NFL game summary for 10/31/1976:

James Harris threw for 208 yards and two touchdowns after a two week injury absence, leading the Rams to their third straight win and into first place in the NFC West. Monte Jackson got Los Angeles's first touchdown on a 41-yard interception return and Harris put the Rams up 31-3 at the half with a 15-yard TD pass to Ron Jessie. Harold Jackson caught Harris's second touchdown pass, a 20-yarder, in the third period and Pat Haden, replacing Harris midway through the fourth quarter, passed 23 yards to Tom Geredine for the final score.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Seattle Seahawks	OFFENSE	93.3  (28)	198.1  (7)	291.4  (15)	22
	DEFENSE	198.7  (27)	188.4  (24)	387.1  (26)	12
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	178.3  (3)	161.4  (11)	339.7  (9)	21
	DEFENSE	131.1  (11)	169.1  (18)	300.3  (16)	25

Line: Rams by 21

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Seattle Seahawks (1-7-0)	0	3	3	0	6
Los Angeles Rams (6-1-1)	24	7	0	14	45

( 0- 3) LA  Tom Dempsey 20 yard field goal
( 0-10) LA  Monte Jackson 41 yard interception return (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 0-17) LA  Lawrence McCutcheon 6 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 0-24) LA  Ron Jessie 15 yard pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 3-24) SEA John Leypoldt 43 yard field goal
( 3-31) LA  Harold Jackson 20 yard pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 6-31) SEA John Leypoldt 41 yard field goal
( 6-38) LA  Rob Scribner 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 6-45) LA  Tom Geredine 23 yard pass from Pat Haden (Tom Dempsey kick)

                     SEA             LA
First Downs:         9               25
Rushes-yards:        19-50           46-206
Yards/rush:          2.6             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-32-186-2     16-28-234-0
Sacked-yards:        5-42            1-11
Net pass yards:      144             223
Net yards/pass:      3.9             7.7
Total net yards:     194             429
Total plays:         56 (33% run)    75 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          3.5             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             2-1
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     5-50            3-31

Attendance: 52,035

Passing:
SEA: Bill Munson, 9 of 19 for 147 yards (1 int); Jim Zorn, 4 of 13 for 39 yards (1 int)
LA: James Harris, 14 of 25 for 208 yards and 2 TDs; Pat Haden, 2 of 3 for 26 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
SEA: Don Testerman, 5 for 15 yards; Ralph Nelson, 5 for 11 yards; Sherman Smith, 4 for 7 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 3 for 4 yards; Oliver Ross, 1 for 7 yards; Bill Munson, 1 for 6 yards
LA: Rod Phillips, 12 for 86 yards; Jim Bertelsen, 11 for 44 yards; Cullen Bryant, 8 for 13 yards; Lawrence McCutcheon, 6 for 33 yards and 1 TD; John Cappelletti, 6 for 16 yards; Pat Haden, 1 for 12 yards; Ron Jessie, 1 for 1 yard; Rob Scribner, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD

Receiving:
SEA: Sam McCullum, 3 for 70 yards; Ralph Nelson, 2 for 20 yards; Don Testerman, 2 for 19 yards; Steve Largent, 2 for 14 yards; John McMakin, 1 for 37 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 1 for 15 yards; Ron Howard, 1 for 10 yards; Oliver Ross, 1 for 1 yard
LA: Harold Jackson, 5 for 85 yards and 1 TD; Jim Bertelsen, 4 for 26 yards; Bob Klein, 2 for 45 yards; Ron Jessie, 2 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Tom Geredine, 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Terry Nelson, 1 for 16 yards; Cullen Bryant, 1 for 3 yards

Kick returns:
SEA: Oliver Ross, 4 for 82 yards; Steve Largent, 1 for 19 yards; Don Dufek, 1 for 17 yards
LA: Pat Thomas, 2 for 27 yards; Cullen Bryant, 1 for 29 yards

Punt returns:
SEA: Steve Largent, 1 for 11 yards; Dave Brown, 1 for 3 yards
LA: Cullen Bryant, 4 for 60 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Monte Jackson, 1 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Isiah Robertson, 1 for 14 yards

Punting:
SEA: Rick Engles, 8 for 333 yards
LA: Rusty Jackson, 4 for 133 yards

Field Goals:
SEA: John Leypoldt, 2/2
LA: Tom Dempsey, 1/1

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