Sunday September 28, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/28/1975:



Tom Dempsey kicked a 51-yard field goal that set a Los Angeles club record and provided the Rams with a 16-14 lead early in the fourth period as the defending NFC West champions won their 10th straight victory over the 49ers. Bill Simpson earlier blocked a San Francisco punt which Monte Jackson picked up and raced six yards for the Rams' first touchdown. James Harris' 22-yard pass to Lawrence McCutcheon was the clinching score.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Los Angeles RamsOFFENSE128.0  (11)20.0  (26)148.0  (24)4
DEFENSE197.0  (23)80.0  (7)277.0  (12)1
San Francisco 49ersOFFENSE100.0  (20)145.0  (12)245.0  (18)3
DEFENSE126.0  (13)153.0  (18)279.0  (13)2

Line: Rams by 6

Team1234F
Los Angeles Rams (1-1-0)30101023
San Francisco 49ers (0-2-0)0140014

( 3- 0) LA  Tom Dempsey 47 yard field goal
( 3- 7) SF  Gene Washington 30 yard pass from Norm Snead (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)
( 3-14) SF  Delvin Williams 38 yard rush (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)
( 6-14) LA  Tom Dempsey 37 yard field goal
(13-14) LA  Monte Jackson 6 yard return of blocked punt (Tom Dempsey kick)
(16-14) LA  Tom Dempsey 51 yard field goal
(23-14) LA  Lawrence McCutcheon 22 yard pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick)
                     LA              SF
First Downs:         15              14
Rushes-yards:        33-115          35-129
Yards/rush:          3.5             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-26-193-1     13-23-135-0
Sacked-yards:        1-10            4-28
Net pass yards:      183             107
Net yards/pass:      6.8             4.0
Total net yards:     298             236
Total plays:         60 (55% run)    62 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             3.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     3-25            6-45

Attendance: 55,072
Passing:
LA: James Harris, 15 of 26 for 193 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
SF: Norm Snead, 13 of 22 for 135 yards and 1 TD; Gene A. Washington, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 19 for 66 yards; Cullen Bryant, 5 for 25 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 5 for 18 yards; John Cappelletti, 2 for 3 yards; Rob Scribner, 1 for 3 yards; James Harris, 1 for 0 yards
SF: Larry Schreiber, 19 for 67 yards; Delvin Williams, 8 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Wilbur Jackson, 6 for 8 yards; Norm Snead, 1 for 10 yards; Bob Hayes, 1 for -1 yards

Receiving:
LA: Harold Jackson, 5 for 109 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 5 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Ron Jessie, 3 for 19 yards; Bob Klein, 2 for 6 yards
SF: Larry Schreiber, 6 for 24 yards; Delvin Williams, 3 for 28 yards; Gene Washington, 2 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Bob Hayes, 1 for 25 yards; Tom Mitchell, 1 for 16 yards

Kick returns:
LA: Willie McGee, 2 for 61 yards
SF: Manfred Moore, 2 for 53 yards; Wayne Baker, 1 for 14 yards; Kermit Johnson, 1 for 14 yards

Punt returns:
LA: Rob Scribner, 3 for 41 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 1 for 8 yards
SF: Manfred Moore, 2 for 19 yards; Ralph McGill, 1 for 7 yards

Interceptions:
SF: Frank Nunley, 1 for 6 yards

Punting:
LA: Duane Carrell, 4 for 140 yards
SF: Tom Wittum, 6 for 229 yards

Field Goals:
LA: Tom Dempsey, 3/3
SF: Steve Mike-Mayer, 0/2




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