Sunday October 15, 1972
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/15/1972:



The Rams forced five turnovers and converted three of them into a pair of touchdowns and a field goal, while their defense trapped Eagles' passers seven times for 68 yards. Roman Gabriel completed 11 passes for 147 yards, including a 19-yard scoring toss to John Love.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE193.5  (2)138.0  (21)331.5  (5)11
DEFENSE157.2  (21)109.0  (3)266.2  (8)11
OFFENSE94.5  (23)220.2  (2)314.8  (10)13
DEFENSE153.2  (20)191.2  (20)344.5  (22)10

Line: Rams by 10½

Team1234F
Los Angeles Rams (3-1-1)31410734
Philadelphia Eagles (0-5-0)03003

( 3- 0) LA David Ray 42 yard field goal (10- 0) LA Willie Ellison 1 yard rush (David Ray kick) (17- 0) LA Bob Thomas 2 yard rush (David Ray kick) (17- 3) PHI Tom Dempsey 52 yard field goal (20- 3) LA David Ray 16 yard field goal (27- 3) LA John Love 19 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) (34- 3) LA Jim Bertelsen 6 yard rush (David Ray kick)
                     LA              PHI
First Downs:         18              14
Rushes-yards:        40-166          21-47
Yards/rush:          4.2             2.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-22-147-0     14-33-158-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             7-68
Net pass yards:      147             90
Net yards/pass:      6.7             2.2
Total net yards:     313             137
Total plays:         62 (64% run)    61 (34% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             2.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             5-3
Turnovers:           0               5
Penalties-yards:     8-60            5-45

Attendance: 65,720

Passing:
LA: Roman Gabriel, 11 of 21 for 147 yards and 1 TD; Pete Beathard, 0 of 1 for 0 yards PHI: Pete Liske, 8 of 18 for 91 yards; John Reaves, 6 of 15 for 67 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
LA: Willie Ellison, 10 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Bob Thomas, 10 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Larry Smith, 9 for 30 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 8 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 10 yards; Roman Gabriel, 1 for 3 yards; Joe Sweet, 1 for 1 yard PHI: Po James, 8 for 13 yards; Tom Sullivan, 5 for 13 yards; Tony Baker, 4 for 10 yards; Larry Watkins, 3 for 13 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for -2 yards
Receiving:
LA: Lance Rentzel, 4 for 73 yards; Bob Thomas, 2 for 18 yards; Bob Klein, 2 for 15 yards; John Love, 1 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Jack Snow, 1 for 15 yards; Larry Smith, 1 for 7 yards PHI: Harold Jackson, 5 for 90 yards; Harold Carmichael, 3 for 31 yards; Po James, 2 for 9 yards; Gary Ballman, 1 for 10 yards; Kent Kramer, 1 for 9 yards; Tom Sullivan, 1 for 6 yards; Larry Watkins, 1 for 3 yards
Kick returns:
PHI: Billy Walik, 3 for 79 yards; Al Nelson, 3 for 39 yards; Bill Bradley, 1 for 2 yards
Punt returns:
LA: John Love, 1 for 0 yards PHI: Bill Bradley, 1 for 4 yards; Billy Walik, 1 for -2 yards
Interceptions:
LA: Jim Nettles, 1 for 26 yards; Gene Howard, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
LA: Dave Chapple, 4 for 172 yards PHI: Bill Bradley, 5 for 227 yards
Field Goals:
LA: David Ray, 2/3 PHI: Tom Dempsey, 1/1


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