0	2	21
DE Mike Hammerstein	0.0	0	1	11
ILB Vincent Brown	0.0	0	1	30

New England	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Reggie White	1.0	1	1	2	42
OLB Andrew Melontree	1.0	0	1	0	33
OLB Greg Gaines	1.0	0	0	0	6
DE Bruce Clark	0.0	1	0	0	23
DE Bob Kohrs	0.0	1	0	0	35
DT Pete Koch	0.0	1	0	0	28
DT Brad Shearer	0.0	0	1	0	22

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Selwyn Brown	4	0	18
ILB Vincent Brown	4	0	30
CB Jerry Gray	3	0	24
S Rod McSwain	1	2	24
DT Kent Kremer	1	0	17
DE Keith Ferguson	1	0	21
OLB Ken Woodard	1	0	9
ILB Mark Brown	1	0	6
CB Ernest Gibson	1	0	22
CB Victor Scott	1	0	14
S Jim Bowman	1	0	14
DE Tom Gibson	1	0	11
OLB Greg Lloyd	1	0	30
S Leonard Smith	0	1	30

New England	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Glenn Blackwood	4	1	0	28
OLB Andrew Melontree	4	0	0	33
CB Toi Cook	4	0	0	37
ILB Mark Dusbabek	3	2	0	37
S Mike Davis	2	0	0	42
CB Preston Davis	2	0	0	17
CB Kevin Clark	2	0	0	24
S Michael Stewart	1	0	1	29
DE Bruce Clark	1	0	0	23
OLB Greg Gaines	1	0	0	6
S Fred Bohannon	1	0	0	38
DE Reggie White	1	0	0	42
OLB Todd Seabaugh	0	1	0	22

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
John Scully	3	6	1	12	1	49
Trevor Matich	2	2	0	11	2	48
Luis Sharpe	1	1	0	10	0	43
Tommie Ginn	0	1	0	2	0	2
Larry Williams	0	1	0	2	0	12
Harris Barton	0	1	0	12	0	46

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Don Maggs	3	5	0	23	0	24
Randy Dixon	2	7	1	27	0	26
Ron Solt	2	3	0	25	0	25
Larry Tearry	1	5	0	19	0	18
Stan Edwards	1	2	0	24	0	24
Bennie Cunningham	1	1	0	29	0	28
Steve August	0	4	0	22	0	20
Bill Cherry	0	3	0	15	0	14
Duval Love	0	2	0	17	1	12

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Tony Paige	2	15
Curtis Duncan	2	10
DJ Dozier	1	18
Jim Bowman	1	13

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Sylvester Stamps	3	7
Carl Monroe	1	8
Tony Nathan	1	7

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
John Scully	12	49	---	---	6	67
Trevor Matich	11	48	---	---	6	65
Steve Bono	13	50	---	---	---	63
Greg Lloyd	---	---	31	30	2	63
Vincent Brown	---	---	22	30	9	61
Leonard Smith	---	---	27	30	2	59
Harris Barton	12	46	---	---	---	58
Curtis Duncan	8	38	---	---	10	56
Rod McSwain	---	---	27	24	3	54
Jerry Gray	---	---	29	24	1	54
Ken Dallafior	11	38	---	---	4	53
Luis Sharpe	10	43	---	---	---	53
Dick Chapura	---	---	25	21	4	50
Keith Ferguson	---	---	26	21	2	49
Ben Thomas	---	---	24	22	2	48
Victor Scott	---	---	17	14	16	47
Vance Johnson	8	35	---	---	3	46
Ernest Gibson	---	---	21	22	2	45
DJ Dozier	6	19	---	---	18	43
Jim Bowman	---	---	15	14	13	42
J.J. Birden	5	26	---	---	11	42
Tony Paige	6	20	---	---	15	41
Frank Pollard	7	31	---	---	1	39
Selwyn Brown	---	---	18	18	3	39
Mark Boyer	7	24	---	---	7	38
Roy Green	8	27	---	---	---	35
Robert Tyler	6	16	---	---	13	35
Kent Kremer	---	---	14	17	1	32
Gil Fenerty	4	14	---	---	11	29
Ken Woodard	---	---	9	9	8	26
Tom Gibson	---	---	13	11	2	26
Josh Moore	---	---	9	9	6	24
Mark Brown	---	---	7	6	6	19
Mike Hammerstein	---	---	8	11	---	19
Larry Williams	2	12	---	---	2	16
Fredd Young	---	---	11	1	3	15
Rollin Putzier	---	---	8	6	---	14
Jim Lachey	1	4	---	---	6	11
Paul Butcher	---	---	2	1	8	11
Dean Steinkuhler	3	7	---	---	---	10
John Bruhin	1	1	---	---	6	8
John Kidd	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tommie Ginn	2	2	---	---	---	4
Dale Dawson	0	0	---	---	2	2
David Archer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jeff Hostetler	0	0	---	---	---	0

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bennie Cunningham	29	28	---	---	8	65
Gary Kubiak	33	31	---	---	---	64
Lin Dawson	19	24	---	---	14	57
Stan Edwards	24	24	---	---	9	57
Ron Solt	25	25	---	---	5	55
Fred Bohannon	---	---	8	38	8	54
Reggie White	---	---	12	42	---	54
Andrew Melontree	---	---	8	33	12	53
Randy Dixon	27	26	---	---	---	53
Mike Davis	---	---	9	42	1	52
Mark Dusbabek	---	---	11	37	2	50
Milt McColl	---	---	11	38	---	49
Don Maggs	23	24	---	---	---	47
Steve August	22	20	---	---	4	46
Toi Cook	---	---	8	37	---	45
Daryl Smith	---	---	7	28	8	43
Bob Kohrs	---	---	7	35	---	42
Tony Nathan	15	19	---	---	7	41
Pete Koch	---	---	12	28	---	40
Larry Tearry	19	18	---	---	2	39
Mike Wilson	21	18	---	---	---	39
Vince Stroth	17	16	---	---	6	39
Kevin Clark	---	---	6	24	8	38
Michael Stewart	---	---	7	29	2	38
Bruce Clark	---	---	7	23	6	36
Carl Monroe	16	12	---	---	8	36
Glenn Blackwood	---	---	5	28	2	35
Duval Love	17	12	---	---	6	35
Todd Seabaugh	---	---	5	22	7	34
Carl Roaches	10	9	---	---	14	33
Bill Cherry	15	14	---	---	3	32
Dextor Clinkscale	---	---	4	17	10	31
Brad Shearer	---	---	2	22	6	30
Sylvester Stamps	16	7	---	---	7	30
Larry Heater	2	5	---	---	19	26
Preston Davis	---	---	5	17	---	22
Herbert Harris	4	5	---	---	13	22
Greg Gaines	---	---	5	6	3	14
John Anderson	---	---	4	4	5	13
Terry LeCount	9	4	---	---	---	13
Allan Leavitt	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rick Engles	0	0	---	---	4	4
Mike Wood	0	0	---	---	2	2
Erik Kramer	0	0	---	---	2	2
Steve Rivera	0	0	---	---	1	1
Chris Miller	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	36	7.2
Middle	7	17	2.4
Right	1	-1	-1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	78	7.1
Middle	5	13	2.6
Right	16	54	3.4
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Bono	47	26	2	2	7	4	3	2	1

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gary Kubiak	30	21	2	0	0	3	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	6	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	12	81	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	9	103	5.4
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	51	17.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	4	48	12.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	12	93	6.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	4	42	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	34	34.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Curtis Duncan	14	7	3	55	0	38
WR Roy Green	11	5	1	54	0	27
WR Vance Johnson	11	8	1	91	2	35
WR J.J. Birden	6	3	1	29	0	26
TE Mark Boyer	3	1	1	3	0	24
RB DJ Dozier	1	1	0	3	0	19
TE Robert Tyler	1	1	0	6	0	16

New England	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Tony Nathan	5	3	23	0	19
WR Mike Wilson	5	3	22	0	18
TE Lin Dawson	4	4	49	1	24
FB Stan Edwards	4	4	28	0	24
WR Carl Monroe	4	2	52	1	12
TE Bennie Cunningham	3	2	11	0	28
WR Carl Roaches	2	1	4	0	9
WR Herbert Harris	2	1	15	0	5
WR Terry LeCount	1	1	13	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Frank Pollard	1	1	1.00	3.71

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Gary Kubiak	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00
Sylvester Stamps	1	1	1.00	3.60

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Bono	5	3	22	4.40	5.13

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gary Kubiak	7	4	20	2.86	7.23

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Curtis Duncan	2	1	10	5.00	3.93
WR Roy Green	1	1	9	9.00	4.91
TE Mark Boyer	1	0	0	0.00	1.00
WR Vance Johnson	1	1	3	3.00	8.27

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Tony Nathan	3	1	5	1.67	4.60
WR Mike Wilson	2	1	6	3.00	4.40
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	3	3.00	12.25
FB Stan Edwards	1	1	6	6.00	7.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Frank Pollard	2	2

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Sylvester Stamps	4	3
Tony Nathan	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Bono	12	7	4

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gary Kubiak	7	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Curtis Duncan	4	3	2
WR Roy Green	3	1	0
WR Vance Johnson	3	1	0
WR J.J. Birden	2	2	2

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bennie Cunningham	1	1	0
RB Tony Nathan	1	1	1
WR Carl Roaches	1	1	0
TE Lin Dawson	1	1	1
WR Mike Wilson	1	0	0
WR Carl Monroe	1	0	0
WR Herbert Harris	1	0	0

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

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