NFL game summary for 11/23/1975:

Lawrence McCutcheon, who rushed for 114 yards on 15 carries in his best effort thus far in the season, scored on a 43-yard dash and Jim Bertelsen added a four-yard touchdown a few minutes later as the Rams moved closer to their third consecutive NFC West title. John Cappelletti scored twice on a burst from the one and a 30-yard sprint.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	117.6  (21)	109.9  (24)	227.4  (25)	22
	DEFENSE	140.8  (14)	195.1  (23)	335.9  (20)	13
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	166.3  (6)	178.9  (9)	345.2  (8)	16
	DEFENSE	111.2  (2)	142.9  (7)	254.1  (4)	24

Line: Rams by 19

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (2-8-0)	3	0	0	7	10
Los Angeles Rams (8-2-0)	14	7	10	7	38

( 0- 7) LA  Lawrence McCutcheon 43 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 0-14) LA  Jim Bertelsen 4 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 3-14) CHI Bob Thomas 55 yard field goal
( 3-21) LA  John Cappelletti 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 3-28) LA  Harold Jackson 13 yard pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 3-31) LA  Tom Dempsey 27 yard field goal
( 3-38) LA  John Cappelletti 30 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(10-38) CHI Bo Rather 32 yard pass from Bob Avellini (Bob Thomas kick)

                     CHI             LA
First Downs:         12              17
Rushes-yards:        33-105          38-199
Yards/rush:          3.2             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-30-157-2     10-23-141-1
Sacked-yards:        4-46            0-0
Net pass yards:      111             141
Net yards/pass:      3.3             6.1
Total net yards:     216             340
Total plays:         67 (49% run)    61 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             0-0
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     6-40            6-47

Attendance: 58,690

Passing:
CHI: Bob Avellini, 9 of 17 for 94 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Gary Huff, 7 of 13 for 63 yards
LA: James Harris, 9 of 20 for 128 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Ron Jaworski, 1 of 3 for 13 yards

Rushing:
CHI: Roland Harper, 18 for 84 yards; Mike Adamle, 11 for 19 yards; Walter Payton, 4 for 2 yards
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 15 for 114 yards and 1 TD; Jim Bertelsen, 7 for 15 yards and 1 TD; John Cappelletti, 6 for 38 yards and 2 TDs; Cullen Bryant, 5 for 18 yards; Rod Phillips, 5 for 14 yards

Receiving:
CHI: Roland Harper, 6 for 55 yards; Bo Rather, 3 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Mike Adamle, 3 for 9 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 22 yards; Bob Parsons, 1 for 20 yards; Greg Latta, 1 for -7 yards
LA: Harold Jackson, 3 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Ron Jessie, 3 for 36 yards; Cullen Bryant, 2 for 48 yards; Bob Klein, 2 for 21 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 4 for 96 yards; Earl Douthitt, 1 for 19 yards; Walter Payton, 1 for 18 yards
LA: John Cappelletti, 2 for 27 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Virgil Livers, 6 for 86 yards
LA: Rob Scribner, 4 for 38 yards; Dave Elmendorf, 2 for 21 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 1 for 5 yards

Interceptions:
CHI: Doug Buffone, 1 for 12 yards
LA: Bill Simpson, 1 for 22 yards; Isiah Robertson, 1 for 11 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bob Parsons, 9 for 391 yards
LA: Duane Carrell, 8 for 358 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Bob Thomas, 1/2
LA: Tom Dempsey, 1/1

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