1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
St. Louis	3	0	0	0	3
Carolina	0	0	7	9	16

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
STL		FG		JEFF WILKINS 38 YD, 5:01. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards in 5:01. Key plays: Faulk 9-yard run to St Louis 39; Faulk 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield; Warner 11-yard pass to Bruce to Carolina 39; Warner 20-yard pass to Bruce to Carolina 19. ST LOUIS 3-0
3RD QUARTER
CAR		TD		JIMMY HITCHCOCK 88 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 9:41. CAROLINA 7-3
4TH QUARTER
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 20 YD, 4:42. Drive: 14 plays, 69 yards in 8:29. Key plays: 15-yard roughing-the-passer penalty on Rams' Collins to Carolina 44; Beuerlein 17-yard pass to Hayes to St Louis 43; Beuerlein 14-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-7 to St Louis 19. CAROLINA 10-3
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 23 YD, 10:47. Drive: 10 plays, 33 yards in 5:49. Key plays: Evans interception at St Louis 38; Beuerlein 21-yard pass to Uwaezuoke on 3rd-and-12 to St Louis 19; Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-5 to St Louis 5. CAROLINA 13-3
CAR		FG		JOE NEDNEY 37 YD, 13:03. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards in 1:02. Key plays: Carolina takes over on downs at St Louis 24. CAROLINA 16-3

TEAM STATISTICS

	STL	CAR
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	15 10 6-12 0-2 278 54 5.1 99 16 6.2 179 18-36 4.7 2-10 1-34.0 84 1-0 4-59 2-25 9-72 4-3 22:05	20 11 7-16 1-1 237 70 3.4 68 33 2.1 169 20-30 4.6 7-26 4-30.8 134 0-0 2-43 4-91 1-10 0-0 37:55

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 15-94, Az-zahir Hakim 1-5.
Carolina rushing
Brad Hoover 22-63, Chris Hetherington 3-4, Steve Beuerlein 6-4, Michael Bates 2-minus 3.
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 18-36 for 189 yards, 4 INT, 0 TD.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 20-30 for 195 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.
St Louis receiving
Isaac Bruce 6-74, Marshall Faulk 5-34, Az-zahir Hakim 3-28, Torry Holt 2-18, Robert Holcombe 1-19, Ricky Proehl 1-16.
Carolina receiving
Muhsin Muhammad 10-95, Brad Hoover 3-7, Donald Hayes 2-23, Michael Bates 1-23, Iheanyi Uwaezuoke 1-21, Kris Mangum 1-13, Casey Crawford 1-9, Dameyune Craig 1-4.
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Devin Bush 8-4-0, London Fletcher 8-3-1, Kevin Carter 6-0-3, Todd Lyght 4-2-0, Keith Lyle 2-4-0, Mike Jones 4-1-0, Jeff Zgonina 4-1-1, Grant Wistrom 4-0-1, Dre Bly 3-0-0, Dexter Mccleon 3-0-0, Ray Agnew 2-1-1, Todd Collins 2-0-0, Lorenzo Styles 1-0-0, Gaylon Hyder 1-0-0, Jacoby Shepherd 1-0-0, Brian Young 0-1-0, Leonard Little 0-1-0.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Rashard Anderson 4-1-0, Mike Minter 4-1-1, Sean Gilbert 4-0-1, Eric Davis 3-1-0, Lester Towns 3-1-0, Mike Rucker 2-2-0, Eugene Robinson 2-2-0, Lee Woodall 2-2-0, Al Lucas 2-0-0, Doug Evans 2-0-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 2-0-0, Tim Morabito 1-0-0, Hannibal Navies 1-0-0, Dean Wells 1-0-0, Jay Williams 0-1-0.
Interceptions
St Louis (Todd Lyght 1 for 21 yards, London Fletcher 1 for 4 yards); Carolina (Jimmy Hitchcock 2 for 88 yards, Doug Evans 1 for 0 yards, Eric Davis 1 for 3 yards).
Fumbles lost
St Louis (Torry Holt, Az-zahir Hakim 2).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Carolina (Doug Evans, Chris Hetherington, Eugene Robinson).
Officials
Referee-Tony Corrente, Umpire-Ron Botchan, Head linesman-Aaron Pointer, Line judge-Tom Barnes, Field judge-Peter Morelli, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Back judge-Buddy Horton.
A: 46,659; T: 2:49.