NFL game summary for 09/18/1970:

Roman Gabriel threw three touchdown passes and Alvin Haymond opened the second half with a 98-yard kick return for a touchdown. The Rams defense trapped St. Louis' passers six times for 54 yards.

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
St. Louis Cardinals (0-1-0)	3	0	3	7	13
Los Angeles Rams (1-0-0)	3	14	7	10	34

( 0- 3) LA  David Ray 27 yard field goal
( 3- 3) STL Jim Bakken 9 yard field goal
( 3-10) LA  Willie Ellison 3 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
( 3-17) LA  Billy Truax 3 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
( 3-24) LA  Alvin Haymond 98 yard kickoff return (David Ray kick)
( 6-24) STL Jim Bakken 17 yard field goal
(13-24) STL Jackie Smith 59 yard pass from Jim Hart (Jim Bakken kick)
(13-27) LA  David Ray 11 yard field goal
(13-34) LA  Jack Snow 15 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)

                     STL             LA
First Downs:         15              17
Rushes-yards:        18-99           40-157
Yards/rush:          5.5             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-41-282-1     16-27-185-0
Sacked-yards:        6-54            0-0
Net pass yards:      228             185
Net yards/pass:      4.9             6.9
Total net yards:     327             342
Total plays:         65 (27% run)    67 (59% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             1-1
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     8-84            6-77

Attendance: 63,130

Passing:
STL: Jim Hart, 12 of 41 for 282 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
LA: Roman Gabriel, 16 of 26 for 185 yards and 3 TDs; Pat Curran, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
STL: Cid Edwards, 8 for 34 yards; MacArthur Lane, 7 for 30 yards; Jim Hart, 2 for 2 yards; Chuck Latourette, 1 for 33 yards
LA: Willie Ellison, 15 for 64 yards; Larry Smith, 10 for 36 yards; Tommy Mason, 7 for 21 yards; Roman Gabriel, 6 for 32 yards; Pat Curran, 2 for 4 yards

Receiving:
STL: John Gilliam, 5 for 133 yards; Jackie Smith, 4 for 102 yards and 1 TD; MacArthur Lane, 2 for 37 yards; Cid Edwards, 1 for 10 yards
LA: Jack Snow, 5 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Tommy Mason, 3 for 16 yards; Wendell Tucker, 2 for 49 yards; Larry Smith, 2 for 25 yards; Billy Truax, 2 for 19 yards and 1 TD; Willie Ellison, 2 for 17 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
STL: Nate Wright, 3 for 52 yards; John Gilliam, 2 for 39 yards; Johnny Roland, 1 for 17 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 4 for 182 yards and 1 TD

Punt returns:
STL: Chuck Latourette, 1 for 0 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 2 for -2 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Eddie Meador, 1 for 12 yards

Punting:
STL: Chuck Latourette, 5 for 191 yards
LA: Pat Studstill, 4 for 176 yards

Field Goals:
STL: Jim Bakken, 2/3
LA: David Ray, 2/4

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