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Sunday December 6, 1970
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NFL game summary for 12/06/1970:



Roman Gabriel completed 21 passes, including touchdown tosses of 37 yards to Jack Snow and 11 yards to Billy Truax, as Los Angeles scored its third straight victory. The Saints' Tom Dempsey kicked field goals of 54, 50 and 24 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New Orleans SaintsOFFENSE89.7  (24)171.5  (11)261.3  (21)32
DEFENSE142.3  (22)203.3  (26)345.5  (26)33
Los Angeles RamsOFFENSE128.6  (11)153.5  (16)282.2  (16)29
DEFENSE95.9  (4)152.6  (11)248.5  (4)32

Line: n/a

Team1234F
New Orleans Saints (2-9-1)333716
Los Angeles Rams (8-3-1)71431034

( 3- 0) NO  Tom Dempsey 24 yard field goal
( 3- 7) LA  Les Josephson 6 yard rush (David Ray kick)
( 3-14) LA  Jack Snow 37 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
( 3-21) LA  Les Josephson 2 yard rush (David Ray kick)
( 6-21) NO  Tom Dempsey 50 yard field goal
( 6-24) LA  David Ray 45 yard field goal
( 9-24) NO  Tom Dempsey 54 yard field goal
( 9-31) LA  Billy Truax 11 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
(16-31) NO  Danny Abramowicz 4 yard pass from Edd Hargett (Tom Dempsey kick)
(16-34) LA  David Ray 37 yard field goal
                     NO              LA
First Downs:         15              25
Rushes-yards:        22-75           29-109
Yards/rush:          3.4             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-32-195-0     23-46-336-0
Sacked-yards:        2-15            0-0
Net pass yards:      180             336
Net yards/pass:      5.3             7.3
Total net yards:     255             445
Total plays:         56 (39% run)    75 (38% run)  
Yards/play:          4.6             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-0
Turnovers:           0               0
Penalties-yards:     5-58            9-97

Attendance: 66,410
Passing:
NO: Billy Kilmer, 10 of 16 for 105 yards; Edd Hargett, 7 of 16 for 90 yards and 1 TD
LA: Roman Gabriel, 21 of 42 for 294 yards and 2 TDs; Karl Sweetan, 2 of 3 for 42 yards; Larry Smith, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
NO: Dick Davis, 18 for 65 yards; Tom Barrington, 4 for 10 yards
LA: Les Josephson, 10 for 38 yards and 2 TDs; Willie Ellison, 9 for 9 yards; Larry Smith, 8 for 68 yards; Jeff Jordan, 1 for 0 yards; Roman Gabriel, 1 for -6 yards

Receiving:
NO: Danny Abramowicz, 5 for 80 yards and 1 TD; Dave Parks, 5 for 79 yards; Tom Barrington, 3 for 16 yards; Dick Davis, 2 for 18 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 9 yards; Ray Poage, 1 for -7 yards
LA: Jack Snow, 7 for 103 yards and 1 TD; Billy Truax, 5 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Wendell Tucker, 3 for 59 yards; Les Josephson, 3 for 50 yards; Larry Smith, 2 for 21 yards; Pat Studstill, 1 for 22 yards; Willie Ellison, 1 for 20 yards; Donnie Williams, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
NO: Al Dodd, 3 for 67 yards; Bill Dusenbery, 2 for 45 yards; Ken Burrough, 2 for 35 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 4 for 99 yards

Punt returns:
NO: Al Dodd, 3 for 10 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 5 for 68 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
NO: Julian Fagan, 7 for 288 yards
LA: Pat Studstill, 4 for 164 yards

Field Goals:
NO: Tom Dempsey, 3/3
LA: David Ray, 2/3




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