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San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Cardinals

September 18, 1983
Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis, MO

	1	2	3	4	Total
San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco (2-1)	7	14	21	0	42
St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis (0-3)	7	3	10	7	27

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter			SF	Stl
SF	3:36	Freddie Solomon 69 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching Kick)	7	0
Stl	13:00	Pat Tilley 8 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue Kick)	7	7
2nd Quarter			SF	Stl
SF	8:47	Freddie Solomon 28 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching Kick)	14	7
SF	9:47	Dwight Hicks 40 interception return (Ray Wersching Kick)	21	7
Stl	13:45	FG Neil O'Donoghue 43	21	10
3rd Quarter			SF	Stl
SF	1:58	Russ Francis 11 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching Kick)	28	10
Stl	5:07	Wayne Morris 1 run (Neil O'Donoghue Kick)	28	17
SF	8:04	Tim Collier 32 interception return (Ray Wersching Kick)	35	17
Stl	11:42	FG Neil O'Donoghue 48	35	20
SF	15:00	Wendell Tyler 15 run (Ray Wersching Kick)	42	20
4th Quarter			SF	Stl
Stl	3:46	Randy Love 12 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue Kick)	42	27

Team Stats

	San FranciscoSF	St. LouisStl
First downs	24	22
Rushing	7	9
Passing	17	12
Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	527	385
Net Yards Rushing	191	213
Rushing Plays	31	32
Average Gain	6.2	6.7
Net Yards Passing	336	172
Att - Comp - Int	32-20-1	35-16-2
Sacked - Yds Lost	1-5	3-22
Gross Yards Passing	341	194
Avg. Yds/Att	10.7	5.5

	San FranciscoSF	St. LouisStl
Punts - Average	4-39.5	5-45.2
Had Blocked	0	0
Punt Returns	2-11	2-29
Kickoff Returns	4-85	6-123
Interception Returns	2-72	1-10
Penalties - Yards	11-78	5-35
Fumbles - Lost	2-1	2-0
Field Goals	0-0	2-3
Third Downs	4-10-40%	4-13-30%
Total Plays	64	70
Average Gain	8.2	5.5
Time of Possession	27:55	32:05

Passing

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Joe MontanaJ. Montana	32	20	341	10.7	3	1	69t	1	5	116.8

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Att	Cmp	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Lg	Sack	Loss	Rate
Neil LomaxN. Lomax	35	16	194	5.5	2	2	33	3	22	58.5

Rushing

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Wendell TylerW. Tyler	18	108	6.00	17	1
Bill RingB. Ring	5	60	12.00	25	0
Joe MontanaJ. Montana	2	13	6.50	9	0
Roger CraigR. Craig	2	6	3.00	3	0
Carl MonroeC. Monroe	4	4	1.00	3	0

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Att	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Stump MitchellS. Mitchell	8	123	15.38	46	0
Randy LoveR. Love	11	38	3.45	12	0
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	7	30	4.29	12	1
Neil LomaxN. Lomax	2	12	6.00	12	0
Ottis AndersonO. Anderson	4	10	2.50	6	0

Receiving

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Dwight ClarkD. Clark	4	36	9.00	11	0
Russ FrancisR. Francis	3	43	14.33	25	1
Renaldo NehemiahR. Nehemiah	3	62	20.67	25	0
Freddie SolomonF. Solomon	3	121	40.33	69t	2
Wendell TylerW. Tyler	3	36	12.00	15	0
Earl CooperE. Cooper	2	40	20.00	26	0
Bill RingB. Ring	1	0	0.00	0	0
Mike WilsonM. Wilson	1	3	3.00	3	0

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD
Roy GreenR. Green	8	133	16.62	33	0
Wayne MorrisW. Morris	2	12	6.00	11	0
Pat TilleyP. Tilley	2	20	10.00	11	1
Ottis AndersonO. Anderson	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0
Randy LoveR. Love	1	12	12.00	12t	1
Doug MarshD. Marsh	1	12	12.00	12	0
Stump MitchellS. Mitchell	1	7	7.00	7	0

Kickoff Returns

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Carl MonroeC. Monroe	3	70	23.33	0	32	0
Bill RingB. Ring	1	15	15.00	0	15	0

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Earl FerrellE. Ferrell	4	88	22.00	0	28	0
Steve BirdS. Bird	1	17	17.00	0	17	0
Stump MitchellS. Mitchell	1	18	18.00	0	18	0

Punt Returns

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Dana McLemoreD. McLemore	1	0	0.00	1	0	0
Freddie SolomonF. Solomon	1	11	11.00	0	11	0

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Num	Yds	Avg	FC	Lg	TD
Steve BirdS. Bird	2	29	14.50	1	15	0

Punting

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Tom OroszT. Orosz	4	158	39.5	45	0	2	29

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	Blk	Ret	RYds
Carl BirdsongC. Birdsong	5	226	45.2	49	0	2	11

Kicking

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Ray WerschingR. Wersching	6/6	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	--	6

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	PAT	FG	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Lg	Miss	Pts
Neil O'DonoghueN. O'Donoghue	3/3	2/3	0/0	0/0	0/0	2/3	0/0	48	48	9

Defense

San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Tim CollierT. Collier	1	32	32.00	32t	1	0.0
Dwight HicksD. Hicks	1	40	40.00	40t	1	0.0
Ron FerrariR. Ferrari	0	0	0.00	0	0	3.0

St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis	Int	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	Sack
Bob HarrisB. Harris	1	10	10.00	10	0	0.0
Curtis GreerC. Greer	0	0	0.00	0	0	1.0

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