| San Francisco 49ers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1983 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 38132 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 85 F Humidty: 59% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 42 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 69 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Pat Tilley 8 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Freddie Solomon 28 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dwight Hicks 40 interception return (Ray Wersching kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 43 FG | 21 | 10 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Russ Francis 11 pass from Joe Montana (Ray Wersching kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Wayne Morris 1 run (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 28 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Tim Collier 32 interception return (Ray Wersching kick) | 35 | 17 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil O'Donoghue 48 FG | 35 | 20 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Wendell Tyler 15 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 42 | 20 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Randy Love 12 pass from Neil Lomax (Neil O'Donoghue kick) | 42 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Dwight Clark |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 77 | LOT | Bubba Paris |
| 68 | LOG | John Ayers |
| 56 | C | Fred Quillan |
| 51 | ROG | Randy Cross |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Russ Francis |
| 16 | QB | Joe Montana |
| 26 | RB | Wendell Tyler |
| 30 | FB | Bill Ring |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | John Harty |
| 67 | NT | Pete Kugler |
| 76 | RDE | Dwaine Board |
| 59 | LOLB | Willie Harper |
| 69 | LILB | Riki Ellison |
| 38 | RILB | Blanchard Montgomery |
| 58 | ROLB | Keena Turner |
| 42 | LCB | Ronnie Lott |
| 24 | SS | Rick Gervais |
| 22 | FS | Dwight Hicks |
| 21 | RCB | Eric Wright |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 83 | WR | Pat Tilley |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 68 | LOG | Terry Stieve |
| 72 | C | Dan Dierdorf |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Bostic |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 32 | RB | Ottis Anderson |
| 24 | FB | Wayne Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Bubba Baker |
| 73 | LDT | Mark Duda |
| 78 | RDT | Elois Grooms |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 52 | LLB | Charlie Baker |
| 58 | MLB | Dave Ahrens |
| 50 | RLB | Bob Harris |
| 47 | LCB | Cedric Mack |
| 38 | SS | Lee Nelson |
| 23 | FS | Benny Perrin |
| 44 | RCB | Wayne Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Wendell Tyler | 18 | 108 | 6.0 | 17 | 1 |
| Bill Ring | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Montana | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Roger Craig | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Carl Monroe | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Stump Mitchell | 8 | 123 | 15.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Wayne Morris | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 12 | 1 |
| Neil Lomax | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Joe Montana | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 1 | 341 | 10.7 | 69t | 3 | 1 | 5 | 116.8 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 35 | 16 | 45.7 | 2 | 194 | 5.5 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 58.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Clark | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 69t | 2 |
| Renaldo Nehemiah | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Russ Francis | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Wendell Tyler | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Earl Cooper | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Pat Tilley | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Wayne Morris | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Randy Love | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Doug Marsh | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ottis Anderson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Dwight Hicks | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40t | 1 |
| Tim Collier | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Bob Harris | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Tom Orosz | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 45 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Carl Birdsong | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Dana McLemore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Steve Bird | 2 | 1 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Carl Monroe | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Bill Ring | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Earl Ferrell | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Stump Mitchell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Steve Bird | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Ron Ferrari | 3.0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Curtis Greer | 1.0 |
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