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1970 Los Angeles Rams: 9-4-1
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Pat Studstill 67 2,618 39.1 0 0 0 0 0 39.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts David Ray 10/11 11/14 5/11 3/9 0/0 29/45 34/34 121 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Kermit Alexander 4 47 1 Coy Bacon 11.0 Maxie Baughan 1.0 1 3 0 Deacon Jones 12.0 Ed Meador 2 22 0 Clark Miller 2.5 Jim Nettles 3 54 0 Merlin Olsen 8.5 Jack Pardee 3.5 1 9 0 Richie Petitbon 1.0 1 10 0 Myron Pottios 2 27 0 Jim Purnell 2.0 Diron Talbert 11.5 Clancy Williams 5 108 1

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:

01-20-1970traded Frank Marchlewski to Saints for New Orleans' #17 pick in the 1971 draft
01-27-1970traded Bruce Gossett to 49ers for Kermit Alexander and San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1970 draft
02-1970Maxie Baughan retired
04-22-1970traded Lamar Lundy to Chargers for a draft pick
04-22-1970Ed Meador retired
05-1970traded Izzy Lang to Broncos for Frank Richter
05-30-1970traded Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1972 draft and another 1972 draft pick to Giants for Tommy Joe Crutcher
08-25-1970traded Mike LaHood to Cardinals for John Wilbur
09-01-1970traded Jim Seymour and Ron Smith to Bears for Dick Evey and a 1971 draft pick
09-09-1970placed Doug Woodlief on injured reserve
09-09-1970traded Ted Provost to Vikings for Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1972 draft
10-10-1970traded 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

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