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Los Angeles Rams 35 at New Orleans Saints 17

Sunday, October 7, 1979

Los Angeles Rams 35, New Orleans Saints 17

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Los Angeles Rams (4-2-0)0280735
New Orleans Saints (2-4-0)703717

Scoring

RAMNOR
1stNORTony Galbreath 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)07
2ndRAMWendell Tyler 5 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)77
RAMWendell Tyler 2 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)147
RAMRon Jessie 39 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)217
RAMTerry Nelson 5 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)287
3rdNORGaro Yepremian 32 yard field goal2810
4thNORHenry Childs 6 yard pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick)2817
RAMRon Jessie 24 yard pass from Pat Haden (Frank Corral kick)3517

Team Stats

RAMNOR
First downs2213
Rush-yards-TDs46-141-225-102-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT12-25-176-3-215-32-143-1-5
Sacked-yards2-221-11
Net pass yards154132
Total yards295234
Fumbles-lost3-04-1
Turnovers26
Penalties-yards4-265-23

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Pat Haden RAM 12 25 176 3 2 39 2 17 0 0
Ron Jessie RAM 4 93 2 39
Wendell Tyler RAM 16 63 2 20 2 30 0 16
Cullen Bryant RAM 15 58 0 13 1 3 0 3
Billy Waddy RAM 3 30 0 11
Preston Dennard RAM 1 15 0 15
Lawrence McCutcheon RAM 6 4 0 2
Elvis Peacock RAM 3 3 0 2
Eddie Hill RAM 3 2 0 1
Terry Nelson RAM 1 -6 0 -6 1 5 1 5
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Chuck Muncie NOR 17 85 0 19 3 26 0 14
Archie Manning NOR 15 32 143 1 5 39 1 0 0 0
Ike Harris NOR 3 53 0 39
Tony Galbreath NOR 7 17 1 4 4 30 0 9
Henry Childs NOR 5 34 1 9

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
Eddie Brown RAM 0 0 0 0 2 9 4.5 0 0
Nolan Cromwell RAM 1 32 0 0
Drew Hill RAM 0 0 0 0 4 88 22.0 0 0
Pat Thomas RAM 3 5 0 0
Jim Youngblood RAM 1 15 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
Jack Holmes NOR 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Pat Hughes NOR 1 12 0 0
Rich Mauti NOR 0 0 0 0 3 77 25.7 0 0 3 20 6.7 0 0
Don Schwartz NOR 1 22 0 0
Wayne Wilson NOR 0 0 0 0 2 50 25.0 0 0