Week 8, 1979

played in Los Angeles, CA

72 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

St. Louis Cardinals	0	0	0	8	-	8
Los Angeles Rams	10	10	3	0	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:59 LAS - Rich Szaro 32 field goal
1Q: 01:02 LAS - Lawrence McCutcheon 2 pass from Ron Jaworski (Rich Szaro extra point)
2Q: 13:20 LAS - John Kimbrough 27 pass from Ron Jaworski (Rich Szaro extra point)
2Q: 07:00 LAS - Rich Szaro 29 field goal
3Q: 04:37 LAS - Rich Szaro 31 field goal
4Q: 10:16 STL - Roy Green 10 pass from Joe Montana (Billy Taylor run for conversion)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:59 LAS - Rich Szaro 32 field goal
1Q: 01:02 LAS - Lawrence McCutcheon 2 pass from Ron Jaworski (Rich Szaro extra point)
2Q: 13:20 LAS - John Kimbrough 27 pass from Ron Jaworski (Rich Szaro extra point)
2Q: 07:00 LAS - Rich Szaro 29 field goal
3Q: 04:37 LAS - Rich Szaro 31 field goal
4Q: 10:16 STL - Roy Green 10 pass from Joe Montana (Billy Taylor run for conversion)

Team Statistics STL LAS
Record 2-6 3-5
First Downs 13 22
- by Rushing 4 6
- by Passing 9 15
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 265 411
- Offensive Plays 57 72
- Yards per Play 4.65 5.71
Net Rushing Yards 79 126
- Rushing Attempts 14 33
- Yards per Rush 5.64 3.82
Net Passing Yards 186 285
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 22 - 1 37 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 217 292
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/31 2/7
- Yards per Pass Play 4.33 7.31
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 10/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.1 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/25 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 2/21 4/22
Kick Returns/Yards 4/83 1/23
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 1/1 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 32
Time of Possession 24:01 35:59

Team Statistics	STL	LAS
Record	2-6	3-5
First Downs	13	22
- by Rushing	4	6
- by Passing	9	15
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	265	411
- Offensive Plays	57	72
- Yards per Play	4.65	5.71
Net Rushing Yards	79	126
- Rushing Attempts	14	33
- Yards per Rush	5.64	3.82
Net Passing Yards	186	285
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 22 - 1	37 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	217	292
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/31	2/7
- Yards per Pass Play	4.33	7.31
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	10/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.1	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/25	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	2/21	4/22
Kick Returns/Yards	4/83	1/23
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	1/1	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 32
Time of Possession	24:01	35:59

Drive Charts

St. Louis Cardinals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:52	1:32	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	9:08	1:55	OWN 2	6	25	Punt
1	5:20	1:52	OWN 1	4	29	Interception
1	0:53	2:33	OWN 20	6	16	Fumble
2	13:09	2:01	OWN 27	3	-5	Punt
2	6:53	1:57	OWN 29	5	19	Punt
2	1:52	1:25	OWN 23	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	3:24	OWN 22	5	28	Punt
3	4:29	1:59	OWN 24	4	19	Punt
3	1:45	1:28	OWN 35	3	8	Punt
4	14:03	3:55	OPP 49	7	49	Touchdown
4	4:28	1:34	OWN 7	8	55	Downs

Los Angeles Rams
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:08	OWN 34	7	51	Field Goal
1	10:20	1:12	OWN 43	3	1	Punt
1	7:13	1:53	OWN 38	4	61	Fumble
1	3:28	2:35	OPP 38	6	38	Touchdown
2	13:20	0:11	OPP 27	1	27	Touchdown
2	11:08	4:15	OWN 24	10	64	Field Goal
2	4:56	3:04	OWN 10	7	38	Punt
2	0:27	0:27	OWN 19	1	9	Half
3	11:36	7:07	OWN 20	11	66	Field Goal
3	2:30	0:45	OWN 21	3	2	Punt
3	0:17	1:14	OWN 22	3	0	Punt
4	10:08	5:40	OWN 20	9	29	Punt
4	2:54	2:54	OWN 38	7	25	Game

Game MVP: Ron Jaworski, Los Angeles Rams

Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Roland Hooks	7	52	7.43	26	2
Ed Jenkins	6	21	3.50	6	0
Billy Taylor	1	6	6.00	6	0

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tom Bailey	14	80	5.71	18	3
Lawrence McCutcheon	14	30	2.14	9	0
Roland Harper	2	8	4.00	6	0
Ron Jaworski	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0
Tony Galbreath	1	5	5.00	5	0
John Kimbrough	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Joe Montana	38	22	217	5/31	1	37	1	71.9

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ron Jaworski	37	21	292	2/7	2	29	0	100.2

Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Benny Malone	5	9	57	11.40	12	19	0
RB Ed Jenkins	4	4	44	11.00	12	15	0
WR Roy Green	4	12	38	9.50	0	22	1
WR Freddie Scott	3	5	21	7.00	0	9	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	3	4	49	16.33	0	37	0
WR Melvin Wilber	2	2	12	6.00	0	7	0
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
RB Roland Hooks	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Los Angeles	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR John Kimbrough	5	7	96	19.20	28	27	1
WR Freddie Solomon	4	7	62	15.50	28	25	0
WR Danny Fulton	4	6	45	11.25	5	23	0
RB Tom Bailey	2	2	15	7.50	13	13	0
FB Roland Harper	2	3	32	16.00	10	21	0
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	1	2	2	2.00	3	2	1
TE Charlie Sanders	1	2	4	4.00	1	4	0
WR Daryl Bernstein	1	4	29	29.00	7	29	0
FB Tony Galbreath	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0
WR Billy Brooks	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

St. Louis	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Los Angeles	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Dave Elmendorf	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

St. Louis	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ed Jenkins	1	0	0
Joe Montana	1	0	0
Al Chandler	0	1	0
Roger Wehrli	0	1	0
Mark Cooney	0	0	1
Stan Lewis	0	0	1

Los Angeles	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tom Bailey	1	0	0
Lawrence McCutcheon	1	0	0
Charlie Hall	0	1	0
Max Montoya	0	1	0
Bill Belk	0	0	1
Jeff Siemon	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

St. Louis	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bucky Dilts	8	345	43.1	37.9	50	2

Los Angeles	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rickey Jarrell	5	217	43.4	39.2	57	2

Kicking Statistics

St. Louis	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT

Los Angeles	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rich Szaro	3/3	0/0	0/0	32	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roland Hooks	2	21	10.5	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Kimbrough	4	22	5.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

St. Louis	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Roland Hooks	3	59	19.7	0
Freddie Scott	1	24	24.0	0

Los Angeles	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Kimbrough	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

St. Louis	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Mark Cooney	10	1	0.0	30	30
DE Stan Lewis	5	3	1.0	25	27
OLB Dave Lewis	5	2	0.0	26	31
DT Gary Johnson	4	2	0.0	33	39
CB Roger Wehrli	4	1	0.0	27	29
S Tony Peters	4	1	0.0	33	33
CB Rufus Bess	4	1	0.0	11	25
CB Hugh Rodgers	4	0	0.0	26	24
DE Ron Rydalich	3	1	1.0	24	34
S John Sanders	3	0	0.0	22	25
S Marvin Switzer	2	1	0.0	14	18
OLB Bob Breunig	2	0	0.0	14	16
DT Kent Kremer	1	4	0.0	29	36
DE Kenyon Hill	1	1	0.0	17	17
ILB Richard Wood	1	1	0.0	3	9
T Dan Dierdorf	1	0	---	---	---
WR Roy Green	1	0	---	---	---
CB Seth Bullock	0	2	0.0	22	28

Los Angeles	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DE Elvin Bethea	5	1	2.5	13	35
ILB Jeff Siemon	5	0	0.0	13	38
S Jimmy Allen	4	1	0.0	12	35
CB Mark Burke	3	4	0.0	13	37
CB Charles Williams	3	0	0.0	10	40
DT Bob Golic	2	1	0.5	8	18
CB Dwight Hicks	2	1	0.0	11	30
S Dave Elmendorf	2	0	0.0	12	36
OLB Charlie Hall	2	0	0.0	12	33
S Ike Thomas	2	0	0.0	3	18
ILB Tom Hicks	2	0	0.0	1	5
DE Bill Belk	1	0	1.0	3	15
DE Jack Youngblood	1	2	0.5	13	34
DT Manny Fernandez	1	1	0.5	7	33
OLB Randy Wheaton	1	0	0.0	2	11
DT Troy Archer	1	0	0.0	11	23
S Jerry Anderson	1	0	0.0	2	10
CB Reggie Pinkney	1	0	0.0	0	5
OLB Dave Morton	1	0	0.0	3	2

Pass Rush Statistics

St. Louis	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Ron Rydalich	1.0	0	1	34
DE Stan Lewis	1.0	0	1	27
DT Kent Kremer	0.0	1	2	36

Los Angeles	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Elvin Bethea	2.5	2	2	35
DE Bill Belk	1.0	0	0	15
DE Jack Youngblood	0.5	2	2	34
DT Manny Fernandez	0.5	1	0	33
DT Bob Golic	0.5	0	0	18
ILB Jeff Siemon	0.0	1	0	38

Pass Defense Statistics

St. Louis	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Rufus Bess	4	0	25
ILB Mark Cooney	3	1	30
CB Hugh Rodgers	3	0	24
CB Roger Wehrli	2	2	29
S John Sanders	2	1	25
OLB Dave Lewis	2	1	31
S Tony Peters	2	0	33
DE Kenyon Hill	1	0	17
ILB Richard Wood	1	0	9
S Marvin Switzer	1	0	18
OLB Bob Breunig	0	1	16

Los Angeles	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Charles Williams	3	0	0	40
S Jimmy Allen	2	1	0	35
ILB Jeff Siemon	2	0	0	38
S Ike Thomas	2	0	0	18
OLB Randy Wheaton	2	0	0	11
CB Mark Burke	2	0	0	37
CB Dwight Hicks	2	0	0	30
ILB Tom Hicks	1	1	0	5
S Dave Elmendorf	1	0	1	36
DE Elvin Bethea	1	0	0	35
OLB Charlie Hall	1	0	0	33
S Jerry Anderson	1	0	0	10
CB Reggie Pinkney	1	0	0	5
OLB Dave Morton	1	0	0	2
CB Delles Howell	0	2	0	14

Blocking Statistics

St. Louis	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
George Kunz	2	5	10	0	33
Dan Dierdorf	1	4	13	1	37
Larry McCarren	1	3	14	1	41
Ron Mikolajczyk	1	1	7	1	33
Brooks Williams	1	1	4	0	11
Dennis Lick	0	0	12	2	32

Los Angeles	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Sexton	5	10	1	31	0	35
Bob Van Duyne	1	4	0	27	1	36
Hardy Dillon	1	4	0	27	0	33
Andy Frederick	1	2	0	29	1	33
Roland Harper	1	2	0	13	0	18
Max Montoya	1	2	0	19	0	20
Dan Medlin	0	6	0	30	0	34
Tony Galbreath	0	2	0	11	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

St. Louis	Tackles	STPlays
Roosevelt Leaks	2	9
Roland Hooks	1	20
John Sawyer	1	16
Benny Malone	1	12

Los Angeles	Tackles	STPlays
Reggie Pinkney	3	12
Billy Brooks	1	16
Rick Walker	1	16
Tom Hicks	1	7

Participation

St. Louis	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Gary Johnson	---	---	33	39	8	80
Seth Bullock	---	---	22	28	20	70
Tony Peters	---	---	33	33	4	70
Kent Kremer	---	---	29	36	3	68
Mark Cooney	---	---	30	30	4	64
Ron Rydalich	---	---	24	34	6	64
Roy Green	11	38	---	---	14	63
Larry McCarren	14	41	---	---	6	61
Roger Wehrli	---	---	27	29	3	59
Dave Lewis	---	---	26	31	2	59
Joe Montana	14	43	---	---	---	57
Stan Lewis	---	---	25	27	2	54
Hugh Rodgers	---	---	26	24	3	53
Dan Dierdorf	13	37	---	---	---	50
John Sanders	---	---	22	25	2	49
Marvin Switzer	---	---	14	18	16	48
Benny Malone	6	29	---	---	12	47
Ron Mikolajczyk	7	33	---	---	5	45
Dennis Lick	12	32	---	---	---	44
George Kunz	10	33	---	---	---	43
Roland Hooks	7	16	---	---	20	43
Freddie Scott	6	25	---	---	7	38
Kenyon Hill	---	---	17	17	3	37
Rufus Bess	---	---	11	25	1	37
Alfred Jenkins	9	26	---	---	---	35
Al Chandler	8	18	---	---	5	31
Billy Taylor	4	8	---	---	19	31
Bob Breunig	---	---	14	16	---	30
Sedrick Gourdoux	---	---	5	5	17	27
Ed Jenkins	6	15	---	---	4	25
Roosevelt Leaks	6	10	---	---	9	25
Brooks Williams	4	11	---	---	9	24
Ron Coder	4	10	---	---	8	22
Jim Pietrzak	2	11	---	---	8	21
David Carter	7	12	---	---	2	21
John Sawyer	1	3	---	---	16	20
Melvin Wilber	2	16	---	---	1	19
Aaron Meyer	1	6	---	---	8	15
Marv Kellum	---	---	2	3	7	12
Richard Wood	---	---	3	9	---	12
Bucky Dilts	0	0	---	---	8	8
Toni Linhart	0	0	---	---	2	2
John Grant	---	---	0	0	---	0
Brandon Hermeling	0	0	---	---	---	0
Matt Robinson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Los Angeles	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ron Jaworski	33	39	---	---	---	72
Bob Van Duyne	27	36	---	---	8	71
Dan Medlin	30	34	---	---	4	68
Jim Sexton	31	35	---	---	---	66
Hardy Dillon	27	33	---	---	5	65
Andy Frederick	29	33	---	---	1	63
Charles Williams	---	---	10	40	13	63
John Kimbrough	25	26	---	---	9	60
Charlie Sanders	24	18	---	---	16	58
Freddie Solomon	26	28	---	---	2	56
Tom Bailey	15	13	---	---	24	52
Mark Burke	---	---	13	37	2	52
Jeff Siemon	---	---	13	38	---	51
Dave Elmendorf	---	---	12	36	1	49
Daryl Bernstein	10	23	---	---	16	49
Elvin Bethea	---	---	13	35	---	48
Charlie Hall	---	---	12	33	3	48
Jack Youngblood	---	---	13	34	1	48
Jimmy Allen	---	---	12	35	---	47
Danny Fulton	15	25	---	---	7	47
Max Montoya	19	20	---	---	8	47
Dwight Hicks	---	---	11	30	---	41
Manny Fernandez	---	---	7	33	---	40
Lawrence McCutcheon	18	20	---	---	---	38
Roland Harper	13	18	---	---	6	37
Randy Wheaton	---	---	2	11	21	34
Troy Archer	---	---	11	23	---	34
Rick Walker	6	9	---	---	16	31
Ike Thomas	---	---	3	18	8	29
Billy Brooks	2	10	---	---	16	28
Bob Golic	---	---	8	18	2	28
Bill Belk	---	---	3	15	8	26
Tony Galbreath	11	5	---	---	10	26
Delles Howell	---	---	4	14	4	22
Reggie Pinkney	---	---	0	5	12	17
Tom Hicks	---	---	1	5	7	13
Jerry Anderson	---	---	2	10	---	12
Bob Rush	2	4	---	---	6	12
Dave Washington	---	---	1	1	8	10
Rich Szaro	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dave Morton	---	---	3	2	3	8
Rickey Jarrell	0	0	---	---	5	5
Parnell Dickinson	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ted Fargas	0	0	---	---	---	0
Secdrick McIntyre	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	4	2.0
Middle	11	74	6.7
Right	1	1	1.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	32	4.6
Middle	18	63	3.5
Right	7	33	4.7
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Joe Montana	38	22	2	3	2	4	6	4	1

Los Angeles	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ron Jaworski	37	21	8	0	5	6	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	-1	-0.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	10	77	4.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	8	82	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	59	14.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	15	3.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	11	112	8.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	5	86	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	79	15.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Roy Green	12	4	1	38	1	38
WR Benny Malone	9	5	0	57	0	29
WR Freddie Scott	5	3	0	21	0	25
RB Ed Jenkins	4	4	0	44	0	15
WR Alfred Jenkins	4	3	1	49	1	26
WR Melvin Wilber	2	2	0	12	0	16
RB Roland Hooks	1	0	0	0	0	16
FB Roosevelt Leaks	1	1	0	-4	0	10

Los Angeles	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Freddie Solomon	7	4	1	62	2	28
WR John Kimbrough	7	5	1	96	3	26
WR Danny Fulton	6	4	1	45	1	25
WR Daryl Bernstein	4	1	1	29	1	23
FB Roland Harper	3	2	0	32	1	18
WR Billy Brooks	3	0	1	0	0	10
RB Tom Bailey	2	2	0	15	0	13
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	2	1	0	2	0	20
TE Charlie Sanders	2	1	0	4	0	18
FB Tony Galbreath	1	1	0	7	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Los Angeles	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tom Bailey	3	17	5.67	5.71
Lawrence McCutcheon	1	2	2.00	2.14
John Kimbrough	1	5	5.00	5.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Joe Montana	2	2	19	9.50	5.71

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ron Jaworski	8	1	2	0.25	7.89

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Freddie Scott	1	1	9	9.00	4.20
WR Roy Green	1	1	10	10.00	3.17

Los Angeles	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	2	1	2	1.00	1.00
WR Billy Brooks	2	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Daryl Bernstein	1	0	0	0.00	7.25
FB Roland Harper	1	0	0	0.00	10.67
WR Freddie Solomon	1	0	0	0.00	8.86
WR John Kimbrough	1	0	0	0.00	13.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

St. Louis	Rushes	Conversions
Roland Hooks	2	1
Billy Taylor	1	0

Los Angeles	Rushes	Conversions
Lawrence McCutcheon	2	1
Tom Bailey	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

St. Louis	Att	Comp	Conversions
Joe Montana	9	6	2

Los Angeles	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ron Jaworski	14	9	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

St. Louis	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Benny Malone	3	2	1
WR Melvin Wilber	2	2	0
WR Roy Green	2	1	1
WR Freddie Scott	1	0	0
WR Alfred Jenkins	1	1	0

Los Angeles	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Solomon	4	4	3
WR Daryl Bernstein	3	1	1
RB Lawrence McCutcheon	2	1	1
WR Danny Fulton	2	1	1
WR Billy Brooks	1	0	0
FB Tony Galbreath	1	1	1
WR John Kimbrough	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 56,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,800 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	56,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,800 (3,300)