1970 Los Angeles Rams: 9-4-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-3-1 (164 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (161 points scored, 74 allowed) Head Coach: George Allen 325 points scored (4th of 26 teams), 202 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 218 426 2,508 ( 6) 5.59 17 13 430 1,763 (11) 4.1 12 4,271 ( 6) 30 Defense: 196 378 2,189 (11) 5.08 15 19 395 1,359 ( 4) 3.4 6 3,548 ( 3) 35
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Karl Sweetan QB 6 6'1 205 28 5 Wake Forest 14 Wendell Tucker WR 12 5'10 185 27 4 South Carolina State 17 Richie Petitbon DB 14 6'3 208 32 12 Tulane 18 Roman Gabriel QB 14 6'4 220 30 9 North Carolina State 19 Jim Nettles DB 14 5'9 177 28 6 Wisconsin 20 Tommy Mason RB 6 6'0 195 31 10 Tulane 21 Ed Meador DB 13 5'11 190 33 12 Arkansas Tech 22 Elijah Pitts RB 2 6'1 205 32 10 Philander Smith 23 Alvin Haymond DB 14 6'0 194 28 7 Southern 24 Clancy Williams DB 14 6'2 194 28 6 Washington State 27 David Ray K 14 6'0 195 26 2 Alabama 28 Pat Studstill P 14 6'1 175 32 9 Houston 31 Jeff Jordan RB 9 6'1 215 25 1 Washington 32 Jack Pardee LB 14 6'2 225 34 13 Texas A&M 33 Willie Ellison RB 14 6'1 200 24 4 Texas Southern 34 Les Josephson RB 12 6'0 207 28 6 Augustana (SD) 38 Larry Smith RB 14 6'3 220 23 2 Florida 39 Kermit Alexander DB 14 5'11 186 29 8 UCLA 44 Nate Shaw DB 8 6'2 205 25 2 Southern California 50 Ken Iman C 14 6'1 240 31 10 Southeast Missouri State 51 George Burman C 14 6'3 255 27 5 Northwestern 52 John Pergine LB 12 6'1 225 24 2 Notre Dame 53 Jim Purnell LB 14 6'2 238 28 7 Wisconsin 54 Jack Reynolds LB 14 6'1 232 22 R Tennessee 55 Maxie Baughan LB 10 6'1 230 32 11 Georgia Tech 60 John Wilbur OG 8 6'3 240 27 5 Stanford 61 Rich Saul LB 14 6'3 235 22 R Michigan State 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 26 5 Michigan 66 Myron Pottios LB 14 6'2 232 31 9 Notre Dame 70 Mitch Johnson OT 14 6'4 250 28 5 UCLA 71 Joe Scibelli OG 14 6'1 255 31 10 American International 72 Diron Talbert DT 14 6'5 255 26 4 Texas 73 Charley Cowan OT 14 6'4 265 32 10 New Mexico Highlands 74 Merlin Olsen DT 14 6'5 270 30 9 Utah State 75 Deacon Jones DE 14 6'5 250 31 10 Mississippi Valley State 76 Bob Brown OT 14 6'4 290 28 7 Nebraska 78 Clark Miller DE 6 6'5 246 32 9 Utah State 79 Coy Bacon DE 14 6'4 270 28 3 Jackson State 80 Bob Klein TE 7 6'5 235 23 2 Southern California 82 Dick Evey DT 9 6'2 245 29 7 Tennessee 83 Donnie Williams WR 5 6'3 210 22 R Prairie View A&M 84 Bob Long WR 3 6'3 205 28 7 Wichita State 84 Jack Snow WR 14 6'2 190 27 6 Notre Dame 87 Billy Truax TE 14 6'5 235 27 7 Louisiana State 88 Pat Curran RB 14 6'3 238 25 2 Lakeland 89 Rick Cash DE 8 6'5 260 25 3 Northeast Missouri State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roman Gabriel 407 211 51.8 2,552 6.27 12.1 16 3.9 12 2.9 20 134 72.2 Karl Sweetan 13 6 46.2 81 6.23 13.5 1 7.7 0 0.0 2 15 92.1 Pat Curran 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 0.0 Larry Smith 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Les Josephson 1 1 100.0 25 25.00 25.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 1 118.8 Pat Studstill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Jack Snow 51 859 16.8 7 Les Josephson 44 427 9.7 0 Billy Truax 36 420 11.7 3 Larry Smith 24 164 6.8 1 Pat Studstill 18 252 14.0 2 Wendell Tucker 12 230 19.2 0 Tommy Mason 12 127 10.6 1 Willie Ellison 10 84 8.4 2 Bob Long 3 35 11.7 1 Pat Curran 3 25 8.3 0 Bob Klein 2 20 10.0 0 David Ray 1 11 11.0 0 Donnie Williams 1 9 9.0 0 Jeff Jordan 1 -5 -5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Les Josephson 150 640 4.3 5 Willie Ellison 90 381 4.2 5 Larry Smith 77 338 4.4 1 Tommy Mason 44 123 2.8 0 Roman Gabriel 28 104 3.7 1 Pat Curran 25 92 3.7 0 Jeff Jordan 10 50 5.0 0 Pat Studstill 1 23 23.0 0 Elijah Pitts 3 8 2.7 0 Richie Petitbon 1 3 3.0 0 Mitch Johnson 1 1 1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Alvin Haymond 35 1,022 29.2 1 Kermit Alexander 7 126 18.0 0 Pat Curran 3 51 17.0 0 Willie Ellison 1 20 20.0 0 Mitch Johnson 1 17 17.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Alvin Haymond 53 376 7.1 15 0 Kermit Alexander 7 38 5.4 1 0 Jim Nettles 2 4 2.0 0 0 Nate Shaw 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 22 LB Jack Reynolds 198 Tennessee 2 35 WR Donnie Williams 5 Prairie View [pick acquired from SF] 7 162 DB Ted Provost 9 Ohio State [pick acquired from PHI] 7 168 DT Bill Nelson 47 Oregon State [pick acquired from ATL] 8 204 LB Rich Saul 176 Michigan State 9 230 OT Dave Graham New Mexico Highlands 10 256 RB Vince Opalsky Miami 11 282 RB David Bookert New Mexico 12 308 QB Larry Arnold Hawaii 13 334 WR Melvin Jones Florida A&M 14 360 LB Bob Geddes 38 UCLA 15 386 OG Dag Azam West Texas State 16 412 K Roland Reichardt West Texas State 17 438 DB Don Crenshaw USC
Traded draft picks: #2 to SF via PHI (John Isenbarger), #3 to BAL via PHI (Ara Person), #4 to CHI (Ross Brupbacher), #5 to NO (Steve Ramsey), #6 to ATL (Randy Marshall), #7 to WAS (Jim Harris)
Transactions:
| 01-20-1970 | traded Frank Marchlewski to Saints for New Orleans' #17 pick in the 1971 draft |
| 01-27-1970 | traded Bruce Gossett to 49ers for Kermit Alexander and San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1970 draft |
| 02-1970 | Maxie Baughan retired |
| 04-22-1970 | traded Lamar Lundy to Chargers for a draft pick |
| 04-22-1970 | Ed Meador retired |
| 05-1970 | traded Izzy Lang to Broncos for Frank Richter |
| 05-30-1970 | traded Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1972 draft and another 1972 draft pick to Giants for Tommy Joe Crutcher |
| 08-25-1970 | traded Mike LaHood to Cardinals for John Wilbur |
| 09-01-1970 | traded Jim Seymour and Ron Smith to Bears for Dick Evey and a 1971 draft pick |
| 09-09-1970 | placed Doug Woodlief on injured reserve |
| 09-09-1970 | traded Ted Provost to Vikings for Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 10-10-1970 | traded Elijah Pitts to Saints for New Orleans' #17 pick in the 1971 draft |
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/70 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 34-13 1-0-0 09/27/70 at Buffalo Bills W 19-0 2-0-0 10/04/70 vs San Diego Chargers W 37-10 3-0-0 10/11/70 vs San Francisco 49ers L 6-20 3-1-0 10/18/70 at Green Bay Packers W 31-21 4-1-0 10/26/70 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-13 4-2-0 11/01/70 at New Orleans Saints W 30-17 5-2-0 11/08/70 vs Atlanta Falcons T 10-10 5-2-1 11/15/70 vs New York Jets L 20-31 5-3-1 11/22/70 at Atlanta Falcons W 17-7 6-3-1 11/29/70 at San Francisco 49ers W 30-13 7-3-1 12/06/70 vs New Orleans Saints W 34-16 8-3-1 12/14/70 vs Detroit Lions L 23-28 8-4-1 12/20/70 at New York Giants W 31-3 9-4-1