NFL game summary for 11/14/1971:

Roman Gabriel hit 11 straight pass completions to tie a Los Angeles club record and missed his receiver only five times in 22 attempts while throwing a pair of touchdown passes to Lance Rentzel, who caught six for 88 yards. The victory moved the Rams to within a half-game of NFC Western leader San Francisco.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	162.8  (6)	144.8  (16)	307.5  (8)	19
	DEFENSE	118.6  (8)	149.5  (10)	268.1  (9)	20
Detroit Lions	OFFENSE	186.1  (2)	154.8  (10)	340.9  (3)	19
	DEFENSE	130.1  (13)	160.1  (16)	290.2  (14)	22

Line: Lions by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Los Angeles Rams (5-3-1)	0	14	0	7	21
Detroit Lions (5-3-1)	3	0	3	7	13

( 0- 3) DET Errol Mann 37 yard field goal
( 7- 3) LA  Les Josephson 1 yard rush (David Ray kick)
(14- 3) LA  Lance Rentzel 14 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
(14- 6) DET Errol Mann 13 yard field goal
(21- 6) LA  Lance Rentzel 32 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
(21-13) DET Greg Landry 1 yard rush (Errol Mann kick)

                     LA              DET
First Downs:         19              21
Rushes-yards:        30-141          38-177
Yards/rush:          4.7             4.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-22-179-1     15-25-199-0
Sacked-yards:        1-9             7-59
Net pass yards:      170             140
Net yards/pass:      7.4             4.4
Total net yards:     311             317
Total plays:         53 (56% run)    70 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          5.9             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     4-27            1-15

Attendance: 54,418

Passing:
LA: Roman Gabriel, 17 of 22 for 179 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
DET: Greg Landry, 15 of 25 for 199 yards

Rushing:
LA: Willie Ellison, 14 for 76 yards; Les Josephson, 12 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Roman Gabriel, 2 for 3 yards; Larry Smith, 1 for 7 yards; Jack Snow, 1 for -10 yards
DET: Altie Taylor, 19 for 101 yards; Steve Owens, 16 for 57 yards; Greg Landry, 3 for 19 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
LA: Lance Rentzel, 6 for 88 yards and 2 TDs; Willie Ellison, 5 for 28 yards; Bob Klein, 3 for 30 yards; Jack Snow, 1 for 22 yards; Larry Smith, 1 for 8 yards; Les Josephson, 1 for 3 yards
DET: Charlie Sanders, 4 for 52 yards; Larry Walton, 4 for 49 yards; Steve Owens, 4 for 35 yards; Earl McCullouch, 2 for 71 yards; Altie Taylor, 1 for -8 yards

Kick returns:
LA: Travis Williams, 3 for 88 yards; Les Josephson, 1 for 0 yards
DET: Al Clark, 2 for 35 yards; Ron Jessie, 2 for 30 yards

Punt returns:
LA: Alvin Haymond, 3 for 27 yards
DET: Larry Walton, 1 for -8 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Dick LeBeau, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
LA: Pat Studstill, 4 for 171 yards
DET: Herman Weaver, 4 for 184 yards

Field Goals:
LA: David Ray, 0/2
DET: Errol Mann, 2/4

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