NFL game summary for 11/21/1971:

One of Gene Howard's three interceptions set up a Roman Gabriel-to-Jack Snow touchdown pass and Jim Nettles returned another interception 29 yards for a second TD as the Rams swept the season series with the 49ers and moved a half-game ahead of San Francisco in the NFC West battle for first place.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
San Francisco 49ers	OFFENSE	146.2  (10)	186.6  (3)	332.8  (5)	34
	DEFENSE	117.7  (7)	131.9  (5)	249.6  (4)	21
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	160.3  (6)	147.6  (15)	307.9  (6)	20
	DEFENSE	125.1  (10)	148.4  (11)	273.6  (11)	21

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Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Francisco 49ers (6-4-0)	3	3	0	0	6
Los Angeles Rams (6-3-1)	0	14	3	0	17

( 3- 0) SF  Bruce Gossett 20 yard field goal
( 3- 7) LA  Jack Snow 13 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
( 6- 7) SF  Bruce Gossett 26 yard field goal
( 6-14) LA  Jim Nettles 29 yard interception return (David Ray kick)
( 6-17) LA  David Ray 49 yard field goal

                     SF              LA
First Downs:         21              8
Rushes-yards:        34-96           30-124
Yards/rush:          2.8             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     23-42-297-4     5-16-69-1
Sacked-yards:        1-11            2-20
Net pass yards:      286             49
Net yards/pass:      6.7             2.7
Total net yards:     382             173
Total plays:         77 (44% run)    48 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             3.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     9-108           3-25

Attendance: 80,050

Passing:
SF: John Brodie, 23 of 42 for 297 yards (4 int)
LA: Roman Gabriel, 5 of 16 for 69 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
SF: Vic Washington, 19 for 51 yards; Ken Willard, 9 for 34 yards; Larry Schreiber, 2 for 4 yards; Doug Cunningham, 2 for 3 yards; John Brodie, 1 for 3 yards; Ted Kwalick, 1 for 1 yard
LA: Willie Ellison, 16 for 59 yards; Larry Smith, 7 for 23 yards; Les Josephson, 4 for 32 yards; Travis Williams, 2 for 6 yards; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
SF: Ted Kwalick, 7 for 83 yards; Gene Washington, 5 for 86 yards; Doug Cunningham, 3 for 46 yards; Vic Washington, 3 for 26 yards; Ken Willard, 3 for 23 yards; Preston Riley, 2 for 33 yards
LA: Jack Snow, 3 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 13 yards; Willie Ellison, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
SF: Vic Washington, 4 for 68 yards
LA: Travis Williams, 3 for 75 yards

Punt returns:
SF: Bruce Taylor, 4 for 7 yards
LA: Alvin Haymond, 3 for 14 yards

Interceptions:
SF: Bruce Taylor, 1 for 0 yards
LA: Gene Howard, 3 for 50 yards; Jim Nettles, 1 for 29 yards and 1 TD

Punting:
SF: Jim McCann, 5 for 201 yards
LA: Pat Studstill, 9 for 387 yards

Field Goals:
SF: Bruce Gossett, 2/2
LA: David Ray, 1/1

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