| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 14, 1971 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 55 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Josephson 1 run (David Ray kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Lance Rentzel 14 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 13 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Lance Rentzel 32 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 21 | 6 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Greg Landry 1 run (Errol Mann kick) | 21 | 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 |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 34 | HB | Les Josephson |
| 33 | FB | Willie Ellison |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 72 | RDT | Phil Olsen |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Purnell |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 19 | LCB | Jim Nettles |
| 39 | LS | Kermit Alexander |
| 42 | RS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LDE | Joe Robb |
| 73 | LDT | Bob Bell |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 21 | LCB | Al Clark |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Les Josephson | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 19 | 101 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 1 | 179 | 8.1 | 2 | 111.7 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 199 | 8.0 | 0 | 85.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Lance Rentzel | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 2 | |
| Willie Ellison | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 184 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Travis Williams | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 0 | ||
| Les Josephson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Al Clark | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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