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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New Orleans Saints at Los Angeles Rams - September 17th, 1972
New Orleans Saints 14 at Los Angeles Rams 34
Sunday, September 17, 1972
New Orleans Saints 14, Los Angeles Rams 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Rams (1-0-0) | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
Scoring
| NOR | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | RAM | David Ray 36 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| RAM | David Ray 28 yard field goal | 0 | 6 | |
| RAM | Bob L. Thomas 1 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 0 | 13 | |
| 2nd | RAM | Jack Snow 31 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 0 | 20 |
| RAM | Larry Smith 4 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 0 | 27 | |
| RAM | Bob L. Thomas 38 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 0 | 34 | |
| NOR | Bob Newland 42 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 7 | 34 | |
| 4th | NOR | Danny Abramowicz 4 yard pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 14 | 34 |
Team Stats
| NOR | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 18-69-0 | 36-254-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-46-249-2-1 | 11-22-139-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-31 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 218 | 139 |
| Total yards | 287 | 393 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-41 | 6-47 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 21 | 46 | 249 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Strong | NOR | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 3 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Parks | NOR | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Williams | NOR | 8 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Brown | NOR | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Robinson | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob L. Thomas | RAM | 18 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Smith | RAM | 11 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roman Gabriel | RAM | 11 | 21 | 139 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | RAM | 6 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jack Snow | RAM | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | RAM | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Ellison | RAM | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Beathard | RAM | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Arthur Green | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bivian Lee | NOR | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jim Bertelsen | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pat Curran | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Love | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Nettles | RAM | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||