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New Orleans Saints 28 at Los Angeles Rams 45

Sunday, December 5, 1971

New Orleans Saints 28, Los Angeles Rams 45

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (4-6-2)7014728
Los Angeles Rams (7-4-1)211401045

Scoring

NORRAM
1stRAMWillie Ellison 80 yard rush (David Ray kick)07
RAMJack Snow 37 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)014
NORDanny Abramowicz 25 yard pass from Ed Hargett (Charlie Durkee kick)714
RAMTravis Williams 105 yard kickoff return (David Ray kick)721
2ndRAMLarry Smith 5 yard rush (David Ray kick)728
RAMLance Rentzel 8 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)735
3rdNORBob Gresham 1 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)1435
NOREd Hargett 1 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)2135
4thRAMLance Rentzel 39 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)2142
NORBob Gresham 1 yard rush (Charlie Durkee kick)2842
RAMDavid Ray 12 yard field goal2845

Team Stats

NORRAM
First downs2022
Rush-yards-TDs23-56-339-293-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-36-213-1-110-18-137-3-0
Sacked-yards1-61-9
Net pass yards207128
Total yards263421
Fumbles-lost0-04-1
Turnovers11
Penalties-yards6-6714-119

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ed Hargett NOR 19 36 213 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 5 91 1 0
Jim Strong NOR 7 33 0 0 3 32 0 0
Dave Parks NOR 5 46 0 0
Bob Gresham NOR 11 9 2 0 3 33 0 0
Virgil Robinson NOR 4 13 0 0 2 2 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 1 9 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Willie Ellison RAM 26 247 1 0
Larry Smith RAM 8 42 1 0 3 28 0 0
Roman Gabriel RAM 10 18 137 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Rentzel RAM 1 0 0 0 5 65 2 0
Jack Snow RAM 1 37 1 0
Bob Klein RAM 1 7 0 0
Travis Williams RAM 3 4 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Dick Absher NOR 0 0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Reynaud Moore NOR 0 0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Virgil Robinson NOR 0 0 0 0 4 74 18.5 0 0
Jim Strong NOR 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Jim Nettles RAM 1 0 0 0
Lance Rentzel RAM 0 0 0 0 4 40 10.0 0 0
Rich Saul RAM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Roger Williams RAM 0 0 0 0 1 27 27.0 0 0
Travis Williams RAM 0 0 0 0 2 120 60.0 1 0
Jack Youngblood RAM 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0