NFL game summary for 12/19/1971:

Willie Ellison became the second player in Los Angeles history to rush for 1,000 or more yards in a season as he carried the ball 11 times for 23 yards to finish the year with an even 1,000 yards. The Rams defense made four interceptions, which helped win the game but not the NFC Western Division as the 49ers also won to finish in first place, a half-game ahead of the Rams.

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	157.7  (5)	149.7  (16)	307.4  (6)	29
	DEFENSE	113.2  (6)	171.9  (23)	285.1  (13)	29
Pittsburgh Steelers	OFFENSE	120.8  (17)	152.3  (13)	273.2  (18)	37
	DEFENSE	107.2  (5)	201.4  (26)	308.5  (18)	35

Line: Rams by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Los Angeles Rams (8-5-1)	13	3	7	0	23
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-8-0)	0	7	7	0	14

( 3- 0) LA  David Ray 15 yard field goal
( 6- 0) LA  David Ray 10 yard field goal
(13- 0) LA  Jack Snow 20 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick)
(13- 7) PIT Larry Brown 3 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
(16- 7) LA  David Ray 28 yard field goal
(16-14) PIT Ron Shanklin 2 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)
(23-14) LA  Larry Smith 1 yard rush (David Ray kick)

                     LA              PIT
First Downs:         14              24
Rushes-yards:        32-89           33-187
Yards/rush:          2.8             5.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-22-148-0     20-34-163-4
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-19
Net pass yards:      148             144
Net yards/pass:      6.7             3.9
Total net yards:     237             331
Total plays:         54 (59% run)    70 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-1
Turnovers:           0               5
Penalties-yards:     5-44            4-38

Attendance: 45,233

Passing:
LA: Roman Gabriel, 13 of 22 for 148 yards and 1 TD
PIT: Terry Bradshaw, 20 of 34 for 163 yards and 2 TDs (4 int)

Rushing:
LA: Willie Ellison, 11 for 23 yards; Larry Smith, 11 for 21 yards and 1 TD; Les Josephson, 7 for 33 yards; Lee White, 2 for 11 yards; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 1 yard
PIT: Preston Pearson, 16 for 86 yards; Frenchy Fuqua, 8 for 45 yards; Warren Bankston, 6 for 26 yards; Terry Bradshaw, 3 for 30 yards

Receiving:
LA: Larry Smith, 5 for 73 yards; Jack Snow, 4 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Willie Ellison, 2 for 0 yards; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 14 yards; Les Josephson, 1 for 3 yards
PIT: Frenchy Fuqua, 8 for 56 yards; Dave Smith, 4 for 35 yards; Ron Shanklin, 3 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Bob Adams, 2 for 16 yards; Warren Bankston, 1 for 10 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 10 yards; Larry Brown, 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
LA: Travis Williams, 2 for 55 yards; Roger Williams, 1 for 57 yards
PIT: Jon Staggers, 2 for 42 yards; Jim Brumfield, 1 for 35 yards; Rocky Bleier, 1 for 21 yards

Punt returns:
LA: Lance Rentzel, 1 for -1 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Jim Nettles, 1 for 44 yards; Kermit Alexander, 1 for 18 yards; Marlin McKeever, 1 for 12 yards; Coy Bacon, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
LA: Pat Studstill, 5 for 199 yards
PIT: Bobby Walden, 3 for 122 yards

Field Goals:
LA: David Ray, 3/4

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