| Los Angeles Rams at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 3, 1978 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 62629 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 36 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Cullen Bryant 6 run (Frank Corral kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Gary Shirk 4 pass from Joe Pisarcik (Joe Danelo kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | New York GiantsNYG | Joe Danelo 27 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Pat Thomas 33 interception return (Frank Corral kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Frank Corral 35 FG | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Willie Spencer 1 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 20 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 82 | WR | Willie Miller |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 56 | C | Doug Smith |
| 60 | ROG | Dennis Harrah |
| 75 | ROT | John Williams |
| 86 | TE | Charle Young |
| 11 | QB | Pat Haden |
| 32 | RB | Cullen Bryant |
| 39 | FB | Rod Phillips |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 76 | LDT | Cody Jones |
| 90 | RDT | Larry Brooks |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 53 | LLB | Jim Youngblood |
| 64 | MLB | Jack Reynolds |
| 59 | RLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 27 | LCB | Pat Thomas |
| 42 | SS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 48 | FS | Bill Simpson |
| 49 | RCB | Rod Perry |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Johnny Perkins |
| 85 | WR | Jimmy Robinson |
| 71 | LOT | Gordon Gravelle |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Van Horn |
| 56 | C | Jim Clack |
| 68 | ROG | J.T. Turner |
| 60 | ROT | Brad Benson |
| 87 | TE | Gary Shirk |
| 9 | QB | Joe Pisarcik |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 44 | RB | Doug Kotar |
| Offense | ||
| 75 | LDE | George Martin |
| 64 | LDT | John Mendenhall |
| 77 | RDT | Troy Archer |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 10 | LLB | Brad Van Pelt |
| 53 | MLB | Harry Carson |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 24 | LCB | Terry Jackson |
| 23 | SS | Odis McKinney |
| 31 | FS | Ernie Jones |
| 22 | RCB | Ray Rhodes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Cullen Bryant | 20 | 66 | 3.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Jim Jodat | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Rod Phillips | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Charle Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Haden | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Randy Dean | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan Doornink | 10 | 58 | 5.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Pisarcik | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Spencer | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pat Haden | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 0 | 102 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 59.1 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Joe Pisarcik | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 3 | 117 | 5.9 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.9 |
| Randy Dean | 14 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 38 | 2.7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Charle Young | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Cullen Bryant | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Preston Dennard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Jodat | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rod Phillips | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | -9 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dan Doornink | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Jimmy Robinson | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Johnny Perkins | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jim Youngblood | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Pat Thomas | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Bill Simpson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Rod Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Glen Walker | 8 | 264 | 33.0 | 47 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 202 | 40.4 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 4 | 1 | 66 | 16.5 | 58 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Maurice Tyler | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Jim Jodat | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Rod Phillips | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Emery Moorehead | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| John Skorupan | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Willie Spencer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ernie Pough | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Mike Fanning | 1.0 |
| New York Giants | |
| John Mendenhall | 1.0 |
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