| Detroit Lions at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1972 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 71761 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 66 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 48 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 30 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Lance Rentzel 14 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 2 run (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Rudy Redmond 88 interception return (Errol Mann kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Larry Smith 3 pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 8 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 3 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 31 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 37 FG | 34 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 66 | LOT | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 68 | LOG | Frank Gallagher |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 40 | RB | Nick Eddy |
| 38 | RB | Bill Triplett |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 73 | RDT | Bob Bell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 45 | RS | Al Randolph |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 75 | LOT | John Williams |
| 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 |
| 35 | RB | Bob Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 89 | LDE | Fred Dryer |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 36 | LLB | Ken Geddes |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 44 | LCB | Al Clark |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 19 | RS | Jim Nettles |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Greg Landry | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 12 | 52 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Triplett | 13 | 35 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Nick Eddy | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Larry Smith | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 6 | 36 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Thomas | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Les Josephson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 1 | 250 | 10.4 | 2 | 118.4 | |||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 35 | 21 | 60.0 | 1 | 221 | 6.3 | 2 | 85.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ron Jessie | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 2 | |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Les Josephson | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Larry Smith | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rudy Redmond | 1 | 88 | 88.0 | 88t | 1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Nettles | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Bob Thomas | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | ||
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | ||
| Pat Curran | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Los Angeles Rams | |
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