| Pittsburgh Steelers at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: September 22, 1968 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 49647 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 75 F Humidty: 48% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PIT | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bernie Casey 5 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Booth Lusteg 20 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 12 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Pittsburgh SteelersPIT | Earl Gros 1 run (Booth Lusteg kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bernie Casey 55 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Bass 28 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Bass 10. run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Dick Bass 1 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Ellison 4 pass from Milt Plum (Bruce Gossett kick) | 10 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | SE | J.R. Wilburn |
| 74 | LOT | John Brown |
| 79 | LOG | Larry Gagner |
| 56 | C | Ray Mansfield |
| 66 | ROG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 72 | ROT | Fran O'Brien |
| 82 | TE | John Hilton |
| 10 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 42 | HB | Dick Hoak |
| 87 | FL | Roy Jefferson |
| 38 | FB | Earl Gros |
| Defense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 75 | LDT | Ken Kortas |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 60 | RDE | Ben McGee |
| 53 | LLB | John Campbell |
| 59 | MLB | Ray May |
| 34 | RLB | Andy Russell |
| 29 | LCB | Bob Hohn |
| 28 | LS | Clendon Thomas |
| 20 | RS | Paul Martha |
| 47 | RCB | Marv Woodson |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Jack Snow |
| 63 | LOT | Joe Carollo |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 73 | ROT | Charlie Cowan |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 20 | HB | Tommy Mason |
| 25 | FL | Bernie Casey |
| 22 | FB | Dick Bass |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 78 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 85 | RDE | Lamar Lundy |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 24 | LCB | Clancy Williams |
| 41 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 21 | RS | Eddie Meador |
| 27 | RCB | Irv Cross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Earl Gros | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 6 | 1 |
| Don Shy | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tommy Mason | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Bass | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 10t | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Dennis | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Henry Dyer | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Vilnis Ezerins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Milt Plum | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||||
| Kent Nix | 36 | 16 | 44.4 | 2 | 225 | 6.3 | 41 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 42.0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 0 | 262 | 11.4 | 55t | 4 | 0 | 0 | 150.7 |
| Milt Plum | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 0 | 44 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 96.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| J.R. Wilburn | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Hoak | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Dick Compton | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Hilton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tony Jeter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Earl Gros | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jon Henderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Billy Truax | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 55t | 2 |
| Dick Bass | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 28t | 2 |
| Jack Snow | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Pat Studstill | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Maxie Baughan | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Irv Cross | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 54 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Lou Harris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Jefferson | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers | ||||||
| Rocky Bleier | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jon Henderson | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Mike Taylor | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 44 | 0 | |
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