| Baltimore Colts at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1968 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 69397 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 61 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Jack Snow 19 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Mike Curtis 38 interception return (Lou Michaels kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Preston Pearson 61 pass from Earl Morrall (Lou Michaels kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Ellison 2 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Preston Pearson 9 pass from Johnny Unitas (Lou Michaels kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Ellison 52 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Tom Matte 4 run (Lou Michaels kick) | 28 | 21 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 25 FG | 28 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | SE | Ray Perkins |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Vogel |
| 62 | LOG | Glenn Ressler |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 71 | ROG | Dan Sullivan |
| 73 | ROT | Sam Ball |
| 88 | TE | John Mackey |
| 15 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 41 | HB | Tom Matte |
| 87 | FL | Willie Richardson |
| 34 | FB | Terry Cole |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 74 | LDT | Billy Ray Smith |
| 76 | RDT | Fred Miller |
| 81 | RDE | Ordell Braase |
| 32 | LLB | Mike Curtis |
| 53 | MLB | Dennis Gaubatz |
| 66 | RLB | Don Shinnick |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Boyd |
| 20 | LS | Jerry Logan |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 43 | RCB | Lenny Lyles |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Jack Snow |
| 63 | LOT | Joe Carollo |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 73 | ROT | Charlie Cowan |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 33 | HB | Willie Ellison |
| 25 | FL | Bernie Casey |
| 22 | FB | Dick Bass |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 78 | RDT | Roger Brown |
| 81 | RDE | Gregg Schumacher |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 66 | MLB | Myron Pottios |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 24 | LCB | Clancy Williams |
| 41 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 21 | RS | Eddie Meador |
| 27 | RCB | Irv Cross |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Preston Pearson | 11 | 36 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 17 | 1 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Terry Cole | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| David Lee | 1 | -12 | -12.0 | -12 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 19 | 111 | 5.8 | 52t | 2 |
| Dick Bass | 14 | 31 | 2.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Dennis | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 0 | 97 | 6.9 | 61t | 1 | 3 | 20 | 84.5 |
| Johnny Unitas | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 1 | 67 | 7.4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.6 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 27 | 18 | 66.7 | 1 | 197 | 7.3 | 47 | 1 | 5 | 50 | 85.0 |
| Mike Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Ray Perkins | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 61t | 2 |
| John Mackey | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Richardson | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Snow | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 47 | 1 |
| Dick Bass | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bernie Casey | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Wendell Tucker | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Mike Curtis | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 6 | 229 | 38.2 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Rick Volk | 2 | 1 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Preston Pearson | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Terry Cole | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Willie Ellison | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dave Pivec | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
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