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1971 Los Angeles Rams: 8-5-1
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Home record: 4-2-1 (167 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (146 points scored, 132 allowed) Head Coach: Tommy Prothro 313 points scored (5th of 26 teams), 260 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 185 370 2,094 (16) 5.29 18 11 460 2,139 ( 7) 4.7 15 4,233 ( 8) 29 Defense: 200 387 2,379 (20) 5.61 15 27 455 1,658 ( 7) 3.6 11 4,037 (14) 34


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 13 Lance Rentzel WR 14 6'2 202 28 7 Oklahoma 17 Jerry Rhome QB 14 6'0 188 29 7 Tulsa 18 Roman Gabriel QB 14 6'4 220 31 10 North Carolina State 19 Jim Nettles DB 14 5'9 177 29 7 Wisconsin 21 Gene Howard DB 14 6'0 190 24 4 Langston 23 Alvin Haymond DB 10 6'0 194 29 8 Southern 24 Clancy Williams DB 6 6'2 194 29 7 Washington State 25 Travis Williams RB 14 6'1 210 25 5 Arizona State 27 David Ray K 14 6'0 195 27 3 Alabama 28 Pat Studstill P 14 6'1 175 33 10 Houston 33 Willie Ellison RB 14 6'1 200 25 5 Texas Southern 34 Les Josephson RB 14 6'0 207 29 7 Augustana (SD) 35 Bob Thomas RB 6 5'10 200 23 R Arizona State 36 Ken Geddes LB 14 6'3 235 25 1 Nebraska 38 Larry Smith RB 11 6'3 220 24 3 Florida 39 Kermit Alexander DB 14 5'11 186 30 9 UCLA 42 Dave Elmendorf DB 14 6'1 195 22 R Texas A&M 44 Lee White RB 7 6'4 235 25 4 Weber State 46 Roger Williams WR 4 5'10 180 26 1 Grambling 48 Matt Maslowski WR 14 6'3 210 22 R San Diego 50 Ken Iman C 14 6'1 240 32 11 Southeast Missouri State 52 John Pergine LB 12 6'1 225 25 3 Notre Dame 53 Jim Purnell LB 14 6'2 238 29 8 Wisconsin 54 Jack Reynolds LB 4 6'1 232 23 2 Tennessee 56 Dean Halverson LB 12 6'2 212 25 3 Washington 57 Don Parish LB 1 6'1 220 23 2 Stanford 58 Isiah Robertson LB 14 6'3 225 22 R Southern 61 Rich Saul C 14 6'3 235 23 2 Michigan State 64 Mike LaHood OG 9 6'3 250 26 3 Wyoming 65 Tom Mack OG 14 6'3 250 27 6 Michigan 67 Bill Nelson DT 6 6'7 270 23 1 Oregon State 70 Joe Carollo OT 11 6'2 265 31 10 Notre Dame 71 Joe Scibelli OG 14 6'1 255 32 11 American International 72 Phil Olsen DT 10 6'5 265 23 1 Utah State 73 Charley Cowan OT 14 6'4 265 33 11 New Mexico Highlands 74 Merlin Olsen DT 14 6'5 270 31 10 Utah State 75 Deacon Jones DE 11 6'5 250 32 11 Mississippi Valley State 76 Harry Schuh OT 14 6'2 260 29 7 Memphis 77 Rich Buzin OT 5 6'4 250 25 4 Penn State 78 Greg Wojcik DT 10 6'6 268 25 1 Southern California 79 Coy Bacon DE 14 6'4 270 29 4 Jackson State 80 Bob Klein TE 14 6'5 235 24 3 Southern California 84 Jack Snow WR 14 6'2 190 28 7 Notre Dame 85 Jack Youngblood DE 14 6'4 270 21 R Florida 86 Marlin McKeever LB 14 6'1 235 31 11 Southern California 88 Pat Curran TE 14 6'3 238 26 3 Lakeland
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Roman Gabriel 352 180 51.1 2,238 6.36 12.4 17 4.8 10 2.8 25 200 75.4 Jerry Rhome 18 5 27.8 66 3.67 13.2 1 5.6 1 5.6 1 10 37.7
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Lance Rentzel          38    534   14.1    5
Jack Snow              37    666   18.0    5
Willie Ellison         32    238    7.4    0
Larry Smith            31    324   10.5    0
Les Josephson          26    230    8.8    2
Bob Klein              14    160   11.4    4
Matt Maslowski          3     82   27.3    1
Travis Williams         3     68   22.7    0
Pat Curran              1      2    2.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Willie Ellison        211  1,000    4.7    4
Les Josephson          99    449    4.5    3
Larry Smith            91    404    4.4    5
Lance Rentzel          14    113    8.1    1
Travis Williams        18    103    5.7    0
Roman Gabriel          18     48    2.7    2
Bob Klein               3     21    7.0    0
Lee White               2     11    5.5    0
Jerry Rhome             3      0    0.0    0
Jack Snow               1    -10  -10.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Travis Williams        25    743   29.7    1
Alvin Haymond           9    207   23.0    0
Gene Howard             7    164   23.4    0
Roger Williams          4    100   25.0    0
Pat Curran              3     35   11.7    0
Jack Youngblood         2     36   18.0    0
Mike LaHood             1     25   25.0    0
Bob Thomas              1     12   12.0    0
Les Josephson           1      0    0.0    0
Rich Saul               1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Alvin Haymond          24    123    5.1   11    0
Lance Rentzel           9     40    4.4    5    0
Kermit Alexander        1      5    5.0    3    0
Travis Williams         1      4    4.0    0    0
Gene Howard             0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Pat Studstill 70 2,896 41.4 0 0 0 0 0 41.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts David Ray 6/7 6/8 2/3 4/10 0/1 18/29 37/37 91 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Kermit Alexander 3 122 1 Coy Bacon 11.0 1 0 0 Dave Elmendorf 2 32 0 Gene Howard 6 99 0 Deacon Jones 4.5 Marlin McKeever 2.0 4 38 0 Bill Nelson 4.0 Jim Nettles 6.0 5 97 1 Merlin Olsen 4.0 Phil Olsen 4.0 Jim Purnell 1.0 2 32 0 Isiah Robertson 4.0 4 32 0 Greg Wojcik 0.5 Jack Youngblood 3.0
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 LB Isiah Robertson 168 Southern [pick acquired from WAS] 1 20 DE Jack Youngblood 202 Florida 3 63 DB Dave Elmendorf 130 Texas A&M [pick acquired from WAS] 4 90 RB Steve Worster Texas [pick acquired from GB] 8 202 DE Tony Garay Hofstra 9 228 WR Joe Schmidt Miami 10 254 C Don Popplewell Colorado 11 280 QB Charlie Richards Richmond 12 306 OT Kirk Behrendt Wisconsin-Whitewater 13 331 RB Russell Harrison Kansas State 14 358 DB Lionel Coleman Oregon 15 384 OG Gary Kos Notre Dame 16 409 LB Ross Boice Pacific Lutheran 17 418 WR Randy Vataha 86 Stanford [pick acquired from NO] 17 435 WR Joe Sweet 34 Tennessee State

Traded draft picks: #2 to GB (Virgil Robinson), #3 to CHI (Bob Newton), #4 to NO (Don Morrison), #5 to GB via WAS (Jim Stillwagon), #6 to DET via PHI (Frank Harris), #7 to CHI (Dennis Ferris)


Transactions:
01-28-1971traded Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1971 draft and #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Packers for Travis Williams and Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1971 draft
01-28-1971traded Maxie Baughan, Jack Pardee, Myron Pottios, Jeff Jordan, John Wilbur, Diron Talbert and Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Redskins for Marlin McKeever, Washington's #1 and #3 picks in the 1971 draft and their #4, #5, #6 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft
03-1971claimed Ron Acks on waivers from Falcons
03-31-1971traded Tommy Mason to Redskins for Washington's #5 pick in the 1973 draft (?)
05-20-1971traded Billy Truax and Wendell Tucker to Cowboys for Lance Rentzel
06-23-1971traded Bob Brown and Los Angeles' #2 and #7 picks in the 1972 draft to Raiders for Kent McCloughan and Harry Schuh
07-10-1971traded George Burman to Redskins for 2 draft picks (later returned to Redskins when Burman retired)
07-13-1971signed Phil Olsen from Patriots as a free agent
07-17-1971claimed Tony Guillory on waivers from Saints
07-22-1971sent Los Angeles' #1 and #3 picks in the 1972 draft (#3 pick sent after the 1971 season) and cash to Patriots as compensation for free agent Phil Olsen
07-25-1971traded Joe Sweet to Broncos for an undisclosed pick in the 1972 draft
07-25-1971traded an undisclosed pick in the 1972 draft to Broncos for Drake Garrett
08-1971traded Tommy Joe Crutcher to Packers for Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
08-01-1971traded Mitch Johnson and Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Browns for Joe Taffoni and Cleveland's #3 pick in the 1972 draft
08-01-1971traded an undisclosed pick in the 1972 draft to Bengals for Mike Wilson
08-04-1971traded Richie Petitbon to Redskins for New Orleans' #6 pick in the 1973 draft and Washington's #1 pick in the 1974 draft
08-12-1971traded Joe Taffoni to Giants for Rich Buzin
08-16-1971traded Donnie Williams and a draft pick to Saints for Gene Howard and Clovis Swinney
09-01-1971traded Dick Evey to Lions for Detroit's #5 pick in the 1972 draft
09-01-1971traded a draft pick to Eagles for Joe Carollo
09-08-1971claimed Lee White on waivers from Jets
09-15-1971claimed Mike LaHood on waivers from Vikings
09-20-1971Redskins signed Dave Cahill as a free agent
10-20-1971traded an undisclosed draft pick to Cardinals for Don Parish
10-20-1971Cardinals claimed Don Parish on waivers


1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    at New Orleans Saints      L 20-24       0-1-0
09/26/71    vs Atlanta Falcons         T 20-20       0-1-1
10/03/71    vs Chicago Bears           W 17-3        1-1-1
10/10/71    at San Francisco 49ers     W 20-13       2-1-1
10/17/71    at Atlanta Falcons         W 24-16       3-1-1
10/24/71    vs Green Bay Packers       W 30-13       4-1-1
10/31/71    vs Miami Dolphins          L 14-20       4-2-1
11/08/71    at Baltimore Colts         L 17-24       4-3-1
11/14/71    at Detroit Lions           W 21-13       5-3-1
11/21/71    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 17-6        6-3-1
11/25/71    at Dallas Cowboys          L 21-28       6-4-1
12/05/71    vs New Orleans Saints      W 45-28       7-4-1
12/13/71    vs Washington Redskins     L 24-38       7-5-1
12/19/71    at Pittsburgh Steelers     W 23-14       8-5-1

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