Sunday, September 18, 1977
Los Angeles Rams 6, Atlanta Falcons 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams (0-1-0) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Atlanta Falcons (1-0-0) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| RAM | ATL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | RAM | Harold Jackson 27 yard pass from Joe Namath (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2nd | ATL | Haskel Stanback 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 6 | 7 |
| ATL | Nick Mike-Mayer 33 yard field goal | 6 | 10 | |
| 3rd | ATL | Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick) | 6 | 17 |
| RAM | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 9 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-59-0 | 52-156-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-30-141-1-0 | 10-17-121-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-33 | 2-13 |
| Net pass yards | 108 | 108 |
| Total yards | 167 | 264 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-60 | 6-53 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Namath | RAM | 15 | 30 | 141 | 1 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | RAM | 14 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | RAM | 3 | 47 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | RAM | 3 | 45 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| John Cappelletti | RAM | 7 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Dwight Scales | RAM | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Charle Young | RAM | 3 | 16 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Terry Nelson | RAM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Haskel Stanback | ATL | 18 | 73 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Wallace Francis | ATL | 5 | 69 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Monroe Eley | ATL | 21 | 60 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Scott Hunter | ATL | 10 | 17 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Alfred Jenkins | ATL | 1 | 29 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Mike Esposito | ATL | 9 | 16 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Cullen Bryant | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Phillips | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wendell Tyler | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Waddy | RAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58 | 11.6 | 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 | |||
| Rolland Lawrence | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Ryckman | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||