| Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 19, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 70915 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 86 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Skip Butler 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 31 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 6 pass from Archie Manning (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Gresham 2 run (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 27 FG | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Josephson 29 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Josephson 1 run (David Ray kick) | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 1 run (Skip Butler kick) | 20 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 76 | ROT | Harry Schuh |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 38 | HB | Larry Smith |
| 33 | FB | Willie Ellison |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 67 | RDT | Bill Nelson |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 52 | RLB | John Pergine |
| 19 | LCB | Jim Nettles |
| 39 | LS | Kermit Alexander |
| 42 | RS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 40 | RB | Hoyle Granger |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 84 | RDE | Larry Estes |
| 60 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 52 | MLB | John Huard |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 21 | SS | Reynaud Moore |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 13 | 43 | 3.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 6 | 26 | 4.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Larry Smith | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 21 | 42 | 2.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Hoyle Granger | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Dave Parks | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Ford | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 0 | 164 | 5.5 | 29t | 1 | 2 | 20 | 66.5 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 29 | 16 | 55.2 | 1 | 218 | 7.5 | 37 | 1 | 7 | 64 | 76.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29t | 1 |
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Jack Snow | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Travis Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Burchfield | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Nettles | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 53 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 64 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 2 | 1 | 33 | 16.5 | 28 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reynaud Moore | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Hugo Hollas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| Travis Williams | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Reynaud Moore | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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