| St. Louis Cardinals at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1987 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: Jack Murphy Stadium Attendance: 47988 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 75 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lionel James 81 punt return (Vince Abbott kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Anderson 5 run (Vince Abbott kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Wes Chandler 26 pass from Dan Fouts (Vince Abbott kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lionel James 7 run (Vince Abbott kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Roy Green 8 pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Gallery 38 FG | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jay Novacek 21 pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 17 | 28 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Stump Mitchell 17 pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 24 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 84 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 71 | LOG | Joe Bostic |
| 70 | C | Derek Kennard |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 85 | TE | Jay Novacek |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 30 | HB | Stump Mitchell |
| 31 | FB | Earl Ferrell |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Clasby |
| 73 | RDT | Mark Duda |
| 75 | RDE | Curtis Greer |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 57 | MLB | Niko Noga |
| 54 | RLB | E.J. Junior |
| 41 | LCB | Carl Carter |
| 45 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 43 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 47 | RCB | Cedric Mack |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Wes Chandler |
| 26 | WR | Lionel James |
| 74 | LOT | Jim Lachey |
| 77 | LOG | Sam Claphan |
| 62 | C | Don Macek |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis McKnight |
| 68 | ROT | Gary Kowalski |
| 88 | TE | Pete Holohan |
| 80 | TE | Kellen Winslow |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 43 | FB | Tim Spencer |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Lee Williams |
| 71 | NT | Mike Charles |
| 98 | RDE | Terry Unrein |
| 54 | LOLB | Billy Ray Smith |
| 50 | LILB | Gary Plummer |
| 57 | RILB | Tom Benson |
| 56 | ROLB | Chip Banks |
| 22 | LCB | Gill Byrd |
| 44 | SS | Martin Bayless |
| 25 | FS | Vencie Glenn |
| 23 | RCB | Danny Walters |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Stump Mitchell | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Gary Anderson | 19 | 79 | 4.2 | 25 | 1 |
| Tim Spencer | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Lionel James | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Curtis Adams | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 61 | 32 | 52.5 | 1 | 457 | 7.5 | 57 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 86.6 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 1 | 152 | 8.0 | 26t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Roy Green | 7 | 139 | 19.9 | 57 | 1 |
| Jay Novacek | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 25 | 1 |
| J.T. Smith | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 20 | 1 |
| Earl Ferrell | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Don Holmes | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Wes Chandler | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 26t | 1 |
| Lionel James | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Anderson | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Holohan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Kellen Winslow | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tim Spencer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Cedric Mack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Billy Ray Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Cater | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 47 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Ralf Mojsiejenko | 6 | 270 | 45.0 | 56 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 2 | 0 | 29 | 14.5 | 19 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Lionel James | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81t | 1 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Gary Anderson | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lionel James | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Curtis Adams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Chip Banks | 1.0 |
| Angelo Snipes | 1.0 |
| Terry Unrein | 1.0 |
| Lee Williams | 1.0 |
| Karl Wilson | 1.0 |
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