1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
New Orleans	3	9	0	0	12
St. Louis	7	8	7	21	43

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
STL		TD		TORRY HOLT 25 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 1:02. Drive: 3 plays, 30 yards in 1:02. Key plays: Horne 64-yard kickoff return to New Orleans 30. ST LOUIS 7-0
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 51 YD, 8:30. Drive: 9 plays, 26 yards in 3:39. Key plays: Hobert 19-yard pass to Hastings on 3rd-and-15 to St Louis 34. ST LOUIS 7-3
2ND QUARTER
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 42 YD, 0:05. Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards in 5:03. Key plays: Hobert 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 41; Hobert 29-yard pass to Hastings to St. Louis 31; Hobert 12-yard pass to Hastings to St. Louis 24. ST LOUIS 7-6
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 45 YD, 5:57. Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Kennison 15-yard run to New Orleans 35; Hobert 26-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-3 to St. Louis 32. NEW ORLEANS 9-7
STL		TD		MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (MARSHALL FAULK RUN FOR TWO-POINT CONVERSION), 7:48. Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards in 1:53. Key plays: 35-yard pass interference penalty on Saints' Ambrose to New Orleans 14; Warner 11-yard pass to Faulk on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 3. ST LOUIS 15-9
NOR		FG		DOUG BRIEN 35 YD, 14:53. Drive: 9 plays, 63 yards in 2:10. Key plays: Hobert 11-yard pass to Kennison on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 41; Hobert 20-yard pass to Hastings to St. Louis 17. ST LOUIS 15-12
3RD QUARTER
STL		TD		MARSHALL FAULK 6 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 11:52. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 4:11. Key plays: Warner 16-yard pass to Bruce to St. Louis 36; Warner 17-yard pass to Hakim to midfield; Warner 33-yard pass to Bruce to New Orleans 17. ST LOUIS 22-12
4TH QUARTER
STL		TD		ROBERT HOLCOMBE 3 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 2:45. Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards in 3:28. Key plays: Warner 17-yard pass to Holt on 3rd-and-10 to New Orleans 30; 10-yard pass interference penalty on Saints' Drakeford to New Orleans 20; Warner 11-yard pass to Bruce to New Orleans 3. ST LOUIS 29-12
STL		TD		TORRY HOLT 20 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 9:35. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards in 3:32. Key plays: Faulk 17-yard run to St. Louis 41; Faulk 18-yard run to New Orleans 20. ST LOUIS 36-12
STL		TD		JAMES HODGINS 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 13:48. Drive: 8 plays, 28 yards in 3:58. Key plays: Clemens 11-yard interception return plus 3-yard lateral return by McCleon to New Orleans 28; 5-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Saints' Glover on 3rd-and-2 to New Orleans 4. ST LOUIS 43-12

TEAM STATISTICS

	NOR	STL
FIRST DOWNS Passing 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY TOTAL NET YARDS Total plays Average gain NET YARDS RUSHING Rushes Average per rush NET YARDS PASSING Completed-attempted Yards per pass Sacked-yards lost PUNTS-AVERAGE RETURN YARDAGE Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	20 11 8-19 1-1 365 77 4.7 102 28 3.6 263 25-47 5.4 2-10 4-44.3 186 3-15 7-171 0-0 8-80 1-0 33:44	24 12 5-11 0-0 324 56 5.8 129 27 4.8 195 15-27 6.7 2-18 5-44.8 202 2-25 5-163 2-14 7-50 0-0 26:16

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
New Orleans rushing
Lamar Smith 18-54, Wilmont Perry 6-19, Eddie Kennison 1-15, Billy Joe Hobert 2-11, Troy Davis 1-3.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 18-102, Robert Holcombe 4-24, James Hodgins 3-3, Kurt Warner 2-0.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Hobert 23-41 for 254 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD, Danny Wuerffel 2-6 for 19 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 15-27 for 213 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
New Orleans receiving
Andre Hastings 9-113, Cameron Cleeland 5-62, Eddie Kennison 5-33, Lamar Smith 4-36, Keith Poole 1-18, Wilmont Perry 1-11.
St Louis receiving
Torry Holt 5-87, Isaac Bruce 5-81, Az-zahir Hakim 2-22, Marshall Faulk 2-13, Robert Holcombe 1-10.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Keith Mitchell 4-1-1, Willie Clay 3-2-0, Ashley Ambrose 4-0-0, Fred Weary 4-0-0, William Whitehead 3-1-1, Je'rod Cherry 3-0-0, Sammy Knight 3-0-0, Mark Fields 3-0-0, Brady Smith 2-1-0, Wayne Martin 2-0-0, Phil Clarke 2-0-0, Chris Bordano 1-1-0, Uhuru Hamiter 1-0-0, La'roi Glover 1-0-0, Troy Wilson 1-0-0.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Billy Jenkins Jr. 8-2-0, Devin Bush 7-0-0, Taje Allen 6-0-0, Ray Agnew 4-0-0, Mike Jones 4-0-0, Todd Lyght 4-0-0, London Fletcher 3-1-0, Jeff Zgonina 3-1-0, Charlie Clemons 3-0-0, Grant Wistrom 3-0-0, Nate Hobgood-chittick 3-0-0, Dexter Mccleon 2-0-0, D'marco Farr 2-0-2, Mike Morton 1-0-0, Todd Collins 1-0-0, Jay Williams 1-0-0, Dre Bly 0-1-0.
Interceptions
St Louis (Dexter Mccleon 1 for 14 yards, Charlie Clemons 1 for 0 yards).
Fumbles lost
None.
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None.
Officials
Referee-Bill Carollo, Umpire-Butch Hannah, Head linesman-Tony Veteri, Line judge-Ben Montgomery, Field judge-Scott Edwards, Side judge-Larry Rose, Back judge-Perry Pagnaelli.
A: 65,864; T: 3:14.