Week 16, 1997

played in Houston, AL

50 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	7	3	6	6	-	22
Houston Texans	0	3	0	7	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:41 STL - Chris Cornell 75 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
2Q: 07:20 STL - Adam Vinatieri 20 field goal
2Q: 00:03 HOU - Chris Jacke 45 field goal
3Q: 11:40 STL - Adam Vinatieri 31 field goal
3Q: 09:45 STL - Adam Vinatieri 38 field goal
4Q: 14:17 HOU - Terrell Owens 8 pass from Kerry Collins (Chris Jacke extra point)
4Q: 10:40 STL - Charlie Garner 36 run (Charlie Garner run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:41 STL - Chris Cornell 75 pass from Brett Favre (Adam Vinatieri extra point)
2Q: 07:20 STL - Adam Vinatieri 20 field goal
2Q: 00:03 HOU - Chris Jacke 45 field goal
3Q: 11:40 STL - Adam Vinatieri 31 field goal
3Q: 09:45 STL - Adam Vinatieri 38 field goal
4Q: 14:17 HOU - Terrell Owens 8 pass from Kerry Collins (Chris Jacke extra point)
4Q: 10:40 STL - Charlie Garner 36 run (Charlie Garner run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics STL HOU
Record 7-8 9-6
First Downs 13 20
- by Rushing 5 9
- by Passing 6 11
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 295 361
- Offensive Plays 65 66
- Yards per Play 4.54 5.47
Net Rushing Yards 84 116
- Rushing Attempts 23 30
- Yards per Rush 3.65 3.87
Net Passing Yards 211 245
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 37 - 21 - 1 34 - 18 - 6
- Gross Passing Yards 238 257
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/27 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 5.02 6.81
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/19 3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/1
Penalties/Yards 4/30 5/37
Punt Returns/Yards 4/13 1/6
Kick Returns/Yards 2/69 1/21
Interception Ret./Yards 6/54 1/0
2pt Conversions 1/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/3 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 40 OWN 19
Time of Possession 28:47 31:13

Team Statistics	STL	HOU
Record	7-8	9-6
First Downs	13	20
- by Rushing	5	9
- by Passing	6	11
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	295	361
- Offensive Plays	65	66
- Yards per Play	4.54	5.47
Net Rushing Yards	84	116
- Rushing Attempts	23	30
- Yards per Rush	3.65	3.87
Net Passing Yards	211	245
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	37 - 21 - 1	34 - 18 - 6
- Gross Passing Yards	238	257
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/27	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	5.02	6.81
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/19	3/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	9.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/1
Penalties/Yards	4/30	5/37
Punt Returns/Yards	4/13	1/6
Kick Returns/Yards	2/69	1/21
Interception Ret./Yards	6/54	1/0
2pt Conversions	1/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/3	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 40	OWN 19
Time of Possession	28:47	31:13

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:46	OWN 40	3	2	Punt
1	10:20	0:55	OWN 26	2	74	Touchdown
1	6:54	2:57	OWN 20	7	29	Punt
2	13:32	1:08	OPP 42	3	-9	Punt
2	11:05	3:51	OPP 47	9	44	Field Goal
2	5:20	0:59	OWN 40	3	-2	Punt
2	2:00	1:37	OWN 2	6	13	Interception
3	14:07	2:35	OWN 37	6	49	Field Goal
3	10:39	0:59	OPP 20	3	-1	Field Goal
3	6:49	2:03	OPP 46	3	-3	Punt
3	2:43	0:46	OWN 30	3	-1	Punt
4	14:09	3:41	OWN 43	6	57	Touchdown
4	8:53	2:00	OWN 46	3	8	Punt
4	3:48	3:48	OWN 40	9	22	Game

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:14	2:54	OWN 4	5	17	Punt
1	9:25	2:31	OWN 20	4	17	Punt
1	3:57	5:25	OWN 5	9	46	Interception
2	12:24	1:19	OWN 6	3	-4	Punt
2	7:14	1:54	OWN 20	6	49	Interception
2	4:21	2:21	OWN 18	7	58	Interception
2	0:23	0:23	OPP 30	1	2	Field Goal
3	15:00	0:53	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	11:32	0:53	OWN 20	2	0	Interception
3	9:40	2:51	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
3	4:46	2:03	OWN 7	5	20	Punt
3	1:57	2:48	OWN 33	6	67	Touchdown
4	10:28	1:35	OWN 20	3	23	Interception
4	6:53	3:05	OWN 9	9	49	Interception

Game MVP: Richard Shelton, St. Louis Cardinals

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Curtis Martin	10	32	3.20	12	1	0
Charlie Garner	9	45	5.00	36	1	1
Brett Favre	3	7	2.33	10	1	0
Zack Crockett	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Bo Jackson	20	78	3.90	17	4
George Jones	9	36	4.00	12	2
Kerry Collins	1	2	2.00	2	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Brett Favre	37	21	238	5/27	1	75	1	73.9

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kerry Collins	34	18	257	2/12	1	30	6	47.9

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Chris Cornell	7	10	91	13.00	54	75	1
WR Michael Westbrook	4	6	76	19.00	1	40	0
WR Cris Carter	3	10	38	12.67	21	30	0
TE Pat Carter	2	2	7	3.50	0	4	0
FB Zack Crockett	2	2	6	3.00	8	9	0
TE Mark Chmura	1	3	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
RB Curtis Martin	1	2	10	10.00	6	10	0
WR Bobby Engram	1	2	12	12.00	0	12	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Terrell Owens	6	9	104	17.33	34	29	1
WR James Jett	4	10	49	12.25	19	28	0
TE Dwayne Carswell	3	4	21	7.00	0	12	0
RB Bo Jackson	2	6	17	8.50	1	9	0
WR Carl Pickens	2	2	42	21.00	7	30	0
FB Harold Green	1	1	24	24.00	19	24	0
WR Bruce Hill	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Keith Poole	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Richard Shelton	2	26	13.00
S Brock Marion	2	15	7.50
S Steve Atwater	1	13	13.00
ILB Ben Wallace	1	0	0.00

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Tedy Bruschi	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Chris Cornell	1	0	0	0
Brett Favre	0	1	0	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Emmanuel McDaniel	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Tyner	7	312	44.6	43.7	54	6

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Harry Newsome	6	289	48.2	42.7	63	0

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Adam Vinatieri	3/3	0/0	0/0	38	1/1

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Jacke	1/1	1/1	0/0	45	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
David Meggett	3	10	3.3	0
Bobby Engram	1	3	3.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bruce Hill	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Cornell	2	69	34.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bruce Hill	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Ben Wallace	10	1	0.0	30	36
S Steve Atwater	7	6	0.0	30	36
S Brock Marion	5	0	0.0	29	36
DT Daryl Gardnener	4	0	0.5	24	27
OLB Greg Lloyd	4	1	0.0	15	12
CB Darryl Pounds	4	0	0.0	27	32
OLB Jason Gildon	3	1	0.0	22	23
CB Richard Shelton	3	0	0.0	25	32
DT Nolan Harrison	2	1	1.0	20	29
CB Richard Woodley	2	4	0.0	20	31
DE Vernon Edwards	2	1	0.0	9	11
DE Jeff Cross	1	2	0.5	22	25
S Ace Ventura	1	1	0.0	8	7
DT Santana Dotson	1	0	0.0	15	19
WR Chris Cornell	1	0	---	---	---
DE Nathan Davis	0	2	0.0	23	26
OLB Bosco Baracus	0	1	0.0	0	6
CB Bobby Taylor	0	1	0.0	8	8

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Le Roy Butler	6	2	0.0	20	40
ILB Marvin Jones	5	2	1.0	16	17
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	5	1	0.0	21	27
ILB Tedy Bruschi	4	1	0.0	23	36
OLB Mo Lewis	4	0	0.0	18	38
CB Dexter McCleon	4	0	0.0	22	36
OLB Ricardo McDonald	3	1	1.5	18	33
DE Kevin Carter	3	2	0.5	19	27
DT Bert Tharpe	3	0	0.0	15	21
RB Bo Jackson	2	0	---	---	---
CB Nate Clune	2	0	0.0	6	32
WR Terrell Owens	2	0	---	---	---
DT David Rocker	1	0	1.0	4	23
DE Daryl King	1	0	1.0	10	27
S Sam Shade	1	1	0.0	21	40
WR Bruce Hill	1	0	---	---	---
CB Donnell Woolford	1	0	0.0	4	18
OLB Martin Bishop	1	0	0.0	6	5
WR James Jett	1	0	---	---	---
CB Vinnie Clark	0	1	0.0	3	2
DT Gilbert Brown	0	1	0.0	9	21

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Nolan Harrison	1.0	1	0	29
DE Jeff Cross	0.5	1	1	25
DT Daryl Gardnener	0.5	0	0	27
DE Nathan Davis	0.0	2	0	26
DE Vernon Edwards	0.0	1	0	11

Houston	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Ricardo McDonald	1.5	0	0	33
DE Daryl King	1.0	2	1	27
DT David Rocker	1.0	0	0	23
ILB Marvin Jones	1.0	0	0	17
DE Kevin Carter	0.5	2	1	27

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Darryl Pounds	4	1	0	32
OLB Greg Lloyd	4	0	0	12
S Steve Atwater	3	0	1	36
CB Richard Shelton	2	1	2	32
ILB Ben Wallace	2	1	1	36
OLB Jason Gildon	2	0	0	23
S Brock Marion	1	0	2	36
CB Richard Woodley	0	1	0	31

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Emmanuel McDaniel	5	0	0	27
OLB Mo Lewis	4	0	0	38
S Le Roy Butler	3	2	0	40
CB Donnell Woolford	2	2	0	18
CB Dexter McCleon	2	1	0	36
ILB Tedy Bruschi	1	1	1	36
ILB Marvin Jones	1	1	0	17
CB Nate Clune	1	1	0	32
S Sam Shade	1	1	0	40
DT Bert Tharpe	1	0	0	21

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Kent Hull	2	4	23	1	42
Nate Newton	1	7	23	4	42
James Williams	1	4	23	0	42
David Walker	1	2	23	0	42
Henry Lush	0	2	23	0	42
Zack Crockett	0	1	11	0	19

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ellison Onizuka	5	9	30	0	36
Gary Zimmerman	4	8	30	1	36
Sale Isaia	1	5	30	0	36
Jim Dombrowski	1	4	30	1	36
Harold Green	0	1	3	0	4
Tommy Vardell	0	1	18	0	18
Todd Steussie	0	1	30	0	36

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Lake Dawson	2	18

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Bruce Hill	4	20
Carl Pickens	1	19
Derek Cook	1	7

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
David Walker	23	42	---	---	10	75
Steve Atwater	---	---	30	36	2	68
Ben Wallace	---	---	30	36	1	67
Brock Marion	---	---	29	36	1	66
Kent Hull	23	42	---	---	---	65
Nate Newton	23	42	---	---	---	65
Brett Favre	23	42	---	---	---	65
Henry Lush	23	42	---	---	---	65
James Williams	23	42	---	---	---	65
Cris Carter	20	41	---	---	---	61
Chris Cornell	18	34	---	---	9	61
Darryl Pounds	---	---	27	32	1	60
Richard Shelton	---	---	25	32	2	59
Mark Chmura	17	31	---	---	8	56
Daryl Gardnener	---	---	24	27	4	55
Charlie Garner	12	21	---	---	20	53
Richard Woodley	---	---	20	31	1	52
Nathan Davis	---	---	23	26	3	52
Nolan Harrison	---	---	20	29	1	50
Jeff Cross	---	---	22	25	1	48
Jason Gildon	---	---	22	23	---	45
Zack Crockett	11	19	---	---	12	42
Santana Dotson	---	---	15	19	---	34
Pat Carter	8	9	---	---	16	33
David Meggett	5	5	---	---	23	33
Michael Westbrook	9	22	---	---	2	33
Greg Lloyd	---	---	15	12	5	32
Curtis Martin	11	21	---	---	---	32
Bobby Taylor	---	---	8	8	15	31
Ace Ventura	---	---	8	7	13	28
Bosco Baracus	---	---	0	6	21	27
Vernon Edwards	---	---	9	11	6	26
Bobby Engram	3	7	---	---	14	24
Lake Dawson	1	0	---	---	18	19
Tony Berti	0	0	---	---	10	10
Wes Duke	0	0	---	---	10	10
David Ortiz	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brent Smith	0	0	---	---	10	10
Adam Vinatieri	0	0	---	---	9	9
Scott Tyner	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mark Maddox	---	---	0	0	6	6
Lee Woodall	---	---	3	0	1	4
Steve Walsh	0	0	---	---	3	3
Doug Riesenberg	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rich Gannon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Je-rod Cherry	---	---	0	0	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Emmanuel McDaniel	---	---	21	27	26	74
Gary Zimmerman	30	36	---	---	7	73
Sale Isaia	30	36	---	---	7	73
Jim Dombrowski	30	36	---	---	---	66
Ellison Onizuka	30	36	---	---	---	66
Todd Steussie	30	36	---	---	---	66
Kerry Collins	30	36	---	---	---	66
Le Roy Butler	---	---	20	40	3	63
Dwayne Carswell	23	32	---	---	8	63
Sam Shade	---	---	21	40	2	63
Tedy Bruschi	---	---	23	36	3	62
Dexter McCleon	---	---	22	36	2	60
Terrell Owens	26	33	---	---	---	59
Mo Lewis	---	---	18	38	2	58
James Jett	21	28	---	---	8	57
Ricardo McDonald	---	---	18	33	4	55
Kevin Carter	---	---	19	27	3	49
Tommy Vardell	18	18	---	---	11	47
Carl Pickens	11	16	---	---	19	46
Bo Jackson	21	22	---	---	---	43
Bert Tharpe	---	---	15	21	6	42
Marvin Jones	---	---	16	17	9	42
Nate Clune	---	---	6	32	2	40
Daryl King	---	---	10	27	2	39
David Rocker	---	---	4	23	8	35
Tyji Armstrong	14	6	---	---	14	34
Gilbert Brown	---	---	9	21	4	34
Bruce Hill	4	7	---	---	20	31
Martin Bishop	---	---	6	5	18	29
Donnell Woolford	---	---	4	18	---	22
Kimo Von Oelhoffen	---	---	13	7	2	22
George Jones	9	11	---	---	---	20
Harold Green	3	4	---	---	11	18
Ray Mickens	---	---	2	4	12	18
Dennis Stallings	---	---	3	8	6	17
Rashaan Salaam	0	0	---	---	15	15
Keith Poole	0	3	---	---	10	13
Harry Newsome	0	0	---	---	7	7
Derek Cook	0	0	---	---	7	7
Zack Wiegert	0	0	---	---	7	7
Payton Feeley	0	0	---	---	7	7
Vinnie Clark	---	---	3	2	---	5
Chris Jacke	0	0	---	---	3	3
Todd Peat	0	0	---	---	---	0
Neil O'Donnell	0	0	---	---	---	0
Damon Huard	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	13	2.6
Middle	13	63	4.8
Right	3	11	3.7
None	2	-3	-1.5

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	17	1.4
Middle	15	64	4.3
Right	3	35	11.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Brett Favre	37	21	3	0	2	9	4	2	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kerry Collins	34	18	5	0	1	4	5	1	6

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	9	1.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	9	77	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	3	37	3.4
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	115	28.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	41	13.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	8	99	7.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	58	4.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	59	9.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cris Carter	10	3	2	38	1	41
WR Chris Cornell	10	7	0	91	1	34
WR Michael Westbrook	6	4	0	76	1	22
TE Mark Chmura	3	1	0	-2	0	31
TE Pat Carter	2	2	0	7	0	9
FB Zack Crockett	2	2	0	6	0	19
RB Curtis Martin	2	1	0	10	0	21
WR Bobby Engram	2	1	0	12	0	7

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR James Jett	10	4	0	49	1	28
WR Terrell Owens	9	6	0	104	2	33
RB Bo Jackson	6	2	1	17	0	22
TE Dwayne Carswell	4	3	0	21	0	32
WR Carl Pickens	2	2	0	42	1	16
WR Bruce Hill	1	0	0	0	0	7
FB Harold Green	1	1	0	24	1	4
WR Keith Poole	1	0	0	0	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Curtis Martin	2	5	2.50	3.20
Zack Crockett	1	0	0.00	0.00

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Brett Favre	4	3	9	2.25	6.43

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kerry Collins	1	1	8	8.00	7.56

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cris Carter	2	1	4	2.00	3.80
WR Chris Cornell	2	2	5	2.50	9.10

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Terrell Owens	1	1	8	8.00	11.56

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Charlie Garner	4	2
Brett Favre	2	1
Curtis Martin	2	2

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
Bo Jackson	4	2
George Jones	4	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Brett Favre	9	4	2

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kerry Collins	2	2	0

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cris Carter	3	2	1
WR Chris Cornell	3	1	0
TE Mark Chmura	2	0	0
WR Michael Westbrook	1	1	1

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Carl Pickens	1	1	0
WR James Jett	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,700 (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	69,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,700 (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)