| Los Angeles Rams at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1972 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 61214 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 46 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 32 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ted Kwalick 6 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick failed) | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 31 FG | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Klein 26 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 12 FG | 13 | 9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 19 FG | 16 | 9 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Ellison 39 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 23 | 9 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Gene Washington 8 pass from Steve Spurrier (Bruce Gossett kick) | 23 | 16 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 42 FG | 26 | 16 |
| 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 |
| 45 | RB | Jim Bertelsen |
| 33 | RB | Willie Ellison |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 44 | LCB | Al Clark |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 19 | RS | Jim Nettles |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Preston Riley |
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 75 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 82 | TE | Ted Kwalick |
| 11 | QB | Steve Spurrier |
| 22 | RB | Vic Washington |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Offense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 74 | RDT | Earl Edwards |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 50 | MLB | Ed Beard |
| 52 | RLB | Skip Vanderbundt |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 32 | LS | Mel Phillips |
| 38 | RS | Mike Simpson |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 18 | 78 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Schreiber | 7 | 40 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Spurrier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 0 | 175 | 6.7 | 2 | 91.0 | |||
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve Spurrier | 46 | 27 | 58.7 | 3 | 257 | 5.6 | 2 | 61.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| Jack Snow | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Larry Schreiber | 7 | 50 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| Ted Kwalick | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Vic Washington | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Preston Riley | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Willard | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Thomas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Nettles | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | |
| Al Clark | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim McCann | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ralph McGill | 3 | -6 | -2.0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Willie Ellison | 4 | 101 | 25.3 | 0 | ||
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Vic Washington | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 0 | ||
| Ralph McGill | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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