Rams, Dolphins advance to Super Bowl XII

Los Angeles 13 Atlanta 7

Jack Youngblood made 11 tackles and sacked Falcons quarterback Scott Hunter three times as the Los Angeles Rams advance to their first Super Bowl with a 13-7 win over Atlanta.

The Rams defense sacked Hunter nine times and held the Falcons to 188 yards of total offense. Fred Dreyer sacked the Atlanta quarterback once for some hot "Hunter on Hunter" action. :)

Pat Haden's 37-yard touchdown pass to Ron Jessie in the third quarter to give LA the lead.

1977 Los Angeles 13, 1977 Atlanta 7
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Los Angeles	3	0	7	3	0	13
1977 Atlanta	0	7	0	0	0	7

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:23	1977 Los Angeles	R.Septien 41 yd. field goal	3-0 LAN
2	1:07	1977 Atlanta	H.Stanback 1 yd. run (F.Steinfort kick)	7-3 ATN
3	9:04	1977 Los Angeles	R.Jessie 37 yd. pass from P.Haden (R.Septien kick)	10-7 LAN
4	6:05	1977 Los Angeles	R.Septien 19 yd. field goal	13-7 LAN

Team Statistics
	1977 Los Angeles	1977 Atlanta
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	6-8-0-14	9-5-0-14
Third Down Efficiency	0-8-0%	9-18-50%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-2-50%	1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	3-14-21%	7-21-33%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	291-53-5.5	188-66-2.8
Total Net Yards Rushing	123	110
Total Rushes	32	40
Average Per Rush	3.8	2.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/19 (63.2%)	6/17 (35.3%)
Net Yards Passing	168	78
Avg Yards Per Pass	9.6	8.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/14	9/62
Punts/Average	2/37.5	5/42.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/17	2/1
Kickoffs/Returns	2/42	2/35
Interceptions/Returns	1/0	2/4
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/2	3/2
Time of Possession	29 mins 5 secs	30 mins 55 secs
Average Drive Start	LAN 32	ATN 39

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Los Angeles
Pat Haden	19	12	182	63.2	9.6	1	5.3	2	10.5	37	2/14	72.6
1977 Atlanta
Scott Hunter	17	6	140	35.3	8.2	0	0	1	5.9	31	9/62	41.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Los Angeles
Lawrence McCutcheon	14	69	4.9	14	0	0	0/0
Wendell Tyler	6	26	4.3	17	0	0	1/1
John Cappelletti	5	2	0.4	3	0	0	0/0
Rod Phillips	4	24	6.0	16	0	0	0/0
Pat Haden	3	2	0.7	2	0	0	1/1
1977 Atlanta
Haskel Stanback	14	42	3.0	14	1	0	0/0
Woody Thompson	9	33	3.7	16	0	0	0/0
Scott Hunter	8	21	2.6	7	0	0	2/1
Mike Esposito	5	4	0.8	5	0	0	0/0
Monroe Eley	4	10	2.5	14	0	0	1/1

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Los Angeles
Harold Jackson	6	84	14.0	30	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	2	18	9.0	13	0	0
Charle Young	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Terry Nelson	1	9	9.0	9	0	0
Ron Jessie	1	37	37.0	37	1	0
Billy Waddy	1	29	29.0	29	0	0
1977 Atlanta
Alfred Jenkins	3	89	29.7	31	0	0
Haskel Stanback	2	21	10.5	12	0	0
Wallace Francis	1	30	30.0	30	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Los Angeles
Rafael Septien	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/2	0/0	2/3	66.7
1977 Atlanta
Fred Steinfort	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/1	0.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Los Angeles
Glen Walker	2	37.5	37.0	0	0	38	0
1977 Atlanta
John James	5	42.0	34.6	1	2	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Wendell Tyler	2	42	21.0	22	0
1977 Atlanta
Karl Farmer	2	35	17.5	20	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Los Angeles
Cullen Bryant	1	0	10	10.0	10	0
Billy Waddy	1	0	7	7.0	7	0
1977 Atlanta
Rolland Lawrence	2	0	1	0.5	5	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Los Angeles
Jack Youngblood	11	3	1
Larry Brooks	10	2	0
Hacksaw Reynolds	9	1	0
Isiah Robertson	5	1	1
Bill Simpson	4	0	0
Monte Jackson	4	0	0
Dave Elmendorf	4	0	0
Fred Dryer	3	1	0
Pat Thomas	2	1	0
Jim Youngblood	1	0	0
Cody Jones	1	0	0
1977 Atlanta
Ralph Ortega	10	1	0
Greg Brezina	7	0	1
Ray M. Brown	5	0	0
Rolland Lawrence	4	0	0
Claude Humphrey	4	0	0
Mike Lewis	4	0	0
Jeff Merrow	3	1	1
Ray Easterling	3	0	0
Rick Byas	3	0	0
Robert Pennywell	1	0	0
Jim Bailey	1	0	0
Haskel Stanback	0	0	1

Miami 20 Houston 12

The Dolphins overcame five turnovers to beat the Houston Oilers 20-12 and head to the fourth Super Bowl in the team's history.

Bob Griese hit Duriel Harris on a 27-yard scoring pass and Norm Bulaich scored on a 3-yard  run for the Dolphin touchdowns.

1977 Houston 12, 1977 Miami 20
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Houston	3	3	0	6	0	12
1977 Miami	7	7	3	3	0	20

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	9:36	1977 Houston	T.Fritsch 35 yd. field goal	3-0 HOA
1	5:46	1977 Miami	D.Harris 27 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	7-3 MIA
2	2:13	1977 Miami	N.Bulaich 3 yd. run (G.Yepremian kick)	14-3 MIA
2	0:00	1977 Houston	T.Fritsch 42 yd. field goal	14-6 MIA
3	9:08	1977 Miami	G.Yepremian 39 yd. field goal	17-6 MIA
4	13:30	1977 Houston	K.Burrough 8 yd. pass from D.Pastorini (Pass failed)	17-12 MIA
4	4:27	1977 Miami	G.Yepremian 26 yd. field goal	20-12 MIA

Team Statistics
	1977 Houston	1977 Miami
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	7-6-0-13	8-10-0-18
Third Down Efficiency	1-11-9%	3-13-23%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-5-40%	3-4-75%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	10-14-71%	10-14-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	230-55-4.2	278-66-4.2
Total Net Yards Rushing	102	115
Total Rushes	25	41
Average Per Rush	4.1	2.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	11/29 (37.9%)	13/24 (54.2%)
Net Yards Passing	128	163
Avg Yards Per Pass	4.5	7.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/2	1/10
Punts/Average	3/42.0	2/55.5
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/18	2/1
Kickoffs/Returns	5/115	3/91
Interceptions/Returns	3/44	0/0
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/2	2/1
Time of Possession	25 mins 53 secs	34 mins 7 secs
Average Drive Start	HOA 36	MIA 40

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Houston
Dan Pastorini	29	11	130	37.9	4.5	1	3.4	0	0	31	1/2	63.9
1977 Miami
Bob Griese	24	13	173	54.2	7.2	1	4.2	3	12.5	29	1/10	51.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Houston
Ronnie Coleman	9	48	5.3	18	0	0	1/1
Rob Carpenter	9	18	2.0	8	0	0	0/0
Tim Wilson	7	36	5.1	15	0	0	0/0
1977 Miami
Benny Malone	13	56	4.3	14	0	0	1/0
Don Nottingham	9	24	2.7	12	0	0	1/1
Gary Davis	8	14	1.8	7	0	0	0/0
Norm Bulaich	8	24	3.0	6	1	0	0/0
Bob Griese	3	-3	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Houston
Ken Burrough	4	63	15.8	31	1	0
Tim Wilson	3	33	11.0	16	0	0
Jimmie Giles	2	23	11.5	13	0	0
Mike Barber	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Rob Carpenter	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
1977 Miami
Nat Moore	6	74	12.3	29	0	0
Duriel Harris	3	48	16.0	27	1	0
Gary Davis	2	31	15.5	23	0	0
Jim Mandich	1	11	11.0	11	0	0
Andre Tillman	1	9	9.0	9	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Houston
Toni Fritsch	0/0	0/0	1/1	1/2	0/0	2/3	66.7
1977 Miami
Garo Yepremian	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Houston
Cliff Parsley	3	42.0	41.7	0	1	49	0
1977 Miami
Mike Michel	2	55.5	36.5	1	1	64	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Houston
Whiteshoes Johnson	5	115	23.0	28	0
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	2	68	34.0	36	0
Freddie Solomon	1	23	23.0	23	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Houston
Whiteshoes Johnson	1	0	18	18.0	18	0
1977 Miami
Freddie Solomon	2	0	1	0.5	4	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Houston
Gregg Bingham	11	0	0
Curley Culp	8	1	0
Willie Alexander	6	0	0
Steve Kiner	6	0	0
Ted Washington Sr.	4	0	1
Robert Brazile	4	0	0
Bill Currier	3	0	0
Zeke Moore	3	0	0
Mike Reinfeldt	2	0	0
James Young	2	0	0
Elvin Bethea	1	0	0
1977 Miami
Steve Towle	8	0	0
Curtis Johnson	4	0	0
Tim Foley	4	0	0
Bob Baumhower	3	0	0
Norris Thomas	3	1	0
A.J. Duhe	3	0	0
Kim Bokamper	3	0	0
Larry Gordon	2	0	2
Vern Den Herder	2	0	0
Bob Matheson	2	0	0
Vern Roberson	1	0	0
Dick Anderson	1	0	0
Norm Bulaich	0	0	1