| New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: September 17, 1972 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 66303 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 70 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 36 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 28 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Thomas 1 run (David Ray kick) | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Snow 31 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Larry Smith 4 run (David Ray kick) | 0 | 27 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Thomas 38 run (David Ray kick) | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Newland 42 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Danny Abramowicz 4 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 34 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 26 | WR | Margene Adkins |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 42 | RB | Jim Strong |
| 24 | RB | Joe Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 55 | MLB | Tom Stincic |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 11 | LCB | Bivian Lee |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 68 | LOG | Mike LaHood |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 76 | ROT | Harry Schuh |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 38 | RB | Larry Smith |
| 35 | RB | Bob Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Fred Dryer |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 72 | RDT | Phil Olsen |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 46 | LCB | Roger Williams |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 19 | RS | Jim Nettles |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Joe Williams | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Virgil Robinson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Thomas | 18 | 144 | 8.0 | 2 | |
| Larry Smith | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Pete Beathard | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 46 | 21 | 45.7 | 1 | 249 | 5.4 | 2 | 68.1 | |||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 21 | 11 | 52.4 | 1 | 139 | 6.6 | 1 | 69.3 | |||
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Jim Strong | 7 | 53 | 7.6 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 1 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 1 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Thomas | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bivian Lee | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Nettles | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| John Love | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Art Green | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | ||
| Margene Adkins | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| John Love | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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