| San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1978 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 59337 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 75 F Humidty: 64% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | John Cappelletti 3 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Ray Wersching 25 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 47 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Miller 11 pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick) | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Greg Boykin 2 run (Ray Wersching kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Cullen Bryant 10 run (Frank Corral kick) | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 38 FG | 10 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Elmo Boyd |
| 88 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 67 | LOT | Ron Singleton |
| 65 | LOG | Ernie Hughes |
| 51 | C | Randy Cross |
| 68 | ROG | John Ayers |
| 71 | ROT | Keith Fahnhorst |
| 81 | TE | Ken MacAfee |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| 33 | FB | Greg Boykin |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Archie Reese |
| 74 | LDT | Jimmy Webb |
| 72 | RDT | Cleveland Elam |
| 86 | RDE | Cedrick Hardman |
| 50 | LLB | Joe Harris |
| 57 | MLB | Dan Bunz |
| 54 | RLB | Ed Bradley |
| 42 | LCB | Tony Leonard |
| 24 | SS | Chuck Crist |
| 49 | FS | Vern Roberson |
| 22 | RCB | Eddie Lewis |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 82 | WR | Willie Miller |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 61 | C | Rich Saul |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 75 | ROT | John Williams |
| 83 | TE | Terry Nelson |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 32 | RB | Cullen Bryant |
| 22 | FB | John Cappelletti |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 76 | LDT | Cody Jones |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 27 | LCB | Pat Thomas |
| 42 | SS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 48 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 20 | 83 | 4.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 21 | 1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 13 | 67 | 5.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 26 | 1 |
| John Cappelletti | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Jerry Latin | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Rod Phillips | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 26 | 7 | 26.9 | 1 | 83 | 3.2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.4 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pat Haden | 24 | 12 | 50.0 | 2 | 161 | 6.7 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 64.8 |
| Vince Ferragamo | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Paul Seal | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Greg Boykin | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Miller | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 45 | 1 |
| John Cappelletti | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ronnie Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Tony Leonard | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Mike Connell | 8 | 284 | 35.5 | 46 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Glen Walker | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Larry Jones | 1 | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 5 | 0 | 99 | 19.8 | 44 | 0 |
| Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Dave Williams | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bobby Ferrell | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Ernie Hughes | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jerry Latin | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jim Jodat | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |
| Cleveland Elam | 1.0 |
| Cedrick Hardman | 1.0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |
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