Week 1, 1992

played in Los Angeles, CA

86 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	7	0	10	-	17
Los Angeles Rams	3	10	6	0	-	19

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:17 LA - John Carney 19 field goal
2Q: 15:00 LA - Ricky Watters 9 run (John Carney extra point)
2Q: 10:49 LA - John Carney 30 field goal
2Q: 07:47 STL - Kelvin Martin 13 pass from Brett Favre (Dale Dawson extra point)
3Q: 06:58 LA - John Carney 18 field goal
3Q: 00:56 LA - John Carney 47 field goal
4Q: 12:56 STL - Cleveland Gary 33 pass from Brett Favre (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 06:54 STL - Dale Dawson 49 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:17 LA - John Carney 19 field goal
2Q: 15:00 LA - Ricky Watters 9 run (John Carney extra point)
2Q: 10:49 LA - John Carney 30 field goal
2Q: 07:47 STL - Kelvin Martin 13 pass from Brett Favre (Dale Dawson extra point)
3Q: 06:58 LA - John Carney 18 field goal
3Q: 00:56 LA - John Carney 47 field goal
4Q: 12:56 STL - Cleveland Gary 33 pass from Brett Favre (Dale Dawson extra point)
4Q: 06:54 STL - Dale Dawson 49 field goal

Team Statistics STL LA
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 14 28
- by Rushing 1 10
- by Passing 13 18
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 268 526
- Offensive Plays 54 81
- Yards per Play 4.96 6.49
Net Rushing Yards 23 124
- Rushing Attempts 6 39
- Yards per Rush 3.83 3.18
Net Passing Yards 245 402
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 17 - 1 40 - 31 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 277 416
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/32 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 5.10 9.57
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.6 6.9
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/1
Penalties/Yards 4/25 6/52
Punt Returns/Yards 1/10 1/5
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 1/13 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/4
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 22
Time of Possession 18:46 41:14

Team Statistics	STL	LA
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	14	28
- by Rushing	1	10
- by Passing	13	18
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	268	526
- Offensive Plays	54	81
- Yards per Play	4.96	6.49
Net Rushing Yards	23	124
- Rushing Attempts	6	39
- Yards per Rush	3.83	3.18
Net Passing Yards	245	402
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 17 - 1	40 - 31 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	277	416
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/32	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	5.10	9.57
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	9/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.6	6.9
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/1
Penalties/Yards	4/25	6/52
Punt Returns/Yards	1/10	1/5
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	1/13	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/4
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 22
Time of Possession	18:46	41:14

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:27	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
1	7:09	1:18	OWN 20	5	29	Punt
2	14:53	0:32	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	10:43	1:29	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
2	9:14	1:37	OPP 38	5	38	Touchdown
2	3:11	2:11	OWN 38	8	45	Interception
3	13:38	0:23	OWN 35	3	0	Punt
3	6:53	0:59	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	0:51	3:09	OWN 20	8	80	Touchdown
4	10:06	3:17	OWN 37	6	31	Field Goal
4	1:52	1:35	OWN 28	7	30	Missed FG

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:33	5:24	OWN 13	10	85	Field Goal
1	5:51	5:58	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	14:21	3:38	OWN 36	7	51	Field Goal
2	7:37	4:26	OWN 20	11	42	Downs
2	1:00	1:00	OWN 3	3	30	Half
3	15:00	1:22	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
3	13:15	6:22	OWN 27	11	72	Field Goal
3	5:54	5:03	OWN 25	9	45	Field Goal
4	12:42	2:36	OWN 12	5	56	Interception
4	6:49	4:57	OWN 20	10	52	Fumble
4	0:17	0:17	OWN 49	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Steve Young, Los Angeles Rams

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cleveland Gary	4	19	4.75	11	1	0
Johnny Bailey	2	4	2.00	6	0	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Ricky Watters	28	91	3.25	12	3	1
Blake Ezor	6	6	1.00	7	0	0
Steve Young	3	23	7.67	16	1	0
Larry Moriarty	2	4	2.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brett Favre	43	17	277	5/32	2	33	1	67.7

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve Young	40	31	416	2/14	0	47	1	99.6

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cris Carter	7	16	122	17.43	58	30	0
RB Cleveland Gary	5	7	85	17.00	68	33	1
WR Kelvin Martin	4	11	65	16.25	25	19	1
WR Eddie Vedder	1	3	5	5.00	0	5	0
FB Tony Paige	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Vance Johnson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
RB Johnny Bailey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Mike Sherrard	10	14	111	11.10	67	35
WR Jerry Rice	8	9	150	18.75	14	47
RB Ricky Watters	5	5	66	13.20	41	19
TE KD Dunn	2	3	31	15.50	18	32
WR Titus Dixon	2	3	10	5.00	0	6
WR Grady Simpson	2	3	27	13.50	13	18
FB Larry Moriarty	1	2	18	18.00	18	18
RB Dean Dingle	1	1	3	3.00	0	3

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Vincent Brown	1	13	13.00	0

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Levon Kirkland	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Brett Favre	1	0	0
Luis Sharpe	0	1	0
Cleveland Gary	0	1	0
Nolan Harrison	0	1	0
Rod McSwain	0	0	1
Nick Subis	0	0	1

Los Angeles	Fumb	Force
Jarvis Williams	1	0
Ricky Watters	1	0
Darrell Green	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Larry Sanders	6	279	46.5	42.3	52	0

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rich Camarillo	1	46	46.0	36.0	46	0

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dale Dawson	1/2	1/2	0/1	49	2/2

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Carney	4/4	1/1	0/0	47	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jake Reed	1	10	10.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jarvis Williams	1	5	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod McSwain	1	22	22.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Vincent Brown	11	1	0.0	39	42
OLB Greg Lloyd	10	5	1.0	37	38
S Darren Woodson	8	2	0.0	38	42
OLB Galand Thaxton	6	0	0.5	30	28
S Rod McSwain	6	1	0.0	24	32
CB Kerry Glenn	5	5	0.0	38	41
CB Steve Lofton	5	0	0.0	35	39
DE Mel Agee	4	0	0.0	21	15
CB Dion Lambert	3	4	0.0	24	28
ILB Jeff Mills	3	1	0.0	15	10
DT Rollin Putzier	2	0	0.0	15	16
DT Nolan Harrison	1	3	0.5	20	22
DE Vera De Milo	1	2	0.0	24	26
S Leonard Smith	1	1	0.0	4	8
S Darren Perry	1	1	0.0	19	18
OLB Mike Singletary	1	0	0.0	2	4
WR Cris Carter	1	0	---	---	---
DE Aaron Jones	1	0	0.0	18	27
DT Alfred Oglesby	1	0	0.0	20	20

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Darrell Green	4	0	2.0	6	47
S Steve Atwater	4	0	0.0	6	48
S Deron Cherry	3	0	1.0	6	48
ILB Levon Kirkland	3	2	0.0	6	47
CB Jarvis Williams	3	1	0.0	4	41
OLB Lonnie Marts	3	0	0.0	6	48
DE Shane Curry	2	0	1.0	6	43
CB Frank Simmons	2	0	0.0	6	44
DT Esera Ruaolo	1	0	1.0	4	19
CB Jerry Gray	1	0	0.0	0	8
TE Austyn Smith	1	0	---	---	---
DT Gerald Williams	0	1	0.0	1	19

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Greg Lloyd	1.0	0	38
OLB Galand Thaxton	0.5	1	28
DT Nolan Harrison	0.5	0	22
DE Aaron Jones	0.0	1	27
DE Vera De Milo	0.0	1	26

Los Angeles	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
CB Darrell Green	2.0	0	0	47
DE Shane Curry	1.0	2	3	43
S Deron Cherry	1.0	0	0	48
DT Esera Ruaolo	1.0	0	0	19
DT Brian Sochia	0.0	1	2	33
DE Donnie Gardner	0.0	1	1	35
DE John Shannon	0.0	0	1	13
ILB Levon Kirkland	0.0	0	1	47

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Vincent Brown	7	0	1	42
OLB Greg Lloyd	6	0	0	38
CB Kerry Glenn	5	1	0	41
S Darren Woodson	5	1	0	42
CB Steve Lofton	3	0	0	39
S Leonard Smith	1	0	0	8
S Rod McSwain	1	0	0	32
OLB Galand Thaxton	1	0	0	28
ILB Jeff Mills	1	0	0	10
S Darren Perry	1	0	0	18
CB Dion Lambert	0	2	0	28

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Lonnie Marts	4	0	0	48
CB Jarvis Williams	3	1	0	41
CB Frank Simmons	3	1	0	44
S Deron Cherry	2	1	0	48
S Steve Atwater	2	0	0	48
CB Darrell Green	1	2	0	47
ILB Levon Kirkland	1	0	1	47
CB Jerry Gray	1	0	0	8

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Larry Williams	1	1	6	2	48
Harris Barton	1	1	6	1	48
Courtney Hall	0	3	6	0	48
Luis Sharpe	0	1	6	2	48

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Patrick Salonen	7	9	0	39	0	42
Paul Gruber	3	6	0	39	1	42
Jumbo Elliott	2	8	1	39	0	42
Mike Withycombe	0	9	0	39	1	42
John Flannery	0	3	0	39	0	42
Art Ferguson	0	1	0	11	0	7

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Nick Subis	1	8

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Sherrard	1	16
Larry Moriarty	1	8

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve Lofton	---	---	35	39	14	88
Vincent Brown	---	---	39	42	4	85
Kerry Glenn	---	---	38	41	4	83
Darren Woodson	---	---	38	42	3	83
Greg Lloyd	---	---	37	38	5	80
Rod McSwain	---	---	24	32	10	66
Luis Sharpe	6	48	---	---	8	62
Larry Williams	6	48	---	---	8	62
Galand Thaxton	---	---	30	28	3	61
Dion Lambert	---	---	24	28	4	56
Nate Newton	6	48	---	---	---	54
Harris Barton	6	48	---	---	---	54
Cris Carter	6	48	---	---	---	54
Courtney Hall	6	48	---	---	---	54
Brett Favre	6	48	---	---	---	54
Vera De Milo	---	---	24	26	3	53
Darren Perry	---	---	19	18	14	51
Aaron Jones	---	---	18	27	4	49
Johnny Bailey	2	26	---	---	19	47
Kelvin Martin	3	40	---	---	1	44
Nolan Harrison	---	---	20	22	2	44
Alfred Oglesby	---	---	20	20	3	43
Ken Griffey	3	38	---	---	---	41
Tony Paige	0	23	---	---	14	37
Mel Agee	---	---	21	15	1	37
Vance Johnson	5	21	---	---	10	36
Rollin Putzier	---	---	15	16	2	33
Jeff Mills	---	---	15	10	6	31
Leonard Smith	---	---	4	8	16	28
Cleveland Gary	4	22	---	---	---	26
Gregg Carr	---	---	6	6	11	23
Alfred Pupunu	1	5	---	---	17	23
Carwell Gardner	1	6	---	---	14	21
Eddie Vedder	4	11	---	---	---	15
Jake Reed	1	0	---	---	13	14
Mike Singletary	---	---	2	4	2	8
Jeff Spek	0	0	---	---	8	8
Nick Subis	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bernard Dafney	0	0	---	---	8	8
Larry Sanders	0	0	---	---	8	8
Dale Dawson	0	0	---	---	6	6
Don Mosebar	0	0	---	---	---	0
David Archer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Marsharne Graves	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rodney Peete	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kevin Robbins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Mike Withycombe	39	42	---	---	5	86
Mike Sherrard	34	34	---	---	16	84
Steve Young	39	42	---	---	---	81
Jumbo Elliott	39	42	---	---	---	81
Paul Gruber	39	42	---	---	---	81
John Flannery	39	42	---	---	---	81
Patrick Salonen	39	42	---	---	---	81
Jerry Rice	37	40	---	---	1	78
Jarvis Williams	---	---	4	41	29	74
Steve Atwater	---	---	6	48	13	67
Lonnie Marts	---	---	6	48	13	67
Ricky Watters	32	33	---	---	---	65
KD Dunn	22	25	---	---	10	57
Deron Cherry	---	---	6	48	2	56
Darrell Green	---	---	6	47	2	55
Levon Kirkland	---	---	6	47	2	55
Frank Simmons	---	---	6	44	2	52
Shane Curry	---	---	6	43	2	51
Titus Dixon	20	20	---	---	7	47
Brian Sochia	---	---	6	33	4	43
Donnie Gardner	---	---	5	35	2	42
Larry Moriarty	10	17	---	---	8	35
Blake Ezor	9	9	---	---	15	33
Tom Flynn	---	---	1	16	12	29
Gerald Williams	---	---	1	19	5	25
Esera Ruaolo	---	---	4	19	1	24
Dean Dingle	11	11	---	---	2	24
Art Ferguson	11	7	---	---	6	24
John Shannon	---	---	1	13	6	20
Jerry Gray	---	---	0	8	10	18
Cosmo Kramer	0	4	---	---	14	18
Austyn Smith	2	1	---	---	15	18
Grady Simpson	7	9	---	---	---	16
Alonzo Spellman	---	---	0	14	---	14
Aaron Wallace	---	---	0	1	10	11
John Carney	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brett Collins	---	---	2	4	4	10
Joe Conwell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Steve Dawkins	0	0	---	---	5	5
Henry Lush	0	0	---	---	5	5
Jonas McIntyre	0	0	---	---	5	5
Peter Tom Willis	0	0	---	---	4	4
Rich Camarillo	0	0	---	---	1	1
Jeff Rutledge	0	0	---	---	---	0
Craig Shaffer	---	---	0	0	---	0
Jeff Pahukoa	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	3	12	4.0
Right	3	11	3.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	32	5.3
Middle	21	79	3.8
Right	11	14	1.3
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brett Favre	43	17	5	2	4	5	8	0	1

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve Young	40	31	6	0	1	4	3	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	60	10.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	133	11.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	64	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	9	1	20	2.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	69	11.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	16	164	7.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	8	136	12.4
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	47	23.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cris Carter	16	7	1	122	3	48
WR Kelvin Martin	11	4	1	65	0	40
RB Cleveland Gary	7	5	0	85	2	22
WR Eddie Vedder	3	1	1	5	0	11
FB Tony Paige	2	0	1	0	0	23
WR Vance Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	21
RB Johnny Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	26

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Mike Sherrard	14	10	1	111	3	34
WR Jerry Rice	9	8	0	150	2	40
RB Ricky Watters	5	5	0	66	0	33
TE KD Dunn	3	2	0	31	1	25
WR Titus Dixon	3	2	0	10	0	20
WR Grady Simpson	3	2	0	27	0	9
FB Larry Moriarty	2	1	0	18	0	17
RB Dean Dingle	1	1	0	3	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cleveland Gary	1	0	0.00	4.75

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ricky Watters	5	10	2.00	3.25
Larry Moriarty	2	4	2.00	2.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brett Favre	2	1	13	6.50	6.44

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve Young	6	4	9	1.50	10.40

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cris Carter	1	0	0	0.00	7.63
WR Kelvin Martin	1	1	13	13.00	5.91

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Mike Sherrard	3	2	6	2.00	7.93
FB Larry Moriarty	1	0	0	0.00	9.00
TE KD Dunn	1	1	-1	-1.00	10.33
WR Jerry Rice	1	1	4	4.00	16.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Ricky Watters	3	3
Larry Moriarty	1	0
Steve Young	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brett Favre	12	4	3

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve Young	9	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Carter	4	2	2
WR Kelvin Martin	4	1	1
WR Eddie Vedder	2	1	0
FB Tony Paige	1	0	0

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Mike Sherrard	3	3	0
WR Titus Dixon	3	2	2
TE KD Dunn	1	1	1
WR Jerry Rice	1	1	1
RB Dean Dingle	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 79,000 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,700 (25,300)
End Zone 14,100 (18,200)
Mezzanine 8,600 (10,500)
Sideline Seats 12,700 (16,100)
Club Seats 16,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes 7,600 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	79,000 (99,900 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,700 (25,300)
End Zone	14,100 (18,200)
Mezzanine	8,600 (10,500)
Sideline Seats	12,700 (16,100)
Club Seats	16,300 (19,900)
Luxury Boxes	7,600 (9,900)