| Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1976 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 73155 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 20 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Benny Ricardo 19 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Dempsey 35 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Joe Reed 4 run (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 9 pass from Joe Reed (Benny Ricardo kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Harold Jackson 27 pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Dempsey 32 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Cullen Bryant 3 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 29 | WR | Harold Jackson |
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 75 | ROT | John Williams |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 22 | RB | John Cappelletti |
| 30 | RB | Lawrence McCutcheon |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 49 | LCB | Rod Perry |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 48 | RS | Bill Simpson |
| 28 | RCB | Monte Jackson |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 73 | LOT | Russ Bolinger |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 38 | RB | Lawrence Gaines |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 83 | LDT | Jim Mitchell |
| 77 | RDT | John Woodcock |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 28 | RS | James Hunter |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Cullen Bryant | 11 | 41 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 9 | 24 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Rod Phillips | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| James Harris | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lawrence Gaines | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| James Harris | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 2 | 113 | 6.6 | 1 | 58.8 | |||
| Pat Haden | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 51.2 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 13 | 9 | 69.2 | 3 | 137 | 10.5 | 1 | 89.7 | |||
| Greg Landry | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 0 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | 47.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Bob Klein | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| John Cappelletti | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Harold Jackson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Terry Nelson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lawrence Gaines | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Youngblood | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Isiah Robertson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Rod Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Weaver | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 8 | 291 | 36.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Tom Geredine | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| James Hunter | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | ||
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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