Rams need overtime to fight off Falcons

Rafael Septien banged home three field goals, including one at the end of the 4th quarter and one in overtime to lead the Los Angeles Rams over the Atlanta Falcons 16-13.

Pat Haden passed 32 times for 233 yards and a touchdown. Los Angeles won the air battle, out-passing Atlanta 233 to 84 yards and Harold Jackson led the way with 95 yards receiving.

The Rams also had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 35:47.

1977 Los Angeles	7	3	0	3	3	16
1977 Atlanta	7	0	6	0	0	13

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	9:06	1977 Los Angeles	R.Jessie 51 yd. pass from P.Haden (R.Septien kick)	7-0 LAN
1	1:39	1977 Atlanta	M.Eley 4 yd. run (F.Steinfort kick)	7-7 ATN
2	8:56	1977 Los Angeles	R.Septien 34 yd. field goal	10-7 LAN
3	8:03	1977 Atlanta	F.Steinfort 33 yd. field goal	10-10 ATN
3	2:30	1977 Atlanta	F.Steinfort 25 yd. field goal	13-10 ATN
4	0:15	1977 Los Angeles	R.Septien 37 yd. field goal	13-13 ATN
5	5:24	1977 Los Angeles	R.Septien 22 yd. field goal	16-13 LAN

Team Statistics
	1977 Los Angeles	1977 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	8-12-0-20	10-4-0-14
Third Down Efficiency	7-18-39%	7-15-47%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-2-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	6-21-29%	13-21-62%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	351-74-4.7	236-59-4.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	146	171
Total Rushes	38	42
Average Per Rush	3.8	4.1
Passes Completed/Attempted	15/32 (46.9%)	6/13 (46.2%)
Net Yards Passing	205	65
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.3	6.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	4/28	4/19
Punts/Average	3/34.7	5/40.8
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/13	1/10
Kickoffs/Returns	4/91	4/61
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/4
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	3/1
Time of Possession	35 mins 47 secs	33 mins 33 secs
Average Drive Start	LAN 29	ATN 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Los Angeles
Pat Haden	32	15	233	46.9	7.3	1	3.1	1	3.1	51	4/28	68.9
1977 Atlanta
Scott Hunter	13	6	84	46.2	6.5	0	0	0	0	23	4/19	67.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Los Angeles
Lawrence McCutcheon	17	63	3.7	8	0	0	0/0
Wendell Tyler	9	42	4.7	8	0	0	1/1
John Cappelletti	7	23	3.3	8	0	0	0/0
Rod Phillips	3	6	2.0	3	0	0	0/0
Pat Haden	2	12	6.0	11	0	0	0/0
1977 Atlanta
Haskel Stanback	16	74	4.6	16	0	0	2/1
Woody Thompson	14	42	3.0	8	0	0	0/0
Monroe Eley	6	9	1.5	4	1	0	0/0
Mike Esposito	3	15	5.0	15	0	0	0/0
Scott Hunter	3	31	10.3	33	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Los Angeles
Harold Jackson	6	95	15.8	30	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	4	38	9.5	14	0	0
Ron Jessie	2	65	32.5	51	1	0
John Cappelletti	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Dwight Scales	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Billy Waddy	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
1977 Atlanta
Alfred Jenkins	2	37	18.5	23	0	0
Wallace Francis	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Jim Mitchell	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Secedrick McIntyre	1	17	17.0	17	0	0
Haskel Stanback	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Los Angeles
Rafael Septien	0/0	1/1	2/2	0/0	0/1	3/4	75.0
1977 Atlanta
Fred Steinfort	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Los Angeles
Glen Walker	3	34.7	31.3	0	0	38	0
1977 Atlanta
John James	5	40.8	38.2	0	2	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Wendell Tyler	4	91	22.8	28	0
1977 Atlanta
Karl Farmer	3	61	20.3	22	0
Wallace Francis	1	0	0.0	0	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Cullen Bryant	2	0	11	5.5	6	0
Billy Waddy	1	0	2	2.0	2	0
1977 Atlanta
Rolland Lawrence	1	1	10	10.0	10	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Los Angeles
Hacksaw Reynolds	15	0	0
Jack Youngblood	11	2	0
Monte Jackson	6	0	0
Jim Youngblood	5	0	1
Cody Jones	3	1	0
Larry Brooks	2	0	0
Isiah Robertson	2	1	0
Pat Thomas	2	0	0
Dave Elmendorf	2	0	0
Fred Dryer	2	0	0
Bill Simpson	1	0	0
Dennis Harrah	0	0	1
1977 Atlanta
Ralph Ortega	12	1	0
Jeff Merrow	6	2	0
Greg Brezina	5	0	0
Ray M. Brown	5	0	0
Jim Bailey	5	0	0
Robert Pennywell	5	0	1
Rick Byas	4	0	0
Rolland Lawrence	4	0	0
Mike Lewis	4	0	0
Ray Easterling	3	0	0
Frank Reed	2	0	0
Claude Humphrey	1	1	0
Wallace Francis	0	0	2