Sunday October 21, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/21/1973:



Defensive end Fred Dryer set a league record by twice throwing Green Bay quarterbacks for safeties and John Hadl threw his ninth TD pass to Harold Jackson as the Rams made it six wins in a row. Hadl also set up a 1-yard scoring plunge by Larry Smith with a 17-yard pass to Jack Snow. Dryer first tackled Scott Hunter in the end zone and then sacked his replacement, Jim Del Gaizo.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE143.0  (14)98.0  (24)241.0  (23)8
DEFENSE107.6  (4)117.4  (8)225.0  (2)15
Los Angeles RamsOFFENSE196.6  (2)161.6  (8)358.2  (1)6
DEFENSE79.0  (1)157.4  (16)236.4  (5)15

Line: Rams by 6

Team1234F
Green Bay Packers (2-2-2)00707
Los Angeles Rams (6-0-0)01031124

( 0- 3) LA  David Ray 44 yard field goal
( 0-10) LA  Harold Jackson 46 yard pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick)
( 7-10) GB  Barry Smith 23 yard pass from MacArthur Lane (Chester Marcol kick)
( 7-13) LA  David Ray 40 yard field goal
( 7-20) LA  Larry Smith 1 yard rush (David Ray kick)
( 7-22) LA  Safety, Scott Hunter tackled in end zone by Fred Dryer
( 7-24) LA  Safety, Jim Del Gaizo tackled in end zone by Fred Dryer
                     GB              LA
First Downs:         6               21
Rushes-yards:        25-35           50-244
Yards/rush:          1.4             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     5-12-71-1       10-19-144-0
Sacked-yards:        4-43            1-10
Net pass yards:      28              134
Net yards/pass:      1.8             6.7
Total net yards:     63              378
Total plays:         41 (60% run)    70 (71% run)  
Yards/play:          1.5             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-1
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     1-11            3-36

Attendance: 80,558
Passing:
GB: Scott Hunter, 4 of 10 for 48 yards (1 int); MacArthur Lane, 1 of 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Jim Del Gaizo, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
LA: John Hadl, 10 of 19 for 144 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
GB: MacArthur Lane, 12 for 8 yards; John Brockington, 8 for 18 yards; Scott Hunter, 2 for 1 yard; Perry Williams, 1 for 9 yards; Don Highsmith, 1 for 1 yard; Jon Staggers, 1 for -2 yards
LA: Jim Bertelsen, 19 for 99 yards; Larry Smith, 13 for 65 yards and 1 TD; Rob Scribner, 10 for 63 yards; Les Josephson, 5 for 15 yards; John Hadl, 1 for 5 yards; Dave Chapple, 1 for 0 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for -3 yards

Receiving:
GB: Jon Staggers, 2 for 30 yards; Barry Smith, 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Mike Donohoe, 1 for 10 yards; John Brockington, 1 for 8 yards
LA: Larry Smith, 3 for 18 yards; Harold Jackson, 2 for 55 yards and 1 TD; Jack Snow, 2 for 33 yards; Bob Klein, 2 for 25 yards; Rob Scribner, 1 for 13 yards

Kick returns:
GB: Perry Williams, 1 for 24 yards; Ike Thomas, 1 for 23 yards; Larry Krause, 1 for 8 yards
LA: Dave Elmendorf, 1 for 23 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 1 for 15 yards; Cullen Bryant, 1 for 15 yards

Punt returns:
GB: Ken Ellis, 1 for 3 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 0 yards
LA: Jim Bertelsen, 4 for 18 yards; Dave Elmendorf, 2 for 20 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Eddie McMillan, 1 for 15 yards

Punting:
GB: Ron Widby, 6 for 247 yards
LA: Dave Chapple, 3 for 137 yards

Field Goals:
LA: David Ray, 2/3




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