NFL game summary for 12/16/1979:

Mike Strachan scored from 1 and 10 yards out as the Saints took advantage of six turnovers to defeat the Rams, who had clinched the NFC West title the previous week. The Saints finished the season with an 8-8 record for the first non-losing season in their 13-year history. Strachan led Saints rushers with 93 yards and Chuck Muncie added 91. Wendell Tyler had a game-high 141 yards on 18 carries for the Rams.

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	146.7  (10)	200.3  (9)	347.0  (5)	32
	DEFENSE	152.9  (23)	196.8  (21)	349.7  (22)	36
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	152.3  (6)	170.6  (18)	322.9  (11)	43
	DEFENSE	114.7  (7)	160.7  (8)	275.4  (5)	37

Line: Rams by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New Orleans Saints (8-8-0)	0	14	6	9	29
Los Angeles Rams (9-7-0)	7	0	0	7	14

( 0- 7) LA  Wendell Tyler 1 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)
( 7- 7) NO  Tinker Owens 8 yard pass from Archie Manning (Garo Yepremian kick)
(14- 7) NO  Mike Strachan 10 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(17- 7) NO  Garo Yepremian 35 yard field goal
(20- 7) NO  Garo Yepremian 24 yard field goal
(27- 7) NO  Mike Strachan 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(27-14) LA  Eddie Hill 1 yard rush (Frank Corral kick)
(29-14) NO  Safety, Vince Ferragamo tackled in end zone by Elois Grooms

                     NO              LA
First Downs:         23              16
Rushes-yards:        54-276          28-176
Yards/rush:          5.1             6.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-15-162-3     14-26-159-2
Sacked-yards:        2-16            4-45
Net pass yards:      146             114
Net yards/pass:      8.6             3.8
Total net yards:     422             290
Total plays:         71 (76% run)    58 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          5.9             5.0
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             7-4
Turnovers:           4               6
Penalties-yards:     5-82            2-15

Attendance: 53,879

Passing:
NO: Archie Manning, 10 of 15 for 162 yards and 1 TD (3 int)
LA: Vince Ferragamo, 14 of 26 for 159 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
NO: Chuck Muncie, 20 for 91 yards; Mike Strachan, 18 for 93 yards and 2 TDs; Jack Holmes, 12 for 54 yards; Archie Manning, 3 for 32 yards; Wayne Wilson, 1 for 6 yards
LA: Wendell Tyler, 18 for 141 yards and 1 TD; Cullen Bryant, 6 for 29 yards; Eddie Hill, 2 for 3 yards and 1 TD; Jim Jodat, 2 for 3 yards

Receiving:
NO: Tinker Owens, 3 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Henry Childs, 2 for 62 yards; Chuck Muncie, 2 for 29 yards; Wes Chandler, 2 for 20 yards; Jack Holmes, 1 for 13 yards
LA: Preston Dennard, 4 for 64 yards; Wendell Tyler, 3 for 25 yards; Cullen Bryant, 2 for 19 yards; Billy Waddy, 2 for 19 yards; Ron Smith, 1 for 15 yards; Eddie Hill, 1 for 9 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
NO: Rich Mauti, 3 for 53 yards
LA: Eddie Hill, 4 for 70 yards; Eddie Brown, 1 for 20 yards; Jim Jodat, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
NO: Rich Mauti, 3 for 21 yards
LA: Eddie Brown, 2 for 19 yards; Drew Hill, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
NO: Tom Myers, 1 for 20 yards; Ralph McGill, 1 for 6 yards
LA: Nolan Cromwell, 1 for 14 yards; Jim Youngblood, 1 for 9 yards; Dwayne O'Steen, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NO: Rick Partridge, 4 for 182 yards
LA: Ken Clark, 4 for 169 yards

Field Goals:
NO: Garo Yepremian, 2/3

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