| New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1979 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 53879 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 74 F Humidty: 15% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 29 |
| Los Angeles Rams | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams | Wendell Tyler 1 run (Frank Corral kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Tinker Owens 8 pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Mike Strachan 10 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Garo Yepremian 35 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Garo Yepremian 24 FG | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Mike Strachan 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Rams | Eddie Hill 1 run (Frank Corral kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Safety, Vince Ferragamo tackled in end zone by Elois Grooms | 29 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Mike Strachan | 18 | 93 | 5.2 | 2 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 20 | 91 | 4.6 | 20 | 0 |
| NO | Jack Holmes | 12 | 54 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| NO | Archie Manning | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| NO | Wayne Wilson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| LARM | Wendell Tyler | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 37 | 1 |
| LARM | Cullen Bryant | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| LARM | Eddie Hill | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | |
| LARM | Jim Jodat | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NO | Archie Manning | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 3 | 162 | 10.8 | 1 | 85.3 | |||
| LARM | Vince Ferragamo | 26 | 14 | 53.8 | 2 | 159 | 6.1 | 0 | 40.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Tinker Owens | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| NO | Henry Childs | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Chuck Muncie | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| NO | Wes Chandler | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| NO | Jack Holmes | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| LARM | Preston Dennard | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| LARM | Wendell Tyler | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 10 | 0 |
| LARM | Cullen Bryant | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Billy Waddy | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Ronnie Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| LARM | Eddie Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| LARM | Charle Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Tommy Myers | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| NO | Ralph McGill | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| LARM | Nolan Cromwell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| LARM | Jim Youngblood | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| LARM | Dwayne O'Steen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NO | Rick Partridge | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Ken Clark | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| LARM | Eddie Brown | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| LARM | Drew Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NO | Rich Mauti | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | |
| LARM | Eddie Hill | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| LARM | Eddie Brown | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| LARM | Jim Jodat | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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