Sunday October 24, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/24/1976:



Pat Haden came off the bench in the fourth quarter and completed his first pass to Harold Jackson for a 40-yard touchdown, breaking a 10-10 tie and keeping the Rams a half-game behind San Francisco in the NFC West race. Los Angeles had taken a 10-0 lead in the second quarter following a one-yard touchdown run by Lawrence McCutcheon. Bobby Douglass came off the Saints' bench to throw a 28-yard pass to Tony Galbreath and set up a field goal to tie the Rams.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE187.7  (3)178.8  (10)366.5  (8)17
DEFENSE134.0  (12)161.7  (12)295.7  (10)20
OFFENSE127.0  (20)123.3  (21)250.3  (24)14
DEFENSE142.7  (15)169.7  (14)312.3  (16)15

Line: Rams by 12

Team1234F
Los Angeles Rams (5-1-1)0100616
New Orleans Saints (2-5-0)007310

( 3- 0) LA Tom Dempsey 49 yard field goal (10- 0) LA Lawrence McCutcheon 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) (10- 7) NO Tony Galbreath 28 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick) (10-10) NO Rich Szaro 22 yard field goal (16-10) LA Harold Jackson 40 yard pass from Pat Haden (kick failed)
                     LA              NO
First Downs:         14              20
Rushes-yards:        42-122          31-114
Yards/rush:          2.9             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     5-15-92-1       24-40-292-0
Sacked-yards:        5-35            9-78
Net pass yards:      57              214
Net yards/pass:      2.9             4.4
Total net yards:     179             328
Total plays:         62 (67% run)    80 (38% run)  
Yards/play:          2.9             4.1
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             7-5
Turnovers:           4               5
Penalties-yards:     6-59            8-103

Attendance: 51,984

Passing:
LA: Ron Jaworski, 3 of 11 for 15 yards (2 int); Pat Haden, 2 of 4 for 77 yards and 1 TD NO: Bobby Douglass, 15 of 23 for 210 yards and 1 TD; Bobby Scott, 9 of 17 for 82 yards
Rushing:
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 24 for 74 yards and 1 TD; John Cappelletti, 10 for 20 yards; Rod Phillips, 5 for 25 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 2 for 6 yards; Pat Haden, 1 for -3 yards NO: Chuck Muncie, 17 for 57 yards; Tony Galbreath, 9 for 40 yards; Alvin Maxson, 3 for 2 yards; Bobby Douglass, 2 for 15 yards
Receiving:
LA: Ron Jessie, 2 for 36 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for 40 yards and 1 TD; Bob Klein, 1 for 14 yards; Rod Phillips, 1 for 2 yards NO: Tony Galbreath, 7 for 91 yards and 1 TD; Henry Childs, 6 for 85 yards; Chuck Muncie, 5 for 59 yards; Don Herrmann, 3 for 42 yards; Paul Seal, 2 for 1 yard; Tinker Owens, 1 for 14 yards
Kick returns:
LA: Pat Thomas, 2 for 56 yards; Cullen Bryant, 1 for 23 yards NO: Tony Galbreath, 2 for 52 yards; Jim Thaxton, 2 for 42 yards
Punt returns:
LA: Cullen Bryant, 7 for 76 yards NO: Pete Athas, 2 for 14 yards
Interceptions:
NO: Jim Merlo, 1 for 14 yards; Mo Spencer, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
LA: Rusty Jackson, 8 for 330 yards NO: Tom Blanchard, 8 for 306 yards
Field Goals:
LA: Tom Dempsey, 1/1 NO: Rich Szaro, 1/1


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