| Los Angeles Rams at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1972 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Memorial Stadium Attendance: 36873 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 19 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Donny Anderson 1 run (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Norm Thompson 58 opponents fumble recovery (Jim Bakken kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Les Josephson 11 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jim Bertelsen 12 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Walker Gillette 30 pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 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 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Walker Gillette |
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 72 | LOT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 60 | LOG | Conrad Dobler |
| 54 | C | Tom Banks |
| 64 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 17 | QB | Jim Hart |
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson |
| 23 | RB | Johnny Roland |
| Offense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 71 | LDT | John Richardson |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 78 | RDE | Ron Yankowski |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 57 | MLB | Mark Arneson |
| 58 | RLB | Terry Miller |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 8 | LS | Larry Wilson |
| 22 | RS | Roger Wehrli |
| 43 | RCB | Norm Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 23 | 82 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Les Josephson | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 9 | 53 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Craig Baynham | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Hart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 39 | 24 | 61.5 | 1 | 260 | 6.7 | 2 | 87.6 | |||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 0 | 201 | 11.2 | 1 | 99.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 1 | |
| Les Josephson | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 1 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Walker Gillette | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 1 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 113 | 56.5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Donny Anderson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Miller Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 4 | 135 | 33.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Bakken | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | ||
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Bob Thomas | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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