| Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears Game Statistics | 
| Date: September 24, 1972 Location: Chicago, IL | 
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55701 | 
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 74 F Humidty: 84% Wind: 14 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | CHIB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Gene Howard 24 interception return (David Ray kick) | 7 | 0 | 
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 20 FG | 10 | 0 | 
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 19 FG | 10 | 3 | 
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 45 FG | 13 | 3 | 
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Earl Thomas 30 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 13 | 10 | 
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 45 FG | 13 | 13 | 
| 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 | 
| 12 | QB | Pete Beathard | 
| 33 | RB | Willie Ellison | 
| 38 | RB | Larry Smith | 
| Defense | ||
| 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 | 
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer | 
| 84 | WR | Jim Seymour | 
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson | 
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway | 
| 52 | C | Rich Coady | 
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton | 
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher | 
| 82 | TE | Earl Thomas | 
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass | 
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison | 
| 24 | RB | Don Shy | 
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman | 
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne | 
| 71 | RDT | Tony McGee | 
| 87 | RDE | Steve DeLong | 
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone | 
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus | 
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher | 
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford | 
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith | 
| 44 | RS | Garry Lyle | 
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 16 | 31 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Douglass | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Roger Lawson | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Don Shy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 46 | 3.8 | 0 | 25.0 | |||
| Roman Gabriel | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 19 | 3.8 | 19 | 0 | 3.3 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 2 | 52 | 3.5 | 1 | 24.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Larry Smith | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Earl Thomas | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| George Farmer | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Gene Howard | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 | 
| Dave Elmendorf | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | 
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 5 | 248 | 49.6 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 6 | 273 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| John Love | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Craig Clemons | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| John Love | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| Al Clark | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO | 
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Chicago Bears | |
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