Week #3
Sunday, Sep.17, at Trans World Dome, 1:00pm ET
St.Louis Rams
vs
San Francisco 49ers
41
24

Marshall Faulk scored three touchdowns and rushed for 134 yards Sunday to keep the Rams from stubbing their toes against San Francisco.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Kurt Warner's high interception total hasn't cost the St. Louis Rams -- yet.

Warner threw two touchdown passes and two more interceptions in a 41-24 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, giving him six in each category. Last year he had 41 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions.
"I hate to seem them, but we're 3-0 and that's all that matters and I've got to put them behind me," Warner said. "Those are things I go back and study."

Because of his inaccuracy, the Rams (3-0) had to do it the hard way, just like their 37-34 victory over Seattle last week and a 41-36 decision over Denver in the opener. They won a franchise-record 13th straight at home, exceeded 30 points for an NFL-record ninth straight game and beat the 49ers (0-3) for the third straight time after losing 17 previous times in the series.

"It's the 49er changeup," safety Keith Lyle said. "It's not the old 17-0, same old sorry Rams. The 49ers have got to take it."
That it came against a downtrodden team that was a 17-point underdog with the league's worst defense, and wasn't secured until Marshall Faulk made it 34-24 on a 4-yard run with about eight minutes to go, made it less impressive.
"If this is what it takes to win games, get used to it," said Faulk, whose third score was a 1-yard run with 1:42 to play.
"It's good for the fans, it's good for the sport," Rams cornerback Todd Lyght said.

Jeff Garcia made it interesting with three touchdown passes for the 49ers, going 21-for-34 for 290 yards with two interceptions. One play after Warner was intercepted by Winfred Tubbs on the Rams' first snap of the game, Garcia hit Fred Beasley for a 29-yard score.
He also connected with Charlie Garner from 20 yards and cut the gap to 27-24 on a 12-yarder to Terrell Owens early in the fourth quarter.
"When you play the Rams, you have to go in with the attitude that you need to score every single series," Garcia said. "If you can't keep up, you're going to find yourself in a difficult situation."

Warner was 23-for-34 for 394 yards, giving him 300-plus yards all three games, and led the Rams to 529 yards of total offense. He avoided a seventh interception when the Rams challenged a call, and replays took away an interception by Ahmed Plummer on a tipped ball in the first quarter.
Isaac Bruce caught eight passes for 188 yards, including a 78-yard bomb on the first play of a drive to tie it 17-17 with 1:53 left in the first half.
"We figured we'd take a shot early and maybe we could catch them waiting for us to throw something underneath," Warner said. "They had one safety there and Isaac did the rest."

Bruce beat Plummer, one of the 49ers' two first-round draft picks this year.
"He made about five fakes, and I was playing one of the fakes," Plummer said. "I guess he pulled that one out of his bag of tricks."
Kick returner Tony Horne, subbing for injured Ricky Proehl, added an 18-yard touchdown catch on his first career reception.
Faulk had his 22nd career 100-yard rushing game, gaining 134 yards on 25 carries. His 1-yard run midway through the third quarter gave the Rams their first lead, 24-17.

Garcia completed his first 10 passes for 113 yards as the 49ers took early leads of 10-3 and 17-10. He was perfect until throwing incomplete in the end zone with 10:48 to go in the second.
Coach Steve Mariucci said there's no danger of another quarterback controversy.
"You guys want to churn that up again, huh?" Mariucci said. "Jeff will be our starting quarterback next week."

Warner had perhaps his slowest start ever and was 4-for-11 for 47 yards midway through the second quarter. After Dre' Bly's interception gave the Rams a chance to take the lead near halftime, Warner threw into a mass of bodies and was intercepted by John Keith in the end zone.
The Rams defense had its best game, holding the 49ers to seven points in the second half. St. Louis allowed 70 points the first two games.




    
FINAL
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Total
San Francisco 
7
10
0
7
24
St.Louis 
3
14
7
17
41
..... 
 
SCORING SUMMARY
1st Quarter
SFO TD FRED BEASLEY 29 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 0:31. Drive: 1 play, 29 yards in 0:06. Key plays: Tubbs 11-yard interception return to St Louis 29. SAN FRANCISCO 7-0
STL TD JEFF WILKINS 47 YD, 4:00. Drive: 7 plays, 49 yards in 3:29. Key plays: Warner 13-yard pass to Bruce to St. Louis 35; Warner 10-yard pass to Faulk to St. Louis 45; Warner 21-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 34. SAN FRANCISCO 7-3
2nd Quarter
SFO FG WADE RICHEY 21 YD, 4:15. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 4:15. Key plays: Garcia 21-yard pass to Owens to St. Louis 43; Garcia 17-yard pass to Owens to St. Louis 26; Garcia 18-yard pass to Rice to St. Louis 8. SAN FRANCISCO 10-3
STL TD TONY HORNE 18 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 9:51. Drive: 6 plays, 77 yards in 2:57. Key plays: Warner 19-yard pass to Holt to St. Louis 42; Warner 17-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 41; Warner 19-yard pass to Faulk to San Francisco 22; Warner 4-of-5 for 73 yards on drive. SAN FRANCISCO 10, ST LOUIS 10
SFO TD CHARLIE GARNER 20 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 12:46. Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards in 2:55. Key plays: Garcia 38-yard pass to Streets to St. Louis 35; Garner 10-yard run to St. Louis 20. SAN FRANCISCO 17-10
STL TD ISAAC BRUCE 78 YD PASS FROM KURT WARNER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 13:07. Drive: 78 plays, 1 yard in 0:21. SAN FRANCISCO 17, ST LOUIS 17
3rd Quarter
STL TD MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 6:32. Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards in 5:03. Key plays: Faulk 9-yard run to San Francisco 47; Warner 22-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 25; Warner 15-yard pass to Hakim on 3rd-and-9 to San Francisco 9; Prioleau pass interference on 3rd-and-goal to San Fran. 1. ST LOUIS 24-17
4th Quarter
STL FG JEFF WILKINS 25 YD, 0:03. Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards in 4:54. Key plays: Warner 8-yard pass to Bruce to St. Louis 31; Warner 49-yard pass to Holt to San Francisco 20; Warner 10-yard pass to Faulk to San Francisco 9. ST LOUIS 27-17
SFO TD TERRELL OWENS 12 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (WADE RICHEY KICK), 2:58. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards in 2:55. Key plays: Garcia 32-yard pass to Owens on 3rd-and-10 to St. Louis 25; Garcia 13-yard run to St. Louis 12. ST LOUIS 27-24
STL TD MARSHALL FAULK 4 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 7:21. Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 4:23. Key plays: Faulk 19-yard run to San Francisco 49; Warner 15-yard pass to Holt to San Francisco 31; Warner 17-yard pass to Bruce to San Francisco 14. ST LOUIS 34-24
STL TD MARSHALL FAULK 1 YD RUN (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 13:18. Drive: 11 plays, 78 yards in 4:45. Key plays: Warner 9-yard pass to Faulk plus 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on Posey on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 46; Warner 11-yard pass to Holt on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 16; Warner 11-yard pass to Williams to San Francisco 5. ST LOUIS 41-24

 
Team Stats SFO STL
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
16
11
2-10
1-1
401
55
7.3
111
21
5.3
290
21-34
8.5
0-0
6-40.0
116
2-19
4-86
2-11
7-53
0-0
26:53
32
19
4-9
0-0
529
63
8.4
140
28
28.0
389
23-34
11.1
1-5
3-51.3
105
3-7
4-76
2-22
3-25
2-0
33:07

 
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Missed field goals
None. 
San Francisco rushing
Charlie Garner 15-87, Jeff Garcia 2-12, Fred Beasley 3-10, Terry Jackson 1-2. 
St Louis rushing
Marshall Faulk 25-134, Az-zahir Hakim 1-4, Robert Holcombe 1-3, Kurt Warner 1-minus 1. 
San Francisco passing
Jeff Garcia 21-34 for 290 yards, 2 INT, 3 TD. 
St Louis passing
Kurt Warner 23-34 for 394 yards, 2 INT, 2 TD. 
San Francisco receiving
Terrell Owens 6-108, Charlie Garner 5-40, Fred Beasley 4-47, Jerry Rice 3-44, Greg Clark 2-13, Tai Streets 1-38. 
St Louis receiving
Isaac Bruce 8-188, Marshall Faulk 7-65, Torry Holt 4-94, Az-zahir Hakim 2-18, Tony Horne 1-18, Roland Williams 1-11. 
San Francisco tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Lance Schulters 8-2-0, Winfred Tubbs 4-2-0, Bryant Young 4-1-0, Jason Webster 3-2-0, Jeff Posey 4-0-0, John Keith 3-1-0, Brentson Buckner 3-1-0, Ken Norton 3-0-0, Ahmed Plummer 3-0-0, Junior Bryant 3-0-0, Pierson Prioleau 3-0-0, Anthony Parker 2-0-0, John Engelberger 2-0-1, Anthony Pleasant 1-0-0, Julian Peterson 0-1-0. 
St Louis tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
London Fletcher 10-2-0, Devin Bush 7-1-0, Todd Lyght 4-1-0, Mike Jones 4-0-0, Dexter Mccleon 2-2-0, Grant Wistrom 3-0-0, Ray Agnew 2-1-0, Rich Coady 2-0-0, Todd Collins 1-1-0, Keith Lyle 1-1-0, Kevin Carter 1-0-0, Dre Bly 1-0-0, Nate Hobgood-chittick 1-0-0. 
Interceptions
San Francisco (Winfred Tubbs 1 for 11 yards, John Keith 1 for 0 yards). 
Fumbles lost
None. 
Opponent's fumbles recovered
None. 
Officials
Referee-Bernie Kukar, Umpire-Bill Schuster, Head linesman-Dale Hamer, Line judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field judge-Scott Edwards, Side judge-Tom Hill, Back judge-Billy Smith. 
A: 65,945; T: 3:13.  
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