| Los Angeles Rams at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1972 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 64325 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 59 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 48 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Archie Manning 5 run (Happy Feller kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 31 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 46 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jim Bertelsen 5 run (David Ray kick) | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bob Newland 23 pass from Archie Manning (Happy Feller kick blocked) | 13 | 16 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 24 FG | 16 | 16 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Happy Feller 33 FG | 16 | 19 |
| 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 |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Johnson |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 83 | TE | Dave Parks |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 89 | RDE | Dave Long |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 18 | RS | Hugo Hollas |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 1 | |
| Larry Smith | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 16 | 60 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Butler | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 29 | 11 | 37.9 | 0 | 152 | 5.2 | 0 | 55.5 | |||
| Pete Beathard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 0 | 202 | 7.0 | 1 | 85.7 | |||
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Snow | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Newland | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Parks | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Strong | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 7 | 355 | 50.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie Ellison | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Pat Curran | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Strong | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Hugo Hollas | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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