NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ST LOUIS 7 3 0 3 13 SAN FRANCISCO 3 0 0 6 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 4:09. Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Bennett on 3rd-and-7 to St. Louis 44; Jackson 37-yard run to San Francisco 19; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 3. ST LOUIS 7-0 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 28 YD, 10:39. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Clements 41-yard lateral of M Lewis punt return to St Louis 18. ST LOUIS 7-3 2ND QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 49 YD, 5:18. Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 41; 5-yard encroachment penalty on 49ers' Sopoaga to San Francisco 45; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 10-3 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 35 YD, 4:38. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 3:53. Key plays: Hall 29-yard punt return to San Francisco 33; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-14 to San Francisco 22. ST LOUIS 13-3 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 38 YD, 8:53. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards in 4:15. Key plays: San Francisco takes ball on out-of-bounds kickoff at San Francisco 40; Dilfer 7-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-1 to St Louis 34; Dilfer 10-yard pass to Gilmore to St Louis 24. ST LOUIS 13-6 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 46 YD, 13:09. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Dilfer 27-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 45; Dilfer 17-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 28. ST LOUIS 13-9 ATT:</div>
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL ST LOUIS 13 SAN FRANCISCO 9 FINAL</div>
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ST LOUIS 7 3 0 3 13 SAN FRANCISCO 3 0 0 6 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 4:09 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Bennett on 3rd-and-7 to St. Louis 44; Jackson 37-yard run to San Francisco 19; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 3. ST LOUIS 7-0. 10:39 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Clements 41-yard lateral of M Lewis punt return to St Louis 18. ST LOUIS 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 5:18 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 49 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 41; 5-yard encroachment penalty on 49ers' Sopoaga to San Francisco 45; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 10-3. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 4:38 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 35 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 3:53. Key plays: Hall 29-yard punt return to San Francisco 33; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-14 to San Francisco 22. ST LOUIS 13-3. 8:53 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards in 4:15. Key plays: San Francisco takes ball on out-of-bounds kickoff at San Francisco 40; Dilfer 7-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-1 to St Louis 34; Dilfer 10-yard pass to Gilmore to St Louis 24. ST LOUIS 13-6. 13:09 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 46 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Dilfer 27-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 45; Dilfer 17-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 28. ST LOUIS 13-9. ST LOUIS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 15 13 Rushing 6 1 Passing 7 12 Penalty 2 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-18-33% 3-14-21% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 207 244 Total offensive plays 67 61 Average gain per play 3.1 4.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 32 Rushing attempts 29 16 Average gain per rush 3.5 2.0 Tackles for loss-yards 7-20 2-2 NET YARDS PASSING 105 212 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-50 3-19 Gross passing yards 155 231 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-21-0 42-20-2 Avg gain per pass play 2.8 4.7 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 4-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 9-44.3 8-47.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 38.3 40.4 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 62 71 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-54 7-59 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-57 3-69 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-8 0-12 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-20 7-39 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 1-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:18 25:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S JACKSON 23 92 4.0 37 0 F GORE 15 32 2.1 7 0 D HALL 1 9 9.0 9 0 M NORRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 B LEONARD 1 4 4.0 4 0 M BULGER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 A PITTMAN 3 -2 -0.7 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BULGER 21-32-155 0 1 17 T DILFER 20-42-231 2 0 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-50. Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 3-19. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOLT 7 55 7.9 17 1 A BATTLE 6 86 14.3 27 0 I BRUCE 5 54 10.8 17 0 F GORE 5 31 6.2 17 0 S JACKSON 4 20 5.0 9 0 V DAVIS 4 50 12.5 22 0 B LEONARD 2 6 3.0 5 0 D JACKSON 2 36 18.0 29 0 D BENNETT 1 9 9.0 9 0 B GILMORE 2 26 13.0 16 0 D LOOKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 M NORRIS 1 2 2.0 2 0 R MCMICHAE 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- O ATOGWE 1 8 8.0 8 0 T HILL 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D JONES 9 399 44.3 2 2 63 A LEE 8 382 47.8 1 1 60 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 5 54 10.8 29 0 M LEWIS 7 18 2.6 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 3 57 19.0 21 0 M HICKS 3 69 23.0 28 0 R MCMICHAEL 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 J NEDNEY 0/0 3/3 Dist.: 49 35 Dist.: 28 38 46 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D HALL 0 0 0 1-0 M HICKS 1 0 0 0-0 M HUDSON 0 0 0 1-0 M NORRIS 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ O ATOGWE 9 6 3 0-0 M DOUGLAS 10 6 4 .5-3.5 C CHAVOUS 7 5 2 1-4 N CLEMENTS 8 8 0 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 7 3 4 1-8 P HARALSON 6 4 2 .5-4 P TINOISAMOA 5 3 2 0-0 R FIELDS 5 1 4 0-0 B CHILLAR 3 3 0 0-0 B YOUNG 4 3 12.5-20 T HILL 3 3 0 0-0 P WILLIS 4 3 1 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 1-7 B MOORE 4 2 21.5-9.5 A CARRIKER 3 1 2 0-0 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 2 1 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 F BROWN 2 0 2 0-0 M LEWIS 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 2 0 2 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 3 2 1 0-0 J HALL 1 1 0 0-0 M ROMAN 2 2 0 0-0 C WROTEN 1 1 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0 D SMITH 2 0 2 0-0 R GREEN 1 1 0 1-13 J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0</div>
By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The St. Louis Rams have some company atthe bottom of the division. Steven Jackson rushed for 92 yards and Marc Bulger threw for ascore as the Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 13-9, onSunday. The Rams, who snapped a franchise-high eight-game losing streakto start the season with a 37-29 victory over the New OrleansSaints last week, tied their division rival for last place inthe AFC West. Bulger, who was sacked six times by San Francisco in week two'sloss to San Francisco, and suffered two broken ribs in thedefeat, completed 21-of-32 passes for 155 yards and a score. On their first possession of the game, the Rams put together anine-play, 79-yard drive that culminated in a 3-yard touchdownpass from Bulger to Torry Holt. Jeff Wilkins connected on field goals of 49 and 35 yards for theRams, who won their second straight and remain alive in theplayoff hunt in possibly the league's worst division. San Francisco entered with the league's worst offense, managingjust 1967 total yards in nine games and averaging a league low11.6 points. Trent Dilfer, who was filling in for injured starter Alex Smith,was hoping to ignite the stagnant offense. He was ineffectivehowever, passing for just 231 yards on 20-of-41 passing with aninterception. Dilfer drove San Francisco to the Rams 21-yard line with threeseconds left, but was intercepted in the end zone by free safetyO.J. Atogwe. Smith, who suffered a separated right shoulder on September 30,against the Seattle Seahawks, revealed earlier in the week thathe was still hampered by the injury, which prompted Niners coachMike Nolan to go with Dilfer. San Francisco has now dropped eight straight games after winningtheir first two. The loss marks just the second time since the1999 season that the 49ers have dropped eight consecutivecontests in a season. Niners running back Frank Gore, who rushed for a franchise high1,695 yards last season, managed just 32 yards on 15 carries. Hehas not had a 100-yard game this season.
By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The St. Louis Rams have some company atthe bottom of the division. Steven Jackson rushed for 92 yards and Marc Bulger threw for ascore as the Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 13-9, onSunday. The Rams, who snapped a franchise-high eight-game losing streakto start the season with a 37-29 victory over the New OrleansSaints last week, tied their division rival for last place inthe NFC West. Bulger, who was sacked six times by San Francisco in week two'sloss to San Francisco, and suffered two broken ribs in thedefeat, completed 21-of-32 passes for 155 yards and a score. On their first possession of the game, the Rams put together anine-play, 79-yard drive that culminated in a 3-yard touchdownpass from Bulger to Torry Holt. Jeff Wilkins connected on field goals of 49 and 35 yards for theRams, who won their second straight and remain alive in theplayoff hunt in possibly the league's worst division. San Francisco entered with the league's worst offense, managingjust 1967 total yards in nine games and averaging a league low11.6 points. Trent Dilfer, who was filling in for injured starter Alex Smith,was hoping to ignite the stagnant offense. He was ineffectivehowever, passing for just 231 yards on 20-of-41 passing with aninterception. Dilfer drove San Francisco to the Rams 21-yard line with threeseconds left, but was intercepted in the end zone by free safetyO.J. Atogwe. Smith, who suffered a separated right shoulder on September 30,against the Seattle Seahawks, revealed earlier in the week thathe was still hampered by the injury, which prompted Niners coachMike Nolan to go with Dilfer. San Francisco has now dropped eight straight games after winningtheir first two. The loss marks just the second time since the1999 season that the 49ers have dropped eight consecutivecontests in a season. Niners running back Frank Gore, who rushed for a franchise high1,695 yards last season, managed just 32 yards on 15 carries. Hehas not had a 100-yard game this season.
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ST LOUIS 7 3 0 3 13 SAN FRANCISCO 3 0 0 6 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 4:09 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Bennett on 3rd-and-7 to St. Louis 44; Jackson 37-yard run to San Francisco 19; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 3. ST LOUIS 7-0. 10:39 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Clements 41-yard lateral of M Lewis punt return to St Louis 18. ST LOUIS 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 5:18 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 49 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 41; 5-yard encroachment penalty on 49ers' Sopoaga to San Francisco 45; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 10-3. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 4:38 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 35 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 3:53. Key plays: Hall 29-yard punt return to San Francisco 33; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-14 to San Francisco 22. ST LOUIS 13-3. 8:53 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards in 4:15. Key plays: San Francisco takes ball on out-of-bounds kickoff at San Francisco 40; Dilfer 7-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-1 to St Louis 34; Dilfer 10-yard pass to Gilmore to St Louis 24. ST LOUIS 13-6. 13:09 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 46 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Dilfer 27-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 45; Dilfer 17-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 28. ST LOUIS 13-9. ST LOUIS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 15 13 Rushing 6 1 Passing 7 12 Penalty 2 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-18-33% 3-14-21% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 207 244 Total offensive plays 67 61 Average gain per play 3.1 4.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 32 Rushing attempts 29 16 Average gain per rush 3.5 2.0 Tackles for loss-yards 7-20 2-2 NET YARDS PASSING 105 212 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-50 3-19 Gross passing yards 155 231 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-21-0 42-20-2 Avg gain per pass play 2.8 4.7 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 4-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 9-44.3 8-47.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 38.3 40.4 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 62 59 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-54 7-59 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-57 3-69 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-8 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-20 7-39 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:18 25:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S JACKSON 23 92 4.0 37 0 F GORE 15 32 2.1 7 0 D HALL 1 9 9.0 9 0 M NORRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 B LEONARD 1 4 4.0 4 0 M BULGER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 A PITTMAN 3 -2 -0.7 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BULGER 21-32-155 0 1 17 T DILFER 20-42-231 2 0 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-50. Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 3-19. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOLT 7 55 7.9 17 1 A BATTLE 6 86 14.3 27 0 I BRUCE 5 54 10.8 17 0 F GORE 5 31 6.2 17 0 S JACKSON 4 20 5.0 9 0 V DAVIS 4 50 12.5 22 0 B LEONARD 2 6 3.0 5 0 D JACKSON 2 36 18.0 29 0 D BENNETT 1 9 9.0 9 0 B GILMORE 2 26 13.0 16 0 D LOOKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 M NORRIS 1 2 2.0 2 0 R MCMICHAE 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- O ATOGWE 1 8 8.0 8 0 T HILL 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D JONES 9 399 44.3 2 2 63 A LEE 8 382 47.8 1 1 60 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 5 54 10.8 29 0 M LEWIS 7 18 2.6 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 3 57 19.0 21 0 M HICKS 3 69 23.0 28 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 J NEDNEY 0/0 3/3 Dist.: 49 35 Dist.: 28 38 46 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D HALL 0 0 0 1-0 M HICKS 1 0 0 0-0 M HUDSON 0 0 0 1-0 M NORRIS 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ O ATOGWE 9 6 3 0-0 M DOUGLAS 10 6 4 .5-3.5 C CHAVOUS 7 5 2 1-4 N CLEMENTS 8 8 0 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 7 3 4 1-8 P HARALSON 6 4 2 .5-4 P TINOISAMOA 5 3 2 0-0 R FIELDS 5 1 4 0-0 B CHILLAR 3 3 0 0-0 B YOUNG 4 3 12.5-20 T HILL 3 3 0 0-0 P WILLIS 4 3 1 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 1-7 B MOORE 4 2 21.5-9.5 A CARRIKER 3 1 2 0-0 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 2 1 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 F BROWN 2 0 2 0-0 M LEWIS 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 2 0 2 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 3 2 1 0-0 J HALL 1 1 0 0-0 M ROMAN 2 2 0 0-0 C WROTEN 1 1 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0 D SMITH 2 0 2 0-0 R GREEN 1 1 0 1-13 J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head Linesman-Mark Hittner, Line Judge-Tom Symonette, Field Judge-Tom Sifferman, Side Judge-Don Carlsen, Back Judge-Scott Helverson. Att: 68,039 Time of Game: 3:01</div>
By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) - The St. Louis Rams have some company atthe bottom of the division. Steven Jackson rushed for 92 yards and Marc Bulger threw for ascore as the Rams defeated the San Francisco 49ers, 13-9, onSunday. The Rams, who snapped a franchise-high eight-game losing streakto start the season with a 37-29 victory over the New OrleansSaints last week, tied their division rival for last place inthe NFC West. "We learn as a team and are growing as a team," St. Louis coachScott Linehan said. "We still have only two wins, but it's ourfirst division win, and we have another opportunity againstSeattle next week." Bulger, who was sacked six times by San Francisco in week two'sloss to San Francisco, and suffered two broken ribs in thedefeat, completed 21-of-32 passes for 155 yards and a score. "Any time you get a win it's special," Bulger said. "Especiallywinning two after losing eight in a row. Next week we haveSeattle, who is in first, so hopefully we can keep this momentumgoing against them." On their first possession of the game, the Rams put together anine-play, 79-yard drive that culminated in a 3-yard touchdownpass from Bulger to Torry Holt. "Our offense was effective early," Bulger said. "After a whilethey started to get to me, but we were still able to play wellenough to win." Jeff Wilkins connected on field goals of 49 and 35 yards for theRams, who won their second straight and remain alive in theplayoff hunt in possibly the league's worst division. San Francisco entered with the league's worst offense, managingjust 1967 total yards in nine games and averaging a league low11.6 points. Trent Dilfer, who was filling in for injured starter Alex Smith,was hoping to ignite the stagnant offense. He was ineffectivehowever, passing for just 231 yards on 20-of-41 passing with aninterception. "We aren't finishing plays," Dilfer said. "I thought it was awell-called game and we gave the defense a lot of differentlooks, but the execution was not there. More than anything, allof us need to finish plays to be effective." Dilfer drove San Francisco to the Rams 21-yard line with threeseconds left, but was intercepted in the end zone by free safetyO.J. Atogwe. "Our coach told us to guard the goal line and let them catchanything in front of us," Atogwe said. "We were just trying tokeep them out of the end zone and I was fortunate enough to bein the right spot and make the play." Smith, who suffered a separated right shoulder on September 30,against the Seattle Seahawks, revealed earlier in the week thathe was still hampered by the injury, which prompted Niners coachMike Nolan to go with Dilfer. San Francisco has now dropped eight straight games after winningtheir first two. The loss marks just the second time since the1999 season that the 49ers have dropped eight consecutivecontests in a season. "We made changes all through this eight week stretch," Nolansaid. "We will continue to do that. We have been ineffective,especially on offense, and we're going to continue to work hardto get better and fight our way out of this." Niners running back Frank Gore, who rushed for a franchise high1,695 yards last season, managed just 32 yards on 15 carries. Hehas not had a 100-yard game this season.
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ST LOUIS 7 3 0 3 13 SAN FRANCISCO 3 0 0 6 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 4:09 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Bennett on 3rd-and-7 to St. Louis 44; Jackson 37-yard run to San Francisco 19; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 3. ST LOUIS 7-0. 10:39 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Clements 41-yard lateral of M Lewis punt return to St Louis 18. ST LOUIS 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 5:18 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 49 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 41; 5-yard encroachment penalty on 49ers' Sopoaga to San Francisco 45; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 10-3. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 4:38 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 35 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 3:53. Key plays: Hall 29-yard punt return to San Francisco 33; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-14 to San Francisco 22. ST LOUIS 13-3. 8:53 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards in 4:15. Key plays: San Francisco takes ball on out-of-bounds kickoff at San Francisco 40; Dilfer 7-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-1 to St Louis 34; Dilfer 10-yard pass to Gilmore to St Louis 24. ST LOUIS 13-6. 13:09 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 46 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Dilfer 27-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 45; Dilfer 17-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 28. ST LOUIS 13-9. ST LOUIS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 15 13 Rushing 6 1 Passing 7 12 Penalty 2 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-18-33% 3-14-21% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 207 244 Total offensive plays 67 61 Average gain per play 3.1 4.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 32 Rushing attempts 29 16 Average gain per rush 3.5 2.0 Tackles for loss-yards 7-20 2-2 NET YARDS PASSING 105 212 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-50 3-19 Gross passing yards 155 231 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-21-0 42-20-2 Avg gain per pass play 2.8 4.7 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 4-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 9-44.3 8-47.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 38.3 40.4 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 62 59 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-54 7-59 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-57 3-69 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-8 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-20 7-39 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:18 25:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S JACKSON 23 92 4.0 37 0 F GORE 15 32 2.1 7 0 D HALL 1 9 9.0 9 0 M NORRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 B LEONARD 1 4 4.0 4 0 M BULGER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 A PITTMAN 3 -2 -0.7 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BULGER 21-32-155 0 1 17 T DILFER 20-42-231 2 0 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-50. Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 3-19. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOLT 7 55 7.9 17 1 A BATTLE 6 86 14.3 27 0 I BRUCE 5 54 10.8 17 0 F GORE 5 31 6.2 17 0 S JACKSON 4 20 5.0 9 0 V DAVIS 4 50 12.5 22 0 B LEONARD 2 6 3.0 5 0 D JACKSON 2 36 18.0 29 0 D BENNETT 1 9 9.0 9 0 B GILMORE 2 26 13.0 16 0 D LOOKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 M NORRIS 1 2 2.0 2 0 R MCMICHAE 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- O ATOGWE 1 8 8.0 8 0 T HILL 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D JONES 9 399 44.3 2 2 63 A LEE 8 382 47.8 1 1 60 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 5 54 10.8 29 0 M LEWIS 7 18 2.6 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 3 57 19.0 21 0 M HICKS 3 69 23.0 28 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 J NEDNEY 0/0 3/3 Dist.: 49 35 Dist.: 28 38 46 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D HALL 0 0 0 1-0 M HICKS 1 0 0 0-0 M HUDSON 0 0 0 1-0 M NORRIS 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ O ATOGWE 9 6 3 0-0 M DOUGLAS 10 6 4 .5-3.5 C CHAVOUS 7 5 2 1-4 N CLEMENTS 8 8 0 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 7 3 4 1-8 P HARALSON 6 4 2 .5-4 P TINOISAMOA 5 3 2 0-0 R FIELDS 5 1 4 0-0 B CHILLAR 3 3 0 0-0 B YOUNG 4 3 12.5-20 T HILL 3 3 0 0-0 P WILLIS 4 3 1 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 1-7 B MOORE 4 2 21.5-9.5 A CARRIKER 3 1 2 0-0 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 2 1 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 F BROWN 2 0 2 0-0 M LEWIS 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 2 0 2 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 3 2 1 0-0 J HALL 1 1 0 0-0 M ROMAN 2 2 0 0-0 C WROTEN 1 1 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0 D SMITH 2 0 2 0-0 R GREEN 1 1 0 1-13 J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head Linesman-Mark Hittner, Line Judge-Tom Symonette, Field Judge-Tom Sifferman, Side Judge-Don Carlsen, Back Judge-Scott Helverson. Att: 68,039 Time of Game: 3:01</div>
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL ST LOUIS AT SAN FRANCISCO NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT INTERCEPTION YARDS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.</div>
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- ST LOUIS 7 3 0 3 13 SAN FRANCISCO 3 0 0 6 9 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 4:09 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards in 4:09. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Bennett on 3rd-and-7 to St. Louis 44; Jackson 37-yard run to San Francisco 19; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 3. ST LOUIS 7-0. 10:39 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards in 1:58. Key plays: Clements 41-yard lateral of M Lewis punt return to St Louis 18. ST LOUIS 7-3. 2ND QUARTER: 5:18 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 49 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 37 yards in 5:04. Key plays: Bulger 9-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 41; 5-yard encroachment penalty on 49ers' Sopoaga to San Francisco 45; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 10-3. 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: 4:38 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 35 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 16 yards in 3:53. Key plays: Hall 29-yard punt return to San Francisco 33; Bulger 15-yard pass to Bruce on 3rd-and-14 to San Francisco 22. ST LOUIS 13-3. 8:53 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 38 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards in 4:15. Key plays: San Francisco takes ball on out-of-bounds kickoff at San Francisco 40; Dilfer 7-yard pass to Jackson on 3rd-and-1 to St Louis 34; Dilfer 10-yard pass to Gilmore to St Louis 24. ST LOUIS 13-6. 13:09 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 46 YD. Drive: 7 plays, 35 yards in 2:01. Key plays: Dilfer 27-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 45; Dilfer 17-yard pass to Battle to St Louis 28. ST LOUIS 13-9. ST LOUIS - SAN FRANCISCO Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO FIRST DOWNS 15 13 Rushing 6 1 Passing 7 12 Penalty 2 0 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 6-18-33% 3-14-21% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 207 244 Total offensive plays 67 61 Average gain per play 3.1 4.0 NET YARDS RUSHING 102 32 Rushing attempts 29 16 Average gain per rush 3.5 2.0 Tackles for loss-yards 7-20 2-2 NET YARDS PASSING 105 212 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-50 3-19 Gross passing yards 155 231 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 32-21-0 42-20-2 Avg gain per pass play 2.8 4.7 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-0-0 4-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 9-44.3 8-47.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 38.3 40.4 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 62 59 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-54 7-59 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-57 3-69 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-8 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-20 7-39 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-0 2-0 TOUCHDOWNS 1 0 Rushing 0 0 Passing 1 0 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 0-0 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 3-3 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 0-1-0% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-0-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:18 25:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS ST LOUIS SAN FRANCISCO RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S JACKSON 23 92 4.0 37 0 F GORE 15 32 2.1 7 0 D HALL 1 9 9.0 9 0 M NORRIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 B LEONARD 1 4 4.0 4 0 M BULGER 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 A PITTMAN 3 -2 -0.7 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M BULGER 21-32-155 0 1 17 T DILFER 20-42-231 2 0 29 Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-50. Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 3-19. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T HOLT 7 55 7.9 17 1 A BATTLE 6 86 14.3 27 0 I BRUCE 5 54 10.8 17 0 F GORE 5 31 6.2 17 0 S JACKSON 4 20 5.0 9 0 V DAVIS 4 50 12.5 22 0 B LEONARD 2 6 3.0 5 0 D JACKSON 2 36 18.0 29 0 D BENNETT 1 9 9.0 9 0 B GILMORE 2 26 13.0 16 0 D LOOKER 1 7 7.0 7 0 M NORRIS 1 2 2.0 2 0 R MCMICHAE 1 4 4.0 4 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- O ATOGWE 1 8 8.0 8 0 T HILL 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D JONES 9 399 44.3 2 2 63 A LEE 8 382 47.8 1 1 60 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 5 54 10.8 29 0 M LEWIS 7 18 2.6 9 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D HALL 3 57 19.0 21 0 M HICKS 3 69 23.0 28 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 J NEDNEY 0/0 3/3 Dist.: 49 35 Dist.: 28 38 46 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D HALL 1 0 0 1-0 M HICKS 1 0 0 0-0 M HUDSON 0 0 0 1-0 M NORRIS 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ O ATOGWE 9 6 3 0-0 M DOUGLAS 10 6 4 .5-3.5 C CHAVOUS 7 5 2 1-4 N CLEMENTS 8 8 0 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 7 3 4 1-8 P HARALSON 6 4 2 .5-4 P TINOISAMOA 5 3 2 0-0 R FIELDS 5 1 4 0-0 B CHILLAR 3 3 0 0-0 B YOUNG 4 3 12.5-20 T HILL 3 3 0 0-0 P WILLIS 4 3 1 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 1-7 B MOORE 4 2 21.5-9.5 A CARRIKER 3 1 2 0-0 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 2 1 1 0-0 S SPENCER 3 3 0 0-0 F BROWN 2 0 2 0-0 M LEWIS 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 2 0 2 0-0 T BANTA-CAIN 3 2 1 0-0 J HALL 1 1 0 0-0 M ROMAN 2 2 0 0-0 C WROTEN 1 1 0 0-0 M HUDSON 2 2 0 0-0 V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0 D SMITH 2 0 2 0-0 R GREEN 1 1 0 1-13 J ULBRICH 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head Linesman-Mark Hittner, Line Judge-Tom Symonette, Field Judge-Tom Sifferman, Side Judge-Don Carlsen, Back Judge-Scott Helverson. Att: 68,039 Time of Game: 3:01</div>
NFL: ST LOUIS at SAN FRANCISCO <div class="pre">NFL ST LOUIS AT SAN FRANCISCO NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT FUMBLES FOR HALL.</div>
