NFL game summary for 09/22/1974:

John Hadl passed to Jack Snow and Harold Jackson for a pair of touchdowns and Lawrence McCutcheon rushed for 102 yards as the Rams won their second straight game. The Los Angeles defense sacked New Orleans' passer Archie Manning five times and protected the shutout by pushing the Saints from the Rams' 1 yard line back to the 4 in the final minute.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	129.0  (14)	149.0  (12)	278.0  (13)	4
	DEFENSE	158.0  (18)	56.0  (4)	214.0  (8)	3
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	145.0  (12)	127.0  (13)	272.0  (15)	2
	DEFENSE	52.0  (1)	104.0  (10)	156.0  (2)	0

Line: Rams by 20

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New Orleans Saints (0-2-0)	0	0	0	0	0
Los Angeles Rams (2-0-0)	7	10	0	7	24

( 0- 7) LA  Tony Baker 1 yard rush (David Ray kick)
( 0-14) LA  Jack Snow 30 yard pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick)
( 0-17) LA  David Ray 20 yard field goal
( 0-24) LA  Harold Jackson 5 yard pass from John Hadl (David Ray kick)

                     NO              LA
First Downs:         14              20
Rushes-yards:        30-109          39-157
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-29-170-2     10-23-150-1
Sacked-yards:        5-40            0-0
Net pass yards:      130             150
Net yards/pass:      3.8             6.5
Total net yards:     239             307
Total plays:         64 (46% run)    62 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          3.7             5.0
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             0-0
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     9-60            5-61

Attendance: 57,314

Passing:
NO: Archie Manning, 12 of 29 for 170 yards (2 int)
LA: John Hadl, 10 of 22 for 150 yards and 2 TDs (1 int); James Harris, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
NO: Jack DeGrenier, 9 for 20 yards; Alvin Maxson, 6 for 29 yards; Rod McNeill, 5 for 12 yards; Jess Phillips, 5 for 8 yards; Bill Butler, 3 for 7 yards; Archie Manning, 2 for 33 yards
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 16 for 102 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 10 for 31 yards; Tony Baker, 6 for 10 yards and 1 TD; Cullen Bryant, 3 for 10 yards; John Cappelletti, 2 for 6 yards; John Hadl, 1 for 0 yards; James Harris, 1 for -2 yards

Receiving:
NO: Bob Newland, 5 for 85 yards; Joel Parker, 3 for 66 yards; Jess Phillips, 2 for 7 yards; Paul Seal, 1 for 9 yards; Howard Stevens, 1 for 3 yards
LA: Harold Jackson, 3 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Jim Bertelsen, 3 for 24 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 2 for 24 yards; Lance Rentzel, 1 for 38 yards; Jack Snow, 1 for 30 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
NO: Howard Stevens, 5 for 111 yards
LA: Cullen Bryant, 1 for 27 yards

Punt returns:
NO: Howard Stevens, 2 for 28 yards
LA: Dave Elmendorf, 2 for 27 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 1 for 17 yards

Interceptions:
NO: Terry Schmidt, 1 for 0 yards
LA: Dave Elmendorf, 1 for 21 yards; Ken Geddes, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NO: Tom Blanchard, 8 for 347 yards
LA: Dave Chapple, 5 for 219 yards

Field Goals:
LA: David Ray, 1/1

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