NFL game summary for 10/01/1972:

The Falcons set two club records -- most yards rushing, 297, and most passes intercepted, six ? in scoring their first victory ever over the Rams in 12 games. Dave Hampton rushed for 161 yards and Art Malone ran for 103. Tom Hayes had two of the interceptions and linebacker Tommy Nobis returned a steal 29 yards for a TD.

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	180.0  (3)	102.0  (24)	282.0  (15)	4
	DEFENSE	106.5  (9)	122.0  (8)	228.5  (5)	6
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	177.5  (5)	181.5  (9)	359.0  (5)	2
	DEFENSE	158.5  (22)	126.5  (9)	285.0  (13)	3

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Los Angeles Rams (1-1-1)	0	0	3	0	3
Atlanta Falcons (2-1-0)	10	7	7	7	31

( 0- 3) ATL Bill Bell 41 yard field goal
( 0-10) ATL Ken Burrow 38 yard pass from Bob Berry (Bill Bell kick)
( 0-17) ATL Dave Hampton 56 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
( 3-17) LA  David Ray 22 yard field goal
( 3-24) ATL Tommy Nobis 29 yard interception return (Bill Bell kick)
( 3-31) ATL Dave Hampton 1 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)

                     LA              ATL
First Downs:         13              17
Rushes-yards:        24-112          51-297
Yards/rush:          4.7             5.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-32-172-6     2-9-61-1
Sacked-yards:        4-35            1-0
Net pass yards:      137             61
Net yards/pass:      3.8             6.1
Total net yards:     249             358
Total plays:         60 (40% run)    61 (83% run)  
Yards/play:          4.2             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-2
Turnovers:           6               3
Penalties-yards:     2-10            5-45

Attendance: 57,122

Passing:
LA: Roman Gabriel, 5 of 18 for 79 yards (2 int); Pete Beathard, 5 of 14 for 93 yards (4 int)
ATL: Bob Berry, 2 of 9 for 61 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
LA: Willie Ellison, 10 for 40 yards; Les Josephson, 8 for 21 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 4 for 21 yards; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 15 yards; Bob Thomas, 1 for 15 yards
ATL: Dave Hampton, 29 for 161 yards and 2 TDs; Art Malone, 18 for 103 yards; Bob Berry, 3 for 29 yards; Ken Burrow, 1 for 4 yards

Receiving:
LA: Jack Snow, 4 for 97 yards; Bob Klein, 3 for 55 yards; Lance Rentzel, 2 for 17 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 1 for 3 yards
ATL: Ken Burrow, 1 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Jim Mitchell, 1 for 23 yards

Kick returns:
LA: John Love, 4 for 87 yards; Al Clark, 1 for 28 yards
ATL: Dave Hampton, 2 for 37 yards

Punt returns:
LA: John Love, 2 for 9 yards
ATL: Willie Belton, 2 for 12 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Jim Nettles, 1 for 19 yards
ATL: Tom Hayes, 2 for 2 yards; Tommy Nobis, 1 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Ken Reaves, 1 for 28 yards; Mike Lewis, 1 for 3 yards; Clarence Ellis, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
LA: Dave Chapple, 4 for 194 yards
ATL: John James, 4 for 154 yards

Field Goals:
LA: David Ray, 1/4
ATL: Bill Bell, 1/2

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