Week 11, 1997

played in St. Louis, MO

55 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

San Francisco 49ers	10	7	10	3	-	30
St. Louis Cardinals	7	7	0	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:04 STL - Cris Carter 19 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
1Q: 04:57 SFO - Steve Christie 24 field goal
1Q: 01:29 SFO - Joe Horn 26 pass from Jason Woodard (Steve Christie extra point)
2Q: 08:42 STL - Cris Carter 18 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
2Q: 02:21 SFO - Joe Horn 38 pass from Jason Woodard (Steve Christie extra point)
3Q: 09:23 SFO - Steve Christie 28 field goal
3Q: 02:25 SFO - Jerome Bettis 16 run (Steve Christie extra point)
4Q: 01:48 SFO - Steve Christie 32 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:04 STL - Cris Carter 19 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
1Q: 04:57 SFO - Steve Christie 24 field goal
1Q: 01:29 SFO - Joe Horn 26 pass from Jason Woodard (Steve Christie extra point)
2Q: 08:42 STL - Cris Carter 18 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
2Q: 02:21 SFO - Joe Horn 38 pass from Jason Woodard (Steve Christie extra point)
3Q: 09:23 SFO - Steve Christie 28 field goal
3Q: 02:25 SFO - Jerome Bettis 16 run (Steve Christie extra point)
4Q: 01:48 SFO - Steve Christie 32 field goal

Team Statistics SFO STL
Record 6-4 3-7
First Downs 21 14
- by Rushing 11 2
- by Passing 10 12
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 443 323
- Offensive Plays 73 61
- Yards per Play 6.07 5.30
Net Rushing Yards 222 66
- Rushing Attempts 45 15
- Yards per Rush 4.93 4.40
Net Passing Yards 221 257
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 19 - 2 43 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 227 273
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 7.89 5.59
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/18 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.1 8.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 4/35 2/20
Punt Returns/Yards 4/70 2/14
Kick Returns/Yards 2/47 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/30
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 25
Time of Possession 35:40 24:20

Team Statistics	SFO	STL
Record	6-4	3-7
First Downs	21	14
- by Rushing	11	2
- by Passing	10	12
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	443	323
- Offensive Plays	73	61
- Yards per Play	6.07	5.30
Net Rushing Yards	222	66
- Rushing Attempts	45	15
- Yards per Rush	4.93	4.40
Net Passing Yards	221	257
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 19 - 2	43 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	227	273
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	7.89	5.59
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/18	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.1	8.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	4/35	2/20
Punt Returns/Yards	4/70	2/14
Kick Returns/Yards	2/47	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/30
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 25
Time of Possession	35:40	24:20

Drive Charts

San Francisco 49ers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:56	OWN 35	3	2	Interception
1	10:56	6:05	OWN 22	11	71	Field Goal
1	4:02	2:48	50	6	50	Touchdown
2	15:00	1:33	OWN 42	3	3	Punt
2	8:32	2:23	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
2	4:20	2:20	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
3	13:41	4:25	OWN 40	8	49	Field Goal
3	6:10	4:01	OWN 22	9	78	Touchdown
3	1:40	0:12	OPP 33	1	0	Interception
3	0:26	1:25	OWN 23	3	4	Punt
4	12:03	6:44	OWN 17	13	43	Punt
4	4:34	2:51	OPP 38	6	23	Field Goal

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:04	2:08	OPP 40	5	40	Touchdown
1	4:51	0:49	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
1	1:14	1:14	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	13:27	4:55	OWN 17	11	83	Touchdown
2	6:09	1:49	OWN 23	5	37	Punt
2	2:00	2:00	OWN 20	6	44	Missed FG
3	15:00	1:19	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	9:16	3:06	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
3	2:09	0:29	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
3	1:28	1:02	OWN 40	3	-1	Punt
4	14:01	1:58	OWN 29	3	-4	Punt
4	5:19	0:45	OWN 20	5	18	Downs
4	1:43	1:43	OWN 20	7	66	Game

Game MVP: Brett Favre, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Warrick Dunn	27	146	5.41	24	3	0
Jerome Bettis	9	62	6.89	18	3	1
Tony Richardson	6	9	1.50	5	0	0
Jason Woodard	2	10	5.00	6	0	0
Aaron Hayden	1	-5	-5.00	-5	0	0

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Curtis Martin	9	17	1.89	7	0
Brett Favre	3	27	9.00	14	2
Charlie Garner	3	22	7.33	14	1

Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jason Woodard	27	19	227	1/6	2	38	2	89.6

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brett Favre	43	25	273	3/16	2	43	0	92.4

Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Joe Horn	5	6	104	20.80	43	38	2
RB Warrick Dunn	5	6	16	3.20	13	7	0
TE Kyle Brady	2	3	23	11.50	0	19	0
WR Wayne Chrebet	2	5	18	9.00	1	12	0
FB Tony Richardson	2	2	8	4.00	1	5	0
TE Shannon Sharpe	1	2	26	26.00	24	26	0
WR Shawn Jefferson	1	1	30	30.00	23	30	0
WR Chandler Bing	1	2	2	2.00	0	2	0

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cris Carter	6	9	63	10.50	8	19	2
TE Mark Chmura	4	7	23	5.75	9	14	0
RB Curtis Martin	4	6	35	8.75	37	30	0
WR Chris Cornell	3	7	48	16.00	0	43	0
WR Bobby Engram	3	3	51	17.00	30	28	0
TE Pat Carter	2	2	15	7.50	7	8	0
RB David Meggett	1	2	1	1.00	0	1	0
FB Zack Crockett	1	1	19	19.00	12	19	0
WR Michael Westbrook	1	5	18	18.00	2	18	0
RB Charlie Garner	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

San Francisco	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Steve Atwater	1	23	23.00	0
S Brock Marion	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

San Francisco	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

San Francisco	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Greg Montgomery	4	173	43.3	34.8	52	1

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Tyner	8	354	44.3	33.0	52	2

Kicking Statistics

San Francisco	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve Christie	3/3	0/0	0/0	32	3/3

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Adam Vinatieri	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tommy Kane	4	70	17.5	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
David Meggett	2	14	7.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

San Francisco	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chandler Bing	2	47	23.5	0

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

San Francisco	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ray Lewis	8	1	0.0	14	43
OLB William Thomas	6	1	1.0	13	41
CB Tyrone Williams	6	1	1.0	15	46
DT Stimpson Cat	3	3	0.0	14	34
S Cliff Martin	3	2	0.0	15	46
CB Al Harris	3	1	0.0	10	37
DE Lee Carter	2	0	1.0	12	38
S Willie Clay	2	0	0.0	13	46
CB Koby Thomas	2	0	0.0	13	41
S Travis Davis	2	0	0.0	4	6
DE James Jones	1	1	0.0	11	36
S Anthony Newman	1	0	0.0	4	17
DT Andreas Sims	1	0	0.0	8	26
WR Chandler Bing	1	0	---	---	---
WR Wayne Chrebet	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Mike Morton	1	0	0.0	4	6
DE Joe Johnson	0	1	0.0	3	8

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ben Wallace	10	6	0.0	45	28
S Steve Atwater	10	2	0.0	45	28
CB Richard Shelton	7	1	0.0	29	21
OLB Jason Gildon	6	1	0.0	36	17
DE Mike Fox	5	0	1.0	39	26
S Brock Marion	5	1	0.0	45	27
DT Nolan Harrison	3	2	0.0	34	19
CB Shawn Springs	2	3	0.0	43	24
DT Daryl Gardnener	2	1	0.0	24	12
S Ace Ventura	2	0	0.0	5	8
CB Darryl Pounds	2	0	0.0	40	26
DE Vernon Edwards	2	0	0.0	19	10
DT Santana Dotson	1	2	0.0	27	21
OLB Bosco Baracus	1	1	0.0	5	3
OLB Greg Lloyd	1	1	0.0	19	16
CB Bobby Taylor	1	1	0.0	7	4
DE Nathan Davis	1	1	0.0	32	17

Pass Rush Statistics

San Francisco	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB William Thomas	1.0	1	1	41
DE Lee Carter	1.0	0	0	38
CB Tyrone Williams	1.0	0	0	46
DE James Jones	0.0	1	0	36
DT Stimpson Cat	0.0	0	4	34
DE Joe Johnson	0.0	0	1	8

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Mike Fox	1.0	1	0	0	26
DE Nathan Davis	0.0	0	1	0	17

Pass Defense Statistics

San Francisco	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB William Thomas	5	2	41
ILB Ray Lewis	4	0	43
CB Koby Thomas	3	1	41
S Cliff Martin	3	1	46
CB Tyrone Williams	3	1	46
S Willie Clay	2	1	46
CB Al Harris	2	0	37
DE Lee Carter	1	0	38
S Travis Davis	1	0	6
OLB Mike Morton	1	0	6
S Anthony Newman	0	1	17

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Richard Shelton	5	1	0	21
ILB Ben Wallace	3	0	0	28
S Steve Atwater	2	0	1	28
OLB Jason Gildon	2	0	0	17
CB Shawn Springs	2	0	0	24
CB Darryl Pounds	1	1	0	26
S Brock Marion	1	0	1	27
OLB Greg Lloyd	1	0	0	16
DT Nolan Harrison	1	0	0	19
DE Vernon Edwards	1	0	0	10

Blocking Statistics

San Francisco	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Eric Harris	4	7	45	0	28
Adam Timmerman	3	14	45	1	28
Calvin Collins	3	5	45	0	28
Tarik Glenn	2	3	45	0	28
Mike Devlin	1	10	45	0	28
Tony Richardson	1	2	31	0	15
Kyle Brady	1	1	36	0	23
Shannon Sharpe	0	1	8	0	4

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
David Walker	1	3	15	1	46
Kent Hull	0	5	15	0	46
James Williams	0	4	15	2	46

Special Teams Tackles

San Francisco	Tackles	STPlays
Tony Richardson	1	17
Travis Davis	1	12

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Lake Dawson	2	19
Ace Ventura	2	15
Bosco Baracus	1	18
Scott Tyner	1	8

Participation

San Francisco	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Calvin Collins	45	28	---	---	7	80
Willie Clay	---	---	13	46	17	76
Mike Devlin	45	28	---	---	---	73
Eric Harris	45	28	---	---	---	73
Adam Timmerman	45	28	---	---	---	73
Jason Woodard	45	28	---	---	---	73
Tarik Glenn	45	28	---	---	---	73
Tyrone Williams	---	---	15	46	9	70
Wayne Chrebet	40	26	---	---	3	69
Joe Horn	43	26	---	---	---	69
Kyle Brady	36	23	---	---	8	67
Tony Richardson	31	15	---	---	17	63
Cliff Martin	---	---	15	46	1	62
Ray Lewis	---	---	14	43	1	58
Al Harris	---	---	10	37	10	57
William Thomas	---	---	13	41	2	56
Warrick Dunn	35	21	---	---	---	56
Koby Thomas	---	---	13	41	---	54
Lee Carter	---	---	12	38	3	53
Stimpson Cat	---	---	14	34	1	49
James Jones	---	---	11	36	1	48
Anthony Newman	---	---	4	17	23	44
Joe Bowden	---	---	4	10	26	40
Andreas Sims	---	---	8	26	1	35
Chandler Bing	12	11	---	---	11	34
Aaron Hayden	8	3	---	---	17	28
Bob Kuberski	---	---	4	14	6	24
Tommy Kane	0	1	---	---	21	22
Travis Davis	---	---	4	6	12	22
Shannon Sharpe	8	4	---	---	8	20
Joe Johnson	---	---	3	8	6	17
Patrick Fitzgerald	0	0	---	---	17	17
Shawn Jefferson	2	4	---	---	10	16
Jerome Bettis	10	6	---	---	---	16
Lance Johnstone	---	---	4	11	1	16
Steve Christie	0	0	---	---	10	10
Mike Morton	---	---	4	6	---	10
Abner Wilson	0	0	---	---	7	7
Ken Blackman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Vince Browning	0	0	---	---	7	7
Francisco Atkins	0	0	---	---	7	7
Greg Montgomery	0	0	---	---	4	4
Tony Graziani	0	0	---	---	3	3
Mike Barber	---	---	0	0	2	2
Willie Jackson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Eric Zeier	0	0	---	---	---	0

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Steve Atwater	---	---	45	28	4	77
Ben Wallace	---	---	45	28	3	76
Brock Marion	---	---	45	27	3	75
Mike Fox	---	---	39	26	5	70
David Walker	15	46	---	---	9	70
Shawn Springs	---	---	43	24	3	70
Darryl Pounds	---	---	40	26	3	69
Chris Cornell	10	41	---	---	14	65
Kent Hull	15	46	---	---	---	61
Nate Newton	15	46	---	---	---	61
Brett Favre	15	46	---	---	---	61
Henry Lush	15	46	---	---	---	61
James Williams	15	46	---	---	---	61
Cris Carter	15	44	---	---	---	59
Nolan Harrison	---	---	34	19	3	56
Jason Gildon	---	---	36	17	3	56
Mark Chmura	13	38	---	---	4	55
Richard Shelton	---	---	29	21	4	54
Nathan Davis	---	---	32	17	3	52
Santana Dotson	---	---	27	21	1	49
Charlie Garner	6	24	---	---	19	49
Greg Lloyd	---	---	19	16	8	43
Zack Crockett	10	24	---	---	9	43
Daryl Gardnener	---	---	24	12	4	40
Michael Westbrook	4	20	---	---	10	34
Vernon Edwards	---	---	19	10	4	33
Pat Carter	4	8	---	---	19	31
Curtis Martin	9	22	---	---	---	31
David Meggett	2	5	---	---	22	29
Ace Ventura	---	---	5	8	15	28
Bosco Baracus	---	---	5	3	18	26
Bobby Taylor	---	---	7	4	15	26
Lake Dawson	0	0	---	---	19	19
Bobby Engram	2	4	---	---	8	14
Jim Hairston	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tony Berti	0	0	---	---	9	9
Wes Duke	0	0	---	---	9	9
David Ortiz	0	0	---	---	9	9
Scott Tyner	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mark Maddox	---	---	0	0	4	4
Adam Vinatieri	0	0	---	---	4	4
Lee Woodall	---	---	1	0	1	2
Steve Walsh	0	0	---	---	1	1
Richard Woodley	---	---	0	1	---	1
Rich Gannon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Brent Smith	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	31	2.6
Middle	26	138	5.3
Right	7	53	7.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	28	4.7
Middle	8	35	4.4
Right	1	3	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jason Woodard	27	19	5	1	1	2	1	0	2

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brett Favre	43	25	4	0	3	7	6	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	48	6.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	74	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	48	9.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	57	14.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	12	7	63	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	67	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	100	7.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	43	21.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Joe Horn	6	5	0	104	3	26
RB Warrick Dunn	6	5	1	16	0	21
WR Wayne Chrebet	5	2	0	18	0	26
TE Kyle Brady	3	2	0	23	0	23
TE Shannon Sharpe	2	1	0	26	1	4
WR Chandler Bing	2	1	0	2	0	11
FB Tony Richardson	2	2	0	8	0	15
WR Shawn Jefferson	1	1	0	30	1	4

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cris Carter	9	6	1	63	0	44
TE Mark Chmura	7	4	0	23	0	38
WR Chris Cornell	7	3	0	48	1	41
RB Curtis Martin	6	4	0	35	1	22
WR Michael Westbrook	5	1	2	18	0	20
WR Bobby Engram	3	3	0	51	2	4
TE Pat Carter	2	2	0	15	0	8
RB David Meggett	2	1	0	1	0	5
RB Charlie Garner	1	0	0	0	0	24
FB Zack Crockett	1	1	0	19	0	24

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Warrick Dunn	4	22	5.50	5.41
Jerome Bettis	2	24	12.00	6.89
Aaron Hayden	1	-5	-5.00	-5.00
Tony Richardson	1	-1	-1.00	1.50

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Curtis Martin	2	4	2.00	1.89

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jason Woodard	2	1	6	3.00	8.41

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brett Favre	2	2	37	18.50	6.35

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Warrick Dunn	2	1	6	3.00	2.67

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cris Carter	2	2	37	18.50	7.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

San Francisco	Rushes	Conversions
Jerome Bettis	3	1
Warrick Dunn	3	2
Jason Woodard	1	1

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Brett Favre	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

San Francisco	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jason Woodard	10	8	6

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brett Favre	12	7	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

San Francisco	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Joe Horn	3	3	3
RB Warrick Dunn	3	2	0
TE Shannon Sharpe	1	1	1
WR Shawn Jefferson	1	1	1
WR Chandler Bing	1	0	0
WR Wayne Chrebet	1	1	1

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Carter	4	3	3
WR Chris Cornell	3	1	1
TE Mark Chmura	2	1	1
RB Curtis Martin	1	1	0
WR Michael Westbrook	1	0	0
WR Bobby Engram	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,200 (21,400)
End Zone 14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,800 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,200 (21,400)
End Zone	14,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,400 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)