NFL game summary for 10/03/1971:

Wide receiver Lance Rentzel dashed 50 yards for a fourth-period touchdown on an end-around-reverse that clinched the victory over Chicago. The Rams rushed for 263 yards. Chicago starting quarterback Jack Concannon suffered torn knee ligaments and was replaced by Kent Nix.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	60.5  (24)	167.5  (14)	228.0  (24)	7
	DEFENSE	153.5  (18)	137.5  (7)	291.0  (15)	8
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	155.0  (7)	134.5  (21)	289.5  (16)	4
	DEFENSE	136.0  (17)	220.5  (20)	356.5  (23)	2

Line: Rams by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (2-1-0)	0	3	0	0	3
Los Angeles Rams (1-1-1)	7	3	0	7	17

( 0- 7) LA  Les Josephson 6 yard rush (David Ray kick)
( 3- 7) CHI Mac Percival 36 yard field goal
( 3-10) LA  David Ray 23 yard field goal
( 3-17) LA  Lance Rentzel 50 yard rush (David Ray kick)

                     CHI             LA
First Downs:         10              21
Rushes-yards:        18-68           43-263
Yards/rush:          3.8             6.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-38-91-4       13-31-165-2
Sacked-yards:        5-46            2-6
Net pass yards:      45              159
Net yards/pass:      1.0             4.8
Total net yards:     113             422
Total plays:         61 (29% run)    76 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          1.9             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-2
Turnovers:           4               4
Penalties-yards:     2-20            6-51

Attendance: 66,957

Passing:
CHI: Kent Nix, 5 of 23 for 60 yards (3 int); Jack Concannon, 4 of 14 for 31 yards (1 int); Bob Wallace, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
LA: Roman Gabriel, 13 of 31 for 165 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
CHI: Don Shy, 5 for 22 yards; Jim Grabowski, 5 for 4 yards; Cyril Pinder, 4 for 28 yards; Bill Tucker, 2 for 11 yards; Jack Concannon, 2 for 3 yards
LA: Willie Ellison, 22 for 95 yards; Les Josephson, 12 for 51 yards and 1 TD; Lance Rentzel, 3 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Larry Smith, 3 for 14 yards; Roman Gabriel, 2 for 1 yard; Travis Williams, 1 for 36 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Bob Wallace, 2 for 37 yards; George Farmer, 2 for 20 yards; Dick Gordon, 2 for 20 yards; Bill Tucker, 1 for 13 yards; Cyril Pinder, 1 for 3 yards; Don Shy, 1 for -2 yards
LA: Les Josephson, 4 for 30 yards; Jack Snow, 3 for 46 yards; Lance Rentzel, 2 for 23 yards; Willie Ellison, 2 for 13 yards; Larry Smith, 1 for 34 yards; Matt Maslowski, 1 for 19 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Ron Smith, 2 for 38 yards; Cecil Turner, 2 for 32 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 2 for 62 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Cecil Turner, 2 for 26 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 4 for -8 yards; Travis Williams, 1 for 4 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Dick Butkus, 2 for 0 yards
LA: Kermit Alexander, 1 for 22 yards; Dave Elmendorf, 1 for 0 yards; Jim Nettles, 1 for 0 yards; Isiah Robertson, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 9 for 361 yards
LA: Pat Studstill, 7 for 262 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Mac Percival, 1/2
LA: David Ray, 1/2

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