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St. Louis Cardinals 23 at Los Angeles Rams 35

Saturday, December 27, 1975

St. Louis Cardinals 23, Los Angeles Rams 35

1234Final
St. Louis Cardinals (11-4-0)097723
Los Angeles Rams (13-2-0)14140735

Scoring

STLRAM
1stRAMRon Jaworski 5 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)07
RAMJack Youngblood 47 yard interception return (Tom Dempsey kick)014
2ndRAMBill Simpson 65 yard interception return (Tom Dempsey kick)021
STLJim Otis 2 yard rush (kick failed)621
RAMHarold Jackson 66 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tom Dempsey kick)628
STLJim Bakken 29 yard field goal928
3rdSTLMel Gray 11 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)1628
4thRAMRon Jessie 2 yard fumble return (Tom Dempsey kick)1635
STLSteve Jones 3 yard rush (Jim Bakken kick)2335

Team Stats

STLRAM
First downs2226
Rush-yards-TDs27-95-250-237-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT22-41-291-1-312-23-203-1-0
Sacked-yards2-230-0
Net pass yards268203
Total yards363440
Fumbles-lost3-25-3
Turnovers53
Penalties-yards6-705-38

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Jim Hart STL 22 41 291 1 3 34
Terry Metcalf STL 8 27 0 8 6 94 0 34
Jim Otis STL 12 38 1 6 4 52 0 21
Mel Gray STL 3 52 1 23
Steve Jones STL 6 28 1 15 2 19 0 11
Ike Harris STL 2 33 0 22
Jerry Latin STL 1 2 0 2 2 23 0 12
J.V. Cain STL 2 17 0 11
Jackie Smith STL 1 1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Lawrence McCutcheon RAM 37 202 0 12 3 8 0 11
Ron Jaworski RAM 12 23 203 1 0 66 6 7 1 7
Harold Jackson RAM 2 84 1 66
Ron Jessie RAM 4 52 0 16
Cullen Bryant RAM 3 12 0 8 2 26 0 14
Terry Nelson RAM 1 33 0 33
Rob Scribner RAM 4 16 0 7

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
Bob Bell STL 0 0 0 0
Dwayne Crump STL 0 0 0 0 1 28 28.0 0 28
Charles Davis STL 0 0 0 0
Gary Hammond STL 0 0 0 0 2 36 18.0 0 18
Jerry Latin STL 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 22
Terry Metcalf STL 0 0 0 0 2 102 51.0 0 67 2 6 3.0 0 3
Norm Thompson STL 0 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
Cullen Bryant RAM 0 0 0 0 3 61 20.3 0 22
Fred Dryer RAM 1.0 0 0 0 0
Dave Elmendorf RAM 0 0 0 0 2 12 6.0 0 12
Harold Jackson RAM 0 0 0 0
Ron Jessie RAM 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 17
Rod Perry RAM 0 0 0 0
Rob Scribner RAM 0 0 0 0 1 7 7.0 0 7
Bill Simpson RAM 2 83 1 65
Jack Youngblood RAM 1.0 1 47 1 47

St. Louis Cardinals Starting Lineup

Jim Hart QB
Terry Metcalf RB
Jim Otis FB
Mel Gray WR
J.V. Cain TE
Jackie Smith TE
Roger Finnie LT
Bob Young LG
Tom Banks C
Conrad Dobler RG
Dan Dierdorf RT
Bob Bell LDE
Charles Davis LDT
Bob Rowe RDT
Ron Yankowski RDE
Larry Stallings LLB
Greg Hartle MLB
Pete Barnes RLB
Norm Thompson LCB
Roger Wehrli RCB
Ken Reaves SS
Clarence Duren FS

Los Angeles Rams Starting Lineup

Ron Jaworski QB
Lawrence McCutcheon RB
Cullen Bryant FB
Harold Jackson WR
Ron Jessie WR
Terry Nelson TE
Doug France LT
Tom Mack LG
Rich Saul C
Joe Scibelli RG
John Williams RT
Jack Youngblood LDE
Merlin Olsen LDT
Cody Jones RDT
Fred Dryer RDE
Ken Geddes LLB
Jack Reynolds MLB
Isiah Robertson RLB
Eddie McMillan LCB
Monte Jackson RCB
Dave Elmendorf SS
Bill Simpson FS