GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NFL: SAN FRANCISCO (1-0) at ST LOUIS (0-1)

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF

SAN FRANCISCO 17
ST LOUIS 16

SFO BALL ON STL 46 YD LINE
4TH AND 13</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 17
ST LOUIS 16 1:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR

STL BALL ON STL 20 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL MISSED FG STL
JEFF WILKINS 56 YD ATTEMPT SHORT

SAN FRANCISCO 17
ST LOUIS 16 1:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 17
ST LOUIS 16 0:59 LEFT, 4TH QTR

SFO BALL ON SFO 46 YD LINE
1ST AND 10</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 0 7 7 3 17
ST LOUIS 7 6 0 3 16 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 12 YD PASS FROM MARC
BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 8:56.
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Massey recovery of
Williams fumble at San Fransisco
25; Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1
to San Fransisco 8. ST LOUIS 7-0
2ND QUARTER: SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 1 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY
KICK), 0:03. Drive: 6 plays, 39
yards in 3:42. Key plays: 15-yard
interference with opportunity to
catch penalty on Rams' Vinnett to
St Louis 39; Smith 10-yard pass to
Jackson to St Louis 26; Smith
19-yard pass to Davis to St Louis
7. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7
STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 27 YD, 5:56. Drive: 11
plays, 79 yards in 5:53. Key plays:
Bulger 14-yard pass to Holt to St
Louis 39; Bulger 22-yard pass to
Bruce to San Francisco 37; Bulger
26-yard pass on 3rd-and-11 to
McMichael to San Francisco 12. ST
LOUIS 10-7
STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 29 YD, 13:09. Drive:
10 plays, 81 yards in 4:41. Key
plays: Bulger 18-yard pass to Holt
to St Louis 26; Bulger 20-yard pass
to Jackson to St Louis 46; Bulger
27-yard pass to Bruce to San
Francisco 16. ST LOUIS 13-7
3RD QUARTER: SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 43 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY
KICK), 12:17. Drive: 9 plays, 80
yards in 4:52. Key plays: Smith
17-yard pass to D Jackson to San
Francisco 37; Norris 2-yard run on
3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 48;
Smith 10-yard pass to Hicks to St
Louis 43. SAN FRANCISCO 14-13
4TH QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 53 YD, 4:56. Drive: 4
plays, 7 yards in 1:34. Key plays:
Ryan recovery of Smith fumble at
San Francisco 41; Bulger 10-yard
pass to Holt to San Francisco 34.
ST LOUIS 16-14
SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 40 YD, 11:37. Drive: 4
plays, 4 yards in 2:19. Key plays:
Hudson recovery of Hall fumble at
San Francisco 26. SAN FRANCISCO
17-16

ATT: 65,295</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NFL
SAN FRANCISCO 17
ST LOUIS 16 FINAL</div>

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 0 7 7 3 17
ST LOUIS 7 6 0 3 16 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

8:56 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 12 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Massey recovery of Williams fumble at San Fransisco 25;
Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Fransisco 8. ST LOUIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:03 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 1 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards in 3:42.
Key plays: 15-yard interference with opportunity to catch penalty on
Rams' Vinnett to St Louis 39; Smith 10-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis
26; Smith 19-yard pass to Davis to St Louis 7. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.
5:56 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 27 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 5:53.
Key plays: Bulger 14-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 39; Bulger
22-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 37; Bulger 26-yard pass on
3rd-and-11 to McMichael to San Francisco 12. ST LOUIS 10-7.
13:09 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 29 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards in 4:41.
Key plays: Bulger 18-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 26; Bulger
20-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 46; Bulger 27-yard pass to Bruce to
San Francisco 16. ST LOUIS 13-7.

3RD QUARTER:

12:17 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 43 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to D Jackson to San Francisco 37;
Norris 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 48; Smith 10-yard pass to
Hicks to St Louis 43. SAN FRANCISCO 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

4:56 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 53 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:34.
Key plays: Ryan recovery of Smith fumble at San Francisco 41; Bulger
10-yard pass to Holt to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 16-14.
11:37 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 40 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Hudson recovery of Hall fumble at San Francisco 26. SAN
FRANCISCO 17-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ST LOUIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ST LOUIS

FIRST DOWNS 8 20
Rushing 3 3
Passing 5 16
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 5-14-36% 3-13-23%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100%
TOTAL NET YARDS 186 392
Total offensive plays 49 70
Average gain per play 3.8 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 89 61
Rushing attempts 28 23
Average gain per rush 3.2 2.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-14 5-12
NET YARDS PASSING 97 331
Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-29 6-37
Gross passing yards 126 368
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 17-11-0 41-24-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.6 7.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-45.3 4-40.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 43.8 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 8
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-12 3-8
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 3-54
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-21 4-34
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-2 2-3
TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:11 31:49


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ST LOUIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F GORE 20 81 4.1 43 2 S JACKSON 21 60 2.9 9 0
M HICKS 2 10 5.0 7 0 T MINOR 1 4 4.0 4 0
M NORRIS 2 4 2.0 2 0 I BRUCE 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
M ROBINSON 1 3 3.0 3 0
A SMITH 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
T JACOBS 1 -8 -8.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 11-17-126 0 0 34 M BULGER 24-41-368 0 1 37

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 4-29. Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-37.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D JACKSON 3 61 20.3 34 0 I BRUCE 8 145 18.1 37 0
V DAVIS 2 23 11.5 19 0 T HOLT 5 74 14.8 20 1
M HICKS 2 21 10.5 11 0 D BENNETT 3 42 14.0 19 0
A BATTLE 2 17 8.5 9 0 S JACKSON 3 36 12.0 20 0
F GORE 2 4 2.0 3 0 R MCMICHAE 2 40 20.0 26 0
B LEONARD 2 23 11.5 16 0
A WALKER 1 8 8.0 8 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 8 362 45.3 1 4 71 D JONES 4 160 40.0 0 1 49

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WILLIAMS 2 12 6.0 12 0 D HALL 3 8 2.7 7 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 5 101 20.2 32 0 D HALL 3 54 18.0 20 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 2/2 1/1 J WILKINS 1/1 3/4
Dist.: 40 Dist.: 27 29 53 (56)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 M BULGER 1 1 0 0-0
N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 T HOLT 1 0 0 0-0
B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 C RYAN 0 0 1 0-1
M HUDSON 0 0 0 0-1 C MASSEY 0 0 0 0-1
D SMITH 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 8 5 3 0-0 J HALL 7 6 1 1-5
M LAWSON 7 6 1 1-1 R BARTELL 6 4 2 1-13
M LEWIS 7 6 1 0-0 C CHAVOUS 5 4 1 0-0
B YOUNG 6 6 0 2-8 B CHILLAR 5 3 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 6 6 0 1-11 W WITHERSPOON 5 3 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 5 5 0 1-11 C RYAN 4 4 0 2-11
W HARRIS 5 5 0 0-0 L LITTLE 4 4 0 0-0
S SPENCER 4 4 0 0-0 O ATOGWE 4 3 1 0-0
D SMITH 4 2 2 0-0 C DRAFT 3 3 0 0-0
M ROMAN 3 3 0 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 2 1 1 .5-3 L WALLS 2 2 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 2 1 1 .5-3 A CARRIKER 1 1 0 0-0
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 65,295</div>

 

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Jeff Wilkins didn't make his last kickand Joe Nedney did to lead the San Francisco 49ers to victory.

Wilkins missed a 56-yard field goal attempt with just over oneminute to play after Nedney converted a 40-yarder two minutesearlier as the 49ers posted a 17-16 victory over the St. LouisRams.


Dante Hall fumbled a punt and the 49ers (2-0) recovered at theSt. Louis 26 but stalled on offense. Nedney converted from40-yards to make it 17-16 but the Rams got another chance.

St. Louis got back the ball at the 20 with 1:53 to go and wasfaced with a 4th-and-3 from the San Francisco 38. The Rams(0-2) called on Wilkins, who had already made three field goals,for a 56-yarder, but his kick fell short and the 49ers ran outthe clock.


Leading 13-7 midway through the third quarter, the Rams movedfrom their 13-yard line to San Francisco's 28 in just five playsas Bulger completed three passes for 52 yards.


On the first play, Bulger hit Torry Holt over the middle and itlooked like the receiver would bring the ball inside the 10.However, Nate Clemens came up from behind and punched the ballout of Holt's hands, causing it to roll through the end zone fora touchback.


San Francisco did not waste the opportunity as Frank Gore scoredhis second touchdown of the day on a 43-yard run on 4th-and-1to give the 49ers a 14-13 lead.


After being forced to punt on their first drive, the Rams caughta break when Chris Massey recovered a muff by 49ers returnerBrandon Williams on the San Francisco 25. Six plays later,Bulger drilled a 12-yard strike to Holt to put the Rams on top7-0.


San Francisco scored on its third possession of the game withsome help from the Rams. Newly signed cornerback Darius Vinnettinterfered with Willimas trying to catch a punt, giving the49ers possession at the Rams 39.


Alex Smith completed a 10-yard pass to Darrell Jackson and a19-yarder to Vernon Davis, moving the ball to the Rams 7. Gorescored three plays later on a 1-yard run to tie the score, 7-7.

The Rams moved the ball well in the second quarter but couldn'tget in the end zone and had two settle for two short field goalsfrom Wilkins - one from 27 yards and the other from 29 yards.

The Rams' inability to finish drives was one of the majorstories of the game. Bulger threw for 368 yards and Isaac Brucehad eight catches for 145 yards but St. Louis managed just theone TD.


Gore had 81 yards on 20 carries and Smith was just 11-of-17 for126 yards for the 49ers, who sacked Bulger six times.

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 0 7 7 3 17
ST LOUIS 7 6 0 3 16 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

8:56 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 12 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Massey recovery of Williams fumble at San Fransisco 25;
Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Fransisco 8. ST LOUIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:03 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 1 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards in 3:42.
Key plays: 15-yard interference with opportunity to catch penalty on
Rams' Vinnett to St Louis 39; Smith 10-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis
26; Smith 19-yard pass to Davis to St Louis 7. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.
5:56 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 27 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 5:53.
Key plays: Bulger 14-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 39; Bulger
22-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 37; Bulger 26-yard pass on
3rd-and-11 to McMichael to San Francisco 12. ST LOUIS 10-7.
13:09 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 29 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards in 4:41.
Key plays: Bulger 18-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 26; Bulger
20-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 46; Bulger 27-yard pass to Bruce to
San Francisco 16. ST LOUIS 13-7.

3RD QUARTER:

12:17 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 43 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to D Jackson to San Francisco 37;
Norris 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 48; Smith 10-yard pass to
Hicks to St Louis 43. SAN FRANCISCO 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

4:56 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 53 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:34.
Key plays: Ryan recovery of Smith fumble at San Francisco 41; Bulger
10-yard pass to Holt to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 16-14.
11:37 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 40 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Hudson recovery of Hall fumble at San Francisco 26. SAN
FRANCISCO 17-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ST LOUIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ST LOUIS

FIRST DOWNS 8 20
Rushing 3 3
Passing 5 16
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 5-14-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 186 392
Total offensive plays 49 70
Average gain per play 3.8 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 89 61
Rushing attempts 28 23
Average gain per rush 3.2 2.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-14 5-12
NET YARDS PASSING 97 331
Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-29 6-37
Gross passing yards 126 368
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 17-11-0 41-24-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.6 7.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-45.3 4-40.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 43.8 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 8
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-12 3-8
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 3-54
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-21 4-34
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-2 2-3
TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:11 31:49


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ST LOUIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F GORE 20 81 4.1 43 2 S JACKSON 21 60 2.9 9 0
M HICKS 2 10 5.0 7 0 T MINOR 1 4 4.0 4 0
M NORRIS 2 4 2.0 2 0 I BRUCE 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
M ROBINSON 1 3 3.0 3 0
A SMITH 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
T JACOBS 1 -8 -8.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 11-17-126 0 0 34 M BULGER 24-41-368 0 1 37

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 4-29. Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-37.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D JACKSON 3 61 20.3 34 0 I BRUCE 8 145 18.1 37 0
V DAVIS 2 23 11.5 19 0 T HOLT 5 74 14.8 20 1
M HICKS 2 21 10.5 11 0 D BENNETT 3 42 14.0 19 0
A BATTLE 2 17 8.5 9 0 S JACKSON 3 36 12.0 20 0
F GORE 2 4 2.0 3 0 R MCMICHAE 2 40 20.0 26 0
B LEONARD 2 23 11.5 16 0
A WALKER 1 8 8.0 8 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 8 362 45.3 1 4 71 D JONES 4 160 40.0 0 1 49

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WILLIAMS 2 12 6.0 12 0 D HALL 3 8 2.7 7 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 5 101 20.2 32 0 D HALL 3 54 18.0 20 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 2/2 1/1 J WILKINS 1/1 3/4
Dist.: 40 Dist.: 27 29 53 (56)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 M BULGER 1 1 0 0-0
B WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0
N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 T HOLT 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 C RYAN 0 0 1 0-1
M HUDSON 0 0 0 0-1 C MASSEY 0 0 0 0-1
D SMITH 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 8 5 3 0-0 J HALL 7 6 1 1-5
M LAWSON 7 6 1 1-1 R BARTELL 6 4 2 1-13
M LEWIS 7 6 1 0-0 C CHAVOUS 5 4 1 0-0
B YOUNG 6 6 0 2-8 B CHILLAR 5 3 2 0-0
N CLEMENTS 6 6 0 1-11 W WITHERSPOON 5 3 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 5 5 0 1-11 C RYAN 4 4 0 2-11
W HARRIS 5 5 0 0-0 L LITTLE 4 4 0 0-0
S SPENCER 4 4 0 0-0 O ATOGWE 4 3 1 0-0
D SMITH 4 2 2 0-0 C DRAFT 3 3 0 0-0
M ROMAN 3 3 0 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 2 1 1 .5-3 L WALLS 2 2 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 2 1 1 .5-3 A CARRIKER 1 1 0 0-0
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 65,295 Time of Game: 2:54</div>

 

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Jeff Wilkins didn't make his last kickand Joe Nedney did to lead the San Francisco 49ers to victory.

Wilkins missed a 56-yard field goal attempt with just over oneminute to play after Nedney converted a 40-yarder two minutesearlier as the 49ers posted a 17-16 victory over the St. LouisRams.


Dante Hall fumbled a punt and the 49ers (2-0) recovered at theSt. Louis 26 but stalled on offense. Nedney converted from40-yards to make it 17-16 but the Rams got another chance.

"It was a bonehead play by me," said Hall of his fumble. "I justwanted to make a play. I should have just fair caught it. Iknew they were coming down on me. It was just a total mess-up. Ireally have no excuse."


St. Louis got back the ball at the 20 with 1:53 to go and wasfaced with a 4th-and-3 from the San Francisco 38. The Rams(0-2) called on Wilkins, who had already made three field goals,for a 56-yarder, but his kick fell short and the 49ers ran outthe clock.


"When I hit it I felt 'OK, it's got a shot'," said Wilkins whodrilled a 53-yarder earlier. "Right away I could tell if I misshit it. When I hit it, it felt the same as the 53 (yarder). Iwas staring at it pretty good and hoping it would crawl over,obviously, it didn't. Anytime you don't do your job it stinks.It didn't go through, so it stinks."


Leading 13-7 midway through the third quarter, the Rams movedfrom their 13-yard line to San Francisco's 28 in just five playsas Bulger completed three passes for 52 yards.


On the first play, Bulger hit Torry Holt over the middle and itlooked like the receiver would bring the ball inside the 10.However, Nate Clements came up from behind and punched the ballout of Holt's hands, causing it to roll through the end zone fora touchback.


"It's something I've been working on in practice," Clementssaid. "I kept running and never gave up on the play. I saw theball and punched it out."


"What happened to Torry today I've seen (Clements) do that somany times," Rams tight end Randy McMichael said. "He's greatplayer. He's a playmaker."


San Francisco did not waste the opportunity as Frank Gore scoredhis second touchdown of the day on a 43-yard run on 4th-and-1to give the 49ers a 14-13 lead.


"A couple of guys had a shot at him," Rams nose tackle CliftonRyan said. "He is an All-Pro running back and it takes more thanone guy to bring him down."


"They had a hand on my leg," Gore said. "I kept pumping and gotdown to the secondary. I made one move on the safety and thatwas it."


After being forced to punt on their first drive, the Rams caughta break when Chris Massey recovered a muff by 49ers returnerBrandon Williams on the San Francisco 25. Six plays later,Bulger drilled a 12-yard strike to Holt to put the Rams on top7-0.


San Francisco scored on its third possession of the game withsome help from the Rams. Newly signed cornerback Darius Vinnettinterfered with Williams trying to catch a punt, giving the49ers possession at the Rams 39.


Alex Smith completed a 10-yard pass to Darrell Jackson and a19-yarder to Vernon Davis, moving the ball to the Rams 7. Gorescored three plays later on a 1-yard run to tie the score, 7-7.

The Rams moved the ball well in the second quarter but couldn'tget in the end zone and had two settle for two short field goalsfrom Wilkins - one from 27 yards and the other from 29 yards.

The Rams' inability to finish drives was one of the majorstories of the game. Bulger threw for 368 yards and Isaac Brucehad eight catches for 145 yards but St. Louis managed just theone TD.


"It doesn't take a blind man to see that we need to scorepoints," said McMichael who caught two passes for 40 yards. "Wehave too many offensive weapons to come away with three pointswhen we're inside the 15, 25 yard line. We have to find a way toget the ball in the end zone."


Gore had 81 yards on 20 carries and Smith was just 11-of-17 for126 yards for the 49ers, who sacked Bulger six times.

"I know we can get a lot better," Smith said. "I know it. Ithink everyone knows it. That's the scary thing, 2-0 and we havea long way to go for improvement. We need to keep gettingconsistent in our execution and that is the key. You know, weare real close."

 

NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at ST LOUIS

<div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN FRANCISCO 0 7 7 3 17
ST LOUIS 7 6 0 3 16 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER:

8:56 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 12 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 25 yards in 2:50.
Key plays: Massey recovery of Williams fumble at San Fransisco 25;
Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Fransisco 8. ST LOUIS 7-0.

2ND QUARTER:

0:03 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 1 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards in 3:42.
Key plays: 15-yard interference with opportunity to catch penalty on
Rams' Vinnett to St Louis 39; Smith 10-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis
26; Smith 19-yard pass to Davis to St Louis 7. SAN FRANCISCO 7-7.
5:56 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 27 YD.
Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards in 5:53.
Key plays: Bulger 14-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 39; Bulger
22-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 37; Bulger 26-yard pass on
3rd-and-11 to McMichael to San Francisco 12. ST LOUIS 10-7.
13:09 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 29 YD.
Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards in 4:41.
Key plays: Bulger 18-yard pass to Holt to St Louis 26; Bulger
20-yard pass to Jackson to St Louis 46; Bulger 27-yard pass to Bruce to
San Francisco 16. ST LOUIS 13-7.

3RD QUARTER:

12:17 SFO - TD, FRANK GORE 43 YD RUN (JOE NEDNEY KICK).
Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:52.
Key plays: Smith 17-yard pass to D Jackson to San Francisco 37;
Norris 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to San Francisco 48; Smith 10-yard pass to
Hicks to St Louis 43. SAN FRANCISCO 14-13.

4TH QUARTER:

4:56 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 53 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 1:34.
Key plays: Ryan recovery of Smith fumble at San Francisco 41; Bulger
10-yard pass to Holt to San Francisco 34. ST LOUIS 16-14.
11:37 SFO - FG, JOE NEDNEY 40 YD.
Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards in 2:19.
Key plays: Hudson recovery of Hall fumble at San Francisco 26. SAN
FRANCISCO 17-16.

SAN FRANCISCO - ST LOUIS Final Statistics

TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO ST LOUIS

FIRST DOWNS 8 20
Rushing 3 3
Passing 5 16
Penalty 0 1
THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-13-23% 5-14-36%
FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
TOTAL NET YARDS 186 392
Total offensive plays 49 70
Average gain per play 3.8 5.6
NET YARDS RUSHING 89 61
Rushing attempts 28 23
Average gain per rush 3.2 2.7
Tackles for loss-yards 4-14 5-12
NET YARDS PASSING 97 331
Times sacked: Number-Yards 4-29 6-37
Gross passing yards 126 368
PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 17-11-0 41-24-0
Avg gain per pass play 4.6 7.0
KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 4-2-0 5-0-0
PUNTS: Number and Average 8-45.3 4-40.0
Had blocked 0 0
Net punting average 43.8 38.0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 12 8
Number-Yards: Punt Returns 2-12 3-8
Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 5-101 3-54
Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0
PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-21 4-34
FUMBLES: Number-Lost 2-2 3-3
TOUCHDOWNS 2 1
Rushing 2 0
Passing 0 1
Interceptions 0 0
Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 1-1
Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 3-4
FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-3-33%
GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
SAFETIES 0 0
TIME OF POSSESSION 28:11 31:49


INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

SAN FRANCISCO ST LOUIS

RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
F GORE 20 81 4.1 43 2 S JACKSON 21 60 2.9 9 0
M HICKS 2 10 5.0 7 0 T MINOR 1 4 4.0 4 0
M NORRIS 2 4 2.0 2 0 I BRUCE 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
M ROBINSON 1 3 3.0 3 0
A SMITH 2 -1 -0.5 0 0
T JACOBS 1 -8 -8.0 0 0

PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A SMITH 11-17-126 0 0 34 M BULGER 24-41-368 0 1 37

Sacked-Yards Lost: A SMITH 4-29. Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 6-37.

RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
D JACKSON 3 61 20.3 34 0 I BRUCE 8 145 18.1 37 0
V DAVIS 2 23 11.5 19 0 T HOLT 5 74 14.8 20 1
M HICKS 2 21 10.5 11 0 D BENNETT 3 42 14.0 19 0
A BATTLE 2 17 8.5 9 0 S JACKSON 3 36 12.0 20 0
F GORE 2 4 2.0 3 0 R MCMICHAE 2 40 20.0 26 0
B LEONARD 2 23 11.5 16 0
A WALKER 1 8 8.0 8 0

INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
Interceptions: None

PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
A LEE 8 362 45.3 1 4 71 D JONES 4 160 40.0 0 1 49

T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B WILLIAMS 2 12 6.0 12 0 D HALL 3 8 2.7 7 0

KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
-------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
M HICKS 5 101 20.2 32 0 D HALL 3 54 18.0 20 0

KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
J NEDNEY 2/2 1/1 J WILKINS 1/1 3/4
Dist.: 40 Dist.: 27 29 53 (56)

O-D O-D
FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
A SMITH 1 1 0 0-0 M BULGER 1 1 0 0-0
B WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 D HALL 1 1 0 0-0
N CLEMENTS 0 0 1 0-0 T HOLT 1 1 0 0-0
B YOUNG 0 0 1 0-0 C RYAN 0 0 1 0-1
M HUDSON 0 0 0 0-1 C MASSEY 0 0 0 0-1
D SMITH 0 0 0 0-1
- TEAM 0 0 0 0-1

DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
P WILLIS 8 5 3 0-0 J HALL 7 6 1 1-5
B YOUNG 7 7 0 3-9 R BARTELL 6 4 2 1-13
M LEWIS 7 6 1 0-0 C CHAVOUS 5 4 1 0-0
N CLEMENTS 6 6 0 1-11 B CHILLAR 5 3 2 0-0
M LAWSON 6 5 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 5 3 2 0-0
M DOUGLAS 5 5 0 1-11 C RYAN 4 4 0 2-11
W HARRIS 5 5 0 0-0 L LITTLE 4 4 0 0-0
S SPENCER 4 4 0 0-0 O ATOGWE 4 3 1 0-0
D SMITH 4 2 2 0-0 C DRAFT 3 3 0 0-0
M ROMAN 3 3 0 0-0 L GLOVER 3 2 1 0-0
T BANTA-CAIN 2 1 1 .5-3 L WALLS 2 2 0 0-0
I SOPOAGA 2 1 1 .5-3 A CARRIKER 1 1 0 0-0
V ADEYANJU 1 0 1 0-0

Att: 65,295 Time of Game: 2:54</div>

 

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