NFL game summary for 09/19/1976:

Los Angeles's Jim Bertelsen dove over from the one with 1:55 left in regulation and Tom Dempsey's PAT tied the game at 10-10 which stood up for the next 16 minutes and 55 seconds as overtime attempts by both the Vikings and Rams failed to break the deadlock. Fred Cox was short on a field goal attempt from the 35 with 57 seconds left in the fourth period and Fran Tarkenton had two deep passes picked off in overtime to deny Minnesota a victory. Nate Allen snuffed out Los Angeles's only scoring threat in overtime when he blocked a 20-yard Dempsey field goal try after the Rams had driven 71 yards following Monte Jackson's interception of Tarkenton on the first play of overtime. Tarkenton passed for 294 yards, including a 56-yard touchdown pass to rookie Sammy White in the fourth quarter. The Rams' defense held the Vikings to 74 yards net rushing in five quarters.

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	232.0  (3)	137.0  (20)	369.0  (11)	4
	DEFENSE	62.0  (3)	148.0  (12)	210.0  (4)	4
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	173.0  (10)	276.0  (3)	449.0  (3)	1
	DEFENSE	50.0  (1)	82.0  (3)	132.0  (2)	3

Line: Vikings by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	F
Los Angeles Rams (1-0-1)	0	0	0	10	0	10
Minnesota Vikings (1-0-1)	0	3	0	7	0	10

( 0- 3) MIN Fred Cox 33 yard field goal
( 0-10) MIN Sammy White 56 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)
( 3-10) LA  Tom Dempsey 42 yard field goal
(10-10) LA  Jim Bertelsen 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)

                     LA              MIN
First Downs:         25              20
Rushes-yards:        65-261          26-74
Yards/rush:          4.0             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-22-136-2     27-43-294-2
Sacked-yards:        1-3             2-5
Net pass yards:      133             289
Net yards/pass:      5.8             6.4
Total net yards:     394             363
Total plays:         88 (73% run)    71 (36% run)  
Yards/play:          4.5             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-1
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     5-55            5-41

Attendance: 47,310

Passing:
LA: Pat Haden, 11 of 22 for 136 yards (2 int)
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 27 of 43 for 294 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 29 for 110 yards; John Cappelletti, 28 for 128 yards; Pat Haden, 6 for 15 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 2 for 8 yards and 1 TD
MIN: Brent McClanahan, 12 for 28 yards; Chuck Foreman, 11 for 31 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 2 for 19 yards; Sammy White, 1 for -4 yards

Receiving:
LA: Ron Jessie, 4 for 57 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 3 for 35 yards; Harold Jackson, 2 for 29 yards; John Cappelletti, 2 for 15 yards
MIN: Sammy White, 9 for 139 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Foreman, 6 for 31 yards; Brent McClanahan, 5 for 51 yards; Stu Voigt, 3 for 49 yards; Ahmad Rashad, 3 for 20 yards; Jim Lash, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
LA: Dwight Scales, 2 for 33 yards; Freeman Johns, 1 for 34 yards
MIN: Sammy White, 2 for 55 yards; Leonard Willis, 1 for 14 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 13 yards

Punt returns:
LA: Jim Bertelsen, 3 for 22 yards; Rob Scribner, 1 for 9 yards; Freeman Johns, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Leonard Willis, 2 for 10 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Monte Jackson, 1 for 12 yards; Rick Kay, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Autry Beamon, 1 for 41 yards; Matt Blair, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
LA: Rusty Jackson, 5 for 206 yards
MIN: Neil Clabo, 7 for 280 yards

Field Goals:
LA: Tom Dempsey, 1/3
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/3

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